July 22nd, 2008 // g + c
I’ve always loved the work of Amy Doan (aka Shrinkle) and a recent visit to her website I found she has been selling on ETSY. After checking her profile I noticed she started in November of 2007 - and has been selling online on eBay since around 2002 - eek where have I been! ETSY is an online marketplace to buy and sell things handmade - and has attracted many Indie designers to set up shop there.
If you have never seen Amy’s creations take a look as I think they are very well crafted and have a unique style.
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April 7th, 2008 // g + c
Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week runs from April 9th to the 11th, 2008 [Distillery District - Fermenting Cellar - 55 Mill St. Building 6]. The annual festival combines art, fashion, photography and performance.
This year Goblin and Crumb designed a few pieces for Breeyn McCarney’s collection Sweet which will be showcased in a runway fashion show beginning at 9:30 on April 9th [at the above address]. The theme for the show is sweet dreams and happy beds, mixed with eerie atmospheres. All the clothes are made from vintage and antique home decor.
Tickets are $15 in advance, available at The Rage 13 Kensington, Magpie 884 Queen West and Urban Textures 44 Gerrard St. West. They will be $20 at the door. For more info check the link below.
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February 16th, 2008 // g + c
I’ve always been intrigued by the alt fashion line of Freyagushi and a recent visit to the site I’ve discovered that the line has been split into two: High fashion and medical wearable art and the more simple wearable line. The designs mix feminine shapes and materials such as corsets, ruffles and bows with more hardcore elements such as medical tools and bandages. The website is under construction at the moment but you can still visit it and take a look at a series of photographs introducing part of her 2008 line.
Freyagushi will be at the Torture Garden tonight February 16th, 2008 for a fashion performance titled “Animal Hospital”, should be a lot of fun! A video clip of the show will be posted on the Freyagushi site soon and I will link it here when its up.
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January 26th, 2008 // g + c
Goblin and Crumb will be collaborating with Morph Clothing in the upcoming months. More information will be posted in the near future. For now check out their website posted below.
Founded in 2005, Morph Clothing is an original clothing line inspired by the underground subculture. Arlene, the designer, was featured in Gothic Beauty Magazine as one of the up and coming new fashion designers and quoted from her site:
“I am the type of person where I am changing all the time, so do my designs. I see my clothing line as a reflection and extension of myself. I take great pride in that.”
Morph will also be offering a small selection of eco-friendly clothing. At the moment, Arlene’s main focus lies in producing her clothing line and building a solid network, marketing her designs worldwide.
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October 23rd, 2007 // g + c
Beauty versus the grotesque - this duality presents itself throughout Kristen Ferrell’s artwork. Her clothing line features her artwork screened onto t-shirts, jacket and bags and are all available for sale through her site including her original art. Her fall line is being added slowly and will be completely available by late October, one of her newest shirts (pictured above) is titled Incubator Bat.
THIS FRIDAY!! Kristen will be a part of “Kings and Queens and Childhood Dreams”, a group show featuring works by fifty artists put on by the Strychnin Gallery, in London. It opens this Friday the 26th and sounds like it will be quite an interesting night!
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