Lady Gaga.

FASHION

Lady Gaga wearing artistic garments made by Nicola Formichetti who is a fashion director and fashion editor. He is most known as artistic director of the Italian fashion label Diesel. On the pictures below, it Lady Gaga rocking her own style which is designed by Nicola Formichetti. What interested me about these outfits, they all look unique.

Lady Gaga was wearing a meat dress, designed by Nicola Formichetti. This outfit is never forgettable because nobody ever come to the (VMA) awards wearing a meat dress but only Gaga. She was brave enough to wear that raw meat outfit from head to toes. Even the rose-red lipstick matches the colour of the meat. She has a small piece of meat on her blonde wig with a highlight of aquamarine blue. The meat on her shoes is wrapped with a cream white para code. 

Lady Gaga rocking meat dress on music awards.
https://www.bustle.com/articles/81067-lady-gagas-meat-dress-stylist-nicola-formichetti-reveals-how-he-feels-about-her

Nicola Formichetti style is very different from other fashion designers because he follows her vision and he also makes whats his fans ask for. Looking at this dress below, he used blue see-through fabric because blue is a cool colour and it blends with that black human hair design on the shoulder. Lady Gaga is wearing a blond wig and it matches her skin colour. Even her round black shades, look more elegant it matches with the colour of the outfit. Most of the dresses worn by Lady Gaga look more dramatic. What I have noticed about Gaga, the dresses that she wears, it draws attention to people. This dress was not meant to be worn, it was just a statement piece made by Nicola Formichetti, but Lady Gaga was interested to rock the dress on the red carpet.

Lady Gaga wearing Blue dress with human hair.
https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/holly-russell-interview?image=5d5492602443fe0008159b6e

Nicola Formichetti.

FASHION

Nicola Formichetti was born on 31 May 1977 in Tokyo. He is an Italian Japanese fashion director and fashion editor. He is also known as the artistic director of the Italian fashion label Diesel. He collaborator with a singer Lady Gaga. Nicola sees himself as a fashion designer that makes artistic garments.

As was looking at Nicola Formitchettie, I noticed that he makes elegant garments and he makes what his fans ask for. Looking in the picture below, it a long sleeve t-shirt with feathers on the shoulder. The t-shirt looks more classic with that peach colour.

Figure1
https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/holly-russell-interview?image=5d54926012e31a0008484675

The feathers colour looks like a rainbow, they changing colours but clearly, you can see blue, green and purple. I like the way he arranges the feathers, they flow from the shoulder to the arm in both sides on the long sleeve t-shirt. 

Figure 2
https://za.pinterest.com/pin/503840277056953297/

The feathers on the t-shirt look like a Himalayan Monal bird that is in figure 3 below. The colour of this bird looks like a labradorite stone because it changes colours like a rainbow.

Figure 3- Monal bird.
https://ebird.org/species/himmon1

Looking in the shape of feathers, it looks like a stiletto nail shape below.

Figure 4- stiletto nails.
https://za.pinterest.com/pin/342273640433031023/

Fashion and Jewellery.

Arline Fisch was born in Brooklyn, New York on 21 August 1931. She is an American artist. Arline Fisch studied silversmithing at school of art and crafts in 1966-67. She was inspired by Egyptian jewellery at the Metropolitan Museum of art. In the 1960s she started exploring weaving, knitting and crocheting a lightweight metal wire, then she introduced weaving techniques into a piece of jewellery.

Arline Fisch is one of my favourite artists that makes fashionable contemporary jewellery. If you look at figure one below, it one of my jewellery piece. It's a bracelet and glove, it made up of copper and fine silver wire. The way she used a textile technique allows a lightness of structure. The major function of her jewellery piece is to make the person who wears it looks more elegant and beautiful.

Arline Fisch, Bracelet and glove.
https://za.pinterest.com/pin/535717318177853689/

Arline Fisch fashionable contemporary jewellery that draws attention to a wearer.

Arline Fisch - Pink & Silver Circles - Machine knit - coated copper, silver crochet, and sterling
https://za.pinterest.com/pin/132926626471412660/

I like the way she created that silver knot.

Arline Fisch, Collar - Copper, silver, carnelian
https://za.pinterest.com/pin/82824080618611584/

VGCJ

Dress and Jewellery

"In the 1980s Ted Polhemus suggested traditional societies have always known what westerners were beginning to rediscover the clothing culture"

This paper focuses on dresses and contemporary jewellery and explains how the dress and jewellery link together. It also talks about things that associate with them. In jewellery, it talks about accessories and in the dress, it talks about how fabric and fashion work together. Dress and jewellery collaborate together because when a fashion designer, decided to design a dress she makes sure that, the outfit that she made it has some jewellery option.

The way we dress, it can identify our personality. Accessories can change the garment look more stunning. Looking into fashion, every culture has its own traditional style. Indians wear saris and a lot of gold jewellery. Zulu and Xhosa they wear their traditional attire and decorate their body with colourful beads. Muslim wear a long dress and headscarf to cover their head and hair.

 As was looking in dress and jewellery, I noticed that many artists like Arline Fisch were using fiber techniques to precious and non-precious material. In 1960, Arline Fisch was exploring knitting, weaving and crocheting by using metal wire.  As was looking at garments, I noticed that the fashion designer showcase their garment by using models. It some apply to the jewellery design, looking at Arline Fisch jewellery it bracelet and glove. She used textile techniques to allow lightness of structure, the jewellery is made from silver and coated copper which introduces an element of colour.

In figure 1, it a bracelet and glove it is my favourite jewellery because it looks like a glove with nails.

Arline Fisch, Bracelet and Glove
https://en.artsdot.com/@@/AQRTFM-Arline-Fisch-Bracelet-and-Glove

In picture 2 and 3 below, they look similar to Arline Fisch jewellery

Finger crotched rings
https://za.pinterest.com/pin/784611566317588017/

http://urple.blogspot.com/2009/07/importance-of-tip.html

Glove full stoned
https://za.pinterest.com/pin/784611566317609232/

FASHION.

ART FACE MASK. 

The face mask is becoming more popular due to coronavirus. Looking at these fashionable art masks below it draw attention to the person who is wearing the mask. 

Ant virus face mask.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9_ICGHDGhf/

Face mask
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1dlPoXndkb/

A face mask made of white and royal-blue beads, showing a smiling emoji.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8yWa5oloSf/

An art face mask made up of beads.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8yWa5oloSf/ 

Face Mask.

FASHION

Face Mask are in popular demand.

As was looking for contemporary jewellery, I came across on these fashionable face masks and they look more dramatic below. These face masks are beautiful and they draw more attention to people. What I like about these masks, they don't look the same as doctors and nurses face masks. 

These ones below are dramatic. Riky Rick is wearing a lite red face mask, with a rose-red hat and holding ruby red handbag on the right-hand side.

Figure1-Riky Rick wearing a red face mask on 2018 SAMA awards.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BjjkSF3hgik/

In figure 2, Somizi outfit looks more dramatic, especially the big blue-black hat, it covers the face. You can only see the Roy blue gas mask if you lift up that dramatic hat.

Figure2- Somizi wearing a gas mask due to coronavirus on DSTVMVCA 2020 awards.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9uUxg7h461/

Billie Eilish outfit is black with a highlight of grass-green all over the suit. What draws more attention its that neon green hair and a face mask. 

Figure3- Billie Eilish wearing blackface mask and goes green in the GRAMMY 2020 awards.

http://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/4423213/billie-eilish-carpet-2020-grammys-01/

Face Mask

In the world, we all facing one enemy which is Coronavirus. The symptoms of this virus are similar to cold flu; Which is running nose, sore throat, cough and difficulty breathing. Our government come up with a good idea for telling people to stay at home, so they can prevent getting this varus. He recommended people to wear a face mask and gloves if they going out for shopping.  Doctors and nurses are using the mask in (fig 1). Then workers who use dangerous chemicals substances they normal used the one on (fig2). Today if you look around the world, mask and gloves, are trending and they on popular demand. I have been looking at fashion. I wish all fashion designers, can use this opportunity by making a mask and supply them on people who really need them.

Figure1-Doctors mak

https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-scrub-nurse.htm

Figure 2- Mask

As was looking in fashion and contemporary jewellery. I come across in these beautiful fashion face mask below.

Face mask

https://www.instagram.com/p/BtGFiFYH-ec/

Face mask 

https://www.instagram.com/p/ByFKglolVFN/

Nails petals

I made earrings by using long square transparent nails and silver jump rings. 

Figure 1-Sishi, L,.(2020). Clear plastic nails.

On the picture below, I decided to add two shades of colour; because in the figure, you could not tell how many nails petals are there. I used rose-red and ruby-red acrylic gel colour. I didn't put colour on all the nails. I any left two transparent nails, because I wanted to put different colours.

Figure 2- Sishi, L,.(2020). Clear plastic nails with gel.

Transforming nails into jewellery form.

I was trying to make different types of jewellery form by using plastic nails. I use the original shape of the nail by putting nails together in different size and different position. I decided to use plastic nails because I wanted to do something different by using nails petals shape. In figure 1, it's a picture with plastic nails in different sizes. I used purple professional square nail tips. Whereas in figure2, I started putting 4 nails together and I end up making a pendant. I keep on pitting nails in different positions, as you can see on figure3, I used jump rings to join my jewellery form. I ended up transforming my pendant into an earring, as you can see in the last picture in figure 4. As I'm looking into nails at the moment, my aim is to use the nails shapes and transform them in too jewellery forms.

Figure 1- Sishi, L,.(2020). Square nails.

Figure 2-Sishi, L,.(2020). Pendant made up of with 4 square nails.

Figure 3- Sishi, L.,(2020). Pendant made up of nails.

Figure 4- Sishi, L.,(2020). Nails into an earring.