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From Glamour‘s “These Girls” event, where Alexa Chung and Dianna Agron shared stories of feminism, to the glam Billboard Music Awards, there were several events other than Cannes which drew a stylish crowd. Click through to see them all. Continue reading »Follow Fashionista on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.

Dear Diane and Shaded Viewers,   Mens fashion week in June is just around the corner, but before that you can't miss the younger talents from London during graduate shows. On Thursday evening, The University of Westminster kicked off the graduate season with 17 students from their BA Fashion Design course. The attention to the show was much bigger than ever before, as the last year's show saw the debut of Ashley Williams and Claire Barrow, who launched their labels immediately and showed their collections as a part of Fashion East. Each graduate had their own contemporary approach to fashion balancing creativity and commerciality, but in general it seemed there was a focus on colour and volume, such as Lisa Clayton, who crushed different fabrics into voluminous dresses, and Philli Wood, who presented the puffy neon parkas with cable knit prints. Lisa Clayton Philli Wood Chloe Bayles   Also Tom Guy's holographic flower dress and Louise Alsop's gothic skater girls were very impressive.  Tom Guy Louise Alsop Sophie Nuttall   As for menswear, my favourite one was Aaron Tubb. He showed the latest update of youth rebellion genealogy, which has been pursued by great menswear designers in the past, layering clean military and sports wears with russian slogans and football scarves. Aaron Tubb     You can see each student's complete design portfolio online at http://www.westminsterfashion.com/. Graduate shows go on, Central Saint Martins' and Royal College of Art's shows are scheduled for next week.   Later,   YASU

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This character in the image of ORLAN was created for her exhibition measurements institutions in the Andy Warhol Museum, and has since become emblematic of her oeuvre. www.orlan.net. Dear Shaded Viewers, "The metamorphoses of the virtual 100 years of art and freedom" is a group show that will be presented at the 55th International Art Exhibition. The show  is curated by Roberta Semeraro and includes the work of Pia MYrvoLD, Miguel Chevalier, ORLAN, Anne Senstad and PIKSEL Remote HackLab. The French artist; ORLAN, premieres an elaborate 3D video; "Skinned Model of Liberty" while Miguel Chevalier's installation "The Origin of the World" engages with interactive technology and generative image software. Norwegian artist; Pia MYrvoLD creates in her Paris studio digital works and multiple screen installations, introducing new parameters in sculpture and painting: "The Metamorphoses of the Virtual. Norwegian artist; Anne Senstad brings her immersive architectual video installation "Universals" from New York while Piksel Remote HackLab, an international group of network artists with an open source philosophy, will create mystical art objects from technological waste in a performance workshop. The curator, Roberta Semeraro's theme elaborates on the new virtuality that is possible through digital media and the flow-image, as well as the situation for innovative artists today, 100 years after the beginnings of the Modern Movement and gender equality in countries like Norway. Officina delle Zattere Fondamenta Nani 947, Dorsoduro Venice  Vaporetto Stop: Zattere or Academia www.officinadellezattere.com info@arteeventi.com www.mov-artist.com May 27 to the 31 October  Later, Diane

Dear Shaded Viewers, Show Angewandte 13 takes place in Vienna Thursday, 6th of June in the Former Anker Expedithalle Puchsbaumgasse 1C (5 minutes by foot from the U1 station Reumannplatz. Enter 19h30 show begins 20h30 you can buy tickets at University of Appied Arts Vienna or via: tickets_show@uni-ak.ac.at. Bernhard Willhelm took over the Angewandte fashion department in 2009, Bernhard Willhelm and his class of around 50 students will present their final collections spotlighting artistic freedom and creativity. The 2013 jury consists of: Frances Corner - Professor and Head of London College of Fashion Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of the Arts London Yoan Gonfond - Stylist, F Elke Krystufek - Artist, AT Klaus Stockhausen fashion director of the INTERVIEW magazine Germany Susanna Lau - stylebubble, Elle, The Daily Rubbish, Dazed Digital Sara Maino - Senior Editor Vogue Italia Dan Thawley - Editor in Chief of A Magazine Henrik Vibskov - Fashion Designer and myself https://www.facebook.com/events/120147638190151/ teaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9zkIesEKbk&feature=youtu.be     Later, Diane

http://dianepernet.typepad.com/diane/2013/05/clifford-harper-illustration-for-the-collection-from-the-29th-to-the-31st-of-may-2013-also-known-as-the.html Dear Shaded Viewers, From the 29th to the 31st of May 2013, also known as the Preview days for 55th International Art Biennale, Paris-based experimental luxury label Aganovich will join forces with Venetian brand Setecento to present a womenswear capsule collection at Bauers l’Hotel in Venice. Entitled ‘Camera oBscura’ the presentation will explore classical Venetian chiaroscuro motifs while elaborating the main theme of ‘dark chambers’ in collaboration with London-based artist Fritz Stolberg and NEATEK, purveyors of state-of-the-art 3D bodyscanning technology.  From the 29th to the 31st of May 2013, also known as the Preview days for 55th International Art Biennale, Paris-based experimental luxury label Aganovich will join forces with Venetian brand Setecento to present a womenswear capsule collection at Bauers l’Hotel in Venice.Entitled ‘Camera oBscura’ the presentation will explore classical Venetian chiaroscuro motifs while elaborating the main theme of ‘dark chambers’ in collaboration with London-based artist Fritz Stolberg and NEATEK, purveyors of state-of-the-art 3D bodyscanning technology.  "As visitors to Venice many of the themes we chose to explore for Camera oBscura are 'visitor themes'. A Venetian would perhaps explore themes of plumbing, subsidence, politics, or pedestrian traffic. As tourists we decided to pick up on clicheed associations and twist them by a notch or two. While in Venice in January we met with artisanal mask-maker Carlo from La Pietra Filosofale. Instead of the usual Commedia dell'Arte grotesques we commissioned him to make masks based on Messerschmidt's infamous portraits of the insane." In the spirit of the popular Venetian Commedia dell’Arte postcards, anarchist illustrator Clifford Harper will interpret each of the looks.  https://www.facebook.com/events/408084202623781/ The Venue: Sala Gioco aka The Bridge Room at the Bauer Hotel Later, Diane

Dear Shaded Viewers, ASVOFF @ ARNHEM BIENNALE - FETISH COMPETITION OPEN CALL from Diane Pernet's ASVOFF on Vimeo.    M * BA 13: Fetishism in Fashion the 5th edition of the Arnhem Biennale has  Li Edelkoort in collaboration with co-curator Philip Fimmano and assisted by Willem Schenk dedicating the Biennale to the unexplored world of fashion and fetishism. In addition to the 3 x 90 minute ASVOFF special Fetish projections created for the Arnhem Biennale, there will be a special program dedicated to ORLAN including a live interview with the artist and yours truly. The special ASVOFF/M*BA program will be screened Saturday July 6 + Sunday July 7th with morning to early evening screenings. The homage to ORLAN will be Saturday, July 6th from 15h-17h. In addition to the short films  there is an Open Call for films 30 seconds to 5 minutes - the brief: FETISH. The ASVOFF Launch and FIlm Competition takes place 18h30 - 19h30 on Friday July 5th. If you would like to propose a film for the Biennale you can write to: fetishsubmissions@ASVOFF.com for more details.  DEADLINE: June 23rd.  http://moba.nu/moba-13/fetishism-in-fashion/

Images by Ramiro E and Pedro Zozaya (Elle Spain) Last week I was invited to host a conference at EBFW in Elche (Alicante). It was my first time in this town located near the mediterranean coast of Spain and that is well knwown for manufacturing most of Spain's leather goods produced for the fashion industry. For me it was also a great chance to speak to my readers and get to know so many creative minds. I gave a special interview at the main conference room explaining my very own experience in this "fascinating world" and met the designers too. I wore trousers and top by Adolfo Dominguez with Zubi and Celine bag, my left had bracelet is from Kirsten Goss and the spike bracelets from the right hand are all Vita Fede. During the after party in a gorgeous "finca" outside Else town, I dj-ed I wearing Joe's Jeans sequence dress with a denim jacket also from the same label and Office shoes.La semana pasada tuve el placer de participar en la primer edicion de EBFW en Elche (Alicante). Era la primera vez que visitaba esta ciudad (por ahora solo he tenido el placer de ir a Valencia, pero me queda taaanto por ver de la preciosa costa del mediterraneo español!). Como muchos sabeis, esta zona es muy conocida porque es donde se producen la mayoria de los productos realizados en piel dentro de la industria de la moda en España, y para mi era tambien la excusa perfecta para conocer a diseñadores y lectores del blog de una forma mas cercana. Y fue un autentico exito! Felicidades a la organizacion y a todos los que habeis hecho posible que estas jornadas de moda en Elche fuesen posibles y en especial a Priscila que es un encanto de mujer. Para la ocasion lleve pantalon y top de Adolfo Dominguez con bolso Zubi y otto de colgar de Celine (todo made in Spain!) con brazaletes de Kirsten Goss y Vita Fede. Por la noche en la fiesta de clausura de las jornadas, donde estuve pinchando, utilice un vestido-joya en aldogon con chaqueta denim de Joe's Jeans y botas Office.

http://www.filmlinc.com/daily/entry/cannes-daily-buzz-hot-topics-roundtable-3 Dear Shaded Viewers, Insiders on the buzz at Cannes. If you love films follow all of Lincoln Center Film Societies' Eugene Hernandez's podcasts. THey are great. If you enjoyed that: http://www.filmlinc.com/daily/entry/cannes-daily-buzz-podcast-jia-zhang-ke-a-touch-of-sin Later, Diane