…Time for parties and celebration, People dancing all night long, Time for presents and exchanging kisses. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!!! A big thank you to the talented Mr Philip Dunn who has created this year’s Christmas card.
IN ONE WORD: INSPIRATIONAL
We were visiting Walter in Antwerp to working on the new leather bags for the upcoming Paris Fashion Week. It was a fun road trip, driving through Belgium we’ve spotted Brussels’ Christmas market, the Atomium and even a chocolate Manneken Pis. Very Christmassy indeed!
However, the highlight of the trip was definitely Walter Van Beirendonck’s retrospective exhibition at the MoMu Museum. It is a highly recommended and inspirational show to visit, the exhibition gives you a rare and deep insight into Walter’s world, his colourful career and inspirations. One of the room includes the exact reconstruction of his workspace. Do you need more reason to visit Antwerp? Start packing!!!
Walter Van Beirendonck: Dream the world awake exhibition runs until 19 February 2012
For more information visit the MoMu Museum’s website.
Handmade bag
Now that the weather is turning cold and wet in London, it feels especially nice to remember the warm days we spent in Spain this summer. After a breathtakingly long, narrow and dangerous mountain drive, we arrived to a relaxed, pretty village where we had a quick look at our AW 11-12 production. It was interesting to witness the process of the highest craftsmanship what involves with our handmade production.
British Council Smart Talks and Exhibition
Back in September (when we could still feel our toes) the Chris&Tibor team embarked upon a trip to Shanghai and Hangzhou to take part in the British Council’s Smart Talks and exhibition. Smart Talk is the British Council’s programme of cultural events for Shanghai Expo, featuring innovative and inspiring speakers from the UK, introduce British innovations to Asia, allowing the audience a unique insight into the UK education, life and culture.
Always happy to spend time in the East we were glad to receive the invitation, following in the likes of Sir Richard Branson (Virgin Airways), Jimmy Choo (Jimmy Choo shoes) and Sir David Tang (Shanghai Tang).
Check out the photos here, we were exhibiting a selection of bags from the Walter Van Beirendonck collaboration project and Chris Liu womenswear. Brilliant event from the British Council and most importantly: hurrah for British Fashion!
DOCUMENTARY VIDEO: KAI Z FENG SHOOT FOR CHRIS&TIBOR
Grabbing on to the tail end of London’s dwindling Summer we packed ourselves and set-up camp at the beautiful Hampstead Heath to shoot our new campaign. Not only did we have the brilliant Kai Z Feng onboard for the second time but also help from hairstylist Chi Wong, stylist Rachel Bakewell and young new talent in the shape of our models Johann and Paddy (Select Models), Lynn Amelie Rage (PMA Models). To capture the day we made a short documentary, giving a better insight into the team behind the shoot.
Big thank you for the lovely and amazing Disneyrollergirl for the interview!
Video: Walter Van Beirendonck + Chris&Tibor AW 2010-11
On January 22nd 2010, Walter Van Beirendonck + Chris&Tibor’s first collaboration hit the runway in Paris. A quirky explosion of shapes and colours, the show enticed an audience of Press and celebrities, including Kanye West and sweetheart of the time Amber Rose. The bags featured were a range of belt bags spelling out words from Walter’s ‘read my skin’ theme and striking rocket backpacks. Watch the video now!
The future of Fashion as changed by the Ipad
Interesting article about the iPad and fashion. The latest WeAre magazine features Chris&Tibor and the collaboration collection with Walter Van Beirendonck.
“Since the iPad’s electrifying appearance, the fashion world has also been changing. The first thing designers thought about was how this new gadget can be carried in a stylish way. Some of the first responses to this question were the striking Gucci iPad case arranged with the GG logo and the Louis Vuitton iPad etui, whose initial stock supply has already sold out. Another creative iPad carrying style was displayed by Walter Van Beirendonck. With his 2011 spring/summer collection entitled Hope, he unveiled backpacks in alligator and robot shapes and iPad cases with the W logo in collaboration with Chris&Tibor. The trend of incorporating the iPad into the unveiling of new creations is also accelerating. The iPad cannot handle the web animation technology Flash, but on short notice Burberry Prorsum and Giorgio Armani managed, for the spring/summer 2011 Milan menswear show, to make real-time distribution through the iPad possible. At that same Milan Fashion Week, Dolce&Gabbana held an exhibition celebrating its 2011 menswear anniversary. At this venue 28 iPads were simply lined up, so that when visitors touched them, they were able to turn the pages of the new photo book ‘20 Years of Dolce & Gabbana for Men’ and read it at the exhibition. Tommy Hilfiger used this method in a similar way at the Bread & Butter trade show. Inside a giant sophisticated booth, there were no clothes; it served rather as a station housing eight iPads, where customers could view the entire collection and then place their orders. Now even for products that are not physically in a certain location, if you have an iPad, you can easily see pictures of them just by the touch of your fingertips. This has a high utility value even on the sales floor. Fred Perry’s Tokyo Harajuku location was quick to introduce the iPad to the store, using an application that enables viewing of the digital catalog, which is also useful for sales promotion activities. Going forward these kinds of trends with the iPad are sure to spread rapidly. Because the iPad has an intuitive operability and a large, easily visible screen, it has hidden potential to become popular among a wide variety of age groups. It looks like iPad applications might become indispensible to the future of fashion.”
Chris&Tibor is on the must-watch list
Joseph Quartana, owner and buyer of New York shop Seven is known for his independent and always dead-on fashion vision that has made his store one of the world’s best sources for progressive design. In a recent interview he talks about the British designers, London Fashion Week and also mentions Chris&Tibor.
Read the full interview on Tribaspace
CNN Revealed: Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana are an iconic and true inspiration for Chris&Tibor and our brand. This year they’re celebrating their 20th year in menswear design. For this special occasion the CNN Revealed crew filmed Italian design duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana at their holiday home in Portofino. Revealed goes behind the scenes at Dolce and Gabbana’s Autumn/ Winter 2010 fashion show, and the huge 20th anniversary celebration this June in Milan.
The 20 minutes, three parts ”CNN Revealed” documentary can be watched on CNN website.
