Thursday, February 17, 2011

JK FALL 2011 INSPIRATION

  
  






JESSE KAMM FALL 2011 IS ABOUT THE THOUGHTFUL BALANCE OF CLEAN LINES AND NATURE, FORM AND FLUIDITY, AND MODERN RESTRAINED ELEGANCE. IT IS ABOUT THE BALANCE OF MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY.

VISIONS: A CAVE MOUTH, THE SUN SETTING ON A CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN RANGE, WHIRLING LEAVES, GLOWING TREES, PALE BLUE LIGHT IN A CRYSTAL SHARD, CRACKED GEODES, AND PITCH BLACK.

INSPIRATION: SURF LEGEND GENE “TARZAN” SMITH, NATURALIST AND EXPLORER JOHN MUIR ARCHITECT WENCHE SELMER, MARFA TEXAS, DONALD JUDD, DRESS MAKER JEAN MUIR, WALTER GROPIUS, HAYAO MIYAZAKI AND MOTHER NATURE.

  “HOW GLORIOUS A GREETING THE SUN GIVES THE MOUNTAINS” -JOHN MUIR




Wednesday, February 16, 2011

ICE ICE BABY



Jesse Kamm went to NY Fashion Week, and... 

I swooned at Rachel Comey, I saw the paparazzi chase Tavi, I read a Zina Cava at Vena Cava,  and among many other things "Fashion", I fell in love.  The runway that inspired me the most was outside of the city all together.   Two hours north, on a beautiful icy day in the Hamptons, I found my new fascination.... Ice Boating.










...And then I met Captain John and the Hug-a-bug