Fashion Week Flashback

It's going to be really difficult to keep up with posts because its officially Finals month, and I don't even have time to sleep. Blogging has been almost therapeutic to me though, so for that reason, I will try to post everyday just for some sanity. I wouldn't be surprised if what I just typed was not coherent. lets just have the photos speak for themselves.
Below: Women on the streets during fashion week (september). I used some of these images as photos for some of my projects. Here are some photos that i find particularly striking
All photos from GQ.com

All so beautiful in different ways. 

Tim Walker Photography

Tim Walker is a London based photographer.

Dramatic.

Whimsical.

Romantic.

Lavish.

Beautiful.

I love that he always has fun with his photoshoots and manages to bring the child out in me.

im sure some of these images look familiar to you

beautiful, no?

Naked

I spent the whole day detoxifying, sweating and sleeping at a Korean Sauna today. If youre familiar with the korean sauna, then you know the end of your trip to the sauna ends with you showering in a public area. This means you are naked in front of strangers of the same sex. This means you see them naked and vice versa. At first, it was strange/awkward/uncomfortable to me (of course). But as a design major, I've seen strangers naked and have drawn them. I've studied art where most of the figures are naked. Naturally, I've come to appreciate the naked human form and its beauty (when taken care of).
I was reminded of this photoshoot for Elle China, which was done for environment protection. Some people may think its TMI, or inappropriate. I think its beautiful. From June 2010.


DISCLAIMER: naked photos of both sexes.
p.s. theyre supermodels which explains how perfect they look...

Yu Nan

Fu Zhenggang

Spring

Kong Ling Ling

Zhang Liang

kang qianwen

Huang

Ming Xi

Dan Ni Li

Ji Huanbo

Liu Dan

My favorite.

still waters

When asked what was on his art wish list, one of my favorite designers Phillip Lim answered "One of Hiroshi Sugimoto's seascapes because they are calming in an insanely hectic world."
Phillip Lim is a man of impeccable taste so naturally I checked them out and I thought I'd share them with you. At first glance they are nothing special, but you cant help but feel an instant calmness when you observe these works. Especially since it is Black Friday, hopefully you will find calmness in these pictures. I also have a song to maximize the effect.

Seascapes

Water and air. So very commonplace are these substances, they hardly attract

attention—and yet they vouchsafe our very existence.

The beginnings of life are shrouded in myth: Let there water and air. Living phenomena

spontaneously generated from water and air in the presence of light, though that could

just as easily suggest random coincidence as a Deity. Let's just say that there happened

to be a planet with water and air in our solar system, and moreover at precisely the right

distance from the sun for the temperatures required to coax forth life. While hardly

inconceivable that at least one such planet should exist in the vast reaches of universe,

we search in vain for another similar example.

Mystery of mysteries, water and air are right there before us in the sea. Every time I view

the sea, I feel a calming sense of security, as if visiting my ancestral home; I embark on a

voyage of seeing.

- Hiroshi Sugimoto

W

one of my favorite korean photo spreads.
I can feel the chemistry, and its refreshing to see a splash of "Americanization" since Korean photo shoots (or ones ive seen so far) are usually really innocent, "forced" or really dramatic. This feels really natural, classy and sexy. Featuring Yoon Eun Hye and Lee Yong Woo ;) in W magazine Korea 5/09