11.27.2011

ALICE


"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things."

"I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age I did it for half an hour every day.  Why, sometimes,  I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." -Lewis Carroll

Designs for LFW Feb/12 interiors started with an impossibly garish buddhist shrine I found in Choeng Thalay, wound with swags of nylon tulle and garlands of plastic flowers in ultra-synthetic colours; topped with offerings that included glass bottles of red Fanta and small animal figures.

A bit of whimsy and nostalgia, paired with musings about '70s fairgrounds, Shanghai markets and K-wave are coupled with images of Marina Diamandis swimming, Charlotte Free's amazing pink hair, Meadham Kirchoff's S/S'12 make-up and Airan Kang's LED library.

England feels grey after my recent return for SE Asia.  I needed some colour.