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2nd year student show
On the first day there was a typhoon! Gusts of wind and lots of rain, thus, the show was to be held inside. The second year students are divided into groups of four in which they collaborate on a design and idea, and put together a complete look, as follows:
One of the classes had a "maid cafe" at the matsuri. The students dressed as maids and served coffee and snacks. It was cold and my fingers were freezing. We went to have a seat. I should have taken a picture of the students in their maid outfits, and this one's kinda dark. I'll work on taking better photos.
There was a "T-Shirt/Y-Shirt Contest" (Y-Shirt meaning 'white shirt')
This girl, Yujin Oh, is from Korea. I remember she won an award last year for this contest. This year she made the shirt below, it's made of a semi-stiff material, something like a fancy canvas material, but softer and less stiff. The shirt looks like a jacket, no? She didn't win anything this year, too bad. The other pictures I took of the contest didn't come out so good, again, I'll work on it.
During the evening, there was a "Teacher Re-modeling" program. The students in the class think of a skit, or a dance, or a character for their teachers to be. This one was the best. I don't know who the teacher was supposed to be, but she was dancing her heart out, and the back-up dancers were her students. One of them is actually an assistant teacher.
Students in drag
Teacher in drag
It was so funny to see everyone dress in drag! Earlier there was also an event where one girl and one guy from every class dresses up in drag, with the help of their fellow classmates, of course, and go up on stage and get judged. Okay, sure, this is a fashion school, but even in high school festivals they have a contest or show where girls dress as boys, and boys dress as girls. Did we do that in high school? As an event we had to participate in? Huh?
So that was my weekend, and now I have Monday, and Tuesday off. Have to get a new cell phone, and clean my room, blah, blah, blah...
The design for the jacket, I'll hold on to it until we make coats. Instead, I'll make something a little more like...fitted, narrow, modern, a little...
Maybe green still. Better yet, bold green stripes! Yeah~!
Balenciaga photos from style.com
Stripes from nymag.com (Jeffrey from Project Runway)
At school, our next project is to make a wool suit. I was in Shibuya (I lost my phone and had to make some arrangements, accordingly) and went by the fabric shop, Marunan. They're right by the station, five flights, decent selection, and normal prices, if not on the expensive side. Incidentally, found that wool is expensive, avg. 3000yen/yard. Fortunately, they had this Kelly green, thick, like felt, wool that was on sale for 1000yen. So, as far as now, it's decided, I'll make a Kelly green jacket and skirt suit. I think I'll make the jacket more like a coat, long, a little loose, and the skirt will be knee length, slightly fitted, no flare, maybe a slit in the back. Very vintage inspired.
Prada, fall 2003
A double breasted coat, with a similar collar and cuffs, or no, maybe no cuffs. Three quarter sleeves. I'll make a sketch, and once I get the 'okay', I'll make a reduced pattern, half the actual size, using a ruler where the markings are half the actual measurements. After that gets corrected, it's cut and sew!
Balenciaga fall 2006. hmm, should I go for a mini?
this photo from style.comabove photo from jozworld.club.fr
Yesterday was the Nakameguro Flea Market! The stalls began just around the corner from the station, and they continued all the way down to the end of the street. My aunt and I had a space in front of a cafe called Potager, where there were people lined up to eat. The food smelled good from where we had our wares spread out on the road. We tried selling old clothes and bags, silverware, and such. We sold a portable gas stove for 100 yen to a young guy who was overcome with happiness, and I was proud to be a part of that. Everything else went for 50yen. Honestly, we were happy if people would even look at our litter, let alone pay for it.
At previous Nakameguro Flea Markets, I have purchased some 'nice stuff': yellow Joseph LaRose pumps, 300yen, vintage Sonia Rykiel sunglasses, 2000yen, a black and red leather clutch, 100yen, navy rain boots for 200yen. This time I got this amazing reversible cape, yes, cape, for 300yen. It's tan and Sherlock Holmes-y on one side, and tartan plaid on the other. Black Cole Haan sandals, hot pink pumps, and a vintage sweatshirt with skiers in an 80's style print, those three for 100yen. A white Design House Stockholm scarf, and one of those ethnic scarves, two for 500yen. It started to rain before the flea market was scheduled to end, so everyone was trying to sell their stuff like mad. There's this one secondhand store I frequent called Jantiques, and by the time it started to rain they were giving away their dresses, sweaters, and shirts! Yesssss.
I don't know what it is about second hand, but I think that it's a lovely concept. Your sense of quality, and value gets recalculated by strangers whom hinge on their own credo. What they sell at Jantiques for 6700yen is really worth nothing. This one woman bought an old blue acrylic sweater that was damp from being left in the garage, and said how cute it was. One girl who was wearing a leopard print fur hat, and a kelly green vintage coat came and bought a plaid knit cardigan and skirt set (which I had my eye on, and was planning on taking home if no one bought it), and green fisherman's pants (which were mine, but I could never get the look right). She came with her mom, and was adorable. One old lady got a knit sweater with four bold black, pink, yellow, and green horizontal stripes (a sweater I got at the salvation army for $4.99), and paid 60yen instead of 50yen because she was willing to pay the extra 10yen. What a riot.
What didn't sell we threw out, but took the buttons from some skirts.
Moving on.
From Brazil. From Japanese and German parents.
Lovefoxxx.
images from POP magazine, and Glastonbury Live
There was a "T-Shirt/Y-Shirt Contest" (Y-Shirt meaning 'white shirt')
During the evening, there was a "Teacher Re-modeling" program. The students in the class think of a skit, or a dance, or a character for their teachers to be. This one was the best. I don't know who the teacher was supposed to be, but she was dancing her heart out, and the back-up dancers were her students. One of them is actually an assistant teacher.
Teacher in drag
It was so funny to see everyone dress in drag! Earlier there was also an event where one girl and one guy from every class dresses up in drag, with the help of their fellow classmates, of course, and go up on stage and get judged. Okay, sure, this is a fashion school, but even in high school festivals they have a contest or show where girls dress as boys, and boys dress as girls. Did we do that in high school? As an event we had to participate in? Huh?
Balenciaga photos from style.com
