Laser works in fashion.

Yiqing Yin Automne-Hiver 2012-2013 Paris


LouisVuitton Leather Laser cut ,original floral motif design.

Giles SS 2013

Thea Bjerg

Alba Pratt

Topshop

JP Gaultier

Gianfranco Ferre SS 2004

The process of digital laser cutting is now more affordable ....
             
the Laser systems for engraving and cutting intricate designs and patterns from any image you create....

http://www.ponoko.com/make-and-sell/design-it-yourself


http://4volt.com/Blog/archive/2009/01/14/laser-cutting-cloth-and-felt.aspx

http://www.eunsukhur.com/#/for_fashion/recent_project:_normadic_wonderland/fashion_13

Furries

Made of a Mink fur hat , the crown is cut and block on the mini PT with a furfelt brim hand rolled.The crown foundation is in canvas who give the mobility to the fur as the shape can requier.
The lining is made in power mesh or in a kimono sode this one is an jinken ikat .
French vintage ribbon AS & cie 47 mm or n"18 Color Sapin Silk and Coton gros Grain is stitch with the zig zag to the brim in suspension to give the mobility of the crown.
One is in Dark ( Mink colors) with the Marron gros grain and red zig zag stitch , black furfelt brim .
One is Mahoganie with the Sapin Gros grain and red zig zag stitch , black furfelt brim .

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Furries

Paul Jacoulet

Paul Jacoulet (1902–1960) was a French, Japan-based woodblock print artist known for a style that mixed the traditional ukiyo-e style and techniques developed by the artist himself.
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Jacoulet was born in Paris in 1902 and lived in Japan for most of his life. During World War II, he moved to Karuizawa, where he survived in the countryside by growing vegetables and raising poultry. During the occupation, at the request of General Douglas MacArthur, he was recruited by Commandant Charles McDowell to work at the Tokyo Army College. MacArthur would join Greta Garbo, Pope Pius XII and Queen Elizabeth II, as a prominent collector of Jacoulet's work.
Jacoulet prints are rare and often sell in the $5,000 to $20,000 range. The Parisian Lady, a print from 1934, sold for $25,000 at auction.[1]
Paul Jacoulet's (1902–1960) creative period was 1939-1960. Jacoulet is considered one of the few western artists to have mastered the art of woodblock printing sufficiently to be recognized in Japan. His works are almost all of people, either portraits or full body images capturing some background details. He has had a number of exhibits in the years since his death including two at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena (1983 and 1990), the Yokohama Art Museum (1996 and 2003), the Riccar Museum in Tokyo (1982), and the Isla Center for the Arts on Guam (1992 and 2006). He also achieved some recognition in his lifetime including an exhibit sponsored by the US Fifth Air Force (in 1946 according to Time Magazine). Two complete catalogues of his woodblock prints exist (one in English and one in Japanese with some English) as well as exhibition books and posters from all his exhibits. The earliest book about him was written during his lifetime (Wells, 1957) and includes the original desperation prices for which he sold his work at that time. Many prints are very rare because all Jacoulet’s pre-World War II work that had not already been taken out of the country by collectors was destroyed by fire. Jacoulet was a true renaissance man –French but born and raised in Japan, expert in Kabuki, proficient on traditional Japanese musical instruments, a good calligrapher, conversant in several languages, and a recognized butterfly collector. Growing up in Tokyo he was the next door neighbor of Ukiyoe authority Yone Noguchi; he was taught English by Noguchi's American wife, Leonie Gilmour, and befriended their son, the young Isamu Noguchi. Jacoulet’s father was an ambassador so Paul was widely traveled and was doted upon by his mother. She supported his artistic endeavors all her life. She believed that if French Polynesia was good for Paul Gauguin, then Jacoulet must go there too. She sent him away many winters from Japan to various islands in Micronesia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Although his most valued works are from this part of the world, he also has a substantial number of prints with subjects from China, Korea, all areas of Japan, and Mongolia. Just one print depicts an American.
Jacoulet's works are also interesting to anthropologists. First because his subject matter was indigenous people in their traditional dress. In 1939 traditional people were the norm in his travels. Today his work is often used as a basis for reconstructing, for example, what Ainu traditional dress looked like by the Ainu themselves in their quest to reconnect with their cultural roots. Second, some of the subjects who posed for Jacoulet are still alive and they are currently being interviewed by a professor in Guam (Donald Rubinstein) to learn more about his artistic process.
Jacoulet was a shameless self-promoter and he sent prints to famous people to enhance his reputation. Mrs. Douglas MaArthur received an annual Christmas gift and his work hung in the General’s headquarters in Tokyo and later at the Waldorf-Astoria. Jacoulet was a flamboyant gay man at a very early date to be out, and his sexual orientation and gender fluidity are clearly reflected in his work. Near the end of his life Jacoulet was barred from entering the US due to his “undesirability” as a gay person. Undeterred, he dressed up in a white suit with a silver headed cane and walked into the US at Niagara Falls.
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FURY

Last year i bougth a couple of vintage fur hat for recycling... In order to make real fur hat ,with real fur recycled of course . you need to have atleast these tools:
furrier cutter,fur machine,canvas,ventilate hot dry air.
Cutting fur "shell" hat for a block in 3d combine wth the part and lenght of the hair .
I finally find two head of Allbook & Hashfield fur machine for the price of a hat .
I haven't touch a fur machine since 1992 ...and fur machines are very precise and requier more specific knowledge to operate them .
I made two first hats and i need to get threads and needles to make a professional quality work .

Threads
# 140 *
# 120* Mink, Sable, Cinchilla, Fitch, Fisher, Ermine, Stonemarten
# 100* Fox, Red Fox, Blue Fox, Silver Fox, Raccoon, Weasel, Kolinski, Marmot, Muskrat, Nutria, Opossum, Pahmi, Squirrel, Otter, Lynx, Laska, Mole
# 90 Rabbit, Lamb, Persian Lamb, Raccoon, Wolf, Opossum, Gou-Pee, Marmot, Squirrel, Pahmi, Wild Cat, Kid Skin, Leopard, Goatskin, Badger
# 70 Rabbit, Gou-Pee, Wild Cat, Kid Skin, Goat Skin
# 60 Rabbit, Gou-Pee, Wild Cat, Kid Skin, Goat Skin, Lamb, Sheep, Sheered Sheep Skin Plates and Rugs

Needles
# 120 Glace Cotton 11,000 meters
35 40
22 21
# 100 Glace Cotton 11,000 meters
45 50 55
20 19 18
# 90 Glace Cotton 11,000 meters
55 60 65
18 17 16
# 80 Glace Cotton 11,000 meters
55 60 65
18 17 16
# 70 Glace Cotton 11,000 meters
65 75 85
16 14 12
# 60 Glace Cotton 11,000 meters
65 75 85
16 14 12

Kiku by Philippe Urban

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KIKU

Stephen Jones, is inviting designers to submit a photograph or illustration of their originally designed hat for the chance to be a part of Hats: An Anthology, an exhibition hosted by the Bard Graduate Center in New York City. The exhibit is a collaboration between Stephen Jones and the V&A and has previously attracted over 350,000 visitors in London and Brisbane. The selected hat will be displayed in the Bard Graduate Center Gallery as part of the exhibition. Stephen Jones is looking for originality and creativity and encourages participants to use any kind of material - from paper to metal, fabric to feathers, card to plastic*.

Thanks to Stephen Jones,Talenthouse,Vogue UK for this "concours de circonstance" to participate this event .

I start the project 3 weeks ago with no inspiration to be very honest....
I run and watch lot of film Noir, 60 Avant Garde,Tati ,Meville,Demy,Becker, and Terence Malik movies.
Finally after 2 weeks ....
I start a long process of work in progress...

Kiku is a japanese chrysanthemum . Flowers inspire me to create this sculptural art form in millinery project .
The dimensions of the hat are technically relate to his elaboration.
- 22 meters of a vintage Milan straw braid "hand made in Italy" sew with the Bulasky zigzag machine
on 22 meters of french wire.
- 260 grams defies the gravity on a asymmetrical movement at the longest diametre of 1,32 meters.
- 36 hours of hand stitching.
The braid is continuously drawing the petals in multidimensional perspective .
The free art form illustrate my vision of impressionism in a contemporary space ; as a sculpture , a lamp design and a hat .
This project is unique and made for " Design for Stephen Jones " by Philippe Urban as milliner.
Dress from Philippe Urban
Vintage 1940 recycled dress , Japanese silk kimono panels embroided of gold Kiku.
Stephanie Lemieux plays guitar and model.
Photography is Philippe Urban
Music is Hans Zimmer from the Thin Red Line .