Please Listen on Some Kind of Speakers...

Little Black Submarines - Black Keys

Devil Takes Care of His Own - Band of Skulls

Bit of Christmas listening recommended by little Barnes

Maia Bergman...

She knew she didn't want to use black, tomboy, linings or silk screen...but she knew she liked beads...this illustrates the AMAZING work she did come up with for her Central St. Martins Final BA Collection...incredible.

The colours and the craftsmanship I think are what got me going the most...

 

Perfume Project...

Brief: to design and make a perfume bottle for a London based designer with reference to their work; as well as packaging, campaign and marketing...

Not a massive fan of this project if I'm completely honest...but here's what I came up with in the end...

(DESIGNER = CRAIG LAWRENCE)

(VESSEL)

(FRAGRANCE NAME / LOGO)

(CAMPAIGN)

(DOVER ST. MARKET WINDOW DISPLAY DESIGN - MARKETING IDEAS)

(SKETCHBOOK DEVELOPMENT 1)

(SKETCHBOOK DEVELOPMENT 2)

(SKETCHBOOK DEVELOPMENT 3)

This world isn't all bad...

MDX Fashion BA Second Year Menswear Exhibition...

Was blown away by the work of the Second Year Fashion BA course last night at their alternative static show...including work from some of my very good friends...so clever.

I'm so sorry and I'm an idiot, but I forgot to write down all of the names of the designers, so if anyone sees this and wants a mention...let me know...

Amazing work though fashion!

Island Man...

As a long, hard term in LDN draws to a close, I was reminded of this poem by Grace Nichols...I love it so much. 

Get me back to some Cornish air soon please!

ISLAND MAN

(for a Caribbean island man in London who still wakes up to the sound of the sea)

Morning

and island man wakes up

to the sound of blue surf

in his head

the steady breaking and wombing 

wild seabirds

and fishermen pushing out to sea

the sun surfacing defiantly

from the east

of his small emerald island

he always comes back            groggily groggily

Comes back to sands

of a grey metallic soar

                             to surge of wheels

to dull north circular roar

muffling muffling

his crumpled pillow waves

island man heaves himself

Another London day

(my island AKA Widemouth Bay)

Boy Girl at Saint Laurent...

Saskia De Brauw - the new female face of Saint Laurent Paris menswear...

Always a bit of a androgyny lover myself...this is a very clever move from the creative director at newly rebranded Saint Laurent Paris, Heidi Slimane...BRAVO old chap.

Playing...

Scanning my own hand...who'd have thought...I quite LIKE.
(should probably be doing my 'Perfume' project)

Good Life...

A video by my very clever housemate Zianne for her 'Riots' project...so sick. Love the track too!

(WATCH IT IN HD)

Filming, Directing and Editing:

Zianne Codner

Models:

Lucy Barnes and Jack Allen

Riots...

The outcome of my most recent uni project titled Riots...a political based project...the starting point of mine being football hooliganism...

Photography and Styling: Lucy Barnes

Model: Andrew Barnes

London Collections : Men - Meadham Kirchhoff

http://i-donline.com/2012/07/insi-de-eye-meadham-kirchoff/ 

Just looking back on the recent London menswear week doing some research, I was reminded of how rad Meadham Kirchhoff's static show was...check the above link... i-donline sum it all up perfectly and include a sick little video.

Tumblr...

New obsession...very addictive...just like making my page look pretty...not much else...

http://lbarnsey.tumblr.com

My 3 New Favourite Things...

Ashish S/S 13...

I'd say one of THE sickest shows from LFW this season...

Can't believe how much I'm in love with this collection...not only the design but the styling is out of this  world...maths geek meets PE student meets glitzy school disco.

Favourite part of all = sequin socks teamed with clean white Reebok classics...genius...

Just this evening was I trying to decided what kind of trainers to treat myself to next...Hmmm.