sidewalk chalk

Unparalleled Beauty

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Tracey Emin - Liverpool Cathedral double exposure

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Liverpool/London

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LUKE MOORHEAD A/W 13

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Colour Blocking s/s 2011

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Fish Market - Amsterdam

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Amsterdam

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Colour inspiration

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House shadow

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Red Light District

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Prostitute

Free like a swan, wet;

virgin white.

Mating for life,

beneath tinted red light.

Caged like a bird,

begging for me.

Baron inside,

waiting to flee.

Unnatural and cold,

their bodies, their tender.

To many to count,

but all just one gender.

written by Luke Moorhead

My Tattoos

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Liverpool air duct

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Liverpool

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One of the most beautiful new buildings in Liverpool, I love how it cuts through the old architecture surrounding it.

Noble Savage _photographs

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Noble Savage _video

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Noble Savage _line up

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Noble Savage _illustration

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illustration by Luisa MacCormack

Noble Savage _inspiration

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Noble Savage _group collection

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Liverpool

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Delamere Forest

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Rubber Shirt for LookLynn

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styling for looklynn

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cigarette card birds

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Liverpool

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a video

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“I walk into a thrift store and see a garment made by hand that’s really badly made. I think ‘They didn’t know what they were doing, but they still needed to make this.’ That sort of fire, that’s what it’s all about for me.”

-Danny Mansmith

SomethinkBlue Magazine

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I am currently featured in the online magazine SomethinkBlue. Click here to read about my ethos on design and the current trend that is Menswear!

Duran Duran styling

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In November I helped style Duran Duran's new video, we used garments from MMM, James Long, Rick Owens and lots of Burberry!

Vogue

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looklynn

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Great Great Grandad Mercer, Artillery 1916.

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Great Great Grandad Mercer - Lake Erie, Canada.

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Merry Christmas!

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Penny For The Guy

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Model: David Lynn

Styling: Rikke Bonde

Photography: Luke Moorhead

All Clothes and Accessories: Luke Moorhead

Reinventing Tradition

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My first term project of second year was to be uniquely british. I went down the route of reinventing tradition and chose to develop the life of Guido Fawkes and juxtapose this idea with homeless people and native african dress.

The final outcome was a mixture of pony skin tied with rope, long two-tone shirts and wide fitted trousers worn inside out to give an over all effect of being dish

eveled. My client was Vivienne Westwood so I finished the ga

rments with hand stitching techniques such as blanket stitch and whip stitch using a wide natural wool, combined with sanded eyelets and plaited rope to produce finished garments that had quality but seemed informal.

Research #2

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Research #4

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Research #6

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Research #21

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Research #29

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Research #10

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Glastonbury 2010

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A few of my favorite photographs from this years festival!

Members Lounge

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Dream

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Typing Taste

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I've painted my old school desk, now i have no excuse to write to my friends!

tweet tweet

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First year over and out!

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I have now finished my first year at London College of Fashion! This term has been hard but I am glad to have come through, learning and developing so much from when I first started.

The above was my final capsule collection for my project inspired by the birds of paradise.

Reflection

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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2010

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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2010

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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2010 - Press Day

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I was invited along to the press day of this years prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show, i met some very interesting people and one of my biggest heroines, Nigella Lawson!

We Just Are

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David from http://behindthegeekglasses.blogspot.com/ in conversation talking about Emin, Leaflets & Bookcases.

My French Agnes

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Expressing my love of old vs new, weird vs wonderful and French cinematography.

Birds, form and shape

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"We brought the colour into our own lives"

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St Pauls Cathedral

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collective harmony

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natural beauty

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Parotia: Bird of Paradise, is the inspiration for my new project.

Since seeing the species online, in the Natural History Museum and in books i have been obsessed. Mostly found in New Guinea they are an extreme type of bird that have the most beautiful exteriors and even more transfixed mating dances that will leave you feeling despondent and jealous of this wonderful animal found on our unbelievable planet.

Watch at 1:34 the fantastic design that evolution has produced.

i can hear your shoes

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Whilst waiting for a tube that eventually never came i realized how sensitive your hearing goes on an empty platform. I could hear this woman as if she was in my brain, i remember the rustling of her plastic bags and squeaking of here leather coat.

when you look back at time

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the elegant universe

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This video at first glance looks like a static ridden over exposed attempt at videography. But when studied and understood it can be the most beautiful piece of "modern" art interpretation.

I noticed how bright my room was the other night and then looked out the window to find a massive full moon. My focus lately is on the video process of everyday and sometimes mundane tasks/observations.

When i stared at the moon for a while it became almost common and too familiar, which on a larger scale is totally unreal because in reality it's a natural satellite that is part of gigantic solar system and the last thing it could ever be, was familiar.

View the video and try and grasp this:

"The string theory" - A concept that states the theory of "superstrings" are loops of energy, microscopically small that constantly vibrate and wobble... Like worms. All strings act differently, creating colour, solid mass etc etc... It's a MASSIVE subject that professionals can barely explain... Have a good read of it here.

Anyway, enough babble. I figured that this video is my artistic representation of the theory. Instead of viewing the noise as static, they are the superstrings and the fact that the light bounced off the moon dims in certain sections allows the strings to vibrate more and become more apparent.

I also love how you presume the light is the moon without having seen the moon in the first few minutes. Then part way through the clouds cover it to shadow the light and allow the circular line of the lunar sphere to show itself.

boys look better in skirts

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Photography and styling Rachel Roberts & makeup Megan Johnson,

both London College of Fashion.

elly jackson

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Not much happening lately on my work front. Recovering from a heart operation and enjoying time off.

One of my favorite inspirations and the highlight of last year, La Roux. Talking about her famous hair,

androgynous style and her muse.

photograph taken by me, Glastonbury 2009

second term over and out

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Three of my favorite pages from my book made for my second term at London College of Fashion studying Menswear design_

scare the children

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my latest creation_

getting distracted

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It's child's play

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The front cover of my new book. Menswear inspired by the imagination of children and the 80s geometric shaped toys.

Best viewed large

jeepering jumpsuits

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Weird, wonderful, whatever

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Something I am working on lately, colourful, brash & playful garments that promote sexuality and bring out the youthful side of us all.

Victoria & David Beckham

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How fantastic are the new 10 Magazine covers?

Colourful Geometry

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Almost a month since my last post, I have been so busy! Menswear Fashion Week @ Milan has come and gone, with some fantastic designers starting to emerge.

London College of Fashion's MA Show has just recently been staged at the beautiful V&A Museum with amazing reviews and a star-studded audience! More here (i love how menswear came out on-top!!)

I am now 20, scary thought...

Here are some collage type sketch designs? Call them what you want, but they are the current working progress of term 2 at London College of Fashion: Menswear Design!

just some knit-nacks

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I think it was inevitable that the knitwear post was coming, especially after Rodarte's brand spanking new menswear jumpers. For a first attempt of menswear the fantastic duo have excelled! At an unreal $2,760 a piece i'm not sure the finance department have calculated the costing correctly. Mix a knitting machine, a roll of mohair, throw in a bit of creativity and hey presto you have yourself $2,760 in the bank! Non-the-less they are beautiful and the hap-hazard spider influence suggests the fumbling, more intimate hand knit.

After consistent months of searching i have finally got my hands on a knitting machine. Wether this means i will now be the hermit crab living in my room or the latest trend setter of east London, I am sure to have some interesting garments in the near future!

Some knitting experiments:

Last but certainly not least, Bluecoat Gallery in Liverpool. I visited the newly revamped gallery in the heart of Liverpool this week. Although i did not care much for Janek Schaefer's Sound Art exhibition, i did find the most delightful knitting hung about the trees in the courtyard!

Happy New Year

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Peter Callesen

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I figured i had to post about this because i have been on his site consistantly for the past week!

Peter Callesen creates some of the most intricite and mesmerising pieces of work i have ever seen made out of just paper.

I don't think i have to talk about his work in depth as it pretty much speaks for its self!

http://www.petercallesen.com/

First Aid Kit

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This duo from Sweeden have enlightened my YouTube days for long enough, i think it's time to buy their album!!

Mushroom Soup

2009-12-29T09:49:00.000-08:00

My festive season break has been concentrated on food, food & more food! Since moving to university one thing i appreciate more is the price and overall factor of food. The hard hitting facts of poverty and homelessness in London bring the subject of food to the forefront of my mind each time i walk home from university or get the tube.

This glorious mushroom soup was made by my good friend for a warm night in around a wood fire playing board games and drinking mulled wine! It makes me miss my wonderful flat mate back in London who has a delightful talent when it comes to culinary experimentation!

Roll on the new year and all of it's scrumptious treats that it awaits!

p.s: one of my resolutions for the new year is to not use flash, this photograph is the starting point for me. The deep earth tones reflect the gorgeous flavours that grew in the mushroom and that later, made me feel very full and yummy!

Colourful Christmas

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This Christmas was not as eventful as i might of liked due to the total fail on behalf of my heart, but i did get some fantastic gifts that i can use and keep for the rest of my life!

I received Tate Membership that was cleverly housed in this Jim Lambie box, previously exhibited in Tate Liverpool. Turned inside-out it also turns into the black and white version of his work.

The entire 2nd floor of Tate Liverpool was made into 'Zobop' a space covered with vinyl tape consisting of intensely colourful geometric lines as part of the exhibition entitled

'Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour, 1950 - Today'.

I remember the exhibition being so unforgivingly boring, especially due to the nature of it being colour i expected something a lot more bold, brash and overwhelming.(do not let this image fool you!)

My upcoming second term project is called "Stretch & Extrude", playing with shapes through jersey. Since my first term was strictly white, i feel the need to explode with colour. Anyone who knows me will know how much i hate colour or pattern, unless the garment is magnificent! I have decided to completely ignore my instinct and explore colour in weird and wonderful ways.

In a way, this box is my starting point. What a perfect christmas present!

Robert Smithson

2009-12-18T17:59:00.000-08:00

I recently visited Tate Modern to give me one last boost of artistic influence before i travelled back to Liverpool for christmas.

These series of images produced by Robert Smithson show a plotted route on Cayuga Lake in New York State. Rather than document the beautiful surroundings or use the terrain to recreate an image or object like the works of Andy Goldsworthy, here, Smithson has simply placed a mirror within the chosen environment to reflect nature back at itself.

An important message conveyed through this work is that of self reflection(excuse the pun). We all so frantically try to gain inspiration from our cultures and environments yet we have a constant volcano of thoughts and ideas that have organically been produced in our minds.

Although, I have just got this theory from another artists piece of work, so you could say; I am chatting utter bullshit...

Timber

2009-12-18T17:16:00.000-08:00

Slow on the blogging front lately but I am back in Liverpool for a Christmas break before heading off to Paris in a couple of weeks.

Timber is the very subliminal shop that has opened within the past 3 weeks on Hanbury Street off Brick Lane, E1.

If you are looking for bespoke clothing, jewelry or even objects then this gem of a store is your necessity.

Downstairs also houses an exhibition space available for hire.

white shirt (outcome)

2009-12-04T11:53:00.000-08:00

This is my final outcome for first term at London College of Fashion, studying Menswear Design. The brief was "white shirt". From this i chose Salvador Dali and developed through stages of fluidity and form to finally create this shirt made from latex and 100% cotton sourced from the beautiful Cloth House on Berwick Street. I am very satisfied with myself. Having never used patterns before or industry machines i have produced a shirt that not only expresses my individual design ethic, but also maintains the standard of industry quality.

white shirt collection

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Illustrations from my white shirt collection, inspired by the works of Salvador Dali and the fluid shapes created by latex.

white shirt project

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illustrations from my white shirt project using a stick, ink & photoshop. inspired by the imagery of salvador dali.

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Thank you to David Lynn for the new artwork!!!

A Central Saint Martins student and fellow friend, his drawings draw you in and his photography captures his latest adventures!

http://behindthegeekglasses.blogspot.com/

DSquared & Vivienne Westwood

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Vivienne Westwood leopard print jumper, necklace my own.

DSquared goose down puffer coat.

DSquared Goose Down

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I bought this coat today,

if it wasn't so expensive i'd sleep in it.

Club Kids

2009-11-12T14:01:00.001-08:00

Recently inspired by the life of Michael Alig and the other club kids. They're audacity and outrageous lives have made me even more aware of how fantastic fashion can make you feel. My style has changed since moving to London. It's expanded, it's became whimsical and I am getting constantly motivated.

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My first post from London.

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2m Hooded Jersey Cape,

Linen Pleated Harem pants - Me

White Vest - H&M

i love excessive material

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my new coat

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i'll die becoming famous

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I've been doing a lot of things lately.

I move to London next week, my life will now begin...

Also, dont you find Imogen Heap fantastically gorgeous?

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i'm not keen on Agyness Deyn but i love drawing