Art, costumes, design and animations, Jum Nakao channels his output into various directions, but often uses fashion as common denominator. Even when can be considered as”oldies”, these marvellous paper couture might be some of the most stunning artwork the Japanese-Brasilian artist came up with so far.

“A costura do invisivel”, which approximately could be transpated as “sewing the invisible” is a project, Jum Nakao created for the Paper-Fashion exhibiton at Moma. With incredible love for details, he created those amazing paper dresses which were torn down by the models during a presentation on a runway.

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If on the streets, in studios or on runways – If it´s fashion, sooner or later, media is on the track.
Fashion magazines and fashion blogs, TV and online networks massively inspire and affect our common sense of style, decipher fashion codes of different subcultures and influence our collective taste.

No matter if we like or not, the brotherhood of fashion and media is a strong one, vivid because of continuous cross-fertilizing and growing since online users actively contribute.

Movana Chen, a Hong Kong-based artist and curator, calls this strong relationship into question. Is fashion making media? Is media making fashion? Where are the borders of observation and interaction?
What is the system of communication between individuals, fashion and media?
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This is what you can call paper dress design at its best. Russian creatives Ilya Plotnikov and Alexandra Zaharova, the heads behind the Studio Doberman, are famous for their extraordinary and high-class design work. For L`OFFICIEL Magazine, the duo created those amazing paper dresses which were meant to support the presented jewelry. (more…)

Starring photographer Grégoire Alexandre and trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, Arjowiggins, the world´s leading manufacturer of creative and technical paper, created this strong campaign for the launch of the new “Curious Collection”. The interactive supplement can be seen here. (more…)

Craftsmanship combined with dramatic silhouette is the handwriting of sculptural artist Zoe Bradley.
After graduating from Middlesex University in 1997, Bradley went on to work with Alexander McQueen. Her wooden doily punched showpieces for SS1999 became iconic pieces, and time spent at McQueen reaffirmed in Bradley that her trademark would be to create spectacular silhouettes. (more…)

Remember NDEUR, Europe´s most famous shoe customizer?

He´s causing quite a stir with his new discipline: paper folding. With this stunning heels and some more paper artwork you can see here, the French artist promotes a new design studio, he founded together with the Make a Paper World Duo. Purpose: bringing the do it yourself culture together with professional communication. More infos have not been revealed yet. Stay tuned. (more…)

After dancing the night away in ultra-sexy platforms, your feet are the living pain and the way home seems like an impossible challenge?
Imagine how smart it must be to take your super-light cardboard sneakers out of your clutch at the end of the night? Especially when they look as real as those from US-artist Mike Leavitt. (more…)

Finally i found it at Julien De Repentigny´s showcase (more…)