November 2011 Memories

November is just another great month for us and we actually did not imagine so many things could happen at the same time!

With our 12 Months of [Pop Up] Flavors almost coming to an end, we have teamed up with 3 different people to bring you some intense contents. First up, we have Wendy Ding to show us the final wave of her Fashion Journal, and we are in love with the entire project! So inspiring and we wish her all the best in the future! Then, our postcard project is on again this year and we have teamed up Lisa Nishimura to create another one of a kind Christmas postcard. If you have not received it, you will get to see the image sometime in December! Thanks for entering the contest and we hope you enjoy the card!

Last but not least, we collaborated with Miss SLY for an one on one interview. In this interview, you will get to know what she thinks about the fashion industry here and what brands she wants you to know. This is a very interesting collaboration and we hope we will be able to work with you more in the future!

As for our regular [Un]Discovers features, this month we have 3 talented artists and they are illustrator Marianna Ignataki, photographers Alexander James and Andrew B Myers! Now, our [Un]Discovers section will be on hiatus until January 2012, see you soon!

Of course, how can we forget Swide? For this month, we have 4 great features! The artists are: illustrator Jonathan Bartlett, and fashion photographers Dimitris Theocharis, Ashley Lebedev and Lucia Giacani. We will have 2 more features in December and we promise you one of them is one of our biggest features in 2011 (You will have to guess who is our last feature on Swide this year (hint: a model)! December 10 is when you will find out the answer)!

December marks our 2nd anniversary and we promise something great is waiting for you to explore! Stay tuned!

Art[s]ense: Lucia Giacani

This week on Swide, I have featured yet another amazing fashion photographer and her name is Lucia Giacani. Her works are simply surreal and playful and I really hope you can take some time to look at her works in the gallery as her style will most likely to inspire you if you are in the photography industry. Click here to read the entry.

Ray of Inspirology: Icons

Not too sure how I could miss this last year, but I do think this editorial is pretty timeless.

This editorial is shot by Lucia Giacani and it is featured in the November 2010 issue of No.ise. As you can see, this editorial is about religion and I am sure you can identify some of the iconic figures. I find this series to be very interesting because together with Aaron Henrikson, Lucia has pushed the religion envelope to create something very inspiring and fresh. What do you think?

Photographer: Lucia Giacani
Makeup & Styling: Aaron Henrikson

Click here to see the complete series.