Q&A with Myles Kalus from Keishikibi
Intellect caught up with Myles Kalus from Keishikibi (Japanese for ‘The Beauty of Form’) on what inspired him to start this fashion blog showcasing Australia’s vibrant and diverse street fashion.
San Francisco Street Style
Intellect caught up with Liisa Jokinen from SF Looks which features all the new and upcoming trendy street-style coming from San Francisco.
Why africa? Why now? The designs of Ade Bakare
Nearly a decade ago but over ten years into his career, did Ade Bakare begin to incorporate garments textile types and designs characteristic of his own ethnic background, raising the questions: Why Africa? Why now?
Few minutes with Adam Katz Sinding from www.Le21eme.com
www.Le21eme.com is a blog that focuses on documenting fashion weeks around the world. We caught up with Adam Katz Sinding who runs the blogs to find out more about fashion photography.
Two minutes with Honolulu Street Style Series Editor Malie Moran
Many people recognize Hawaii for it’s diverse fashion style and Intellect’s Honolulu Street Style brings it’s street fashion style to the fore. Malie Moran, an editor of the book shares why the street fashion in Honolulu is becoming so popular. Malie has also created an e-publication called Hawaii RED Style and is a central part of Hawaii’s growing fashion community.
Excerpt from Sydney Street Style
Sydney Street Style depicts the style of this less-explored fashion capital. Beautifully assembled and packed with full-colour photos of the stylish and eclectic residents of Sydney, this book will be a welcome addition to the library of any fashionista or armchair traveller.
Focus: San Francisco
“I’ve heard people arguing “SF is not a fashion city” so many times. It has been great, fun and inspiring to prove this wrong.”
Focus: Helsinki
“Finnish people also want to do their own thing, they are not afraid to stand out and dress up in a distinctive way. They are true individuals.”
The trouble with representing place through street-style photos
So what can I say about style in Indonesia after shooting there for three weeks this past January? What can I claim to have learned about place, space and meaning from documenting a people through their stylized exceptions?
Curating cool
The street-style bloggers I have interviewed for my larger project often imagine themselves as documenting trends on city streets the way curators of some turn-of-the-century museum of mankind salvaged the traditions of disappearing tribes.