Gypsy Pirate.

I style that I've liked for quite a while now and interpret in my own way is what I refer to as 'Gypsy Pirate'. I would say it's quite similar to the Bohemian trends that have been recognised and been steadily popular for about the last five years now. Whilst it takes similar cues to the Boho style, for me the 'Gypsy Pirate' differs in structural elements as well as the overall styling through accessories. 

For me, when I think of bohemian, I tend to think of a lot of soft draping and oversized, large scale prints, mismatched prints and bright colours. While this is very stereotypical of the trend and it has been interpreted in many different ways and refined to what is referred to as 'Boho-chic' it still tend to return to these central elements. 

Mary Kate Olsen,  Rachel Zoe and Nicole Richie have all become 'icons' of the Boho-Chic trend.

The Gypsy Pirate is different in I think of it as having more structural elements, or at least combining structure with, and almost contrasting it against the loose draping of Boho style. Say a tailored jacket over loose, draped pants and chiffon blouse or draped dress. 

Accessories in this trend make me think of the 'Gypsy' side of it, lots of almost mismatching accessories that contrast against each other, the gypsy's collection of rings and necklaces collected and sometimes stolen from all the different places visited, all thrown on together. To be pulled off correctly it takes a fine eye to make sure they're still harmonious together and that it doesn't just become dowdy. 

I love hats with this style, a good felt bowler or even a military beret or sailor hat just seems to tie it together so well, again if pulled off right. 

Bellow are images that I feel reflect the style in one way or another. It's hard to quiet put this exact style into words, as I think it is still very much evolving from the Boho-chic trend. That's what I love about both Bohemian and this Gypsy-Pirate styles is that they can be interpreted so differently that they last for longer than a season trend because it stays fresh and people continue to interpret it in their own individual style. 

For me when I'm interpreting this style I take more masculine inspirations from Johnny Depp and even back to Boy George and then combine that then with the feminine Bohemian inspirations. 

Inspiring.

These images, a collaboration masterpiece between Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg are referred to as Cinemagraphs, capturing moments in not quite video nor photographic formats. Similar to the idea of stop motion animation where the subject is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence,yet again entirely different.

" The two artists began to experiment with this technique during the Milan Fashion Week, in February.The first approach was to sequenziare loop images in rapid succession. In subsequent attempts have instead attempted to capture a moment in time, isolating parts of the picture and making the movement more fluid. "

I find these greatly inspiring and can definitely see them breaking into the fashion photography industry more and becoming something fresh and creative, captivating viewers and drawing them into their realm.

these are example from the same collaboration yet breaking more so into fashion photography, the way it can capture the movement and feel of a garment without being a video is something that could become greatly powerful in online advertising for brands...








Read and see more over at http://www.cocacolla.it/arts/jamie-beck-e-kevin-burg-cinemagraphs/?lang=en 

The competition.

So here it is, my entry into the competition that gave me the kick to get this Blogger properly started. http://facebookapps.nokia.com/stylecorrespondent/blog/438e

A kick to make me take that step forward

So, I've had this blogspace for a while now yet never put the time aside to actually get on here and fully get started and begin posting. I want to use this space really just as a platform to express myself, my opinions on relevant topics and potentially share some of my own photography, writing and potentially even pictures of my garments and the design process behind them. 

I finally had the kick I needed to make me take that first proper step and come on and get my space to start posting and now to actually start posting hopefully regularly! A competition a friend showed me about that really is an amazing opportunity and something I feel I could really do well if I got through. I'll post the link through once I enter but I need to get some things together first.