SWATCH MTV PLAYGROUND: FRED BUTLER AW11

NO, YOU'RE NOT TRIPPING. NOR HAVE YOU BEEN CATAPULTED TO YOUR YOUTH FOR A SHOW AND TELL FEATURE WITH POLYDRON. THIS IS IN FACT A REAL AUTUMN/ WINTER COLLECTION, FROM THE CREATIVE, CHARACTERISTIC AND YES, SLIGHTLY INSANE FRED BUTLER. 

THE COLLECTION EMBRACES TECHNIQUES AND SHAPES LEARNT FROM A RECENT EXPLORATION TO NEW YORK'S CHINATOWN. (WHICH I SHALL ADD, IS A MERE FEW BLOCKS FROM MY DAY JOB). EXPLORING PUSHING BOUNDARIES, CONFLICT AND CONTRAST, SHE HAS CREATED STRUCTURAL ACCESSORIES AND HEADPIECES.  SHOWING THEM TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, PHOTOGRAPHER ELISHA SMITH-LEVEROCK SHOOTS THE PIECES AMONG REPLICATED OVERSIZED PROPS. 

THESE ARE SOME OF THE SHOTS FROM HER FASHION FILM, WHICH YOU CAN WATCH RIGHT HERE. 

INCANDESCENT META-MORPH-INCESSANT

DIRECTOR/ PHOTOGRAPHER: ELISHA SMITH-LEVEROCK

STYLIST: KIM HOWELLS

FRED BUTLER ON MUSIC

FRED BUTLER, I TOLD YOU ALL ABOUT HER. AND YOU REMEMBER, RIGHT? (OKAY, RECAP)

BACK TO THE POINT, THIS IS THE FIRST OF A DOUBLE POST ON SAID LADY, FRED. AS A DESIGNER AND A FULLY FLEDGED CREATIVE, SHE WORKS WITHOUT SPECIFIED TRENDS, INSTEAD REAPING INSPIRATION FROM HER SURROUNDINGS, HER FRIENDS, MAGAZINES AND INTUITION. EMBRACING COLLABORATION AND NEW MEDIUMS, SHE COUNTS HER FASHION FILM AS MAJOR CAREER HIGHLIGHT, GIVING WAY TO NEW AUDIENCES AND NEW IDEAS OF LOOKING AT FASHION.

WITHIN THE WORLD OF MUSIC, FASHION IS AN INTEGRAL ELEMENT. LADY GAGA EMERGED AS AN INSTANT SUCCESS, AIDED NOTABLY BY HER FASHION CHOICES AND AVANT-GARDE STYLE, AND HAS LED THE WAY FOR OTHER ARTISTS TO FOLLOW SUITE. OPTING FOR THE OUTLANDISH PATHWAY HERSELF, FRED BUTLER IS KNOWN FOR HER CREATIVE PIECES AND SCULPTURAL ACCESSORIES. INTEGRATING HERSELF INTO BOTH MUSIC AND FASHION, SHE COMBINES THEM BOTH IN CREATING PIECES FOR MUSICIANS' ON-STAGE PERFORMANCES, ENABLING THEM TO BE WHIMSICAL, STATEMENT-MAKING AND DARE I SAY IT, A LITTLE IMPRACTICAL. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO TO SEE WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY ON THE MATTER, AND SEE SOME OF THE PIECES ON THE ARTISTS BELOW. 

(FRED BUTLER)

TALKING OF MUSIC AND FASHION, MY LATEST MUSIC GIRL CRUSH, OH LAND. AND OH BOY, HAVE YOU SEEN HER? SPORTING CAPES AND FLOATY ROBES IN A BETTER-THAN-FLORENCE KIND OF A WAY, HER SONGS AND HER STYLE ALIKE MAKE FOR MAJOR MUSING. 

OH LAND, SON OF A GUN

SWATCH MTV PLAYGROUND: geometry scheometry

HAVING STUDIED HARD AND ENDURED AN IMPOSSIBLE EXAM IN WHAT WE COULD ONLY CALL 'WHIMSICAL GEOMETRY THEORY', YOU WOULD THINK I'D HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF ALL THIS TESSELLATING, POLYGONAL NONSENSE; BUT APPARENTLY NOT. FEELING MORE INSPIRED THAN EVER, BRIGHT COLOURS, HARSH PRINTS AND POLYGONAL PATTERNS SEEM TO BE EVERYWHERE THIS SEASON, COUPLED WITH CITRUS FRUIT MOTIFS AND KITCH ZEBRA SHAPES. NOT ADOPTING IT DIRECTLY, IT'S DEFINITELY INFLUENCED MY RADAR. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MY NEW WASH BAG AND LAPTOP SLEEVE?

(fuelling a complete ikat weave obsession, urban outfitters)

NOT EXACTLY ONE TO BE NEWLY DIRECTED, INSTEAD A DEFINITE PIONEER, FRED BUTLER TAKES GEOMETRY IN HER STRIDE WITH STRIKING PIECES, CRAZY SET PROPS AND EYE-CATCHING ACCESSORIES. UK-BASED, SHE HASN'T LET THAT HOLD HER BACK WITH GLOBAL STYLE ICONS SPORTING HER DESIGNS; UP-AND-COMING, SHE IS UNDENIABLY ONE OF LONDON'S MOST INNOVATIVE, FASHION GEMS. WITH NO SKETCHPAD, AND INSTEAD A WHOLE WALLSPACE OF CLIPPINGS AND IDEAS ENCOURAGING HER TO LIVE AND BREATHE CREATIVITY, IT'S NO WONDER HER PIECES ARE QUITE SO PLAYFUL. MOVING IN TO FILM AND VIDEO CONTENT, HER WORK FEATURES IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL 'SUN SHOWERS' BY ELISHA SMITH-LEVEROCK, VOTED BEST FASHION FILM OF THE SEASON. TAKE A LOOK, IT REALLY IS MAGICAL.

THE SUNSHOWERS VIEDO MAKES ME ALL A BIT DELIRIOUS; GOLD, NAKED, WHEAT, SWAYING, SLEEPING, WHATEVER NEXT ENCHANTMENT?