Bobbin Talk

Happy New 2012 Year!!

Have a glamorous, fabulous, lucky and happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a wonderful weekend to all of youl!!! Hope you have a relaxing time with friends and family!

Snap shots form Macys Holiday Wondows 2011!

Accessory Design Book Launch Party - Part II

Yeahp we are right in the midst of Hanukkah and almost at Christmas but somehow this week has just simply melted away, for me and disappeared in a haze of exhausted, sleeping-late-I-can-hardly-believe-this-year-is-almost-over. And also a "Phew, these last two, three months were quite stressful and harder than I originally thought! But Maaaan, did they just fly by!"

So instead of holiday recipes and seasonal greetings and wishes, which you can find on any other blog, I will just go right back to continuing the story of my party! It is that tie of year after all...

If you remember it was time to find a space for the party. I've heard plenty of: "Don't get a big space you can't fill up, because it doesn't look good, but  don't get a space too small, because it would be too crowded." So after agonizing for a couple of days and just generally freaking out about the ridiculous prices of everything in NYC I got an unbelievable break, when I talked to Simon Collins, the dean of fashion at Parsons The New School for Design. He was not only happy and pleased with the book, but graciously offered the 2nd floor auditorium in the Parsons fashion building at 40th St and Seventh Ave. If there is one thing you need to know about that space is that is huge and dreary looking, with no windows, BUT it is where they film the TV show Project Runway! That means high ceilings and professional lighting.

The space before and after!

So task number one was to make it come alive and represent all the creative forces that came together to publish this book. I thought it would be best to create an exhibition of accessories from designers featured in the book. And so I went off to one of the biggest challenges, finding pedestals that would highlight the work in the best possible way. What happened next truly surprised me! It turned out that nobody in the whole university has pedestals. Each department builds pedestals as needed and then demolishes and throws them away! After endless emails and phone calls I came up with a plan to build stackable pedestals that can be taken apart and stored for future use. Two vertical panes with a square top. The project got sponsored by the Art Media and Technology department and the finished pedestals were painted in black chalkboard paint for the bottom part and a high shine gloss for the top. The idea was to emulate the design sensibility and write the designer's names with chalk on each side of the pedestals. Here is the finished look!

Here are the finished pedestals!

And here are some of the featured accessories.

Bag and shoe by Frank Nathen


Shoe and monocle by Kristina Gress

Vegan shoes by olsen Haus


Hats by Frank Nathen

Bracelet by AImee Kestenberg

The Accessory Design Book Launch Party

Planning my book launch party was one of the most grueling projects I have ever done! I am very good at drawing and making things but organizing an event has never been on my horizon. I had less than a month to make everything happen and spent a few sleepless nights, going from panic to hysterical laughs with friends and helpers. We went through quite a few last minute changes but the final results were better than I could have ever imagined. So for the next few posts I'll walk you through the ups and downs of making it happen!

Here is a look into the accessory exhibition. Featured are handbags, shoes, hats and other accessories from designers featured in the book.

Aimee Kestenberg's Tammi Tales winning design for best use of Swarowski Crystalized elements.

The Accessory Design book is available at Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com and you can get a signed copy at my own website {here}.

Accessory Design Book Launch Party

The time has finally come to celebrate my Accessory Design book.

The book launch party is this coming Friday Dec 2, 7-10pm at Parsons The New School for Design. I am extremely excited to host the event in the space where the beloved Project Runway gets filmed. That gave me the amazing opportunity to curate an exhibition, highlighting accessory design talent and work ranging from established designers to recent fashion graduates from Parsons who contributed to the book. We are also building and displaying giant paper shoes and creating an interactive exhibit highlighting the making of hat. It will be an exciting evening and an opportunity to celebrate the wonderful works of accessories.

The book is published by Fairchild Books and is currently sold at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. To purchase a signed copy please visit AnetaGenova.com

If you'd like to attend the book launch party please RSVP at the following link:

tinyurl.com/accessoryparty

 

 

Andreia Chaves Shoes

Walk a mile in those shoes, and then we can talk.

Redo!

I've been working on redesigning my personal website and making it bigger, bolder, brighter, with a lot more color! I keep looking at metallics like in the gorgeous Dazed and Confused photoshoot below. Liquid shiny metallics, how cool would that be, but maybe it's the giant 3D shapes that makes it so cool and it won't translate into a 2D web design...

Pumpkins!

It's that time of year, when we watch horror movies and go pumpkin picking. I've already started overdosing on scary movies, but the pumpkins are still evading me. Unfortunately I don't have time to go to a pumpkin patch, but I can certainly visit the local farmer's market and pick a good candidate. The question is what do I do with it. Go for the simple carving method or splurge with bedazzling and spray-painting? Here are some excellent examples of pumpkins gone fashionable!

I have plenty of tape measures and thread spools laying around for this fashionable jack-o'-lantern.

But this lacy version from Better Homes is much more my style.

Fabiola Arias on Kickstarter

One of my favorite designers and Parsons fashion design graduates Fabiola Arias is about to launch her Spring 2012 collection and looking for your help! She has reached out for funding through Kickstarter and is offering various rewards for the different levels of sponsorship. They vary from a personalized Thank You card to a signed illustration from her collection, an invite to her presentation, and even a tour of her studio. What a great way to help an emerging designer who has already won two awards this year: The Fashion Group International Rising Star Award for women's wear, and the Gold Coast Fashion Award.

Visit her Kickstarter page here and contribute to her project! Here is Fabiola presenting her collection.

 

 

Those Amazing Shoes

I fell in love with Minna Parikka's sense of femininity and capability to throw a mean edgy hint of S&M from the moment I laid eyes on her shoes. Actually I met the designer first, but I spotted her shoes as soon as I met her. I liked her and her designs so much I did a full profile on her in my Accessory Design book. So I was very excited to see that she was just featured in Italian Vogue with the following photos and who could resist a fun photoshoot with all of the above... Can you resist the frilliness, followed by... well... what you see right after that?!