Photography in the Present Moment

If you're interested in photography and you haven't heard of Flakphoto, you need to go explore it. Right now. It's brimming with current work, and conversations with both well-known and up-and-coming artists. It is an online art space that hosts a digital archive of photography that is updated multiple times a week. Anyone and everyone can submit work for consideration!

Probably my favorite featured on the site at the moment is Monika Sziladi, a New York artist originally from Hungary. Her work is a startling but fascinating collage of images relating to the baffling and bizarre world of modern culture and consumerism. 

In the statement for her body of work entitled Wide Receivers, she explains that she is "...interested in how society and human behavior are becoming simultaneously tribalized and atomized amidst the ever increasing noise of mass (over)communication, digital media, and self-broadcasting."

My other favorite artists currently on Flak Photo include: 

Sweater Season.

It is nice to be back again! This year has swept me up into the swing of things before I could quite catch my breath. I had a hot, work-filled summer that left me feeling anesthetized, so I can't tell you how excited I am to be breathing the (almost) crisp air of fall. 

Fall is always the best time of the year. It's a time to break out the boots, leggings, and scarves that have been sitting forlornly in your closet. And the sweaters. Oh, the sweaters. If only I could wear cardigans, oversized pullovers, and cashmere v-necks all year round. Nothing would make me more content! Fall fashion will forever be my favorite. Even the September issue of Vogue is always the most exciting. 

There's a hopeful, refreshed, exhilarated attitude on campus. For students, it's also a time for new school year resolutions. Not that we always stick to them. (For example, I was resolved to begin blogging again in August... Sorry, guys. I done goofed.) Nevertheless, it's a time where everything feels possible.

My resolution is to make the Winsome brand better. I have ideas and plans bursting at the seams, I just need to finally implement them. My focus with Winsome: ASU Fashion has been fashion, art, and culture. We haven't yet explored these themes to their full potential! This needs to change. I will be making an effort to have more coverage of art and culture, especially locally. 

I also want to incorporate all of you! I'm tired of my fashion monologue - I want discussion and opinions and different views. Fashion is diverse, and I plan on treating it as such. There will be writing contests and street style photography contests coming up within the next two months, so keep reading and watching!

How to survive the summer in style

Summer in the desert is difficult, to say the least. And it makes finding something comfortable to wear almost impossible. With the heat draining our energy, and our closets getting dusty, Winsome is here to help. Our favorite go to's for summer, from head to toe.

Everyday Staples

• asymmetrical hems
• maxi dresses
• colored denim
• bright colors and mixed patterns
• florals
• loose shirts and thin fabrics
• simple layers

(from left) Silk Dotty Sunshade Top & Ace and Jig Surf Shorts

from Madewell; blouse, shorts, and handbag from H&M

(from left) Toothpick Jean in "light citron" from J. Crew;

Elizabeth and James Low Rise Skinny in "tropical"from Madewell

Daniel

Emerging Brand: Fyodor Golan

     

F/W 2012

F/W 2012

After looking through many of the collections featured in the Paris, London, New York and Milan fashion weeks, Fyodor Golan, a label I had never looked at in great detail, caught my attention with their wonderful Fall/Winter 2012 collection. Fyodor Podgorny and Golan Frydman, the young designers of this beautiful and innovative women’s clothing brand, featured in London Fashion Week, started this label just two years ago.

F/W 2012

In the late 2000’s, after the two had finished their studies (Fyodor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and Golan at the Istituto Marangoni) they met in England and were married just before the launch of their brand, which they personally funded in 2010. In 2011, they were the winners of Fashion Fringe, a competition for new designers created by Colin McDowell, with the goal of discovering and encouraging innovative young designers who planned to develop their careers in London.