hi. this is jun.

hi. this is jun.

i usually dont blog here cause i have a blog.

but ill like to talk about two arty farty events i did this week. (wait digress a bit. the boys in st andrews have never heard of the term arty farty. and im talking about the ART boys how weird)

i went to watch Les Contes d'Hoffmann on tue.
an opera in french.
i liked it.
you know all those posters around with this girls face that looks kinda creepy?
thats the opera.
i love stage costumes. always forever so pretty!
and the singers had such GORGEOUS voices. totally enchanting!

erm. but it was a rather dark tale.
all the main characters died.
about this hoffmann person and the three loves of his life.

anyway.

second arty farty event.
shu, yilin and i went for - Christian Lacroix the costumier.
HE IS SIMPLY AMAZING!
everybody please please please do go for this exhibition!

erm by the way hes a fashion designer and this exhibition are his costume designs.
they literally take your breath away and made the three of us go, "WOW."

its on till 7 june and for us poor students admission is free!!!
so all you lazy people if you have never step foot in the national museum before in your entire life this is ONE exhibition worth going for.

and while im on this thread i forgot i actually went for a third arty farty event i went to 8Q (yes again). the exhibition thats on right now is quite cool actually. the works are works of local artists who went overseas to make a name of themselves. now their works are back in sing for this one special exhibition so yeaa do go =) the exhibition is called @ home abroad. its on till july as well. with works from people like jason lim and erm... jason lim. and more =)

"This is not a Print!" is also still on till july i think. all the famous pop artists works, basically jasper johns, david hockney, claes oldenberg, john newman, roy lichtenstein that gang. worth taking a look too. because these are internationally reknown artists and it issnt every day that their works come over.

singapore needs more of such exhibitions!

and if you dont know where 8Q is, or what it is, you really truly suck.

anyway back to Christian Lacroix.

take a look at his spring collection.

http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/2009/spring/main/europe/womenrunway/christianlacroix/#slide2&ss1

just imagine his costume design. A LOT MORE DRAMATIC.
and his sketches are simply stunning! his water colour technique is soooooooooo good! now i want to go and learn water colour too. like seriously im gonna search for a course and go learn haha.

his bio.

Christian Lacroix designs clothes that are glamorous, expensive-looking, and unapologetically dramatic. Such an aesthetic implored fame on the French label, which eventually came to epitomize the eighties through the designer's use of sumptuous fabrics (velvet, satin, taffeta) and overlapping patterns (patchwork, stripes), all of which left buyers clamoring for more. However, for such a momentous name in fashion, Lacroix fell into the industry by chance, as he spent his childhood in Arles, France and enjoyed attending bullfighting events, and then went on to study art history with dreams of becoming a museum curator or costume designer. Yet, he was destined for high fashion.

after going to this exhibition, I WANT TO DO FASHION DESIGN TOO!!!
haha.
maybe i was destined for high fashion too.
just that i havent discovered it.
yet.
hahaha.

sighh. you dont know how many times we sighed while looking at his works. partly because they were so good and also partly because they were so beyond us. (we would take forever to reach his standard)

anyway, his shows curator was fantastic too =)


if theres anyone who wants to go visit any of these arty farty places, i can go with you!!
yayy.
okay. end of my first post.