[ BOMBER style ]

I'm so crazy about the embroidered bomber jacket

from 3.1 PHILLIP LIM.

Really, really want one!

pictures: VOGUE Russia & ELLE France

[ WANTED ]

I need to get my hands on this embroidered bomber....

How cool is this jacket worn with some skinny jeans & a white T-shirt!

TOPSHOP - chinoiserie flower bomber jacket

[ new GENERATION ]

If you ever did some cross-stich embroideries you know how long it takes to produce something like that!! Big respect from my side... !

This is the work of artist INGE JACOBSEN.
The work Jacobsen is currently making is an intervention into found images through embroidery, cutting & collaging. It takes roughly 50 hours to finish one image!
Jacobsen: "Another theme and concept I’m exploring in my work is the ‘objectness’ of a photograph. By bringing the surface of the image to the attention of the viewer I want them to acknowledge the stitched pieces as objects rather than just images. It seems appropriate to be using fashion magazines as women are often objectified within them. There is also a link between the feminine craft of cross stitching and the women’s magazine. I’d like the viewer to see the connection between women’s hobbies from generations ago and the hobbies and past-times of my generation...."


What a work!

[ I see THROUGH you ]

These pieces are the work of the artist Matthew Cox, who actually stitches onto x-rays to create these quirky & sublime pictures.

By stitching flowers, etc. to the images, he gives the x-rays a whole new life, turning it from something clinical to something beautiful!

He says the x-rays symbolise the masculine world of medicine & technology and he was inspired to add the traditional craft of embroidery to fuse the masculine with the feminine.

So fascinating!

Click here to see more of Matthew Cox's world.