A short (and appropriately weird) film by the Brothers Quay for the upcoming Wonderwood fragrance from Comme des Garçons. Many thanks to Mary for the link!
Comme des Garcons + Undercover Holygrace, Holygrapie ~ fragrance review
So designer Jun Takahashi of the ‘cult’ fashion house Undercover makes dolls. They’re called Graces, and he makes them out of metal and teddy bears and light bulbs and other things. According to Takahashi,
The Graces spontaneously come out of me, genuinely, while making clothes is something more calculated, an entire process that requires teamwork. But doing both allows me to keep a balance in my creativity. Therefore, it makes sense to me to have everything linked.1
You can find detailed articles about the Graces here and here, and you can watch a video made in conjunction with the launch of the new Undercover fragrances, Holygrace and Holygrapie, here.
The fragrances, made in collaboration with Comme des Garçons, are conceptually linked to the dolls, and there are reportedly limited edition bottles (you can see them here if you scroll down) decorated with similar fabric elements. Holygrace (shown below right) is for the mother doll, and is supposed to be “a perfume of elegance, soap freshness and poison”. It starts with citrus and hot peppery spices (the notes: bergamot, ginger, pink pepper, cardamom, jasmine, frankincense, pimento, ambergris, vetiver, vanilla and styrax), and dries down to a softly spicy, somewhat clean incense with amber and light hints of vanilla. It’s quite wearable and perfectly unisex…
Fragrance gifts for Mother’s Day 2010, part 1
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 9th. Get cracking on that shopping!
From Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, the Les Rouges collection, with miniatures of Piment et Chocolat, Poivre, Fleurs d’Oranger and Oeillets Rouges. $50 at Beautyhabit…
Comme des Garcons + Undercover Holygrace, Holygrapie ~ new fragrances
Undercover, the “cult label” of designer Jun Takahashi, has launched a debut duo of fragrances with Comme des Garçons:
Holygrace (shown above) ~ “a perfume of elegance, soap freshness…”
Comme des Garcons Series 1: Leaves, Tea ~ fragrance review
Smelling Comme des Garçons Series 1: Leaves, Tea revved up my imagination; I’ll consult a psychologist to figure out why the following scenario came to mind:
Fresh off the assembly line, still warm from the conveyor belt, G.I. Joe and Ken (I should say one G.I. Joe and one Ken out of hundreds of G.I. Joes and Kens) spot each other.
Ken: “He’s cute…so tan….”
G.I. Joe: “That guy’s handsome. Wait, is he wearing false eyelashes!?”
After introducing themselves, the two dolls agree to meet for a date at Tango Barbie’s new Argentine café: Té!Té!Olé!
Later that day…