Showing posts with label black. Show all posts
Showing posts with label black. Show all posts

Friday, 7 March 2014

The Night Hotel in NYC


Can please somebody tell me why is New York so goddamn perfect? Just found those beautiful photos of NYC's 'The Night Hotel', a noir, monochromatic dream for every interior connoisseur. I love the consistency of the design, the strong sense of certain kind of experience it offers and the bravery behind such a bold and creative idea. I'll make sure to stay precisely there when I'll visit the big apple one day.











Friday, 28 February 2014

Noir Venom


Hi! So we decided to play around with our camera lately and try to attempt to broaden our photography skills. The idea was to achieve the 'studio' look we often see in magazines. It's not quite a 'studio' photography, considering I made this in our kitchen using white cloth as a background, although I gotta admit I was surprised how good they came out. Being a graphic designer I played around with the grayscale and typography to achieve the look we aimed for in our initial concept. The idea behind the photos tackles the perception of sinfulness and purity as well as explores the study of elegance in nude photography. Justine posed and styled, I shot and edited. Hope you guys like it!

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Saturday, 22 February 2014

Dark Renaissance by Underated London

Dark Basilica Leather Sweatshirt £120

London based indie brand called Underated have recently launched an exclusive collection of the overprints called Dark Renaissance. This set of tees and jumpers with architectural print and imagery of Jesus is in fact a revamped alternation of their regular stuff. Although I love the use of history in fashion, I'm not that into the current trend of using overprinted baroque paintings and ceiling designs onto tees and jumpers - the idea SEEMS good, yet the finished outcome often looks sloppy and cheap (which is the exact contradiction of what it supposed to look like) - but I gotta admit I'm absolutely in love with this new noir thing! The desaturation of golds and oranges makes it look way more interesting, sharp, timeless and cool + the whole collection have that interesting vibe of being dark but not gothic / emo / metal / whatever and I love how you can build up some totally new meaning to it. Although half of the collection is still yet to come, some of the pieces are already available for purchase in their online store. They also seem pretty pricey for an regular overprint but, well, what can you do? I'd love to get all those jumpers though! Anyone got a spare couple of hundreds I could borrow? 

A bit about Underated London: Based in the heart of London, Underated is the segue between the modern stylistics of street wear and the delicate finesse of high fashion.

In an otherwise over populated fashion industry, our blend of modern street culture, bold renaissance imagery and contemporary prints helps separate us from competitors. Underated is a lifestyle brand and we pride ourselves in designing premium quality, trendy and unique garments we know you'll love.


Dark Domenichino Stars Sweatshirt £65


Road To Calvary Tee £90 / Crucifixion Tee £90

 Resurrection Tee £90 / Crown of Thorns Tee £90

Dark Medallion Yoke Leather Sweatshirt £100

Dark Medallion Yoke Leather Tee £70

Saturday, 8 February 2014

Si vis pacem, para bellum


A black crow attacks one of the Pope’s white doves, a symbol of peace. Vatican, 26th of January 2014.