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On the Rivet - Art & Fashion - Well we like that!

And I like it when my weeks meanderings turn into some sort of mostly coherent visual significance; and photography for you. My first show of the week (starts 3rd shot down) was Tyrannium by Dionysos Anton at KUDOS Gallery which features youth-style inspired art and a number of jackets that had been artified as well as rugs/wall hangings from upcycled fabrics, the denim wall work is pictured below. All along with a collection of drawings large and small and sculptural pieces that were not 'fashion' a billy/go-cart (looked like a dad build to me); a forest of stakes.. a video edit of Japanese Godzilla animations - everything a budding young heart could desire - and I loved it!

Of course it's also VIVID Sydney so I have been prowling around working on my 2016 VIVID photographic project. Which is just how I came to bump into two of the artists who were servicing their artworks, which were a little worse for wear after the terrible weekend weather.. Then last night the Duchamp meets Non-Objective works of Joe Wilson & Chanelle Collier at their show ART THAT DOES at Mils Gallery; and a diversely stylish art crowd very much in evidence. All of which was capped off by the jacket, patches, rings and tattooed fingers of the lady immediately below; as I left the Shakespeare Hotel after a steak and chips and another glass of ale. As always lots to see in Sydney, these shows are all on now; links below.
Just the Hands. Leather jacket, patches, rings and tattooed fingers. Street Fashion Sydney - Photography by Kent Johnson.
Leather jacket, patches, rings and tattooed fingers. Street Fashion Sydney - Photography by Kent Johnson.
Artified denim jackets, Tyrannium by Dionysos Anton Street Fashion Sydney - Photography by Kent Johnson.
Artified lab coat, Tyrannium by Dionysos Anton Street Fashion Sydney - Photography by Kent Johnson.
Artified blouson jacket, Tyrannium by Dionysos Anton Street Fashion Sydney - Photography by Kent Johnson.
Portrait of the artist Dionysos Anton. Photography by Kent Johnson.
Dionysos Anton at Tyrannium
Upcycled denim as wall hanging at Tyrannium by Dionysos Anton  - Photography by Kent Johnson.
Rocket - reach for the stars - Vivid Sydney 2016. Photography by Kent Johnson.
Artist Tom Dekyvere, working on Elantica. Vivid Sydney 2016. Photography by Kent Johnson.
Tom Dekyvere, Vivid Sydney 2016 'Elantica'.
Floating light sculpture by Tom Dekyvere, 'Elantica'. Vivid Sydney 2016. Photography by Kent Johnson.


Exterminia Artist - Nila Rezaei works on her light sculpture; Vivid Sydney 2016. Photography by Kent Johnson.
'Exterminia' Artist - Nila Rezaei.
Exterminia by Nila Rezaei, light sculpture at Walsh Bay; Vivid Sydney 2016. Photography by Kent Johnson.
Projection booth, Sydney opera house in background at twilight. Vivid Sydney 2016. Photography by Kent Johnson.
Artists Joe Wilson & Chanelle Collier at Mils gallery. Photography by Kent Johnson.
'Art that Does' artists Joe Wilson & Chanelle Collier.
Art that Does installation shot. Photography by Kent Johnson.
Perfect early 1983 fashion look at Art that Does, Street Fashion Sydney - Photography by Kent Johnson.
 mens style, dark grey marl tee black pants. Street Fashion Sydney - Photography by Kent Johnson.
Vintage jeans, pink and black bra, bustier, black leather jacket. Street Fashion Sydney - Photography by Kent Johnson.
Winter style, boots, long black dress with floral print, patterned tote and long pink chunky knit scarf. Street Fashion Sydney - Photography by Kent Johnson.
Opening the Rivet beer, young woman in work boots shorts and shirt. Street Fashion Sydney - Photography by Kent Johnson.
Mens winter style, black cargo pants, camo jacket red gloves and red tartan beanie. Street Fashion Sydney - Photography by Kent Johnson.
Art that Does exhibition visitors, Street Fashion Sydney - Photography by Kent Johnson.
Tyrannium - Dionysos Anton https://www.facebook.com/events/1571861779784044/
http://www.milsgallery.com/
http://www.vividsydney.com/

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Figure Skating Costume Minute--Best PAIRS and ICE DANCE Costumes of 2012 + The "Kooky Costumes" Best!



Toreador Fab, Plunging Chic, Kimono Gorgeous...and the Kookiest Figure Skating Costumes of 2012







Best Pairs Costumes:







Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov: Russia--This
powerful--and very HOT--Pairs couple from Russia had TWO winning
costumes worthy enough of making it on to my Best Of List 2012. Both
their Short Program and Free Skate ensembles were superb, and for
different reasons. For their Short Program, they skated to "Love Theme from The Godfather" (above), they
looked modern, clean and current. In this program,
Tatiana was the (costume) star: I adored her multi-layered "necklace"
in her fishtail hem dress. I also thought it was so modern to have such a
sexy plunging back and not use the illusion to pretend that it was
"nude".








For their Season 2012-2013 Free Skate, they skated to  "Violin Muse, Partita for Violin No. 2 and Chaconne". Here, the costumes were ethereal and had more classic costume elements (than their Short Program ones) but still remained fresh and exploratory. I
thought that for the Free Skate, Maxim was the star, costume-wise. His
floating chiffon top with tie-dye ombre coloring and color blocking was
especially interesting.
It was also ultra feminine; only Maxim could make wearing ombre-dyed chiffon look SO BUTCH.





Qing Pang and Jian Tong: China--Pang and Tong of China performed their Short Program to "Scott and Fran's Paso Doble" in some of the most intricately divine costumes of the season--and yes, good enough to make my list here.
The costumes were as intense and fiery as the music. His Toreador
costume is sexy, strong, expensive-looking and perfectly theatrical. It was also very
traditional in its styling which contrasted her costume. While he went traditional, her
Señorita was more abstract, directional with its asymmetrical detailing and mix of fabrications and sequin applique. 





Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov: Russia--For their Free Skate to "February", Kavaguti and Smirnov went a bit "old school" with their Pairs Costumes--his stretch body suit and her bedazzled look both seem to vibe costumes I
would have seen many Winter Olympics years ago. Yet somehow they still made them look modern. This is why they are on this "Best" list. I especially liked her costume. The high neck combined with the open
back and long sleeves was elegant and chic.



Best Ice Dance Costumes:





Madison Chock and Evan Bates: USA-- For their "Polka/Waltz" Short Dance during this 2012 Grand Prix Season, these two cuties from the US skated to Selections from Quidam by Cirque du Soleil. Madison designed the costumes and I liked them--especially hers.
Here, she was the Costume Star. The colors in her dress were impacting,
vibrant and perfect for the dance and if anyone couldn't get the
"Cirque" reference, they were probably asleep! One of my faves of 2012
for Ice Dance.






Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri:
Italy--For their Season 2012-2013 Free Dance to "Summer" and "Winter" from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi, Guignard and Fabbri went the semi-contemporary route with their costumes and hers, especially, was one of my Top Picks of the year. I like the
sequined multicolored butterfly motif in her dress. It looks like a
pretty DVF dress but still seems costume-y enough for a dance
like this.






Alex and Maia Shibutani USA--This brother-and-sister Ice Dance Team skated their Free Dance to John Williams' "Memoirs of a Geisha" for this year's Grand Prix season. I thought the costumes were perfect.
Alex looked sublimely chic in his grey side draped waist-coat/vest,
black pants and white dress shirt. Maia was a vision of pretty in her
rose-pink and steel-gray Kimono-and-Obi costume.






Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir: Canada--One word: WOW. They skated their Long Program to "Carmen" by Rodion Shchedrin and their performances were FLAWLESS. Every time I saw it, I had the urge to give them a standing ovation...from my sofa! Their costumes were also FLAWLESS; chic, directional, modern and Fashion Week-fab. I. LOVED. THEM.
These modern styled costumes enhanced their fiery and intense
performance, especially her plunging neck, backless multi-layered dress.
Tessa could have gone all red rose-behind-her-ear and red-and-black
Spanish Mantilla costume, but she didn't. And yet, it still had the same
fiery passionate effect. I really think that this is the future of Ice
Dance costumes. Bravo Virtue and Moir.



And finally, it would not be a Figure Skating Costume List without adding some of  my Favorite "Most 'Kooky' Costumes of 2012":






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Nicole Orford and Thomas Williams: Canada--For their Short Dance to "Sold" by John Michael Montgomery and "Tennessee Waltz" by Anne Murray during this Grand Prix season, this Canadian Ice Dance pair wore these fabulously kooky costumes.  One

look at them and I wanted to jump onto the ice and do the
two-step and eat some hot & spicy chicken wings...at the same
time! I mean, seriously, look at those red "Cowboy Boot" skate covers!
Quirky, fun, and very costume entertaining.






Cathy Reed and Chris Reed: Japan--Michigan, US-born
half-Japanese brother-and-sister Ice Dance team of Reed and Reed skated their Short Dance to "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
wearing these costumes above. The bright pink and shiny fabric of her
dress was a bit much. Both look like performers at Disneyland putting on a show for ten year olds. Kooky enough to make it on this list, for sure.







Reed and Reed AGAIN--These
two get the prize for "Two-for-Two Kooky Costumes" since they also made
this list here for what they wore for their Free Dance. They skated to Selections from "The Beatles", and they went
pop-art 60's Mod (well, she did!). I liked these looks for use of
bold color and can't-take-my-eyes-off-of-them costume bravura.
Yet...they are just a little on the side of tacky-licious.
And also, it seems that because of Cathy's outlandish dress, Chris got the short end of the (costume) stick, and just got
a white dress shirt, black pants and a tie. She's a Kooky TEN, him...a 5.5. 






Ekaterina Pushkash and Jonathan Guerreiro: Russia:  These two Ice Dance pair skated their Short Dance to Cirque du Soleil's Quidam "Marelle" and "Zydeko" (naturally!) and they wore some of the quirkiest and colorful get-ups of the year. They were TOTALLY reminiscent of the...






 Gloriously bedazzled swimsuits worn by the Gold Medal-winning Russian Synchronized Swimming Duet of Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina (above photo)







Maé Bérénice Méité: France--Maé Bérénice skated her Short Program in 2012 to "1001 Nights" and yes kids, this gold Cleopatra-inspired costume above is what she wore. The entire time I kept thinking she should have skated to Whitney Houston's "Queen of the Night" from "the Bodyguard" instead.


 



Julia Lipnitskaia Russia--Oh
little Julia! This fourteen year old is a whippersnapper on the
ice--she's like a Russian Tara Lipinski! Lipnitskaia wore the costume
above for her Short Program to "Sabre Dance" (modern arrangement) by Khachaturian during this year's Grand Prix.
The music evokes a whirling war dance in an Armenian dance where the
dancers display their skills with sabres. Her costume evokes feelings
of "Oh Dear!". I'm not a fan of the unitard for figure skating and this
one looks like a bad Josephine Baker Halloween costume. It's just too
kooky, for Julia and the music she skated to.








Joshi Helgesson Sweden--Take
a guess what music this lovely lady from Sweden skated to. If you
guessed Cirque du Soleil, you were right (there's NO WAY this was from
"Swan Lake"! LOL!). Yes, the beautiful Helgesson skated to "Mystere" and "Taiko" from Cirque du Soleil and the costume perfectly reflected this, working seamlessly with the music. But, yes, it was AL THINGS Kooky. And I kinda liked it! I loved the bright colors, the multi-colored shredded "skirt" section,
and how she carried the look even to her eye makeup. Now, some may argue
that it's too much--even for a Cirque du Soleil-themed skate--and to that I would answer "Ya Think???"






Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy: Germany--These two take the Prize for Kookiest of All Kookiest Pairs Costumes for 2012, for BOTH their Short Program and Free Skate. For their Short Dance to "Kismet" by Bond.
She wore a predominantly red multicolored unitard with a swirly
illusion torso and choker/mock-neck detail. He wore a darker unitard
with the Gay Rainbow Flag splattered on half his torso and legs. It made
NO SENSE. And I swear that in the close-up images you could see PUFFY
PAINT! Yes, PUFFY PAINT. It was so wack-a-do out there, I kinda liked it!







And for their Season 2012-2013 Long Program to "Flamenco Bolero" they also went Figure Skating Wack-a-do as you can see from the two photos above.
Robin wore another unitard so it's a good guess that he probably LOVES
untitards--or showing off his perfect physique via a unitard. These costumes were like a Costume Tribute to Spanish Catalan artist Joan Miró-meets-Cirque du Soleil. I guess the color-splattered print in their costumes was very Miró for sure and that's about as "Spanish"--or Catalan--as it got! I give them points for MAJORLY stepping outside the costume box but...after a while all that kookiness becomes quite distracting to their performance and skate.




***Next Up: The Best Pageant Gowns of 2012!! Oh yes kids, get your Tiaras and Sashes ready!

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