Rear View...

Image- Chiron

Image- Trend Union

Image- Trend Union

'Stay Awake' - Example

I absolutely love this song!

The styling is great in the video depicting different partying scenes from a rave to a festival. I love the idea of the secret garden party which looked eclectic in set and style. Aimee Croysdill styled the video beautifully especially the scenes of the garden party, the angel in the field and the powder fight towards the end. My favourite outfit is the girl with the huge feather head dress designed by La Cav Du Bon - definitely my outfit of choice if I ever find myself at a secret garden party.

Image- Stills from 'Stay Awake' Source- Aimee Croysdill blog

Image- Stills from 'Stay Awake' Source- Aimee Croysdill blog

Image- Stills from 'Stay Awake' Source- Aimee Croysdill blog

Image- Stills from 'Stay Awake' Source- Aimee Croysdill blog

Image- Stills from 'Stay Awake' Source- Aimee Croysdill blog

Image- Stills from 'Stay Awake' Source- Aimee Croysdill blog

Opus Alchymicum: Rubedo

Reddening

Iosis

Rubedo

The reddening of the white matter as the heat is increased

red tincture flushes the white with vibrant 

colour 

The reddening, like staining with blood.

Life reviving the new matter. 

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Peeling Paint Texture

Image- Calvin Klein (from V Man 2009)

Source- The Cheap Girl USA

Shoes- Jil Sander

Image- Maison Martin Margiela

Opus Alchymicum: Albificatio

Whitening,

Leukosis, Albificatio. 

The pure white stage

occurs after the blackened matter has been washed

to whiteness by the mercurial waters of fire.

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Image- Dior Homme. Source- JJJJound

Image- Maison Martin Margiela

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Opus Alchymicum: Mercurial Depths

...The Blackened Matter.

   The putrefied soul at the bottom of the Alembic Pit...

Image- Joan Alsina

... Ready to be washed with the 

    Mercurial waters and converted to white...

Image- Joan Alsina

...The dew of grace cleans the putrefied,

   ready to reunite the bond of body and spirit a new 

Image- Joan Alsina

...AQUA VITAE

   Soaking away the impurities of Nigredo.

Image- Maison Martin Margiela

Image- Maison Martin Margiela

Image- Maison Martin Margiela

Image- Maison Martin Margiela

Image- Maison Martin Margiela

Image- Still from The Raven (Showstudio)

Pour white foliated earth the Alchemical ash over so no dirt is present.

The matter as white as snow

Image- Joan Alsina

 

Image- Still from The Raven (Showstudio)

   

...White Elixir does infinitely whiten and bring every matter to perfect whiteness

 

Image- Maison Martin Margiela

   ...Try something new with

      the Prima Materia

Opus Alchymicum: The Nigredo Texture

Treated
Aged and ruined

Coating cracks destructively

over time

Signs of violence

Devore

Destroyed denims

Scratched surfaces

Shifts and shakes 

Chaotic tangled yarns 

Rotting earth 

Stained scarred and boiled

Image- Joan Alsina

Rotting Fabric

Image- Joan Alsina

Image- Richard Hambleton

Image- Maison Martin Margiela

Image- Rodarte

Image- Ponderosa Bark, Natures Design: An Exploratium Book 1993

Opus Alchymicum: The Nigredo

BLACKENING, MELANOSIS, NIGREDO, PUTRIFACTO, MORTIFICATIO...

Stage 1: 

Impure matter is being killed and reduced to its prima materia

No regeneration without corruption

Nature can only be renewed after first dying away...

Image- Robbie Spencer

Image - Textures: Joan Alsina

Image- A Collection, Japanese Design, Kenneth Straiton 1999

Image - Still from SHOWstudio: The Raven

WATCH THIS: SHOW STUDIO: The Raven - Jez Tozer and Billie Piper

 

Image: Levis x House of Holland jeans ARENA HOMME +
WINTER/SPRING 08/09

Image- Maison Martin Margiela

Image - Textures: Joan Alsina

Image- Richard Hambleton