Photographer Brendan Burdzinski visits Paris

Left: clothes - me, shoes - Margiela/ Right: jacket & top - me, pants - Rick Owens

dress - me, headpiece - Ann Demeulemeester

Left: top - me, pants - Rick Owens, accessory - Ann Demeulemeester, Right: dress - me

Left: dress - Comme Des Garçons, shoes - Margiela, Right: top - Comme Des Garçons, gloves - Margiela, skirt - me, shoes - Givenchy

And did a shoot with my clothes!

Model: Susana with Ford, http://www.brendanburdzinski.com

I cannot believe

Alexander McQueen is dead.

inspiration

I did this on toned paper. Ink/watercolor

Paris men's week/ couture

Maison Martin Margiela was yesterday, and I wasn't sure what to expect given all the skepticism lately following Margiela's departure from the label. Perhaps it's not the most outlandish, but I really appreciated the creative process and artistry involved in creating the pieces - all materials used for each look are either recycled or new and are deconstructed to manipulate and transform the garments for a new purpose. The adornments were also impressive to see upclose - hand beading, metals, and plexiglass. Either way, I enjoyed it and it seemed to be one of the more thought-out collection of pieces that I'd seen all week. Paris seemed so uninspired and some collections seemed more conceptually driven and less developed in the design process.

Rick Owens AW 10/11 - Hands down best dressed crowd

Comme Des Garçons

mmmm... julius



I missed Aitor Throup's retrospective show "Legs", which I was the most excited for. His work is astounding.

a gigantic update to come

I've been in Paris since fashion week, loving it here, and am also in the process of finishing my site and moving my blog there... until then:

GATOS LOCOS, GUEY!

So, I was finally able to stop and see the Lacroix family and their new space for Medicine Agency. It looked phenomenal, and it was also a fun show because Rony was in town doing his photo booth and Gino Perez was showing his work 'Gatos Locos'. Amazing. It may or may not be the last time I get to see my Lissa-Moon soon-to-be-Lacroix, unfortunately, but Medicine Agency is doing amazingly well with all the new artists and labels they're representing. busy, busy.

Finally.

www.deelarsen.com

Painfully hip

So, it has been a busy week. My bff photographer, Kristin Cofer, and I have been playing a lot because it'll be the last month we spend together before we relocate across the country/across the world. We worked with, Amber, who it was my second time working with.

Jillian!

DIY

I have bags of left over lambskin scraps from my collection that I've yet to utilize. I'm not sure what to do yet, but obviously I'm thinking some form of bondage, harness, or maybe even a gimp mask!