Art Fashion Creation

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Knox Asian Festival 2016 Photos

Beautiful day, great performances, music, and costumes. Free hand-held fans to welcome cool air. Excellent event! Such pretty fabrics - would loved to have seen the kimono show, but fortunately met this very nice kimekomi dollmaker. What a lovely smile!

kimekomi dollmaker, Knox Asian Festival 2016 - photo Jennifer Hawkins Hock

kimekomi dolls - back bows, Knox Asian Festival 2016 - photo Jennifer Hawkins Hock

Knox Asian Festival 2016, photo JHH

Knox Asian Festival 2016 - Thailand, photo JHH

Enjoyed a dragon and lion dance so lively it raised the hackles and barks of onlooking dogs. Sans photo, you'll have to imagine this: Young martial arts students slipped into ferocious furry costumes and climbed on each others shoulders, then glided, jumped, and tumbled around the stage. Separately, the boys and costumes brought no response from the dogs - but the instant the boys brought the creatures to life - fierce barks galore!

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Photos - Asheville Fashion Week 2016: Grand Finale

Front row photos expressing the beauty, imagination, diversity, and talent which converged to present this August 6, 2016 fashion extravaganza. From collection start to finish - Kristin Alexandra Tidwell to Angel Blanco - the designers gave a strong show, with an eclectic display of clothing suited to any occasion. A perfectly-chosen playlist set the tone and pace as Gage models brought the clothes to life, with hair and makeup ranging from natural glamour to creative fantasy. All told, a fashion success for Asheville, NC.

Asheville Fashion Week 2016, Grand Finale - all photos JHH

Asheville Fashion Week 2016, photo JHH

Friday, July 29, 2016

Art Fashion Text Millinery

Symbiotic merging of fashion tearsheets and millinery - a Rose Feather Fascinator I created from recycled fashion pages:

Rose Feather Fascinator - milliner JHH, paper rose detail

Rose Feather Fascinator - milliner JHH, upcycled fashion tearsheets

Rose Feather Fascinator - milliner JHH, paper veil detail

Rose Feather Fascinator - milliner JHH, paper rose detail

upcycled paper millinery - JHH

Initially, the paper veil was larger - covering the forehead, (which would be excellent for a furrowed thinker's brow full of years of thoughts), but I abbreviated the mesh with a smoother, youthful brow in mind.
A Heartfelt Thank You to Irene Rudnyk for an excellent paper tutorial.

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Fashmob VIII Asheville, KatDog Couture Sequences

KatDog Couture Hoodress, Model - IVY, Fashmob VIII Asheville, photo+art JHH

KatDog Couture Hoodress, Models - lower right L to R: Michelle Raymond, Samantha Singleton, IVY,
Fashmob VIII Asheville, photos+art JHH

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Mothlight - Fashion Bath, Pretty Pretty 7/23/16

Fashion Bath's perceptive pace modulations and surging, cohesive electric metal, bass, drum and vocals kicked the Mothlight - Asheville crowd into motion. Following "two more bangers", Pretty Pretty took the stage - formulating the precise environment conducive to creative movement: electronic beats, percussive vocals and twanging liquid guitar building and pairing unexpectedly. Live show advantage - observing the music move through Fashion Bath's drummer Sean Coughlin on the dancefloor, or watching Pretty Pretty's JB Bowles channel sound behind the keyboard. Hear Fashion Bath here - from the Give It album - try Give It, Lost Love, and Frenulum. See a Pretty Pretty Boots and Stoots performance here.