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Jodee Knowles - Artist from Perth

I was coming back from a casting when I saw a small gallery with a great photo in the window. I fell in love with Jodee Knowles work in that moment. I could not wait for the day of her opening in Sydney.



Her paintings are haunting, and appeal to the young modern crowd. On the night she sold 6 out of the 10 photos showed. I made a mobile flier to help promote the event and took some art collectors there with me. They said her work needed to mature still, but in my opinion her work represents a modern interpretation of the way many young people feel these days.



Looking at the artist herself you see a direct influence in her paintings. Her dark green eyeshadow is reflected in the hollow nature of the subject's pen and ink eyes. Small and thin herself, you see the body shape of her paintings frail with character.



You'd expect to see a movie come out of her paintings any day. The twins photo reminded me of my twin red haired sisters who are models. Every detail of Jodee Knowles exhibition reflected high attention to detail. Even in the printing of the price list, on the heaviest paper have a quality touch to the evening.

Tech Savvy International Model hosts this season’s Underwear of Sweden Parade

Australia’s premiere lingerie brand Underwear of Sweden together with jewellery brand Pandora, are thrilled to announce international model and 3 year Nokia champion, Anina, as the host of the Underwear of Sweden fashion parade on Wed 3^rd March 2010.

 

Anina is the founder of the revolutionary business 360Fashion Network, a net of top fashion professionals using the latest web 2.0 and mobile technology to showcase their art. Anina's mobile game for girls, Anina Dress Up, won the top 10 best business plans at the Mobile Rules contest, and the 360Fashion Mobile Magazine platform she created is starting to buzz with the same intensity around the world.

 

Anina has a 3 year winning streak for the title of Nokia Champion for her expertise and spice in the mobile world. The crown is awarded to 50 people annually out of 2 million.

 

Anina’s title as China’s number one top foreign model recently scored her the “Oscar” for it by the Chinese Government. Her international modeling success has had her appear in L'OFFICIEL, ELLE, AMICA, MARIE CLAIRE, HARPER'S BAZAR, and work alongside world renowned fashion photographers such as Javier Valhonrath, Iris Brosch and Fabrizio Ferri.

 

“I wish to use my image and voice to encourage all women to embrace technology so they will have the possibility to compete in the new digital markets that are emerging globally,” said Anina.

 

Anina can be contacted for interviews here.

For all 360Fashion Network inquiries, please email: info [at] 360fashion.net

Stopping for a Cookie Break with Monty Coles

When I was in Melbourne I had the great pleasure to meet Top Photographer, Monty Coles who has a great blog called THE LOUPE! He'll be blogging the LMFF in Melbourne and he does backstage perspective on the Australian Fashion Scene!

After the GO&SEE he took me to my next casting and then to to a great cafe called COOKIE. I had some great thai food and blogged the cafe!

Working with People Salon Sydney

I spy with my little eye the other model getting her hair done while I'm waiting for makeup.

Working with People - Charlotte's Makeup

The eye makeup was complimentary to my hair color and no massacra in order to give it and etherial look. I really love how she left a space between my bangs and my brow. Really looked awesome.

Working with People Salon Sydney

I tell you Hamish saved my hair from the crazy state it was in after China. The moroccan oil is so light you only need a small amount. Then the color and razor precision with which he cuts is awesome.

Working with People Salon Founder Hamish

Precision, i'm telling you. If you want a sharp cut go straight to People Salon in Sydney. How can anyone see millimeters? Yet Hamish cuts only that with his sharp scissors.

Working with People - Part 2

Working with Hamish, founder of People Salon, Sydney, Australia was thrilling at the studio in Woolara. They used a quick wash with a magic potion to top up the color intensity and shine. The Moroccan oil was a miracle that everyone should buy.

Working with People - Part 1

The day has arrived to work with People Salon founder, Hamish. The precision that Hamish works is so exact. It's like being sculpted. His team are very professional. You can not imagine how awesome was my outfit that the stylist, Ken, picked for me. The makeup was so perfect for me by, Charlotte.

The A Strikes Again

This time the A Struck hard in Melbourne and I Was there to see it in action in Photographer Monty's studio. I discovered he's even ahead of the Australian fashion front by opening a blog called "the loupe". Monty has been working in the fashion industry for a while. He's shot for Vogue Australia and more. The A has great taste in photographers and locations!

Blind Faith in People

Today I went to prepare for a fashion shoot on the 22nd of Feb with top hair dresser, Hamish from People Salon. The hair dressing awards are up and I'm the lucky choice for the salon. Everything Hamish said he wanted to do was right in line with my look and snip snip away he did on my doo. He brought the round out of my fringe into square cuz he said it would emphasize my cheekbones more. Right on! Ham it up! At the end i had to hold my breath as he performed one of his best acts: blind folded fringe trim. In People salon I'll put my trust from now on when I'm in Sydney town!

Carving My Name In Wood

I carved my name in the court jester cafe table.

Court Jester Cafe Carve

I have made my mark on the table with their blessing.

Preparation for the Nina Maya Shoot

Today I met Mark Ruff for the first time. Amazing what a blog can bring you! One day I get this email from a photographer with a patented photography technology, saying he should be 360Fashion Network Member because "If there was ever anyone who was 360¤Fashion it was me." said the email.



When I saw his work I totally agreed. I started to formulate the path to success and for over 8 months visualized it and here I am, in Australia, doing the setup for the shooting. We had a little helper play model to test the lights and camera action. We talked about the light. We talked about pose. I explained to him how I thought the technology could be applied to fashion. We have top makeup artist from Viviens Creative, and it's all going soothly.



All thanks to the internet. Welcome 360Fashion member Mark Ruff.

Thinking about the death of Alexander McQueen.

Court Jester Cafe Melbourne

I found a secret find for sure in Melbourne that will not be so secret after Tues when a big culinary newspaper prints their article about this fantastic cafe. An eclectic mix of outrageous art, polish food, an Alana Hill tapestry, and outdoor graffiti patio, the Court Jester Cafe website tells the story of the two proprietors who opened the art cafe only 8 months ago in 15 Breese Street, Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia. The food is excellent but don't mix up your knife with the wood cutting tools on the table left there for anyone to carve their initials into the wood table!

You Sexy Thing

Some great sayings from a shop window.

Jane Walker Backstage Photoshoot

I had some free time to help out my friend Jane Walker who's launching her album soon by organizing it and coming up with the concept. I got my friends on board, amazing makeup artist Carolyne Travaglia, and photographer Paul Green. We shot her in Nina Maya, Yves St. laurent, and some other australian fashion designers-and a white sheet! I wrapped the white sheet around her tight like the Columbia Pictures Girl, and then ripped the sheet end trail like buddhist prayer flags to fly in the background.

Nina Maya Magazine on iPhone

The Nina Maya Magazine looks wesome on the iPhone! It was thrilling to

work with Nina so closely and see her process. First, she actually

created the magazine on paper, by cutting out little squares with the

concept on it. So crazy. It was like a physical magazine. Then from

there we worked on the concept in digital and changed certain things

and expanded the ideas she had made on paper. It was so funny to watch

her do PS3 Photoshop because she knew things that I did not know

about, shortcuts, and ways of getting the same effect I would have

done it differently and used different tools. Very funny. We both did

not like how now in PS3 it opens the photos in tabs instead of

individual windows. It was very tedious to click the tabs and I could

not work as fast and arrange the photos on the screen. They were stuck

together. I wish I knew how to get that view back, Adobe.



None the less, at the end it was so funny: I'd do a task, then Nina

would take over and complete the task because I didn't have the brain

power. Then she would not know how to do an effect and I would take

over the computer again and do the effect. At the end end, it was like

musical chairs.



The other thing that happened is that suddenly when we were testing

it, Vodafone shut off her service -- no 3G service suddenly for anyone

in the room with Vodafone. I have noticed that another time with

Telstra when they shut off my friend's phone system. My other friend

Bill, who cut my hair, his Bigpond internet service got stopped cuz he

didnt pay the bill, and now he has to not only pay the 35 dollars that

he slipped, but a 200$ reconnection fee! For me to recharge my OPTUS

prepaid card online with a credit card, it took me 3 weeks to finally

get the OPTUS page to load. I had to call their customer service so

many times, clear the cache, kill my history, oh it was a run around

like you never saw. Why would I put all that effort to pay with a

credit card? Because then I get 1400 free text messages as a bonus.

Was it worth it? Only to be able to email the Mobile Magazines around

to everyone!

See Who's Truely Awesome - 360Fashion Mobile Mags Rankings

Kicking some butt with the downloads is 360Fashion Magazines. Wow! Only after 3 weeks and no promotion till now.