the winner takes it all!

this month we got only one winner: teana won in both categories « women » and « men »! its the first time this 

ever happened on useabrand.com. congratulations! ♥

Very serious pre-prototype meeting with paul iby.

The august voting winner and fashion newcomer said: "The winner model rubella is one out of 9 shirt models. I think useabrand will do a good job on manufacturing my design".

What´s so funny? :)

New SS12 prototypes just arrived. fitting, measuring, quality check...

Fitting, measuring and testing at the same time is not an easy task (have you seen my strained face expression?).
Apart from at least 3 personal assistants, we noticed that some cute fitting models would be more than useful!
So if you have size 36, please pass by, you will help Anna to avoid wrinkles.  

Dress by leazeichnet. Just arrived and already back at the manufacturer.

 

Sorry guys. Haste makes waste.  ♥♥♥

More next week...

womens category first place this time goes to designer "mela"  

and "fuxherz" wins again with a nice shirt design in category men.

we  love both designs and cant wait to offer them at useabrand.com

these two items will now be manufactured in series. 

for every piece of their product sold, the designer will receive €5.

2nd - 10th place win a voucher to shop online at useabrand.com 

congratulations too!

show us your further skills,

upload sketches now! ;)

21.Oct 2011 – 12.Feb. 2012

(c) F.C. Gundlach

‚NO taking pictures, please!‘  These are not really the first words I’ve expected, when I entered Kunsthalle Wien for visiting the long time awaited ‚Vanity‘ exhibition. But leaving the doors couple of hours (!) later totally rebalanced my first bad mood. Thanks F.C. Gundlach for providing your extending collection of high quality fashion photography – consisting of impressive works from early 40’s G. Hoyningen-Huene over Helmut Newton to legendary Peter Lindbergh from nowadays.                                                                              

But the exhibition’s start was, of course, dedicated to the mastermind’s himself photographs. Started off with Pop-Art-like works for Brigitte, the exhibition cleverly guides through the history of significant fashion photography. Strolling through the decent concrete halls, which pure decency let clearly focus on the work only, you come across with all decade’s most beautiful pictures, basically held in toned-down black and white tones, until you finally recognize a mash of color backwards of the venue – at least since then you know you’ve arrived in the here and now – the era of David LaChapelle, German Armin Morbach and Schuller among others.  

That fashion photography does not always have to seem acted and theatrical, the wall on the upper floor clearly proved. There is a whole wall, collaged with streetstyle pics, dedicated to mister THE SATORIALIST Scott Schuman. Nearly reached the end of every fashion-adorer’s dream, another wall full of significant magazine cover’s, collected through the decades, guide you to some couches, inviting you to browsing some fashion mag’s as the visit’s closure – for further couple of hours!

(c) David LaChapelle, My House, Alek Wek, New York 1997 

xx 

Simon, dots-on-dots.com

we proudly present this month's winner: "Aasia" « women » 

and: "W.INK." once again « men »

Photography between Gender and Lifestyle

 date: Nov 11 to Jan 22 2012
daily 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Thursday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
venue: KUNSTHALLE wien, halle 2
Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna

No fashion, please! – the rejection of traditional ideas of fashion and beauty characterizes the exhibition of the Kunsthalle Wien’s autumn program focusing on photography and fashion. Nineteen solo presentations outline the contemporary international photography scene that explores the fundamental relationship between bodies and clothes, the dialectics between the form of the body and its appearance. The selected photographers are rooted in the tradition of body art and strongly rely on references to installations, ceremonies, and rituals. The media strategies employed span from staged photographic images, projections, and performances to body sculptures, video and film works.

Participating artists are: Chan-Hyo Bae, Tracey Baran, Jeff Bark, Leigh Bowery/ Fergus Greer, Steven Cohen/Marianne Greber, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Matthias Herrmann, Lea Golda Holterman, Izima Kaoru, Luigi & Luca, Sandra Mann, Martin & The evil eyes of Nur, Brigitte Niedermair, Erwin Olaf, Alex Prager, Hanna Putz, Viviane Sassen, Sophia Wallace, Bruce Weber 

for more information go to www.kunsthallewien.at

See you there, yours Conny//useabrand.com

Deadline for submission: 31 October 2011
Organised by: Unit F office for fashion

Unit F office for fashion was commissioned to develop an Excellence-Funding Programme financed by the City of Vienna and the Federal Austrian Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture.

Twice a year designers are supported with a maximum amount of 7,500.00 EUR per project. The main focus is on creative work on an international level. The quality with regard to content decides whether projects, which can be presentations, advertising or PR measures, exhibition participations etc., receive funding or not. However, the work of the funded designer must be internationally competitive!

The evaluation of the projects is carried out by an independent jury of industry experts. In addition, a collaboration with the Austrian Trade as part of the go international programme has also made it possible for designers to apply for seasonal showroom funding to show their collections as part of Paris Fashion Week. 

For further information please consult the the Unit F website http://www.unit-f.at or contact directly the Funding Department support@unit-f.at.

Get funding for YOUR project!

Good luck, yours Conny//useabrand.com  

call for entries!

fashion designers, photographers and cultural institutions (museums, galleries, off spaces, exhibition locations etc.) are invited to submit their projects for presentation during 12 festival for fashion & photography in Vienna that will presumably take place from May 29 to June 6 2012. Exhibitors can profit from the pr and marketing activities of the festival and should submit independently conceptualized projects that must be financed and realized by the applicants themselves.

Possible categories are:

Fashion (show, performance/presentation, exhibition, installation)
Photography (exhibition, installation)
Fashion Film & Video (screening, exhibition, installation)
Museums, galleries, exhibition locations, off spaces, training centers etc. (fashion and photography exhibitions)

From October 5 until November 1 2011 you can send your concepts to http://www.unit-f.at/jart/prj3/unitf/main.jart?rel=de&content-id=1252334555326&reserve-mode=active

 See you at the festival, Conny//useabrand.com