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| An image from Alila mag... that really suits my eye condition ahaha |
Explained all the pain, purchased the drops, I'm here with a kilo of anesthetic in my eye and since I have to rest a bit from drawing again (the light I use is too strong and I am more concentrated than usual on details... actually I shouldn't even use my computer but since I'll have to work anyway on a stupid powerpoint presentation all the evening I am excused. I guess.) I take the chance to talk to you about one of my favourite sources of inspiration online: Alila magazine.
I am always super excited when young Italian people do something nice and creative and these girls (the very nice photographer Ilaria and her friend stylist Alice) really did it well.
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| Illustration from the Flower Issue (issue 01) |
Very often, instead of seeing outfits displayed on models or described on magazines, I need a more abstract dose of style, a feeling, something beautiful, which is more or less the same thing that fashion illustration is to me.
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| From the Animal Issue (issue 02) |
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| From the Childhood Issue (issue 03) |
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| From the Porn Issue (issue 04) |
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| From the Tattoos Issue (issue 05) |
Now I'm getting of the dream cloud instead and I'll go back to my boring presentation, a big hug!
Al
Absolutely FABULOUS!! Thank-you so much for brining this magazine to your reader's attention. I love seeing illustration being used so cleverly, and intelligently, while incorporated with fashion. It's not so literal but also very effective and direct.
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I am so happy you liked it Meag!! Actually, the use of illustrations is what I like more too of Alila mag!
ReplyDeleteI really love to speak about the things I like and suggest them to other people :-) maybe I should do it more often?
Hello Al!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know this e-zine, it's a beautiful discover, i think i'll wacth it sometimes :)
About your eyes take care of you! Bisou!
Gigi!!! Bonsoir!!
ReplyDeleteI think that now that the doctor fixed my eye it will recover soon :p, thank you very much for caring!!
I'm glad you like Alila mag!
A big kiss!
loove the last photo!xxx
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oh it's the first time i hear about this magazine (the only store which would carry magazines like this is the huge kinokuniya bookstore in dubai mall - and here they go through all the magazines and black out everything that shows boobs and nipples. they even blacked out the "boobs" of matisse's dancers (http://smarthistory.org/assets/images/images/matissedance.jpg) in an art magazine. seriously. but i will go and see if i can find alila mag. i need to have it. :)
ReplyDeletehow could a piece of plastic get into your eye? this sound horrible. i hope you're getting better soon!
big hug!! xo
Unluckily Alila mag is not printed yet, it exists only as an e-zine.
ReplyDeleteIt's a pity :-( this was my question also when I contacted Ilaria for the first time but she told me they didn't have enough sponsors to publish (I can imagine, it must be very difficult)
I hope they can manage to go to paper version one day because they really deserve it!
And I am very glad you liked it! :D
My eye is already OK, I just need to wear glasses for 2-3 days more and some antibiotic drops. The doctor said that it was a thin piece that fell in my eyes from the air, like normally happens, but instead of going away with tears it went under my lens and sticked there... I think it was a souvenir from London ahahah
A very very big kiss xxx
Oh mamma, mi spiace tanto per l'occhio! Spero che l'antibiotico e un po' di riposo ti rimettano preso in sesto!
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pretty cool e-zine, loved the fotos, specially the one from the animal issue. I´m gonna check it out.
ReplyDeleteAbout my knowledge of dutch... hahaha... I lived in Nederland some years ago, so, ik heb wel een beetje geleerd hehe
kusjes! xx
WOW! I will definitely check out this e-zine - thanks so much for telling us about it!
ReplyDeletealso, i hope your eye feels better soon!