Andy McParrot: Fashion Styling

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Pause Life Play Music

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Bon Iver - Calgary (Azedia Remix)

Bon Iver - Holocene (Ipso Remix)

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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Massive Goal Shift

I bought clear-lens nerd glasses at the night market.

Then I bought a glue gun.

And a pair of purple shutter shades.

Gess loves unicorns, so I made her unicorn sunglasses.

And I made googly eye glasses for me:

Then I "google-i-fied" this hat and I bought black patent sneaks for future
"google-i-fi-cation":

I bought pink plush shoes with a teddy bear head on them at the night market,
(a Jeremy Scott inspired design, click here to see the originals)
and I painted a cap pink:

I got my trusty glue gun and away I went!

BAM!!!

Here's the part about the Massive Goal Shift:

I came to Taiwan with many goals. Starting my own small clothing label was one of them. Prior to leaving I photo-documented my scrapbooks and journals, carrying my many ideas across the sea. And when I started making all of these prototypes I was having a blasty-blast. I was drawing and designing and planning and getting everything ready for lift-off.

I love creating things and I get HIGH when I’m making stuff. I love freaking out on inspiration in a craft store or a thrift store or a night market. Then I put on some tunes or a documentary and go, and I end up with some crazy $hit. And then planning the photoshoot for the thing? MAN. I love it. Any creative person who has worked with me before knows how I get when I’m in this mode. My brain just blooms.

As soon as the ball was rolling on this clothing project a thought slowly embedded itself into me. It wasn’t a new thought, but it reemerged from my subconscious and caused me to reevaluate my plan. Through the manufacture of these products, as cool and limitless the ideas are, and as much appeal as they would have, I would be supporting the manufacture of materials that harm our Earth and I would be turning a blind eye to the environmental problems that humanity is facing today. And it sucks. I wish that it didn’t have to be this way, and I wish that plastics weren't so harmful, and I wish that all fabrics and dyes came from ethical sources. But I can’t ignore it.

I found that my move to Taiwan pulled me far away from the “materialistic desperation” that surrounded me in Toronto, and I’ve been able to thrive as opposed to survive. I’ve slowly reconnected to every dream I had when I was younger because I now see viable ways of making these dreams REAL. My bucket list keeps getting check marks on it, and so many of these little buckets are getting done, one by one. But I am aiming for the big bucket. That big glorious dream and I have a plan and a way. I just had to shift my focus.

My scrapbooks and journals are filled with a multitude of other things, so I’m going for them. We talked about leading by example, and living in a way that inspires others to do the same, so I’ve geared up and restructured my plan. Same big bucket, new way to get there.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Fashion Fridays - Vintage Goodness

Brittany and I share a love of vintage things, and since I have so much of that on my computer I wanted to make that the theme of today's post.

Brittany is this glamorous fashion bug who LOVES cooking and singing and dancing and lives right next door to me! She has her own Youtube channel where she makes all kinds of amazing things to eat. Sometimes I come home and from the hallway I can hear or smell lovely kitchen goings-on, and I try and guess what it is that she's making.

Here's a link to Brittany making Enchiladas Suizas... like, I want to eat them right now.

Don't forget to subscribe to her!!!

"I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food"

"The trouble with living alone is that it's always your turn to do the dishes"

"I'm on a very tight schedule of not getting anything done!"

I Enjoy Being A Girl - From "Flower Drum Song"

I love pencil skirts.

The vintage inspired outfits in the movie The Stepford Wives are some of my favorites.
It truly is the eroticism of "prim and proper" dressing and Martha Stewart-esque domestication.

Like, really, how sexy is it to be the cute little housewife who has dinner ready
for when the man comes home, tired from the days work and commute?

Some women may argue with me, but since the feminist pendulum has swung in one extreme and then the other, I feel that nowadays the movement's greatest triumph has been in
empowering women with choice.
And in empowerment itself.
And in the acceptance, inclusion, and the celebration of every type of femininity embodied by whomever - male or female.

There are amazing and inspiring things happening for gender equality all over the world,
but that's a discussion for another day, and I am digressing at an alarming rate.
IF you want to watch an amazing TED talk,
here's Tales of Passion from Isabel Allende, one of my favorites.

Back to pretty pictures, tee hee!

I love the colors and pattern in the navy and yellow dress below...

These are some images from Vogue magazine earlier this year...

The Baroness Elsa Von Schroeder from The Sound Of Music really has it going on:

Recently, I have heard it said, from friends and from bloggers online, that the older they get the more they appreciate the character of the Baroness. It's nice to hear since she's always been one of my favorite characters and in most discussions I've had to stand up for her. She is not an evil villain!

Sure, she tries to dissuade Maria from being a part of the household, but really, she goes about everything with such refreshing poise.

These days, in any crummy romantic comedy you'd see vulgar displays of anger and jealousy and all kinds of useless drama. In the Sound Of Music the Baroness just jumps in and takes control of the awkward conversation that the Captain is trying to make. What does she do? She interrupts him politely, thanks him for the time they've spent together, and tells him that it's really not working out. Then she whispers "Auf Weidersehen, darling", and leaves the Captain and Maria to be together.

Thank you.

I wish the rest of the world could see life as drama-free.

P.S. I realize it's Thursday, but in theory I have 4 Fridays this week... Tuesday was the last day before the break, and yesterday, today, and tomorrow are all wonderful leads up to the weekend.

I am going to explore some Taichung fabric stores right now, so adios and kisses and hugs and all that wonderful stuff...

XOXO Andy