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naomi alessandra
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NAOMI ALESSANDRA is an illustrated journal of fresh culture encompassing current fashion & style, art, literature, music, film, performance and a variety of other catalysts. I concentrate on the visual depiction of compelling characters and directional artistic movements while exploring the cultural context of these collective moods, trends and crushes.
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Met Ball 2: Marion Cotillard in Dior

Here’s another favorite from the Met Ball – Marion Cotillard in SS Couture Dior. Not pointing any fingers (ahem Beyonce and Givenchy), but this was by far the most stunning sheer black an...

11 may 12

Met Ball 1: Carey Mulligan In Prada

“Schiaparelli was thirty-seven and Prada was thirty-nine when they delivered their first collections. But experience of the real world, which was a man’s world for both of them, made them...

09 may 12

We’ll Eat You Up, We Love You So!

Wolf headdress and socks by Topshop Unique, shirts and leggings by Helmut Lang This was originally published in May of 2010. We are posting again today to honor the life of Maurice Sendak, who gave s...

08 may 12

La Gamine

Drawing on Audrey Hepburn’s classic charms with the requisite smattering of androgynous sex appeal, this doe-eyed clothes-less cutie was recently developed for a client. A different direction w...

30 apr 12

Gaultier In San Francisco

Perhaps I’m a bit off my nut, but there’s just something about going to a museum all by my lonesome. It’s as if everything there was crafted just for me, as if the work traveled thr...

11 apr 12

Mad World

The long wait is over for Season 5…and we’ve officially entered the late 60s with the women and men of Mad Men. Op art now graces the walls of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce where Rothko...

03 apr 12

Mode d’Erté

Before I delve into F/W 12-13, I had to get this Erté-inspired illustration of Givenchy couture (hold the bull nose ring) out the door . What with all of the Gatsby-inspired frocks fluttering about f...

11 mar 12

Odysseybramble

Each year for the past three years, I have found myself compelled to partake in the second job joy of costuming my amazing boy Zoran’s school play. This year, in which my little man is playing ...

03 feb 12

Fishbowl

Ohh, Mary…that woman just keeps on bringing it! Mary Katrantzou trotted out another winner collection for Spring 2012, rife with both the extravagant bloom of nature and the rampant excesses of...

06 jan 12

Les Mannequins de 2011

Let it be said that I’m an aesthete with an activist’s heart. Or maybe it’s the other way ’round; I’m not sure. It can be a puzzle, navigating the world of fashion while...

19 dec 11

Style Like Who? U, Of Course.

A while ago I was asked by the endlessly inspiring website StyleLikeU to illustrate seven of the many incredible muses featured on their site. StyleLikeU provides a The Selby-esque view into unique a...

03 dec 11

Blotter

If you don’t blot that gold paint pen every so often, the thing’s liable to explode on you. Gold Blot, November 2011  

23 nov 11

Bound

Prabal Gurung, S/S 2012 Manifesto to Nobuyoshi Araki terrorist of emotion rescuing people from luxuries of goodness and reason self righteous ones! life is chaos as it should be stop pretending like ...

22 nov 11

Anahata the Brave

I recently had the opportunity to hang with the talented, gorgeously quirky and boundlessly energized musician Anahata LaBaw, known musically by the monikers Anahata Sound and, more recently, Hopscot...

13 nov 11

Palme d’Or

Tropical flora has long been a recurring motif in Spring/Summer and Resort apparel collections, though it’s certainly had its moments of being cracked down on by the fashion police. (The Hawaii...

18 oct 11

Pearl’s Dream

Givenchy‘s Riccardo Tisci represents to me a particular class of designers whose intricate visionary masterpieces defy the real world so utterly that they can sometimes scarcely be called cloth...

19 jul 11

You Can Holler You Can Wail

The Kills came to the Fillmore SF in May, and Rebecca and I just couldn’t miss witnessing “VV” (Alison Mosshart) and “Hotel” (Jamie Hince) rip it to shreds for their sol...

06 jun 11

Irene in Wonderland

Tonight Chillin’ Productions continues to celebrate local artists, fashion designers and musicians with another talent-packed, stellar event at Mezzanine in San Francisco. Tonight’s event...

29 may 11

Mad as a Hatter

Last week’s Royal Wedding came and went in a flurry of vivid Anglomania and Disneyesque fairy tale romance. I can’t say I was completely immune, though the majority of the spectacle was h...

10 may 11

Just Another Art Show

What fun! My work is being shown at the gallery Warehouse 416 in downtown Oakland from May 6th – May 22nd. I’m honored to share the space with two other artists and am excited to show som...

26 apr 11

Crayons Before We Dine

My boy Zoran and I like to draw while we’re waiting for our food at restaurants. Usually we come up with pretty different things. He tends more toward the monsters, the dragons, the weapon-ridd...

05 apr 11

Inkbramble’s Top Ten NYFW #3: Rodarte

Like the prairie itself, the Mulleavy sisters’ new collection for F/W 2011 spread out like an endless expanse of horizon and sky. A golden aura commanded the runway as if the clothing were made...

05 apr 11

Inkbramble’s Top Ten NYFW #4: Marc Jacobs

As a twelve year old girl, I recorded in my diary a future vision of myself. I was in my late twenties or early thirties, a Highly Professional Woman indeed – a magazine or book editor, perhaps...

30 mar 11

Inkbramble’s Top Ten NYFW: #5, Alexander Wang

Alexander Wang‘s on a winning streak; there’s no doubt about it. Though his collection for F/W 2011 did not incite quite the same level of fervor as recent seasons, he managed to hold ste...

19 mar 11

Inkbramble’s Top Ten, NYFW: #6, Jill Stuart

Jill Stuart took to the forest for her F/W 2011 collection, and brought back a wardrobe chock-full of woodsy magic. The Black Forest in particular was her inspiration, the land of darkly wondrous fai...

28 feb 11

Inkbramble’s Top Ten, NYFW: #7, SUNO

I, along with many other fashion-watchers, have come to look forward to the unveiling of SUNO‘s collections over the past few seasons. In fact, the anticipation grows with each collection. SUNO...

28 feb 11

Inkbramble’s Top Ten, NYFW: #8, Rag & Bone

The prize for cozy sportiness for F/W 2011 belongs to Rag & Bone, whose designers Marcus Wainwright and David Neville presented an adorable show of techno-tribal warrior princesses. The duo’...

25 feb 11 1 person likes this

Inkbramble’s Top Ten, NYFW: #9, Thakoon

Thakoon served up a rich platter of strong, ethnically diverse textiles this season in delightful, 18th century European court-inspired shapes. Refusing to offer a dull moment, Thakoon Panichgul main...

25 feb 11 1 person likes this

Inkbramble’s Top Ten, NYFW: #10, Gary Graham

“A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this myst...

21 feb 11

A Chanteuse Valentine

Happy Valentine’s Day, lovelies! To you, my darlings, I offer this sensual treat, all melt-in-your mouth candyliciousness and kittenesque playfulness. The illustration is inspired by the lovely...

15 feb 11

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