Piscatorial couturier Franciscus Valentijn debuted his garish new season collection at the 1726 Nieuw Oost Indien show.
"Colour is the new scale for the smart fish set", said the beaming Valentijn. "Demure is dead. Stripes, high contrast and bold tints are where it's at."
Citing Louis Renard as an influence, Valentijn said his background as evangelist and cartographer for the Dutch East India Company gave him an opportunity to view the East Asian fashion scene first hand.
"These fish from Indonesia and Ceylon are not shy. They aren't restricted by the narrow palette of their conservative European cousins. They are colour experimentalists. I'm just trying to bring this sense of joy and vivacity to life. My collection is for the party fish inside all of us."
Indeed. We're hooked!
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12 comments:
Beautiful illustrations,
thank you.
Yes, these are festive, especially for Easter. Are you sure they're not marzipan? The Easter impulse has inspired many a pasticceria in Naples to confections like this. Thanks for another glorious page.
that's a TERRIBLE pun! :D but i always, always always love what you show us & what you write about it.
Most assuredly that is a terrible pun to which I would cop if the whole piece wasn't written as a parody.
Marzipan? I guess. I was thinking lurid hard candy of the glow in the dark radiating kind.
These are awesome
Only slightly less wild in hue was the season's show by rival piscatorial couturier John White, whose Caribbean-inspired silver and gold stripes and spots showed that fish fashion can keep up even with such fashion staples as tattooed Native Americans and woad-dyed Picts.
Brilliant, thank you so much for sharing. Reminds me of the book 'The Sign of the Seahorse' that I was enamoured with when I was little.
Very much hook, line and sinker material!
Taa.
I think I've heard of this John White fellow of whom you speak. He was fairly reliant upon a bevy of champions for his fashion sense, such as it is.
Always one step ahead of me... but I think my latest find will amuse you although the photos are a bit marginal.
These are great! You rock, as always, PK.
just discovered your pages. gorgeous, thoughtfully-selected illustrations. thanks for taking the time to curate this art.
Hi, Ihave some drawings I'd like to post or submit for posting. How is it done? Who do I contact?
thanks, Scott gilscot@netzero.net
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