Swans

[Scott]

I love bird motifs in general. Swans are positively lovely creatures and are indeed an expression of the ultimate sense of elegance. I also quite adore black birds and cardinals and have seen motifs of them used quite beautifully.

Its strange that I love them as much as I do,yet in real life I have an incredible phobia about them....

 

[softgrey]

Originally posted by Scott@Mar 27th, 2004 - 8:27 pm
I love bird motifs in general. Swans are positively lovely creatures and are indeed an expression of the ultimate sense of elegance. I also quite adore black birds and cardinals and have seen motifs of them used quite beautifully.

Its strange that I love them as much as I do,yet in real life I have an incredible phobia about them....

yeah---i saw the birds when i was still young and i was terrified of being attacked for years...luckily, i got over it...but i know what you mean...

 

[purplelucrezia]

Originally posted by softgrey+Mar 27th, 2004 - 8:37 pm--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(softgrey @ Mar 27th, 2004 - 8:37 pm)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-Scott@Mar 27th, 2004 - 8:27 pm
I love bird motifs in general. Swans are positively lovely creatures and are indeed an expression of the ultimate sense of elegance. I also quite adore black birds and cardinals and have seen motifs of them used quite beautifully.

Its strange that I love them as much as I do,yet in real life I have an incredible phobia about them....

yeah---i saw the birds when i was still young and i was terrified of being attacked for years...luckily, i got over it...but i know what you mean... [/b][/quote]
They're actually pretty nasty animals in reality. Ironic, isn't it...

 

[Scott]

Originally posted by purplelucrezia+Mar 27th, 2004 - 7:39 pm--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(purplelucrezia @ Mar 27th, 2004 - 7:39 pm)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Originally posted by softgrey@Mar 27th, 2004 - 8:37 pm
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@Mar 27th, 2004 - 8:27 pm
I love bird motifs in general. Swans are positively lovely creatures and are indeed an expression of the ultimate sense of elegance. I also quite adore black birds and cardinals and have seen motifs of them used quite beautifully.

Its strange that I love them as much as I do,yet in real life I have an incredible phobia about them....

yeah---i saw the birds when i was still young and i was terrified of being attacked for years...luckily, i got over it...but i know what you mean...

They're actually pretty nasty animals in reality. Ironic, isn't it... [/b][/quote]
They don't bother me until they start hovering around my head....luckily those pigeons were always at my feet walking otherwise I would have been extremely distressed

 

[Lena]

i have some resident birds that i feed
i'm like a bird restaurant..

clothes with real bird feathers make me uncomfortable,
bird prints are cool.
i have a hawk in flight photo on my 'inspiration board'
love their freedom

plus i'm so desperately out of topic rder:

 

[DressageChick]

I like swans and birds on clothes in general, but the dresses where the neck goes around your shoulders just make it look like you're wearing a dead swan on your neck.

 

[Honey]

Personally, the closest I would get to wearing swans would be swa..... rovski.

Damn, I couldn't even say it.

 

[hollyslookingdry]

You know Bjork's looked a lot more legit and elegant on the runway.

 

[purplelucrezia]

Swans in Junko Shimada's Fall 2003 show...
http://www.firstview.com/WRTWfall2003/JUNK...IMADA/P007.html
http://www.firstview.com/WRTWfall2003/JUNK...IMADA/P079.html
http://www.firstview.com/WRTWfall2003/JUNK...IMADA/P132.html
http://www.firstview.com/WRTWfall2003/JUNK...IMADA/P220.html
http://www.firstview.com/WRTWfall2003/JUNK...IMADA/P225.html

 

[Episternum]

Those are pretty cute; I like the jacket. It might be nice to see a Pellat Finet sweater with a swan on the front. I'm sure it would sell.

 

[purplelucrezia]

Not an actual swan, but the white skirt seemed faintly reminicent of them.
Or maybe it's just me...

 

[Nixon058]

I hate sawns and geese and any related evil duck thing. I think they are pretty from a far distance, very.... very far

 

[purplelucrezia]

Originally posted by Nixon058@May 14th, 2004 - 8:22 pm
I hate sawns and geese and any related evil duck thing. I think they are pretty from a far distance, very.... very far

How about when they have been made into a dress?

 

[Nixon058]

Originally posted by purplelucrezia+May 14th, 2004 - 8:14 pm--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(purplelucrezia @ May 14th, 2004 - 8:14 pm)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-Nixon058@May 14th, 2004 - 8:22 pm
I hate sawns and geese and any related evil duck thing. I think they are pretty from a far distance, very.... very far

How about when they have been made into a dress? [/b][/quote]
haha

 

[rayncloudx]

i don't like swans either
they're so big and their eyes are funny.. you can't see it cuz of the black. and they're loud. i think they're kind of arrogant and obnoxious too.

 

[runs in heels]

Originally posted by purplelucrezia@Mar 25th, 2004 - 10:44 pm
Another...

i dont think i could ever pull it off, but i adore this dress.

 

[purplelucrezia]

A swan-like dress from the Heatherette show.

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Originally posted by twinklemepink06@Mar 27 2004, 04:04 PM
I think what the designers are shooting for is not the idea of "swans" but the feminine aspect of the animals. Perhaps?

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Swans are extremely masculine to me. A swan is elegant which is a masculine trait and also a swan is a bloody vicious little blighter.

 

[KitKat]

elegance is a masculine trait?

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Originally posted by KitKat@Sep 9 2004, 02:07 PM
elegance is a masculine trait?

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Yes. Men naturally have much more elegant bodies than women - we're taller and don't have curves which gives a much more elegant shape. Women's fashions pre-20th century were all voluminous dresses with lots of bulk and body whereas men's fashion was about sleek and streamlined shapes.