D.A.ACTIVIST

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So yesterday was long…travelling out of town crazy early (the first two pictures are 5:30am stripes on my bedroom wall) and then seeing my mum briefly and arriving back in town and racing over to the

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Austin Gallery on Bethnal Green Road where there was a stupid skateboard display outside and

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Lils has her exhibition – D.A. Activist. It was at

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Gallery de Vie in Hong Kong and has now transfered back to London, via a little break in customs…

Lils collaborated with

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Mona Choo

” D.A.ACTIVIST is a womenswear collection of digitally printed artwork on clothing, cut to rectangular freeform shapes, made with an ethical practice. The collection takes it starting point from a photograph by Finnish photographer Jan Kaila of the beautiful eccentric Mr. Elis Sinistö, wearing a life-size rectangular board round his neck – like a man wearing a work of art. A subtle and intimate form of design and art activism, art and fashion combine to ask questions about human life:  how we live, what impact do we have on the environment and other living beings.“

I am a huge fan of Lils and her work, its soft, its caring, it allows you to breathe…no pressures allowed, simplicity at its most necessary. She could be seen as a Singapore version of

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Matthew Ames or

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Damir Doma, I stress the “could”, because really she’s just herself…with an encyclopedic knowledge of Yohji Yamamoto. Plus I love the shadows the coat hangers make on the walls and also the Singapore snacks…(see photos above).

Anyway the exhibition is on till the 28th of February.

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