Dame di Cartone, Cardboard Ladies, is a series of portraits where women mimic 17th Century, cubist, and fifties fashions – only they’re wearing dresses made of cardboard and paper instead of fabric! Swiss-Italian photographer Christian Tagliavini takes complete control of the entire creative process, including making the patterns, constructing the outfits, and photographing the subjects. He aims to invent, create, and ultimately produce innovative images that blend fine art and craftsmanship. Just looking at the details, you can see what a labor of love his method truly is.
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Fantastic! I love fashion inspired by fairytales and literature.
I put together this outfit inspired (subtly) by Romeo and Juliet: http://natashafatah.blogspot.ca/2011/12/inspiration-romeo-and-juliet.html
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Wow amazing! Love the defined structuring!
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Haha this is so cool! I thought they were supposed to be playing cards at first…
How fun it must be to create these outfits! It’s kind of like working with life size paper doll clothes. I would love to be a fly on the wall of his studio.
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In love..
omg LOVE. What a great Friday post 🙂
I just had to do a double-take at these photographs! It almost looks as if their outfits have been digitally manipulated in to the photos —- absolutely amazing and incredibly detailed!
amazing!
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So weird, but cool! I really want to know how they did this. The models almost look like paper dolls.
–Becky
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these photographs are so elegant and beautiful! i love. thank you for sharing.
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That’s so amazing!
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I love it when art serves as inspiration for projects like this. I can’t even imagine the amount of work that went in to this.
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Christian Tagliavini was one of 2011Finalists in the annual competition held by the London International Creative Competition.
The London International Creative Competition is a vehicle for facilitating contact between uniquely talented artists and an international audience. LICC 2012 is currently open and accepting new entries. The deadline to submit creative work is April 30, 2012!
Check out other LICC 2011 Finalists here: http://licc.us/winners/2011/
Check out the LICC Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/London-Creative-Awards-LICC/226308214078364
CHEERS to Christian!
These are remarkable. I think my favorite part is the make0up, hair and expressions. So so smart and captivating!
These are remarkable. I think my favorite part is the make0up, hair and expressions. So so smart and captivating!
These are so cool! The top ones reminded me reminded me of the cubist costumes from Parade (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YWPFDa1sX-I/Tdg94jfHKeI/AAAAAAAAAnE/Kwd2MLZsl3c/s1600/Picasso+Parade+Ballet.jpg) though they’re not quite as sureal! I love the dramatic makeup as well
This idea is remarkably awesome and aesthetically pleasing!!
With hearts,
Janet
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fun idea!
Bises,
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WOW, thats actually awesome! I wish I could do this, truly impressive!
So awesome, I always love your artsy posts.
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These remind me of some great Alice in Wonderland illustrations I saw a while back.
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Cool, beautiful. Whatever . I would like to say how happy I felt looking The cardboards ladies.
In portuguese, my language, I would say: Maravilhoso. Foi muito bom esse encontro com a beleza depois de um dia tão chato. Estou grata.
Omg! An overwhelming yet stunning project! I keep looking at images and can’t figure out if the waists were photoshopped or what? Look too unreal! But there must be some sort of visual trick there!
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A few of these ladies look incredibly emaciated…
HOLY SH*T!
I love how dainty they are! 🙂
Good job, Mr. Tagliavini! 🙂
so whimsical!
january, x
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Love this!! It made me laugh!! :))
🙂 …how quirky
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