George Melies

Last night I had some friends over to watch the movie Hugo.  Not only was the movie brilliant but I was captured by Ben Kingsley's character- George Melies.  Knowing nothing about the movie except that it was directed by Martin Scorsese, I googled Melies was was thrilled to learn that he was an actual person.  The things that he and his wife did for the movie industry are truly amazing.  I was blown away at how they would hand tint each frame.  Shown here:


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Sadly, very few of his films exist today.  During the war, his movies were confiscated, and melted down to make shoe heels.  Luckily, with Youtube, you can see some of his films that did survive due to film preservation agencies such as US Library of Congress. This is due to Gaston Méliès submitting paper prints of each frame of all new Star Films in order to preserve copyright laws when he set up the American branch of Star Films in 1902.
click here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Méliès for more information on Melies.

In this one, you understand the importance of musical accompaniment:


And last, his most famous:

High on Britian

Couldn't wait to post these. Here's a little bit more on the designer:
Claire Campbell

Design, quality and utility are the three core brand values cited by HIGH's British designer, "modern couturier" Claire Campbell, who is recognized as a leading creative talent in contemporary clothing design.

A breath of fresh air in today's fashion scene, HIGH aimes to create contemporary classics over transient fashion and clothing design for everyday use over occasional wear.

As Claire Campbell says "The men's and women clothing and accessory fashion collections designed for HIGH exude a quiet elegance and wealth of tradition that is communicated when clothes work and become part of a person's life".

The starting point of the multi-purpose, functional clothes and accessories is a great respect for tradition and craftsmanship, for beauty born of utility. Looking back to original, hand-stitched, soft-wearing clothing, the HIGH collections turn clothing essentials into contemporary classics for everyday.

Claire Campbell has aimed to create functional yet sophisticated everyday casual couture garments with a human touch; clothing modelled by hand, with attention to detail.

"We use good quality ingredients to make clothes people will want to wear and use", says Campbell, "like bespoke clothing for everyone".

Both the tailored line, HIGH, and the casual line, HIGH USE, embody the brand's guiding principles of high design, high utility and high quality.

"Today, the edges are blurred between casual and formal dressing. There are no longer any rules to limit these two categories from being combined and this is the essence of contemporary dressing", explains Claire Campbell.

HIGH is a brand with a strong identity, that will resis the vagaries of passing fashion.

With its lightness of touch, HIGH is a new and original expression of contemporary Casual chic in designer clothing.

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Source: h-i-g-h.com via Kerry on Pinterest