Friday, May 28, 2010

The Heat of McQueen's Fire...

...will never be forgot. Here I show my FAVORITE design by McQueen...on one of my favorite famous people (and I think she wears it well). This dress would be nice enough, albeit shockingly bright on the eyes, without the lace cover. BUT The lace REALLY makes it wonderful to me.
It's elegant, fragile, beautiful, intricate...and yet dark, gothic, complicated, and clinging in a way. A great dichotomy of  "Edgy-Beauty".  It seems more real to me when clothing designs are a combination of whimsy and hard. To me it expresses that the clothes, like the people who wear them, are multi-faceted.
The inspiration lies within that combination. It inspires to be one's own true self. That not all things have to be rock n' roll OR roses. That being a strong, confident, beautiful creature is possible, even as a woman.
And it also resonates with my own personal love for design with the simplicity of the structure underneath, and the complexity of the architecturally structured lace.

LOVE IT!


And really, who can wear it so well as Drew?

Friday, May 21, 2010

The First of Many Hellos.

his is my space to share with the vastness of the web those things of which move or inspire me at any given time, in the hopes or chance that someone else is inspired. There are many beautiful things to share and see. I love new things, and I love when others share new things with me. So don't be shy, feel free to contribute too.

To begin, let me introduce myself.


My name is April.
I am 28 and very happily married. I live in what I think is a beautiful conglomerate of city and open space.
I'm a lover of: music, art, people, design, creativity, life.
I love things that are big, small, gritty, streamlined, and all of the above. You will see what I mean as I continue with my blogs of inspiration.

I call this little piece of me Inspire Fire because I feel that when I am truly inspired, it is starts as a spark and consumes me and just makes me want to continue to spread...the love, the heat, the inspiration....
It's an Inspire Fire.
I am really not trying to limit myself to what this blog should be specifically because 1. I dislike limitations and 2. It's mine & I don't have to.

On that note, perhaps we should begin with a few celebrity and non-celebrity people who inspire me in one form or another.




There is so much more. And I'm sure I will bring up each of these people in future posts. Maybe even introduce you to those you don't know yet.
And there's always room for more!!
See you soon...maybe even later today....