{"id":62519,"date":"2009-11-24T22:33:41","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T21:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/?p=3195"},"modified":"2009-11-24T22:33:41","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T21:33:41","slug":"a-talk-with-glam-fashion-designer-tom-rebl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/24\/a-talk-with-glam-fashion-designer-tom-rebl\/","title":{"rendered":"A talk with GLAM FASHION DESIGNER TOM REBL"},"content":{"rendered":"

A talk with glam fashion designer TOMREBL
\nLets follow him through, his road less travelled, from Germany to Uk, and Italy.
\nLIVE FROM Milan by Lyn Jegher
\n\"TOM
\nAfter being the creative Director of the brand ANDREW MacKenzie, last
\nyear he succeeded in launching his first solo collection: ”SHOKING
\nRADIANCE”, and now, hes finally ready to capture Milans fashion week
\nwith an exclusive, walk on the wild side.
\nSTEPPING INTO TOM REBL Glam UNIVERSE<\/strong>
\nJust tell me more about yourself and how you first fell in love with fashion.<\/em>
\nI grew up in a small bavarian town with about 15 000 inhabitants until I left school when I was 19. Until then I never thought about becoming a fashion designer. All I felt was a creative talent in me and so I searched for some kind of outlet. This brought me to London for the first time. And it was love at first sight. Just after a few weeks in London, I got involved with creative minds like stylists, hairdressers and club promoters. Rather than going back to Germany, I decided to stay in London and initially started to study art and design. After just one year, this didn\u00b4t satisfy me and I discovered a real passion for fashion. I started to study at Central Saint Martins, which was the only college I wanted to go. From the first time I stepped into this super-scruffy college building, I knew this would be my future. Saint Martins has a special \u201cmagic\u201d. A lot of students and tutors I knew already before from clubs and parties. The following years were wild and excessive, but also fundamental for my professional way. I will always have a special bond to London.
\n What are the main features of your collection?<\/em>
\nHighlights of the Spring\/Summer 2009 collection are the died unlined hardware cotton trench coat with personalised lip-camouflage print, the black eco-leather punched coat with decorative military buttoning detail and the garment died leather biker jacket with dangling chains.
\nI was personally attracted by your beautiful all in black items, could you please tell us, in your opinion, what colour should be in this summer?<\/em>
\nBrick red and faded grey.
\nwhose TOM REBL?<\/em>
\nI am what I am:
\n– my all time favourite band is SUEDE
\n– At the moment I am listening very much to Anthony and the Johnsons, Marc Almond and M83
\n– This summer I want to learn kite-surfing
\n– I love a soft boiled egg for breakfast on sunday morning
\n– I have Gilbert & George on my wall in the living room
\n– I am a fan of ARAKI
\n– I regret that I didn\u00b4t go to the christmas party of LOVE magazine in London
\n– I love ginger
\n– my favourite food is japanese and thailandese
\n– I used to play guitar in a rock band when I was 17
\nWhose your beauty queen?<\/em>
\nJoe Dallesandro. I guess he was really lucky to have had his prime time in the 70s. The soft light and vintage faded look is very complementing.
\nwhose your fashion muse?
\nPeter Berlin for obvious reasons and ANGELA, the mysterious beauty.
\nbrand icon?<\/em>
\nThis would be the lip.
\nActually, the brand\u2019s subtitle \u201eshocking radiance\u201c cites Elsa Schiaparelli\u2019s fragrance from the 1920s, which were defined by surrealism. And it was Elsa who used a stylized lip in her advertising for this fragrance.
\nSurrealism concentrates on the subconscious and regards the world of dreams as the source of creativity, which reflects the philosophy of the label.
\nThe word \u201esurrealism\u201c means literally \u201eabove or beyond realism\u201c. Tom wants to escape the
\nbasic roles of the garment like functionality and pure adornment. It should function as the
\nextension of the owner\u2019s personality or emotions.
\n what do you bring to life in your collection?<\/em>
\nThe inspiration for the collection goes back the late 60s and early 70s. Think of the movie Born on the Fourth of July and Ron Kovic. The military uniform clashes with the peace movement…
\n…….decorative parading details…….7\/8 length trousers…..hippie batik-dyes over checks……washed-out tie-dye effects on cottons….faded reds and sun-burnt lavender…..medallion jacquard….metal chain embroidery……dyed leather with worn-in vintage effect….fur all-over print on jersey….
\nComing from Germany, is there any aspects you put in fashion that could express your origins?<\/em>
\nI have been living in lots of different cities all over Europe over the last years. I am not saying, that I lost my origins. Germany will always be home for me.
\nBut working as a designer, my actual surrounding is important and is reflected in my work. The city I live in, the people I go out with, the places I go to are influencing me. So my work expresses more the point of my life, where I am at in this moment rather than my origins.
\nin your eyes, hows fashion perceived in Munich<\/em>
\nVery difficult. Especially the menswear market is still very suppressed. But, hey, let\u2019s start a fashion revolution in Munich. Revolution is the name of my boyfriend\u2026
\nonline magazines are a continuous source of creativity, and are gaining more appreciation with the evolution of the media system, could you please tell us, what is your concern regarding online magazines?<\/em>
\nI am still very much into the printed magazines. I don\u2019t like reading things on the computer. And you shouldn\u2019t do it either. It is not good for your eyes. No, but you don\u2019t have the sensation of owning the latest issue of Pop Magazine. I want to see magazines one on top of each other in lots of piles on the floor. I want to have a complete collection of all issues of my favourite magazines. I want to touch the different kinds of paper types. I want to rip out pages and stick them on the wall\u2026
\nandrogenous style- IN or OUT<\/em>
\nOut \u2013 make up your mind and take a decision
\nhaving worked for eclectic fashion designer ”Andrew McKenzie”, what are the most precious lessons in fashion that you have achieved (from this experience) ? <\/em>
\nThe most important thing I learned is to get involved in all parts of the business. I am controlling all visual elements, which is still very important to me. Making a collection doesn\u00b4t stop with designing, sketching and realising the garments. There is a vision in my head, which I follow to the very end. This includes casting models, choosing locations, styling, retouching of pictures (very important), graphic layouts, even choosing the quality and weight of the paper for the printing of catalogues. I believe you received the lookbooks from my previous collections. So you know, that they are never the same and are always particular.
\nIf there is the \u201ccreative master\u201d from the beginning until the end, I can give a complete and homogenous image of the brand… Or I am just a complete control freak!
\n What\u2019s next?<\/em>
\nI am travelling a lot and visit many of the shops, which sell my collection, to keep a personal contact with clients. I listen to comments and discuss improvements and problems.
\nOver the summer, I am planning some presentations and parties, for example in Porto Cervo (Sardinia), Munich and Miami to reach an eclectic circle of final shoppers in a personal environment.
\nIt is important for me to stay real as a person and to able to adjust to individual demands.
\n
\n Any secret you would like to share with us?<\/em>
\nMy nickname amonst friends is \u201cbunny\u201d. And I like Freddie Mercury more than Madonna, but shhhhh\u2026.
\n
\nWhen will you be doing your next fashion show?<\/em>
\nI am planning to show my Fall\/Winter 2010-11 collection during Milan Fashion Week next January.
\nI love men in heels, you think that someday fashion will be able to turn it into ”a must ”……..<\/em>
\nI am trying my best. But I have the strange feeling that we won\u2019t be alive anymore\u2026 what a shame
\n \"TOM
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