Spring cleaning / Ménage de printemps / Vårrengjøring

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Like you might have noticed, our web site and blog has been undergoing some changes lately. And there have been a few bugs. Hopefully we have gotten them under control by now - if not let us know!

Anyway, we are happy to present a web site up to date with the latest autumn/winter collection, CITADINE!

Comme vous avez sans doute remarqué, notre site web et blog ont subi quelques changements ce dernier temps. Et il y a eu quelques problèmes. Nous espérons les avoir maîtrisés maintenant - sinon, merci de nous signaler les problèmes!

Autrement dit, nous sommes heureux de vous présenter un site web à jour avec la dernière collection automne/hiver, CITADINE!

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Som dere kanskje har lagt merke til, så har vår nettside og blogg gjennomgått noen endringer i det siste. Og det har vært et par feil. Forhåpentligvis har vi fått dem under kontroll nå - hvis ikke gi oss beskjed!
Kort sagt, så har vi gleden av å presentere en nettside side oppdatert med den nyeste høst/vinter-kolleksjonen, CITADINE!

What is Les ateliers Vortex? / Qu'est-ce que Les ateliers Vortex? / Hva er Les ateliers Vortex?

Photo of the facade by Cécilia Philippe

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Les ateliers Vortex is the place where the L-L-B studio in Dijon is. But what is it really? It's a artist run project in a 300 m2 warehouse. The warehouse contains artist studios and a 120 m2 exhibition space. From March to October, les ateliers Vortex hosts exhibitions and other events.
It was founded in 2011 by artists Annelise Ragno, Fiona Lindron, Sylvain Marchand, Thomas Fontaine and myself.

www.lesateliersvortex.com

Les ateliers Vortex est le lieu où se trouve l'atelier L-L-B à Dijon. C'est un projet d'artistes dans un entrepôt de 300 m2. L'entrepôt contient des ateliers d'artistes et un espace d'exposition de 120 m2. De mars à octobre, Les ateliers Vortex organise des expositions et autres évènements.
Le lieu a été fondé en 2011 par les artistes Annelise Ragno, Fiona Lindron, Sylvain Marchand, Thomas Fontaine et moi-même.

www.lesateliersvortex.com

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Les ateliers Vortex huser L-L-Bs atelier i Dijon, men hva er egentlig Les ateliers Vortex? Det er et kunstnerprosjekt i et gammelt industribygg på 300m2. Bygget inneholder kunstneratelierer og et utstillingslokale på 120 m2.
Fra mars til oktover arrangerer Les ateliers Vortex utstillinger og andre eventer. Lokalet er grunnlagt av kunstnerne Annelise Ragno, Fiona Lindron, Sylvain Marchand, Thomas Fontaine og meg selv.

www.lesateliersvortex.com

Natural dyes / Teintures naturelles / Plantefarging

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We are testing some natural dyes at the moment in the hope of integrating it into our production.

Nous essayons des teintures naturelles dans l'espérance de pouvoir nous en servir pour nos produits.

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Vi prøver ut plantefarger om dagen for å se om vi kan bruke dette i produksjonen vår.

L-L-B for UNICEF

It must seem like little is going on at the L-L-B Studio judging from the date of the last post. Not to worry, there is a lot going on. For instance, I was asked to design fabric dolls for the local UNICEF commitee, UNICEF Côte d'Or.
UNICEF France has a tradition of inviting the public, schools and fashion designers to create "Frimousses" as a voluntary contribution to raise funds for its cause. For each doll sold, at least  one child in Darfur gets vaccinated.

And so I made this litt couple, Lutetita and Eudes, from left-over fabric from the SHELTERED S/S collection.

Ecoluxe London Feb '13

L-L-B participated for the first time in a fashion trade show, Ecoluxe London, getting great response and having an awesome time. 

Here are a few photos from the stand:

The Ecoluxe pop-up shop featured a few L-L-B items, amongst others, these LP Purses, a collaboration with Scarlet Matias who makes these fun bags, this time out of L-L-B fabrics.

Se what Veronica Crespi from REWARDROBE, The Ethical Fashion Forum thought about the event and watch TwynkleLoves' video below:

Feb 18, 2013 | Designer Lisbeth Lovbak Berg's (L-L-B) fabulous multipurpose jacket. I met her today at the EcoluxeLondon event by TwynkleLoves on Keek.com

Upcycling sneak peek at our next collection

I'm working with some very talented graphic designers

After settling in Dijon, I've met lots of talented people, among there Cécilia Philippe and Charline Cabaret that together form Wonderpress. They are graphical designers specialized in hand printing with lino and a manual printing press. 

They made this lovely invitation for the SHELTERED S/S colelciton presentation. If ytheir work intrigues you, then check out their blog:

http://wonderpress.fr

A nice encounter with the press

I met with Mélaine Launay a week after the SHELTERED S/S presentation. She wanted to write about the show for an online magazine called Sparse. They're a sort of modern guide to Dijon though they also write about international events.

We had a nice chat and it resulted in a lovely article. For those of you who read French, I recommend it, if it's just to enjoy her litterary approach and style.

Preparing the SHELTERED S/S presentation

Here are a few photos from the preparations of the show last night.

 

Photo and video shoot part 2

Once again we were lucky with the weather, it's been a nice summer day (well, at least Norwegian summer) in October. Here's a few shots from the making.

Photo © Clara Devil

And now we've got what we need for both look-book and video.

Photo and video shoot part 1

Between days of pouring rain, we were lucky to get just the perfect weather for a shoot. 

It was such a busy day that I only had the time to take couple of behind the scenes, but I'll share this one with you.

The model and photographer in action and me far away out of the shot.

Making of silk screens

I've been preparing some new screens to make some silk screen printed fabrics for the next collections. I want the screes to be re-usable as long as possible, som it's a long process.

First I've cut the wooden frames from an abandonded art piece, glued and nailed the together.

Then the synthetic "silk" is stapled on.

Then the fabric  is protected with some scotch before the frames are varnished so that they become water repellant.

And so for a layer of duct tape to make them even more water proof and resistant.

And now I have four new frames to work with!

Working with some new dyes and techniques

This summer I have been working with some new dyes, both natural plant dyes and some certified organic sythetic dyes. Unique colours make the garments even more unique and some of these tests have been to make a custom order even more custom and some will the new collection.

Testing the colours in a big cauldron, like a sorcerer making her brew.

Blending some dyes to make new nuances

Decay in beauty for sale in my web shop

My Decay in beauty collection is now finally for sale in my web shop! Do have a look!

Helt Sort

After today's meeting with the owner of Helt Sort, Stine Oldertrøen, you can now find some L-L-B designs in her shop and more are to come.

You can find Helt Sort at Grünerløkka, in Oslo. It is a shop filled with black clothing and accesories (the Norwegian name translates as "completely black") that are strictly fair trade, ecological and/our redesign. Any piece that doesn't satisfy at least one of the criterias above doesn't get in to Stine's shop. She also has strong convictions on animal welfare, from the welfare of the silk worn to the sheep producing the wool to keep you warm.

Collection on it's way

A few pics from today's photo shoot giving you a sneak peek at my upcoming collection.