"La Lettre"

Michel Gondry, a French film director (most famously noted for his work in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as well as Bjork's music videos), exemplifies the fine line between mysticism and realism; he unleashes the tension between what exists concretely and what exists imaginatively. Through visual and musical media, in his emblematic manipulation of our visual frames of reference, Gondry's work is a tribute to an inexorably childlike perspective, a lens of innocence and boundless creativity.

In one of my most recent youtube tangents, I stumbled upon this short film he made called "La Lettre"... A meditation on weightier ideas like space and time and the role of an artist as well as simpler notions like childlike naivete and the inevitable disappointment therein. I believe these ideas are relevant to all forms of expression, including especially the realm of fashion.

Designers today--Erin Featherston's Spring 2009 collection, for example--are constantly inspired by the act of collapsing the binary between a more dream-like fantasy world and things more practical. Just like Gondry.

Only ten minutes long! Watch it! Ponder and enjoy!

-Kate