Dec 19, 2012

Movimento Hotspot

Hello friends,
My project "Black Hole" was elected as one of the finalists in "Movimento Hotspot" competition here in Brazil. 391 submitted their projects and mine was picked with another 22 finalists. We will be exposing our works in the local festivals (they will have festivals in 16 important cities here in Brazil) and the winner will get a place at São Paulo Fashion Week and also some money to develop their next collection.  The curators are Suzana Barbosa (Elle magazine) and Paulo Martinez(ffw_Mag!) , very important people in the fashion area around here.

For now, I'm so happy with these exciting news and I would like to thank everyone that helped me to develop this project. Special thanks to the photographer Mariana Quintana, who gave her amazing point of view in these designs taking awesome pics and also to the model Lidia Zuin who totally understood the concept and really did great poses and presence.

direct link to these exciting news in portuguese http://movimentohotspot.com/noticias/hoje-e-a-vez-da-moda/

Oct 12, 2012

Japanese Summer 2013


for special orders (outside Japan) please contact marie.castro@gmail.com

Sep 8, 2012

Breaking Bad

At first sight, I had in my mind that Breaking Bad wouldn't be the kind of Tv series I'd feel attach to.  For real, my ex-boyfriend told me "there's one series everyone is talking about and I think you'll like it" and I was like "nyaaaa no way", so I watched the first 2 or 3 episodes and I got addicted. It was some years ago, and for now, I feel obligated to write about it in this blog. THE SERIES IS FUCKING AWESOME.





 The plot sounds pretty simple and weird at same time: A chemistry teacher called Walter White just discovers he has cancer and that his life is not going through a good direction, so, he teams up with a local stoned kiddo called Jesse Pinkman and together they start their business of cooking meth. But obviously, the  series is not just about that, and that's why it is so brilliant. It goes deep to all moral, society,  right/wrong aspects involving the human existence plus they have a perfect team of actors, directors, soundtracks.. Everything is just so perfect that you can't avoid it: it's a piece of art. If you never watched it and have some free time (or you can watch it while knitting/crocheting) .. WATCH IT. And tell me your impressions later.




Jul 31, 2012

B.A.N.D.

Hyper and the Hi-Fi
http://soundcloud.com/hyperandthehifi

That's my newest and most exciting project at the moment.
Playing music make us feel alive.

Jul 7, 2012

last days

Hi everyone!
Well, last days were not that easy.
I'm rushing my japanese orders, and also preparing and fixing some small details of my japanese summer. It's a long, hard and tiring process ~ all to make you look stylish and pretty within my clothing line. :)
Actually , in my point of view, there always a lot of sacrifices behind a pretty garment --- or face. People usually forget that, and that's why pretty things are so valuable (real beauty, to me).
I mean, we are kinda living a world, nowadays, of easy stuff. Easy-going smiles, easy friendship, easy beauty, easy words.. everything too easy, too flat. I heard a song these days called "Warm smiles doesn't make you welcome here" and my mind just connected it with this subject I'm talking about  even though it may sound a little bit senseless in this whole conversation :)
I don't like easy things. They are mostly flat and go away very quickly. Always doubt of people being too easy over you. Probably it is fake.

I often write about wishes. "I wish that something was blablaba" and so on. I'm trying to force myself to this kind of thought. Otherwise we will just loose a good amount of time wishing stuff and not really doing something to make it true. Even all that horoscope thing says people from my star sign are kinda subjective, I find myself very objective in everything else, but love. Maybe is my moon, I don't know. I highly believe in those things. Maybe it is just one of that things that shows how everything is so connected in this world. Nature, people, stars.. All in the same vibration. In this world it's all about the right tuning.

Well, today I already worked in my label stuff, so I'll save some hours now to relax, and I'm using it to write here, but doesn't matter, for me writing is very relaxing. I feel often relaxed when I express myself, and very tense if for some reason I'm not able to express it. I'm just releasing I was not writing too much in the last years because I was always afraid about some reaction I would generate on people while exposing my thoughts. NO FEAR, NO FEAR, NO FEAR. That's the motto now :) Being in a band is helping me a lot on that. It's amazing, actually, how people are exposing themselves while doing music even though they think they are protected in some comfortable zone or something like that. I'll get out of mine in some hours, it's a recording day, again.

Actually, there's no comfort zone. When you think you are in one, that's the moment the world says: "Hey, I'll throw this brick over your sand castle and let's see if you ruin it completely or if you re-build it". Life makes it everyday, but sometimes we don't notice that. But it's always there.
We've been too distracted.


Jun 30, 2012

yarnbombing project?


Life is always connected with work.
At least in my life.. it is like this.
But anyways, I'm thinking about starting a new yarnbombing project.
Agata Olek is here in Brazil, since the beginning of this week. I've met her (and actually now collaborating with her yarnbombing project in SP) and it was really something cool to do: it motivated me in another level. I mean, I just finished to show my second japanese collection, and everything went fine :) We will be in Japan again. But it was a hard process, and still, there are a lot of adjustments to do. But, there was a strange voice inside of me saying "relax, take your time in this week". And that's what I did. I did not stop working, since Olek is here and I'm crocheting, but also I was able to re-think about a lot of things going through my mind these days. I even had time to do my band's logo in crochet:


Well, so since I'm gonna travel to Europe in some months, I thought maybe I could do some nice yarnbombing project there. I mean, it's a good opportunity to take advantage of the nice cities I'll able to see.. and do art with that.
Yeah.
Art.
I question myself , actually, everyday, about what I'm doing.
I don't think it is fashion at all. I mean, I run a fashion label, but it is not just that, and I'm not putting all my forces into the 'fashion thing'. I mean, I'm trying to develop, in my own style, my vision of the world. And  it is not just about clothing, but anything else. It's a long way to go, but I'll follow my heart and see what happens.

Jun 1, 2012

changes

It's completely mad and difficult to measure all the projects I've been through last month. Professionally, emotionally.. It was just the beginning of a new era of experimentation.  And now I just realized how dumb is to have a blog and not writing on it. Actually, it's kinda painful to me, since I love to find some minutes to write down something that's my mind.  So I took the decision of opening my mind and thoughts just a little bit more. So it is not going to be, anymore, a blog just about my label and my fashion works. I'll try to catch up with this thing and write down a little bit more about the other stuff I'm involved and excited about, tips of restaurants, movies, music... whatever. I don't know yet, but I wanna write more.  :)

May 18, 2012

Japanese news



If you are in Japan from 31/05 to 03/06 Tokyo --Shibuya ~ Tchibi's japanese autumn/winter 2012 collection will be there with our japanese sales representative BRING :)

Manequim Mag website

We are in the homepage right now!! Estamos na homepage da Manequim, gente!!




May 15, 2012

May 11, 2012

preview

suéter e gola de tricô -- unisex
sweater and knitted collar (unisex)




photographer: Mari Quintana -http://www.marianaquintana.com.br/
Model: Lidia Zuin - http://fiercekrieg.blogspot.com.br/

May 2, 2012

Facebook page :)

Hi everyone.
Today I'm here to say our winter new collection is coming soon! please, be patient :)

But, I also would like to ask you guys to like tchibi's page on facebook. I have my personal account there and I don't really mind if you guys want to add me in your friends list, but I also I'd like you guys to like the page  so it generates an easy communication between the label and you guys, since my facebook is personal and I'm posting lots of information there everyday.. So if you follow my label just by my personal account, maybe it will be a little difficult to catch up the whole info about that ;)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tchibi/108752092525755


Apr 24, 2012

in Japan

Some items of our japanese collection:

new designs


pics by Mariana Quintana - www.marianaquintana.com.br

good morning!


Bom dia, pessoas. nessa manhã vou ficar trabalhando nos designs que vou ensinar pra vocês na apostila/livrinho que vamos lançar no inverno. Os fios chegaram ontem e são lindos :)
---
Good morning, people. This morning I'll be working in some designs which I'll teach you in the book/booklet we will be releasing in the winter. The yarn just arrived yesterday and it looks great :)

Feb 15, 2012

video



David Bonk playing a cover of Lana Del Ray's Video Games.
pullover and scarf by Tchibi.

Feb 8, 2012

track11


I love my friends ---- This song was composed to my show (by Yida Huang) :


Jan 17, 2012

David Bonk and the new pullover

Music is my passion, and it's very connected to my label.
So I'm really excited with this post. It's very cool when tchibi's concept goes straight to the people it should be involved. I love creative people and I always have them around me. So for now, I can say creative people are starting to be involved with tchibi as well, which is pretty awesome.

I have some crazy connections with some countries, and as I lived in Germany for a while, I get to know its music.  And David Bonk awesome artistic contribution.  Some days ago I was saying in my twitter that I really know when people are bad, by the first sight. And I also know it by the reverse: when people are really talented and gentle, I can notice it by the first sight. I think it's all about empathy (which is is the capacity to recognize and, to some extent, share feelings [such as sadness or happiness] that are being experienced by another person). I have great empathy related to David Bonk's music. It's really cool and touching! He's putting efforts on it since he was really young, as I was doing with my fashion. Empathy, empathy.
He played and composed music in a rock group called Panik and now  he's working in solo projects and also with another musicians.


(video clip of his last project  ---  http://www.bonksonnenschein.de/ )

WOW, huh? :)

And here you can see the pullover I created for him (hahah which is already in some friends' wishlist):






I think it totally fits his new style, and most important I know he's having fun while wearing it.
So that's tchibi to me.. To dress those creative and special people around the world. It is really cool to look great outside, but if you don't have that special heart and mind, forget it. The clothing is just a complement to your personality, so once you have a great one, you'll be able to find  nice stuff with tchibi and also with other nice brands here and there.

xoxo,
marie

Jan 16, 2012

Art is my blood - Akai Ito

The first step to this project came from somewhere I did not expect to. It was Model Mayhem. A beginner brazilian photographer (his name is Rodrigo Silva) wrote a very friendly message to me, asking if he could collaborate in an editorial project. I did not have anything special in mind since in the last month we shoot the "back to school" project, but even so I wrote back saying we could collaborate. Since I took some decisions for this year, my brand will work nicely between those artistic projects and the commercial line. The commercial line is on the way and while I have some free time I'm still creating those very complex and interesting knitwear. It's a way I found to survive in this market --- I needed a commercial line for the money and popularity purposes but also I still want this brand to be known for its original handmade designs. Handmade and commercial sometimes does not follow the same line but I'm finding harmony between it. It's hard to find time for both but I'm handling so everything will be awesome. Just small details about the commercial line, we will have also knitwear and fabrics on it. It's gonna be cool -- not just for girls, but boys also. Just wait the perfect time and you'll know it :D

Okay, coming back to the photographer and Model Mayhem... So I was working in a new sweater and it was kinda aggressive one. We invited a model from MM as well ( her name is Lidia Zuin, and she wrotes this very accurate blog about alternative fashion - http://fiercekrieg.blogspot.com/) and also I invited another photographer, Fernando Takashi who is also my partner not just in artistic projects but life.
So, I started to have some ideas.. I wanted it to sweat blood. hahahah it sounds a little bit freak but I was making a connection between blood and art. I guess, to me, it makes all sense. My art is my blood and my blood is my art. This sweater was kinda complicated to knit, it's very delicate, so we have a blend between aggressiveness with tenderness (one of my fav quotes).
Later, someone commented about "akai ito" and it really makes all the sense to our project.

The results are awesome, of course, and you can check them here:













Jan 11, 2012

pop dress

our popular dress. many people are talking about this design here in brazil, maybe because it totally fits with our summer. but also great for another temperatures. if you wanna have your own, email me: marie.castro@gmail.com

xoxo!

Jan 6, 2012

links

hello guys,
today i'm here to show you guys some interesting links. Our brand was featured in some websites so, take a look:
Interview for the blog FIERCEKRIEG  
Fashionising
Wuzz Mag
Malaysian fashion website

Every single website that shows some picture of our brand is really important, so I'm trying always to show all of them around my twitter, facebook page and here. So if you're gonna write or post about tchibi in your website or blog, just let me know :)



(this is me wearing our rococo crocheted crop top. This design was launched at 2011 but we are still receiving orders of it)


Jan 4, 2012

photoshoot on the way

Hi guys!!!
Our next photoshoot  will be our first event via Model Mayhem. I'm kinda excited about it!
We will have 3 photographers (Rodrigo Silva, Fernando T. Silva, Thiago Nagasima) and as model, Lidia Zuin (she has a very interesting blog about alternative fashion, check it  out! http://fiercekrieg.blogspot.com/):

 (photo by Gabriela Camerotti)


We'll be shooting these new pictures in the next days, so watch this space since we always have projects in the pipeline :)

Jan 2, 2012

new year, new horizons

Hi everyone!

I think you guys are gonna see a lot of changes in our social networks.  I'm updating everything with brand new stuff and also I'm adding some new social networks to our connections. I wanna stay in touch with you guys in all possible ways, since I believe in the power of the internet. Let's say I'm embracing with my 2 hands that old concept I'm always talking about: INDIE POWER.

About the brand: I made some choices, some opportunities are lost, some other new and WONDERFUL opportunities/changes/chances coming soon. It's 2012, maybe the end of the world (lol) so I'm trying my best this year to make this huge concept behind the brand something more powerful, artistic, commercial.

Our new and unique commercial line is on the way (woohooo), a nice international project is taking its form, and small artistic projects coming soon in the next days. So.. Let's work!!

And for now I'm not gonna promise to write more posts around here, I'll just do it.. Sharing some ideas, inspirations and everything that comes in my mind when it's about tchibi :)

I've just listened to this and I really liked the whole energy and vibe:


see ya!


happy new year!

It's the second day of this year and we are working! nothing better than working in the beginning of this year to put some projects in practice!