Inspiration Point

By Rea McNamara / 12/11/2009 / Writing/Journalism / No Comments

Finding stylish influence in hi & lo cultural references.

“Inspiration Point” was a style column I wrote, styled and art directed for the now defunct Toronto alt-weekly EYE Weekly.

Below is a “visual” bibliography of select clippings.

Girl Friday. August 27, 2008. Inspiration: the “fashionable frugality” of the 1987 Toronto International Film Festival hit, I’ve Heard The Mermaids Singing.

Festive Force. December 10, 2008. Inspiration: The Star Wars Holiday Special.

Almodóvar’s Muses. September 2, 2009. Inspiration: “The drug-dealing nuns and transgendered prostitutes of Pedro Almodóvar’s Bad Education.”

Queen of soul. November 4, 2009. Inspiration: Aretha Franklin.