Thursday, 24 February 2011
CAROLYN MURPHY i-D SHOOT
Carolyn Murphy shot by Amy Troost for i-D. Urban beauty is often associated with androgyny and this is a perfect example of how masculine cuts and a mannish fit along with a heavy shoe and minimal make up can create a totally different aesthetic entirely. Styling by Alistair McKimm using pieces by Givenchy and Balenciaga give the images a hard edge and teamed with a gurngy streetwise appeal.
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE PORTRAITS
I bought a pack of Robert Mapplethorpe Postcards in a Gallery in Barcelona, I've always loved his work and think these photos epitomise the aspect of the portrait and it's influence over his work.
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
ILLUSTRATOR ANDREA MARY MARSHALL IN COLLABORATION WITH CASTING DIRECTOR DOUGLAS PERRET
Illustrator Andrea Mary Marshall teamed up with casting director Douglas Perret to create this really cool poster for the 'Perret Top 100 of 2010' featuring an array of the fashion elite. They are so gorgeous, I really love the indie air of simple, dirty-sexy beauty they radiate. Saw them quite a while ago on a blog somewhere but took me ages to find them again. I am in love with them.
Monday, 7 February 2011
EMMANUELLE ALT INTERVIEW by MARK HOLGATE
Emmanuelle Alt, the recently appointed editor of Vogue Paris, is sitting at a tiny two-seater table at the Galerie des Gobelins bar at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée, sipping a Coca Light avec glace, having laughingly sent the waiter back to the bar tout de suite when he appeared at the table bearing regular Coke. Alt, clad in a Balmain caban jacket, a black Prada cashmere crewneck sweater, and black flared J Brand jeans, is en route to the Elie Saab show, but she has agreed to meet up and talk (just a little, not too much, she doesn’t want to give everything away) about what she plans to do with the—her—magazine. Her first issue is April.
Of course, that’s all anyone has wanted to know, ever since the previous editor,Carine Roitfeld, decided to step down at the end of last year. Over the course of an hour, Alt—smart, frank, funny, and insightful—talks about leading the magazine where she was until only recently fashion director for a decade. (Before that, she was at 20 Ans, French Elle, and Mixte.) It’s a rare opportunity to speak to Alt who, despite being one of the most fiercely blogged about stylists—helped in huge part by her striking looks, six-foot-plus lanky androgyne frame, and a knack for looking like the coolest rocker girl ever—has tended to let her work speak for itself. So, here she is. . .
On How She Sees Vogue Paris—For Now
“I want to keep the quality, the photographers we work with—David [Sims], Mert and Marcus, Mario [Testino], and Bruce Weber. I don’t think there should be radical changes. The magazine should still be chic and sophisticated. It’s a bit like buying an apartment: Before you move in, you have all these plans of what you are going to do, but then you get there, and you realize it is better to spend time living in it, and transforming it over time. I’d like there to be more beauty trends; there was so much of that in Vogue back in the eighties. And how people are living; there are so many interesting, cool people here, and they should be in the magazine. More French girls, more French lifestyle. And I am going to keep shooting for the magazine—hopefully a story every issue. I do project myself in my pictures, even if I would never wear what I shoot. Actually, most of the time I definitely wouldn’t. I always want a relationship with reality: nothing too sexy, or provocative, or fashion victim. Even if I love to dream, I want the magazine to feature a girl who looks like she belongs in real life. We are French—we can show smoking, nudity. We have no boundaries, and it can be good to have them."
On Celebrity Covers
“We don’t have a systematic point of view on it. But here in France we are back in a much more glamorous time. French actresses were respected, but not so evidently in the fashion world. Now we have Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg. I’d be very happy to put an actress on the cover if she is the right girl.”
On the Need for New Designers in Paris
“No one has appeared, and you cross your fingers that someone will come through. It’s good that some people—like Bouchra Jarrar—are using the haute couture to get attention for themselves. You can’t create new talent just like that. America feels like it has become the place for young designers.”
On Her Kind of Model
“Daria is the girl I work with the most. She has a natural, strong beauty. You can put her in a white tee and she will make it look fantastic. I like Kate [Moss] too, because she cares about clothes. Most models don’t care what you put them in, they just play the game.”
On Life Beyond It
“I spend all my weekends with the kids [Antonin, 13, and Françoise, 6]. It’s that culpability of having been working at the magazine all week. Françoise is a good tennis player, so we do that. It goes so fast. A weekend is like ten minutes for me. And we’ll go to dinner with friends. I don’t see doing things any differently now. My job has changed. My life hasn’t.”
On Her Own Style
“I like vintage. Balmain. Givenchy. Chanel. I love jeans. I wear a lot of jeans. I have that French-girl thing of always wanting to wear a cashmere sweater with a pair of jeans. Mine are J Brand, Acne—and I like Topshop. I don’t want them to be “designed.” Jeans should be jeans. I rarely wear skirts. My daughter is just the same. I’ll try to convince her to wear a skirt, or a dress, and she’ll look at me say, ‘Why? You don’t.’ ”
Of course, that’s all anyone has wanted to know, ever since the previous editor,Carine Roitfeld, decided to step down at the end of last year. Over the course of an hour, Alt—smart, frank, funny, and insightful—talks about leading the magazine where she was until only recently fashion director for a decade. (Before that, she was at 20 Ans, French Elle, and Mixte.) It’s a rare opportunity to speak to Alt who, despite being one of the most fiercely blogged about stylists—helped in huge part by her striking looks, six-foot-plus lanky androgyne frame, and a knack for looking like the coolest rocker girl ever—has tended to let her work speak for itself. So, here she is. . .
On How She Sees Vogue Paris—For Now
“I want to keep the quality, the photographers we work with—David [Sims], Mert and Marcus, Mario [Testino], and Bruce Weber. I don’t think there should be radical changes. The magazine should still be chic and sophisticated. It’s a bit like buying an apartment: Before you move in, you have all these plans of what you are going to do, but then you get there, and you realize it is better to spend time living in it, and transforming it over time. I’d like there to be more beauty trends; there was so much of that in Vogue back in the eighties. And how people are living; there are so many interesting, cool people here, and they should be in the magazine. More French girls, more French lifestyle. And I am going to keep shooting for the magazine—hopefully a story every issue. I do project myself in my pictures, even if I would never wear what I shoot. Actually, most of the time I definitely wouldn’t. I always want a relationship with reality: nothing too sexy, or provocative, or fashion victim. Even if I love to dream, I want the magazine to feature a girl who looks like she belongs in real life. We are French—we can show smoking, nudity. We have no boundaries, and it can be good to have them."
On Celebrity Covers
“We don’t have a systematic point of view on it. But here in France we are back in a much more glamorous time. French actresses were respected, but not so evidently in the fashion world. Now we have Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg. I’d be very happy to put an actress on the cover if she is the right girl.”
On the Need for New Designers in Paris
“No one has appeared, and you cross your fingers that someone will come through. It’s good that some people—like Bouchra Jarrar—are using the haute couture to get attention for themselves. You can’t create new talent just like that. America feels like it has become the place for young designers.”
On Her Kind of Model
“Daria is the girl I work with the most. She has a natural, strong beauty. You can put her in a white tee and she will make it look fantastic. I like Kate [Moss] too, because she cares about clothes. Most models don’t care what you put them in, they just play the game.”
On Life Beyond It
“I spend all my weekends with the kids [Antonin, 13, and Françoise, 6]. It’s that culpability of having been working at the magazine all week. Françoise is a good tennis player, so we do that. It goes so fast. A weekend is like ten minutes for me. And we’ll go to dinner with friends. I don’t see doing things any differently now. My job has changed. My life hasn’t.”
On Her Own Style
“I like vintage. Balmain. Givenchy. Chanel. I love jeans. I wear a lot of jeans. I have that French-girl thing of always wanting to wear a cashmere sweater with a pair of jeans. Mine are J Brand, Acne—and I like Topshop. I don’t want them to be “designed.” Jeans should be jeans. I rarely wear skirts. My daughter is just the same. I’ll try to convince her to wear a skirt, or a dress, and she’ll look at me say, ‘Why? You don’t.’ ”
Sunday, 6 February 2011
Friday, 4 February 2011
YSL S/S MENSWEAR AD CAMPAIGN
i-D COVER
An illustration of Hedi Slimane, who happens to be my all time favourite photographer, by Dani Tull.
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
T by ALEXANDER WANG S/S 2011 AD CAMPAIGN
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
WOLFGANG TILMANS- 'LUTZ AND ALEX' 1992
Tilman's playful, yet sexualised images really epitomise the ideologies that 'alternative' fashion encompasses. A different kind of beauty can be found in the photographs and it's interesting that the primary thoughts about the images are the composition, lighting, style etc and the nudity of the models is a second thought.
PRADA S/S 2011 VIDEO CAMPAIGN
The 'video campaign' is a concept that seems to be trickling down to the mainstream pretty speedily recently, with many designers releasing filmed footage of collections instead of putting on shows,why not create filmed advertisements as well? I love the crazy dancing along with smart editing/ music combo. Showcasing the must-have accessories for this season: colourful printed stole and the striped platform creepers, this whimsical (Olive Oil inspired?) piece of moving image is certainly entertaining and may promote a sub-concious indoctrinating effect, causing one only to buy Prada this season!
NEW YORK MODEL MANAGEMENT A/W 2011 Show Package
Jana K
Querelle
Melissa T
The are some of the casting cards in the NEW YORK MODEL MANAGEMENT show package for A/W 2011. Really like the mixed media design along with the photography/graphic collage collaboration.
'GIRL MEETS BOY'- DAVID SIMS- VOGUE PARIS- JUNE 2010
I know these shots are relatively old now, but I love the androgyny of the shoot David Sims did with Raquel Zimmerman for VOGUE PARIS in June 2010. Edgy and Rocker-esque, biker jacket/ boyish blazer teamed with the distressed jean, is it possible stylist Emmanuelle Alt was channeling The King of Pop whilst putting these looks together?
Emmanuelle Alt - Fashion Editor/Stylist
'THE DREAMERS'- 2003
The BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI directed movie tells the tale of an intense love triangle involving a French Brother and Sister duo, Isabelle and Theo and an American boy they adopt as their play thing. Set in Paris in 1968 the movie follows the turbulent and highly unorthodox family dynamic and an intense plot line that develops into a dramatic spiral of anger and tension between the protagonists. This video features extracts from the played with the PJ Harvey sone 'The Dancer'.
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