Sunday, July 29, 2012

Chanel Autumn Melody Fall-Winter 2012/13 Pre-Collection


Chanel has released a new campaign and microsite called Autumn Melody and gives us a look at the Chanel Fall-Winter 2012/13 Pre-Collection. The campaign is shot by Karl Lagerfeld and features models Lindsay Wixson & Edie Campbell.
more here: Autumn Melody 

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Danny Boyle: Olympic Opening Ceremony Artistic Director


He is best known for directing Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire and Trainspotting, one of the most popular films of the 90s.
But British film-maker Danny Boyle has added another string to his bow, as the artistic director of the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony.
Boyle came up with the "Isles of Wonder" theme after gaining inspiration from Caliban's speech in The Tempest which opens with the line: "Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises."
With thousands of volunteers involved in the Olympic extravaganza, one of Boyle's biggest challenges has been keeping the content a secret.
In early July, he apologised to volunteers over "spoilers" appearing in the press. In an email, he asked them to "stay virtuous" and "protect the show".
For the 55-year-old from Manchester, becoming a movie director was a far cry from his first career choice - to train as a priest. At the age of 14, Boyle began to make arrangements to attend a seminary, before a priest warned him against it.
"Whether he was saving me from the priesthood or saving the priesthood from me, I don't know. But quite soon after, I started doing drama," Boyle told The Telegraph.
Boyle began his new career in theatre, landing the job of deputy director at the Royal Court, before moving to the BBC to work as a producer. He produced a number of TV films, including Alan Clarke's Elephant, before becoming a director on several episodes of Inspector Morse and the 1993 series Mr Wroe's Virgins.
His first feature, the low-budget 1994 movie Shallow Grave, starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Eccleston, was a surprise hit.It also marked the beginning of the successful relationship between Boyle, McGregor, producer Andrew Macdonald and writer John Hodge.
Boyle won a Bafta award and was named best British newcomer at the London Critics Circle Film Awards.
But it was the 1996 adaptation of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting two years later that really got people talking about the director.The movie picked up an Oscar, which went to Hodge for his screenplay, and was a massive commercial success, propelling the careers of McGregor and co-stars Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. Screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Trainspotting went on to become the highest-grossing British film that year.
In 2000, Boyle spoke about their spat and told The Independent newspaper that McGregor "feels we betrayed him, and I think he's right."
And five years later, McGregor himself opened up to US magazine Playboy about his feelings over their argument.
"We had a director-actor relationship unlike any other I've had. But Boyle and his people didn't treat me very well."


more: Danny Boyle's Isles of Wonder was inspired by a speech from The Tempest -  BBC

Fashion Talks: Alber Elbaz - WWD


Lanvin has already made an uberchic mark on the handbag industry, but now creative director Alber Elbaz has plans to place an even bigger focus on the category. WWD had a quick chat with him about what’s in store.

WWD: Are you becoming more involved in the design of Lanvin’s handbags?
Alber Elbaz: I’m involved in everything, but I have to sometimes be involved in everything more. I hate to refer to myself as a control freak, but I think that, somehow, when we work, no matter what we do — whether it is music or architecture or being a secretary — you have to be in the kitchen, you have to make it happen. I think that our industry is really moving into a handbag industry, somehow. I don’t know if it’s good or bad, but this is the situation.

WWD: How long has that been the case?
Elbaz: It’s one of those things that you just feel. You go to a department store and you see that the size of the handbag department is the size of America. About 10 years ago it was all about the “It” bag, then it went to fashion again, then it went to the importance of shoes, then back to the importance of the bag. Eleven years ago, it was about top models; it wasn’t about the clothes but about who was wearing what. So even fashion has fashions.

WWD: What can we expect from Lanvin’s new handbags?
Elbaz: I was thinking about what kind of bags women and men need, and it’s always a mix between reality and fantasy. On one hand, we’re always into finding solutions for people’s needs — they really need a big bag because they have to carry their life in it. The next second you say, “Maybe they need just a little clutch because all people have today is an iPhone.” Small and big, it’s all about extremes, contradictions. You have on one hand a backpack and on the other, a clutch.

WWD: What can you tell us about your spring ready-to-wear collection?
Elbaz: You know I can’t talk about that. I’m superstitious.

Source:WWD

2013 Men's Fashion Trends - The Burgundy / Rust Color

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The rust-brick tones / burgundy is the color of the year.

You can see this color at Ermenegildo Zegna, Dries Van Noten, Kenzo, Bottega Veneta, Hermès, Paul Smith, Umit Benan, Ami Alexandre Mattiussi, Wooyoungmi, Berluti...

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2013 Men’s Hairstyles Trends - Dolce and Gabbana


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2013 Men’s Hairstyles Trends - Dolce and Gabbana

Vogue US September 2012 / Lady Gaga on the cover / 658 pages of ads, the biggest issue in its history

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 Vogue's September 2012 issue will include 658 ad pages — the greatest amount in four years — and be the biggest issue ever, when you combine ads and straight editorial content. 
Vogue's September 2007 issue boasted 727 pages of ads, but this year's editorial content will push its pages into record-breaking territory. 



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Louis Tomlinson's sweater


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Louis Tomlinson's sweater

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Givenchy Eyewear Fall Winter 2012-2013 Ad Campaign


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2013 Men’s Hairstyles Trends - Vivienne Westwood

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2013 Men’s Hairstyles Trends - Jil Sandrer


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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Givenchy Mens Fall Winter 2012-2013 in Black Book September 2012


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Givenchy Fall Winter 2012-2013 sweatshirt and shirt in Black Book September 2012


'MISE EN SEINE'

Photographer: David Roemer
Stylist: Christopher Campbell
Model: Hadrien Mazelier

Givenchy Fall Winter 2012-2013 in Numéro August 2012


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Givenchy Fall Winter 2012-2013 necklace, earrings and clothes in Numéro August 2012

'ELECTRIC LADY'
Photographer: Sebastian Kim
Model: Nadja Bender
Styling: Charles Varenne
Hair: Teddy Charles
Make-Up: Maud Laceppe
Manicure: Maki Sakamoto

Balmain Fall Winter 2012-2013 Ad Campaign | Nadja Bender by David Sims

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Nadja Bender by David Sims for Balmain Fall Winter 2012-2013 Ad Campaign. 

Stylist: Joe McKenna

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Givenchy Fall Winter 2012-2013 Dress in Vogue Russia August 2012

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Givenchy Fall Winter 2012-2013 Dress in Vogue Russia August 2012

'Jewelry'
Model: Patricia van der Vliet
Ph: Catherine Servel
Stylist: Karen Langley
Hair: Kevin Ryan
Makeup: Lisa Houghton
Manicurist: Dawn Sterling
Set Designer: Tara Marino

Balmain Fall Winter 2012-2013 embroidered velvet jacket and leather embroidered dress in Numéro August 2012


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Balmain Fall Winter 2012-2013 embroidered velvet jacket and leather embroidered dress in Numéro August  2012

Editor: Elizabeth Sulcer
Photographer: Greg Kadel

Givenchy Logo T-shirt


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Givenchy Logo T-shirt

Clément Chabernaud for Balmain Menswear Fall Winter 2012-2013 Ad Campaign

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Clément Chabernaud for Balmain Menswear Fall Winter 2012-2013 Ad Campaign

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Kate Moss Stars In Rag & Bone’s First Ever Campaign

Rag & Bone is proving you actually CAN go back home, and is opening its first London store location.
David Neville and Marcus Wainwright, both Londoners by birth, will open the doors on their new location in Chelsea this Thursday, WWD is reporting. In another first for the brand, R&B shot its first-ever print campaign, which features Kate Moss. If you’re going to do an ad, go big or go home, we say. Kate’s a perfect fit for the brand, and now we want to wear a white tee and black leather shorts with a leather trench, even if we know we will never, ever look like that. The spot, shot by Craig McDean, “wasn’t in a studio; it was just them on a derelict London street — Kate with minimal makeup, and Craig with a handheld camera and natural light,” Wainwright told the trade.

Facebook Commenters Horrified by the New ‘Saint Laurent Paris’ Logo

Facebook Commenters Horrified by the New ‘Saint Laurent Paris’ Logo
Yves Saint Laurent officially released the new Saint Laurent Paris logo on their Facebook page today, which shows two black boxes stacked on a marble tabletop. As previously reported, the font — printed in white against a black background — is square, simple, and fuss-free; as promised, it's much more like the label's 1966 lettering than the swirly Yves Saint Laurent typography of recent years. (Also, remember that the label is keeping the YSL "Cassandre" logo on all of its beauty products.) Despite Hedi Slimane's nod to the label's past, Facebook commenters have responded to the new logo with vehement hostility. "Where's the iconography? This is not iconic," protested one, while another accused the new logo of looking a lot "like Zara"; a third very astutely observed that "YSL without the Y is not YSL." It'll hopefully be easier to get onboard with these changes once we get to see the clothes, shoes, and bags that come with them.

Karl Lagerfeld’s Olympics-Themed Collection Includes Gold, Silver, and Bronze Collars


The Karl Olympics

British Vogue got a first look at the offerings, to be sold at Selfridges starting tomorrow for £95 to £325 ($148 to $505). Their article is also accompanied by a drawing of Karl preparing to throw a discus while practicing perfect stance, as he obviously would.

Monday, July 23, 2012

Lanvin's new autumn/winter 2012-13 campaign


"I wanted to see people from different age groups, body shapes and personalities wearing Lanvin," he told us this morning. "That is what Lanvin is all about and represents - we don't only do clothes for 20-year-old girls. I love to see mature women wearing Lanvin as well. I love wrinkles, I love grey hair."

Lanvin's new autumn/winter 2012-13 campaign 

ALBER ELBAZ says that his decision to cast non-models between the ages of 18 to 82 in Lanvin's new autumn/winter 2012-13 campaign is because he loves women of all ages - not only fresh-faced model girls.




Photographed by Steven Meisel and with creative direction by House + Holme's Ronnie Newhouse and Stephen Wolstenholme, the advertisements show a diverse array of individuals - from waiters to milliners.
"There was a street casting in New York and the team who did the casting did a fantastic job," explained Elbaz. "They sent me all the photos of the anonymous people who had been pre-cast and the day before the shoot, I met them all. It was an unforgettable experience to meet with these beautiful people."


Elbaz was first heralded for his lighthearted, playful approach to campaigns for autumn/winter 2011-12, when he recruited Karen Elson and Raquel Zimmerman to dance their way through a promotional video to the soundtrack of Pitbull's I Know You Want Me. The designer even joined the models in his signature tuxedo at the end. However, for autumn/winter 2012-13 the mood is centred on "reality".
"It's all about individuals with individuality," added Elbaz.

Source:Vogue

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Balmain Suede Multi-buckle Zippered Boots from Fall Winter 2012 Collection


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Isabel Marant Logo T-shirt


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Isabel Marant Logo T-shirt

Bow Bowler Hat


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Style Inspiration - Louis Tomlinson


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Givenchy Fall Winter 2012-2013 Black Podium Wingtips Boots


Givenchy Fall Winter 2012 Black Podium Wingtips

Givenchy Fall Winter 2012-2013 Black Podium Wingtips Boots
Price - $1550

Jil Sander Dinosaur Hat from Fall Winter 2012-2013 Collection


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Jil Sander Dinosaur Hat from Fall Winter 2012-2013 Mens Collection

 
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