fashion

lanvin dance video: fall winter 2011


hmmmm…lanvin dance contest… i’m sure it will work and do very well given the audience, even though they may not be the actual clientele of lanvin.  i saw this, over the weekend when a friend was bragging how great it was. i’m not 100% convinced, but i do like the fact that it breaks with stogy world of fashion and brings some lightness and fun into fashion. now while albaz is a cooky, fun fellow, the brand isn’t.  H&M pulled it off well on the lanvin, lagerfeld, and viktor & rolf spots, i think this video which is a complete reference to burning rocks (fassbinders script) which we had posted ages ago.  it’s not executed as well as it could have been, and places the lanvin house line quite close to the H&M lanvin line, and that is not very brilliant. by dd

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anja rubik by Hedi Slimane the full story

this story with emmanuelle alt for french vogue back in 2010 was quite nice, despite different from what we all thought of hedi and his candid B&W. i was still glad to see that hedi, unlike karl, was no debutant and  actually has something to share. i tried to buy 3 images from trunk at some point last year but hedi was being a pain not happy with the usage although it was indirectly related to US vogue. i’m sure he doesn’t need the extra few dollars so at the end i appreciated that. in any case i finally managed to get the full story in one place and thought id share it. by dd

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Too Young?

thylane lena-rose blondeau 10 year old model photographed as a grown up women. gorgeous young girl but isn’t it too early for her to be wearing makeup and heels.definitely something new and different but is this appropriate; i guess it depends a lot on each persons point of view. i would say it is fun but too seductive…what is your take? by ac

CATEGORIES: fashion, musings

madame gres as sculptor, musee bourdelle

if you happen to be in paris sometime, you should definitely go to musee bourdelle which is one of the cutest museum in paris but if you happen to be there before the 28th of august then you can’t afford to miss the madame gres exhibition. the lady was married to a painter and thought of her work as a designer as sculpting. that’s why putting up this show at the musee bourdelle, is so nice and make so much sense. far from any kind of dusty fashion exhibition that we’re all used to, it seems a must go! interesting article here by pp.

CATEGORIES: art, fashion

prada: this fall’s creatures

ok, so i first saw this fall’s little fashion film for prada with the introduction about how sexy it was, i was not impressed with much more than the coloring. but i must say, i love a different approach to sexiness; slow movement, extreme delicacy, and being in your own world. worth the 1:19 of your life.  by kl

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