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Small Scale & Handmade: The Craft and the Makers
From fashion to product design: “The Craft and the Makers ” looks at the new generation of craft-makers from around the world. A savvy selection, clearly branded Gestalten. The Craft and the Makers showcases savvy businesses that are choosing to focus on craftsmanship and aiming to create things with a soul. A decisive role is […]
Purple Haze – Olivier Zahm
A 700-page “Diary” of carefully selected and highly fashionable photos from Olivier’s natural habitat; the art and fashion worlds in New York, Tokyo and Paris. Celebs and a few beaches. Olivier Zahm is the founder and editor of the fashion magazine Purple. Olivier Zahm: O.Z. Diary Editor: Gianni Oprandi Text by: Glenn O’Brien, Jeff Rian […]
Running a Tight Ship: The Vogue Years
Diana Vreeland’s memos are a wonderful read. As her grandson writes in the introduction: “Nonina would sit there for hours, dressed in a bathrobe, chain-smoking Lucky Strikes while she dictated memos and letters to her secretaries at Vogue.” It is such fun to read these memos. On April 14, 1970 she writes – to 20 […]
Magic strokes – Mats Gustafson
Few fashion illustrators can match the art of Mats Gustafson. His clients include Hermès, Tiffany & Co., Yohji Yamamoto, and Comme des Garçons. And his editorial work has been seen in French & Italian Vogue, The New Yorker, and Visionaire. > MORE . Watercolors by Mats Gustafson Designed by: Henrik Nygren Text by: Berndt Arell, […]
Acid High – I Only Want You to Love Me by Miles Aldridge
Decadence, glamour and acid-high hues of colour. Add a touch of cinema – and there you go – got to be the work of British fashion photographer Miles Aldridge. “I Only Want You To Love Me” let’s you dwell into his creative world. > MORE . I Only Want You to Love Me by Miles […]
Innovator – Erwin Blumenfeld
The photography of Erwin Blumenfeld was humorous, inventive and truly personal. In the 1940s-50s he dominated the American fashion magazines (Harper’s Bazaar, Collier’s, Cosmopolitan, Life, Look) in with his remarkable colour shots. > MORE . Erwin Blumenfeld – Studio Blumenfeld: Color, New York 1941 – 1960 Editors: Ute Eskildsen, Nadia Blumenfeld-Charbit, François Cheval Text by: […]
We Were Wrong: Vi hade fel – Paris 1967 by Carl Johan De Geer
In 1967 Carl Johan De Geer went to Paris to portray the end of Haute couture. The fashion houses were a dying bread. The revolution was on and fashion was taken to the streets. > MORE . Vi hade fel – Paris 1967 by Carl Johan De Geer Text by: Karina Ericsson Wärn Publisher: Orosdi-Back […]
100 Fashion Designers, 10 Curators
Voila! This is the best survey Phaidon has published in a long time. “Pattern” takes the pulse of today’s fashion, showcasing the top 100 designers & brands. Big book in a Tyvek bag. > MORE . Pattern – 100 Fashion Designers, 10 Curators Designed by: Julia Hasting Volume editor: Claypool. Mollie, Hettie Jedah Publisher: Phaidon […]
Conceptual – Rei Kawakubo
i-D magazine digs into its archives to explore the world of Rei Kawakubo and Comme des Garçons. Here’s a large-size monograph filled with 20 years of Kawakubo’s fashion. > MORE . Rei Kawakubo Features: Comme des Garçons Editor: Terry Jones Photographs by: Max Vadukul, Paolo Roversi, Nick Knight Interviewee: Terry Jones, Holly Shackleton, Jamie Huckbody […]
