STREET PINK... Read the full story on Grazia.IT, my weekly column for Italian Grazia magazine.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
INSPIRATION Elvis Presley 1957... PRADA AD SS//2012
The new Prada menswear ad campaign for their fifties inspired collection, photographed by David Sims and featuring beautiful Michael Pitt [below],... show some similarities with an Elvis Presley backstage photo shoot during the movie 'Jailhouse Rock" in 1957 [above].
Sunday, December 25, 2011
INSPIRATION VOGUE UK 1965... Marni SS//2012
The fractographic 'chevron pattern' has always been an expression of modernism and modernist fashion:... like in this sixties outfit worn by model Patti Boyd and photographed by Brian Duffy for Vogue UK in 1965 [left], and in the latest collection of Marni for SS//2012 [right].
With this post I recommend the book:
Duffy: In His Own Words by Chris Duffy
With this post I recommend the book:
Duffy: In His Own Words by Chris Duffy
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
INSPIRATION VOGUE PARIS JANUARY 1969...Vogue Paris January 2011
A photo shoot by Guy Bourdin for the January issue of Vogue Paris in 1969 [left]... and a contemporary version for the January 2011 issue of Vogue Paris by guest editor Tom Ford [right].
With this post I recommend the book:
In Between by Guy Bourdin
With this post I recommend the book:
In Between by Guy Bourdin
Saturday, December 10, 2011
INSPIRATION Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1868... Yuval Hen 2011
The painting 'Lady Lilith" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, showing his muse Fanny Cornforth [left]...and a picture of photographer Yuval Hen for Financial Times magazine 'How To Spend It" [right].
With this post I recommend the book:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Russel Ash
With this post I recommend the book:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Russel Ash
INTO THE SAME IDEA... Narciso Rodriguez and Ohne Titel SS//2012
ORANGE COLOR BLOCKING...Read the full story on Grazia.IT, my weekly column for Italian Grazia magazine.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
INSPIRATION Max Ernst 1940... Giles SS//2012
The painting of German surrealist Max Ernst 'Attirement of the Bride" from 1940 [left] might have been an inspiration for this outfit of Giles' fierce and savage collection for SS//2012 [right].
With this post I recommend the book:
Max Ernst: A Retrospective by Werner Spies and Sabine Rewald
With this post I recommend the book:
Max Ernst: A Retrospective by Werner Spies and Sabine Rewald
Sunday, December 4, 2011
INSPIRATION Bruce Davidson 1966... PRADA FW2011//12
A wonderful picture of a mother and their daughters on East 100th Street in New York, wearing their best Sunday outfits for church, photographed by Bruce Davidson in 1966 [left]... and an outfit from Prada's FW 2011//12 collection [right].
A friend of Cartier-Bresson and New York photo-journalist Bruce Davidson, built an international reputation with black and white photographs which reveal effortless sensitivity to his subjects and their lives.
With this post I reccomend the book:
Bruce Davidson: East 100th Street by Mildred Feliciano
Thursday, December 1, 2011
INTO THE SAME IDEA... Bottega Veneta and Marni SS//2012
MODERNIST STYLE/ MODA MODERNISTA... Read the full story on Grazia.IT, my weekly column for Italian Grazia magazine.
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