The rise of the it-model: fashion’s new super fame. With celebrity models like Kendall Jenner and Cara Delevingne on the runways, fashion is generating a new level of household fame for itself.
Anders Christian Madsen explores how it-models came to be. Kendall Jenner’s breakthrough on the runways last season felt like the culmination but also the ultimate beginning of a new fashion phenomenon: it-models. The class of 2014 answers: how would you describe your generation? Boasting the confidence and coolness of youth, today's brightest young things invited i-D into their backyards and bathtubs to talk candidly about their generation.
Introducing the Class of 2014, they’re mother.fucking.awesome. ‘’Defiant. Youth is in some kind of fuck you stage that’s raw and a little over the top. But I like it. I love my generation.’’ The Newsletter That Became a $100M Business Selling Stuff to Dudes. Adam Rich, Jason Ross and Ben Lerer at the Thrillist office in New York.
La mode, un sport de combat. Entre le mois de mars et le mois de juin 2014, un groupe d'étudiants et étudiantes en management de l'Institut Français de la Mode (voir leur nom au bas de l'article) s'est intéressé aux créateurs de mode "oubliés" par les médias.
Voici le résultat de leur enquête et de leurs entretiens. ‘Nudist’ Shoe’s Success Shows Red Carpet’s Growing Clout: Retail. For designers like Stuart Weitzman, the best place to sell shoes is the red carpet.
Entertainment award shows, featuring celebrities wearing the latest fashions, are an increasingly powerful tool for design houses to tout their footwear -- thanks in part to the buzz generated by social media. For a beleaguered industry that saw women’s shoe sales drop 9 percent last year, celebrity marketing is seen as a cost-effective way to generate a hit. Take what happened this year with Weitzman’s Nudist sandal, a high-backed shoe that shows off most of the foot. After actress Jennifer Lawrence and about 40 other celebrities were photographed wearing the ankle-strap sandals at multiple events, the designer sold 25,000 pairs. Sales of that type of shoe typically run about 5,000 to 8,000. Fashion in the Age of Instagram. Photo.
Julien Dossena Talks Paco Rabanne, Atto, and Paris' Shifting Landscape. LVMH Prize finalist.
Creative director of Paco Rabanne. Founder of the fledgling label Atto. The Golden Era of ‘Fashion Blogging’ Is Over. Until about a decade ago, there had always been an unwritten protocol when seated in the front row of a fashion show.
Do not lean forward. Keep your legs tucked neatly under your seat, your handbag out of camera range, and any papers discreetly in your lap. Maintain a poker face. And do not take pictures. Seriously. It’s hard to believe, but back before the dawn of the 21st century, it was the rare editor who dared lift a camera to snap a shot of a model as she stormed past.
Life is a catwalk in our top 10 fashion documentaries. The ultimate fashion world films. Head designer at Christian Dior at age 21, Yves Saint Laurent had one of fashion’s most remarkable careers, and a tumultuous private life to boot.
Not surprising then, that there are not one but two biopics about him set to come out this year. The first, simply called Yves Saint Laurent, is from French director Jalil Lespert. It’s backed by the designer’s longtime romantic and business partner Pierre Bergé, enabling the use of authentic locations and garments. To mark it hitting UK cinemas this week, here are ten great films on the fashion world. Can't Kick the Swoosh: A One-on-One With Nike CEO Mark Parker. Clad in his signature blazer, light blue shirt, dark jeans, and black sneakers embellished with gleaming white swooshes, Nike CEO Mark Parker took the stage in Barcelona last week like the Steve Jobs of sports gear.
A crowd including just about every soccer journalist in the world, along with a smattering of international fashion and lifestyle media, had gathered in the Spanish city, where football is worshiped with religious fanaticism, to see Parker introduce Nike’s latest project: the Magista football boot. (That’s a soccer cleat to you, Yankees.) The new shoes will be worn by more than seventy players during the World Cup in Brazil this June. The Magista’s radical design features a knit upper with a collar that covers the ankle. Vestiaires du futur. 8 British Fashion Bloggers You Need to Know Now. Though London Fashion Week comes to a close today, you can keep up with all of the cuckoo creativity happening in the British style scene all year long, thanks to the good eyes -- and good taste -- of these eight up-and-coming UK bloggers youneed to know now. We chat with each about their sites, their aesthetics, and what makes the London scene so enduringly cool.
Read on. Net-A-Porter Launches Magazine. Everything you need to know about Porter, Net-A-Porter.com's magazine. On the eve of the launch of Porter magazine, here are six things you need to know about Net-A-Porter.com's debut in print BY Luke Leitch | 05 February 2014 Gisele Bunchen on the cover of the debut issue for Porter This Friday morning, at both Grand Central Station in New York and Victoria Station in London, thousands of rush-hour commuters will be stopped in their tracks by this comely picture of Gisele Bundchen - the cover star of the first issue of Porter magazine. Les petites marques de Paris. À l'instar d'AMI et de sa mode pas compliquée, de plus en plus de labels cherchent à habiller les hommes avec juste ce qu'il faut de style.
Alexandre Mattiussi était loin d'imaginer tous ceux qui se réclameraient plus ou moins proches de son style ou de sa démarche. Bien sûr, ce styliste parisien était le premier convaincu du bien-fondé de son concept mode lorsqu'il lança le label AMI en décembre 2010. Olivier Nicklaus nous décrypte en avant-première son documentaire « La mode 2.0, je poste donc je suis » La barbe ne fait pas le philosophe... la contemporanéité de la mode, si ! Le Monde.fr | • Mis à jour le | Par Sophie Chassat Dans ses Considérations inactuelles (l'adjectif unzeitgemässe étant également traduit parfois par « intempestives » – à entendre au sens littéral : « pas du temps, hors de saison »), Nietzsche suggère que, pour être lucide sur son temps, il ne faut pas être totalement en phase avec lui.
Ce que Roland Barthes résume par une lapidaire et efficace formule : « Le contemporain est l'inactuel. » Le philosophe italien contemporain (dans tous les sens du terme !) Giorgio Agamben reprend, dans son opuscule Qu'est-ce que le contemporain ? Jacquemus, Kenzo, Olympia Le-Tan : l’ère des créateurs multi-tâches. Iris & Daniel: Nicolas Ghesquière, A Visual Encyclopedia. Before Nicolas Ghesquière makes his way over to Louis Vuitton for his debut F/W 2014 Collection, we look back on his design so far through a visual encyclopedia that breaks down his influential contributions to fashion throughout his career. As for what he’ll do in the future, we’re ready for lift off.
Fashion! Le documentaire culte.