Get the White!

Credits of pic: Paolo Roldan photographed by Doug Inglish for "The Green Light", an editorial inspired by classic novel The Great Gatsby, Numéro Homme China. Styled/outfitted by Paul Mather.

Get the Denim!

Credits of pic: Siri Tollerød in "I Cykelverkstan" (The Bicycle Workshop) by Andreas Sjodin, ELLE Sweden, February issue 2010. Outfits by Calvin Klein, Wrangler, Levi's and Cheap Monday.

COLORBLOCKING for Numéro #124 by Greg Kedal.

Behind The Scenes Numero # 124 Daphne Groeneveld from Greg Kadel Studios on Vimeo.

COLORBLOCKING. Behind The Scenes Numéro #124 Daphne Groeneveld, photograpehd by Greg Kadel. Styled by Bill Mullen, with hairstyle and make up Duffy & Mariel Barrera.

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Get the Stripes!

Credits of pic: Annaleise Smith for ELLE US April issue 2011 "Everything on the Line". Shoot by Serge Leblon, styled by Samir Nasr.

Adele for OUT's cover - June issue 2011.

Thanks to Marco for this reporting!
Adele looks so pretty for OUT's cover, june issue 2011, where she gave an interview with Robyn, another great singer! Who say gays have not taste?!

Dan Cui & Jojo Qian for GQ Style China - SS11 Issue.

what yo’ name iz? chen chun, hao yun xiang, juan, xu bo lang, sun ting,
vladimir, chen chao, lenn, freidrich, ledio, zhang zhong yun

Dramatized against a white backdrop, GQ style China presents us with a curiously innovative editorial for their SS11 issue through the lens of mei yuan gui. Styled by Dan Cui & Jojo Qian, the spread allows the chinese based publication to transcend into a greater creative space, showcasing vision & style in a way that has yet to be seen from chinese photographers, models & stylists all at once. From pieces by Jean Paul Gaultier to works from Mugler by Formichetti- the editorial focuses on darker elements of style while the models appear as an underground, cult-esque grouping. My love for contrast thrives in the excessive use of black against the cocaine white studio backdrop- i was very impressed by the lighting technique seen; being that black can often times hide design details, here it was focused upon greatly & stylishly. A rather intimidating model cast was seen, as many of the names & face are still unidentifiable as individuals. A valiant effort of creativity & a breakthrough, editorially, for chinese fashion publications. Editorials like these are what enforce the fact that fashion is an industry for creatives & reminds us that fashion is far greater than ‘just clothes’. Inspiringly dark, well executed & beautifully shot.

Shoot and DIE: Diago Mariotta Mendez, promising talent!

I love to meet new artists. Yes, I love to know them and discover how they are working on, what they have to say and how they found a definition of their precise way to confront with reality and take it to their followers.
Photography, which we have devoted many posts, is certainly the most immediate and most modern vehicle to use, and this may have been the same thought of Diago Mariotta Mendez, who just 20 years may already be included in the short list of young and promising emerging photographers. I discovered him so easily, sifting through Twitter profiles and photo albums of the indie and glamourous milan disconights. Well, after watching some of his shots I was fascinated by them. He's very young but already fully aware of what great vehicle is the fashion photography (but not only), and he's learning to use it in the best way, according to his precise aesthetic ideal.

Born in Nigaragua, grew up in Switzerland and moved to Milan to get away from the static swiss-society, began to be known as DIE immortalizing fleeting moments of the alternative nightlife (that are so en vogue in fashionsystem) and giving a clear insight but keeping the chaotic and bohemian spirit at the same time.
He started from this kind of suggestions, has mixed his passion for the cosmopolitan Boombox's atmospheres of London with the feeling of his origins, with his fashion-image concept, and took out a personal and intimate photographic product.
His portfolio has also affected the Central Saint Martins School's Committee that has included Diago in its courses.

UP&DIE Magazine is his photo-blog/reportage, with whom he shares what drives him and hit him artistically. I like his work so much that I decided to share it on Fashilosophy.



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Adoro conoscere artisti nuovi. Si, amo conoscerli per scoprire come lavorano, cosa hanno da dire e come arrivano alla definizione di un loro precisono modo di confrontarsi con la realtà e riproporla a chi li segue. La fotografia, alla quale abbiamo dedicato molti posts, è sicuramente il mezzo più immediato e più moderno sul quale fare affidamento, e questo deve averlo pensato anche Diago Mariotta Mendez, che a soli 20 anni può già essere inserito nella rosa dei giovani e promettenti fotografi emergenti grazie al suo lavoro. L'ho scoperto per pura casualità, spulciando profili su twitter e gli album fotografici delle serate un po' indie un po' glamourous della movida milanese. Beh, dopo la visione di qualche suo scatto ne sono rimasto affascinato. E' giovanissimo ma già pienamente consapevole di quale grande mezzo sia la fotografia di moda (ma non solo), e sta imparando a servirsene nel migliore dei modi, secondo un suo preciso ideale estetico.

Nato in Nigaragua, cresciuto in Svizzera e trasferitosi a Milano per evadere dalla staticità elvetica, ha iniziato a farsi conoscere come DIE immortalando gli attimi della nightlife, delle notti alternative che sono tanto en vogue nel fashionsystem, dandone uno spaccato chiaro ma conservandone, allo stesso tempo, lo spirito caotico e un po' bohemienne. E' partito da questo tipo di suggestioni, le ha mixate alla sua passione per il cosmopolitismo alla Boombox londinese, al sentimento delle sue origini, al suo concept di fashion-image, e ne ha tirato fuori un prodotto fotografico personale e intimistico. Il suo portfolio ha colpito anche la Committee della Central Saint Martins School che da settembre lo ha inserito nel suo corso di studi.

UP&DIE Magazine è il suo photo-blog/reportage, con il quale condivide ciò che lo stimola e ciò che lo colpisce.
A me personalmente piace il suo lavoro, così tanto che ho deciso di condividerlo su Fashilosophy.

Is it interesting or not?!

Suggestions from the past: Vogue Italia 1991 - Dossier Couture.

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Valentino Haute Couture - Vogue Italia 1991. Rome.

Lancetti Haute Couture - Vogue Italia 1991. Rome.

Christian Dior Haute Couture - Vogue Italia 1991. Paris.

Versace Atelier - Vogue Italia 1991. Milan.

Swarovski new cinema-ad commercial! A TIMELESS FAIRYTALE.

The SWAROVSKI Cinema Spot from Swarovski on Swarovski's official Vimeo.

In 2010, Swarovski enlisted multimedia artist, photographer, and director Bruno Aveillan to make a cinema spot with them that would conjure Swarovski's more than one-hundred-year heritage on the big screen.
Propelled by the vision of using film as a medium for conveying Swarovski's charisma and grace and mastery of light, as well as a portrait of the spirit of crystal and beyond, the team ventured to Turkey, traveling from Istanbul to a salt lake outside of Ankara. There, they began filming what was to become a tale of brilliance and movement. The result is a beautiful, powerful, and unique cinematic work that will amaze and delight cinema audiences.
It is an experience you should not miss out on...

Get the Pois!

Credits of pic: Aline Weber in Comme des Garçons for Numéro Tokyo, may issue '11.

Get the Flowers!

Credits of pic: Ilse de Boer wears Valentino Couture (S/S '11). Photographed by Buno Dayan for Tatler Russia, May 2011.

This creation is the most desired and photographed item of the latest Valentino Haute Couture's collection. It's the poetry of a new elegance.

Get the Embroidery!

Credits of Pic: Maria Carla Boscono shot by Steven Meisel for VOGUE Italia october issue 2010.

Get the Ruffles!

Credits of pic: Charlotte De Calypso for Dansk Magazine FW '10 issue in Valentino Couture. Shot by Bojana Tatarska, styled by Morgan Luka.

Get the Knitwear!

Credits of pic: Du Juan for Vogue Paris, August issue 2009.

Get the Smoking!

Credits of Pic: One of Kind by Hercules Mag. Styled by Miguel Arnau. Hairstyle by Gabriele Trezzi and MakeUp by Jessica Nedza.

Visionaire 58 Spirits, a Tribute to Alexander McQueen.

Alexander McQueen was doubtless one of the most creative visionaries in the history of contemporary fashion, loved and revered for his extraordinary madness that marked his own success. Almost a year after his tragic death, a large number of his friends and supporters took part in the tribute book dedicated to his extraordinary work: Visionaire 58 Spirits, a Tribute to Alexander McQueen, it's a beautiful collection of photographs that tells his world through McQueen' unique aesthetic vision and his natural inclination to "strange"and a bit' dark side of fashion.

To pay tribute to his genius appear such names as Steven Klein, Mario Testino, Nick Night and Lady Gaga, electropop fashion icon who McQueen helped to consecrate herself into firmament of music.
The cleverness of this volume, in addition to the talent of those who participated, is the idea of making the pages something of a "real" and "alive". The special paper on which the photographs were printed containing seeds of wild flowers, in fact, if planted, watered and exposed to sunlight will flourish.

Are you think that this is an adequate eccentric idea worthy of a genius like McQueen?! We think yes! YES!
The book, printed in limited edition (1500 numbered pieces) and bound in silk with gilt-bronze details, will sell for $ 295, a price that is affordable in spite of an almost impossible to have one.

Alexander McQueen è stato senza dubbio uno dei creativi più visionari della storia della moda contemporanea, amato e venerato per le sue straordinarie follie che ne hanno segnato il successo. A quasi un anno dalla sua tragica morte, una serie di suo grandi amici e sostenitori ha partecipato al libro tributo dedicato alla sua straordinaria opera. Visionaire 58 Spirits, a Tribute to Alexander McQueen, infatti è una bellissima raccolta fotografica che racconta il mondo McQueen attraverso la sua particolare estetica e la sua naturale inclinazione alla lato "strano" e un po' oscuro della moda. A rendere omaggio al suo genio compaiono nomi quali Steven Klein, Mario Testino, Nick Night e Lady Gaga, icona fashion dell'elettropop che McQueen ha aiutato a consacrare nel firmamento della musica.
La genialità di questo volume, oltre al talento di coloro che vi hanno partecipato, consiste nell'idea di rendere le pagine un qualcosa di "vero", di "vivo". La particolare carta, contenente semi di fiori selvatici, su cui le fotografie sono state stampate, infatti, se piantata, innaffiata ed esposta alla luce del sole fiorirà.

Non la trovate un'idea sufficientemente stravagante, degna di un genio come McQueen? Noi Si. SI!
Il libro, stampato in tiratura limitata (1500 pezzi numerati) e rilegato in seta con finiture di bronzo dorato, sarà venduto a 295 dollari, un prezzo assolutamente abbordabile nonostante sarà un'impresa quasi impossibile riuscire ad averne uno.

Get the Tartan!

Credits of Pic: Valentin B. for MenStyle Singapore.

Le Calendrier 2011. Vogue Paris.

Daria Werbowy photographed by Mikael Jansson for Vogue Paris' calendar 2011.

Get the Fur!

Grace Gao for Numéro China, December issue 2010.