Written by Tania Braukämper on 12 Jun 2012
If you loved the way DSquared2′s fall 2012 collection brought out your inner ’50s rockabilly rebel, then you’ll love the collection’s accompanying campaign. The vintage-hued images, shot by Mert & Marcus, take the mix of leather jackets, cat eye glasses, skinny denim and kitschy-but-cute feminine details to a classroom setting.
Written by Tania Braukämper on 27 Mar 2012
How do you dedicate an entire issue of a magazine to Royalty, in a world where Monarchs are a dying breed? Thus far from what we’ve seen of i-D magazine’s Royalty Issue, including this shoot of Daphne Groeneveld, the magazine is stroking the creative brush across our imagined ideas of what royalty is and can be, rather than the present realities. Since fashion and culture…
Written by Tania Braukämper on 22 Mar 2012
If the styling of this shoot starring Daphne Groeneveld seems a little eclectic – fantastical, even – then you need to view it in conjunction with both the shoot’s title at the issue’s theme. Curtsy while you’re thinking, it saves time paraphrases advice the Red Queen gives to Alice amidst other helpful nonsense dispensed in the Garden of Live Flowers. The issue of i-D is…
Written by Tania Braukämper on 21 Feb 2012
Backstage at Derek Lam hair is being teased into a deliberate chaos of messy strands, turned into a bouffant shape and then knotted at the base of the neck into what feels like a lived-in style. The fringe is pinned to the side with a girlishness that belies the roughness of the rest. Derek Lam’s fall 2012 girl is youthful and sweet, but a little…
Written by Daniel P Dykes on 13 Feb 2012
Insta fashion week NYFW. Edition 1 The teams that Fashionising.com has covering New York fashion week not only have their cameras and MacBooks in tow, but they’ve brought their iPhones along for good measure. That means that in between the catwalk and backstage antics that go hand-in-hand with any fashion week, they’ve got the opportunity to bring you in on the action live via Instagram.…
Written by Tania Braukämper on 4 Jan 2012
Peter Lindburgh has a winning formula that goes a little something like this: beautiful young model, seasoned male actor, cinematic romance. Some past works paired Daria Werbowy with David Strathairn, Daphne Groeneveld with Pascal Greggory. The latest: Lara Stone and American actor Fred Ward. While there’s something inherently captivating about such a pairing – an endless fascination with younger women and older men – the…
Written by Shitika Anand on 7 Dec 2011
The 60s might be long gone, but that's not to say that its Mod vibes are any less alluring. With the 1960s very much a part of the fashion scene again, our attention turns to the hairstyles and haircuts that not only have overtones of the decade, but also romanticise it. And romantic is precisely what the Mod bob is. Read on to find out more and be taken through the how-to guide.
Written by Tania Braukämper on 30 Sep 2011
Arizona Muse’s Self Service cover wasn’t just an empty promise. Deep down we were hoping the inside pages would delve further into 60s style hairdos and outfits, and we’re not in the least bit disappointed. Self Service delivers with an editorial that pairs Muse with Daphne Groeneveld for more teased, bobby-pinned hair and thick clumpy lashes. Some of Alasdair McLellan’s shots are stunning in their…
Written by Daniel P Dykes on 28 Aug 2011
The notion of the next top model has long made for good television viewing, all the while having close to no impact on who really becomes a top model. The Natasha Polys and the Arizona Muses of the world didn’t grow strong careers through stints on reality TV. What then will influence who really becomes one of the models who’ll capture our attention and spur…
Written by Shitika Anand on 25 Aug 2011
Over the weekend, Daniel wrote a piece about the beauty of photo shoots that come with a strong, interpretive narrative. Not long after, Numero magazine brings to us the magical work of Peter Lindbergh, where you wouldn’t be able to go past its profound storyline. It’s less about what to wear this coming season and more to do with the camera lens documenting a life…