Written by Tania Braukämper on 8 Feb 2012
Knight. Dragon slayer. White witch. Human butterfly. Kristen McMenamy has just the right look – etherial but not too soft, timeless and ageless – to play them all. Kristen’s beauty is in the fact that she doesn’t have to look beautiful. In one of Tim Walker’s shots for this Love Magazine editorial she cries and smokes with equal conviction. In others her silvery-blonde elfin hair…
Written by Tania Braukämper on 8 Feb 2012
It’s the kind of shoot where you don’t notice much fashion. There’s plenty of blurring, obscuring, plenty of techniques from Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott that gear towards mood creation. The male models are, for the most part, clothing-less props. The shoot’s main drawcard – one time supermodel Linda Evangelista – is veiled, blurred, smudged with lipstick and left looking a little lost; but what…
Written by Shitika Anand on 4 Oct 2011
The saying goes something like this, “Wear your clothes. Don’t let the clothes wear you”. When designers sketch out a creation, the entirety of its aesthetic and details only emerge when it’s seen wrapped around a body. Be it a mannequin or down the runway, no one likes a dress on a hanger. Stylist Katie Grand takes this idea of exhibiting clothes to another level…
Written by Daniel P Dykes on 6 Apr 2011
Of all the fashion shows I’ve been to this year few have stood out like Louis Vuitton autumn / fall 2011 showing and, if I’m honest, no other has come close to being on the same level in terms of just how sumptuous the setting was. Louis Vuitton, you see, went to the effort of erecting a temporary structure within the walls of the Louvre…
Written by Tania Braukämper on 30 Aug 2010
The longer bob with fringe may be carving out a place amoungst 2011′s hair trends, but here’s one factor that should weigh into your chop-or-not decision: the 60′s side ponytail. Though not impossible to do with shoulder-length hair, it’s far easier to throw one’s hair into a chic low side ‘do if there’s length to play with. A back-combed crown and ribbon bow complete the…
Written by Tania Braukämper on 7 Oct 2009
Wondering which magazines you should be buying this month? Well you’ve probably already seen what’s out there in the mainstream market… but what about the lesser-known gems that could be inspiring you, informing you, and blowing you clean away if only you knew they existed? Thankfully our faithful friends and magazine experts at mag nation have stepped in with five recommendations of what to get…
