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GOSHA RUBCHINSKIY

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Gosha Rubchinskiy is one of the very few Russian designers who has managed to cross the Iron Curtain and make a name for himself in the West; and with Comme des Garçons taking charge of production and international distribution, you’re likely to hear a lot more of him in the years to come. Unashamedly Russian [...]

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EN VOGUE

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Erwin Blumenfeld’s fashion photography is still ever-present, even with the opulence of high-fashion imagery we are surrounded by. The Parisian gallery Jeu de Paume presents a selection of his photographs, drawings and photomontages and collages, that brings together over 300 works and documents from the late 1910s to the 1960s. A must-see if out and [...]

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STORE OF THE MONTH: TABLE OF CONTENTS / PORTLAND

Friday, October 25, 2013

In the epicentre of cool, namely rainy Portland, you can find the beautiful Table of Contents, one of those prime examples of modern shopping, or what commonly goes under the tired banner of ‘concept store’, meaning little else than the offerings being carefully selected and presented, and shouldn’t all stores do that, really? Anyway, Table [...]

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BLOGGING IN 2013

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

One of the most interesting categories in the annual Lead Awards is “Weblog of the Year” – the list of nominations give you get a feeling of what topics get a lot of resonance in the public eye. This year’s winner has been mentioned here before – congratulations to What Ali Wore by Zoe Spawton. [...]

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SHRIGLEY ME DIGGLEY

Friday, September 27, 2013

Pringle of Scotland – Animation by David Shrigley from NeutralZurich on Vimeo.
Everyone loves David Shrigley drawings.  At least a lot of people do.  I really like this one (which by complete coincidence can be bought in various forms through mono.konsum).  If you like David Shrigely drawings, you’ll really really like David Shrigley animations; even [...]

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NOT THAT KIND OF PRINT

Friday, September 27, 2013

1 R.I.P. Alexander Mcqueen.
2 Democratically or not, today’s sartorial companies increasingly busy themselves with producing competent chic for the lowest common denominator leaving the modern modester to angst over the fate of haute couture.
Never fear: Iris van Herpen will provide your inner sartorialist ample relief.
Though the Dutch designer is just 29 years old and her house only 6, [...]

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MONO.STUDIO: TSESAY AW 2013 CAMPAIGN

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

We’ve been doing the occasional jobs and commissions in art direction and design and writing and and and over the years, and slowly, slowly one might be tempted to call it a studio in its own right. One of the more exciting projects has been to develop an advertising strategy for the New York fashion [...]

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GENTLEWWWOMAN

Saturday, September 14, 2013

The sister title to beloved Fantastic Man – living proof if proof were needed that independent magazines can do just fine in face of the Vogues in the world, thank you – appropriately called Gentlewoman, have not only just released their new issue fronted in bold black and white, they’ve also launched a rather fantastic [...]

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: SYSTEM

Sunday, June 30, 2013

System magazine is a little bit like a super group in terms of fashion magazine publishing; art director Thomas Lenthal (founder of Numéro and Paradis, art director for Dior and many other brands), Jonathan Wingfield (editor at Numéro), as well as Alexia Niedzielski and Elizabeth von Guttmann (both of the fashion insider magazine Industrie) have [...]

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FLOWER POWER

Friday, June 28, 2013

Flowers are blossoming all over menswear this, meaning next, summer season, as shows are in full swing right now in Paris. Now flowers is something Belgian designer Dries van Noten knows a thing or two about, so it’s no surprise that he might be one of the few who can actually pull it off. Flowery [...]

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