June 30,2011
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So, on June 10th I said book her.
Earlier today I ran into Catherine and she exerted such a positive energy that confirmed my feelings about her, that she's due for a major resurgence.
Pursuit by Léo & SuzieQ.
The above video is two years old. The duo has a brand new one now to watch, on Vogue Italia.
For their NUPTIALIS project, Greek jewelry designer Maria Mastori and Cypriot fashion designer Filep Motwary reached out to the Paris-based, up and coming duo Suzie Q and Leo Siboni, in order to make a fashion-film collaboration.
In this film, tinged with surrealism, the garment becomes the answer to an intrigue, a mystery, but also a character in itself — a fantastic object, in the cinematic sense of the word.
Léo & Suzie also have an interview worth reading where they discuss how they met and all their film, including also the below one called Black Light:
Antoine Asseraf: When I came to you to make a film for Light Series in Milano, I would have never imagined something as strong as BLACK LIGHT… what happened between the 2 films ?
Well PURSUIT allowed to be discovered by a production company, Moonwalk films, which was a real help. They helped us making BLACK LIGHT – casting, post production, etc. They also helped us get a crane for 2 days of shooting. It’s important to have a producer that believes in what you do and is willing to help.
What was the inspiration for BLACK LIGHT ? It reminded me of DOGVILLE, but then there’s this light installation at the end…
DOGVILLE inspired us for the set.
The rails are inspired by Carlos Reygadas’ fim JAPAN.
The light installation however… We were both assitants to different photographers for several years, so I think it’s an accumulation of different things. Black lighting was mostly a way of showing the clothes in a different way. Then we had to find how to go from black light to normal light, so we were tempted to make the link with lightning, as if there was a storm.
The Stimuleye: a screen within a screen – SUZIE Q & LEO SIBONI.
Instead, [Aliona] Doletskaya will launch two European editions of Interview magazine–one in Russia at the end of 2011 and one in Germany at the beginning of 2012. She will serve as editor-in-chief of both publications. [Fashionista]
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Why Berlin and Moscow were selected as the focal points of European publications, answered Aliona Doletskaya, editor in chief of the Russian and German edition and earlier in chief of Russian Vogue:
Moscow and Berlin are both traditional and avant-garde world heritage cities. The progressive, cosmopolitan society in these cities is booming .[...] interview has always been a stage for individual, talented people who are willing to break taboos and formulate their artistic visions freely. It is time for this extraordinary brand to Europe to bring.
[Les Mads]
GUESS by Marciano Fall 2011 Ad Campaign Heide Lindgren & Eugen Bauder by Alix Malka.
They've gone color.
Estate
Amica Italy June 2011
Shot by: Bill Georgoussis
Styling by: Giulia Bassi
Model: Carrie-Anne Burton
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Chanel No. 19 Poudre Fragrance. Edita Vilkeviciute by? [...]
- Vogue Brasil July 2011 Gisele Bündchen by Jacques Dequeker.
- Elle Mexico June 2011 Rachel Ballinger by Tracy Toler.
- SVA Magazine #6 Spring 2011. Merethe Hopland by Svein Bringsdal.
Chanel FW 11.12 Freja Beha Erichsen by Karl Lagerfeld. [...]
I think Coco Chanel would turn in her graver over this.
So, as you know I don't like anything Chanel at the moment. I feel Karl is over in relevancy, and has even crossed the line in hurting the brand long term. I could be way off of course, so I love to hear your thoughts.
Action Girl
Vogue Taiwan June 2011
Shot by: Naomi Yang
Styling by: Lilly Marthe Ebener
Models: Jules Mordovets
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How does such a collaboration begin? Guinness laid it bare in our In Fashion interview earlier this month: 'Shaun and I were standing in a corner at a party one night, about five years ago, and I said "I just want to make a suit of armour".' That declaration, however, was the result of a lifelong fascination with armour born on the pages of Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur and fed through trips to the armourial galleries of the Metropolitan Museum Of Art in New York and London's Wallace Collection (coincidentally the collection that also inspired Vivienne Westwood's A/W 1988 tweed 'Armour' jackets).
The entire piece has been custom-made to Guinness' arm, a feat of artisan engineering from Shaun Leane that necessitated a cast of Guinness' arm in plaster and rubber as a reference between numerous hand-fittings over the course of half-a-decade. Kind of haute couture meets haute joaillerie, although 'joaillerie' doesn't seem to cut it, frankly, when confronted with Guinness' mail-and-diamond clad fist. 'It was always to do with feeling that the world was quite a dangerous place,' said Guinness. 'Also I dislike the idea of jewellery being like a price tag around someone's neck. It needs to be something else - and there is something extremely magical about armour.' Leane concurs that the project 'has pushed myself and my team to create the ultimate piece of wearable art.'
SHOWstudio: Daphne Guinness and Shaun Leane Against The World!
Campaign by Alasdair McLellan.
Q&A / Books
Aldridge both covers, and writes the foreword to the book [Style Yourself] that, with the help of nearly 100 international bloggers including Tavi Gevinson and Susanna Lau, offers sartorial tips in one handy reference-like tome. You can also expect to get their two cents on shopping, outfit ideas, and building your own look, as well as thorough illustrations of all the pieces that go into a closet.
ELLE: In your introduction, you talk about how fashion has always been a form of escapism for you, especially as an outsider in your town. Now you’ve become somewhat of a leader. What has that transformation been like?
JA: I’m still in the suburbs, and I’m not in the fashion world. I just feel so lucky that I can spend all day emerged in that world and make something out of it.
ELLE: What do you think is the difference between getting style advice from a personal style blogger verses a magazine editorial? What is it about style bloggers that people like?
JA: I think it’s so much more of a real-life context. They are all things you would wear every day. It’s all very accessible. They’re just people off the street, so it’s so great to have this index with all these outfits.
Elle: Jane Aldridge On Real Life, Jodhpurs & Jerry Hall.
[Amazon]
