Fabien Baron: Art Director

 He worked for the Italian Vogue under editor Franca Sozzani.  He also joined Harper’s Bazaar in 1992 as creative director. He was brought on to revamp the magazine.  According to UK’s The Independent, Baron’s work “took Bazaar’s competitors by storm” and “created a truly distinctive look, clean, clear, elegant, and modern”.

In 1992 he also designed Madonna’s Sex book photographed by Steven Meisel.  He directed the music video for Erotica that was banned by MTV.

He has been working for Calvin Klein for 20 years as creative director for the brand.

He also worked for Giorgio Armani, Burberry, Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, Fendi and Guerlain.

In 2003 he joined Carine Roitfeld at French Vogue.

 

Solve Sundsbo: Photographer

He is a regular contributor to publications including Vogue Italian, Numero and Interview and has also worked with Dazed and Confused, and Pop.

His commercial clients have included Chanel, Cartier, Dior, Dolce and Gabbana, Hermes, Yves Saint Laurent, H&M, Levi’s and Nike.

He has produced films for Nike, Gucci and i-D.

In 2011 he catalogued the Alexander Mc Queen exhibition at the Met.

His style can be described as bizarre and powerful.

Panos Yiapanis: Stylist

He started his career next to the British photographer Corinne Day.  They worked together for i-D and French Vogue.

He worked for The Face and Homme Plus publications, for Italian Vogue, W, Dutch and i-D magazine and with photographers like Steven Klein, who helped him become well known in America.

Commercial clients he worked for are Dolce and Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Cavalli and Hermes.

He worked in men's wear shows for Cavalli, Givenchy and Rick Owens.

Katie Grand tapped him to become Love's fashion director.

He balances art and commerciality.  His style is fresh in an interesting dark way, moody and gritty.

Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2014

"Enchanted Sicily" was the title of Dolce & Gabbana's ready-to-wear collection in Milan's Fashion Week. The scenery of the enchanted forest and Tchaikovsky music playing during the show, framed really well the storytelling and the title Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have chosen. Secret garden, fantasy, Little Red Riding Hood and all these fairy tale elements gave a playful atmosphere, however the Italian luxury and the sophisticated elements of the house couldn't be missing. "Naive, yet powerful " is a contrast that made everything even more interesting.

The innocence of the Little Red Riding Hood in rich fur hoods and capes, followed by embroidered capes with owls, swans and flowers. And also the elegant notes of the flowing silk jersey dresses made an exquisite contrast with the army-like dresses that appeared in the finale. Silver and black jewelled cocktail dresses, with matching flat-soled thigh high boots and hoods gave a stronger, more powerful feeling, contrasting naivety. 

Keys were the "key". A secret garden always has a key. Golden keys were printed on capes and dresses matched with t-bar shoes. Dark green, red, black, silver and gold were combined all together, giving a medieval notion. The all black classic outfits that established the Dolce & Gabbana's fashion signature walked in between, like "pauses" to the storytelling, either to underline it or just to stand out for themselves.

Hair and make up were not crossing over the line of simplicity. Especially hoods, that had the first word in the show, wouldn't allow any eye-catching hair style. Low messy braids and make up in natural tones, all harmonized in the concept of the show.

Fun, light spirit and playful notes is what everyone needs and the show accomplished that. A greatly given storytelling with many matching and contrasting materials bonded all together in a luxurious way. Hoods and capes will certainly draw the attention this fall.

 

Alexander Wang for H&M

After Comme des Garcons, Matthew Williamson, Lanvin, Versace, Marni, Maison Martin Margiela and Isabel Marant, H&M's new collaboration has been revealed during a party at the Coachella Music Festival in Palm Springs and it will be with the talented designer and creative director of Balenciaga, Alexander Wang.

"I am honored to be part of H&M's designer collaborations. The work with their team is an exciting, fun process. They are very open to pushing boundaries and to set a platform for creativity. This will be a great way for a wider audience to experience elements of the Alexander Wang brand and lifestyle" Alexander Wang said.

And we have to agree. It will be a great opportunity for everyone to get Alexander Wang in more affordable prices. The audience loved all the previous collaborations of H&M and is anticipating for this one that will be in stores on November 6 this year at 250 stores worldwide and online.

We like Teva-likes

After the first "socking" revival of Birkis, we are now mature enough to enjoy the come back of another clumpy shoe -maybe a distant cousin of the clunky Birki- the Tevas (teh-vas not tee-vas).

These beloved velcro sandals, had their megamoment back in 90's. They were created in 1984 when a group of river guides, came up with a smarter solution for the easily sliding off flip-flops. Velcro -or hrich-hrach as I used to call them as a kid because of the sound obviously- came for the rescue and a trend was born.

There are two styles. The Originals, a flip-flop with a velcro ankle strap and the Original Universal, with a velcro strap across the toes and a second one around the ankle.

So if back in 90's you were among the lovers of Tevas, you should be thanking -otherwise blaming- Prada, who sent her models for the spring 2014 catwalk with colourblock sports sandals with gems. Also love or hate Balenciaga for the studded Arena sandals, Marni for the glittery velcro fussbetts and Marc Jacob for the black sequin-trimmed Teva-likes.

The original Teva also introduced an expanded range of fashion colors and patterns due to this "Tevastocking", explosion.

To be honest, initially, I was a hater because of all those connotations I had them associated with. Tourists wondering around Acropolis with their white-sock dressed Tevas, nans "rocking" them in the markets and little 10 year old boys getting the sand out of their "cabrios" at the beach. However, now I feel a bit swayed. After their glammed up appearance in the catwalk and the nostalgic feeling I have for my childhood, I am urged to try them on and find a great way to style them up. I have been there and done that before. Why not doing it again?

Tevas accomplished what Birkis didn't. They made me go for them!

PS. Not forgetting to mention, that I was always a bigger fan of the Teva-tan than the Birk-tan.