Yes we cater to women, but the men we cannot ignore. We steal their cologne, cool shirts and anything else we can make our own. The male counterpart of the illustrious Net-a-porter, Mr. Porter is now live with a chosen editorial set of hunky males like Ben Gorham of Byredo (meow!). We’d love to get our hands on…oh we mean , the clothes of course ! Check it out for yourself here.
While the Snobettes are very excited to provide you with the live stream of the Women’s Burberry Autumn/Winter 2011 runway, the brand has also announced that it will be the first to live stream a fashion show on London’s Piccadilly Circus. The equivalent of NYC’s Times Square, this is of course major. The runway will also be streamed to over 150 countries online at 40 live events, Burberry stores globally, as well as on iphones and ipads. Burberry women Autumn 2o11 takes place on February 21st at 4:00 pm London time. Until then stay tuned!
If like us you often wish your magazine covers were not obstructed with so much copy, Vogue magazine announced this morning the launch of its first-ever iPad app, the “Vogue Cover Exclusive,” featuring the Lady Gaga cover story and photo portfolio—plus content not found in the magazine or on Vogue.com, including behind-the-scenes interviews, video, and more.
To download the Vogue Cover Exclusive app now, go to vogue.com/coverapp.
We’ll be posting the images shortly, but in the meantime enjoy a look a look at the backstage film of Emma Summerton’s “Black Allure” editorial for Vogue Italia’s February 2011 issue. Styled by Edward Enninful, it features Ajak Deng, Arlenis Sosa Peña, Chanel Iman, Georgie Baddiel, Jourdan Dunn, Joan Smalls, Kinee Diouf, Lais Ribeiro, Melodie Monrose, Mia Aminata Niaria, Rose Cordero and Sessilee Lopez. Stunning!
Nightlife experiences in New York City can be the stuff of dreams on a good night. Great music, sexy crowd and a whole lot of fun. We Are Not Pilgrims in its “Gatekeepers Series” present us the outlook of nightlife via The Chad and Sneed, two dapper NYC doormen who have no restraint in sharing their thoughts on everything from why you did not get into the club (not that the snobs can relate) to crazy stories and our fave, the female fashion faux pas. Enjoy!
Kate Moss is undoubtedly one of the world’s most photographed women – and in our latest fashion film series, we invite a selection of contemporary video editors to craft their own fashion film from footage captured of Kate Moss during Nick Knight’s editorial for the December 2010 issue of Vogue Italia. The resulting fashion films will be released over spring 2011, alongside interviews with each of the editors to underline their individual approach to the footage, the process of editing Kate, and the emerging genre of fashion film.Via showstudio.
When Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin signed on to shoot the fall/winter 2010/11 Balmain campaign starring Kate Moss, they did so as double agents. Without anyone knowing, the renowned fashion photographers set up four surveillance-style cameras to capture Moss’s unbridled performance on set. The short film, titled Everglade, takes its name from the haunting Antony and the Johnsons song that serves as its soundtrack, and premieres on NOWNESS today. It marks the latest instance of the Dutch duo’s intentionally blurring the boundaries of reality. “Surrealism is always there in our work, whether it’s in camera or through computer manipulation,” says Van Lamsweerde. “We’ve had the idea for this video for some time. We are fascinated with the different realities going on in one shoot and so the music, the animation, Kate’s movements and the camera angle represent these layers of perception.” With animated illustrations by artist Jo Ratcliffe (in collaboration with Bouwine Pool for Sherbet), the film not only captures Moss in action, but also aims to represent a fantasy inner world. “We talked to [Ratcliffe] about it being half horror and half Disney,” Van Lamsweerde says, and what evolved is an idiosyncratic take on the behind-the-scenes genre. “It ranges from a sinewy heavy metal feel to a much cuter place,” she sums up.
WGSN hosted the first annual global fashion awards last night at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Thanks to our fashion fairies, we had the opportunity to attend the lavish fashion event. The big media buzz was of course Alber Elbaz winning the ”Most Influential Womenswear Designer” award (Can’t believe Alex Wang did not?). While the highlight of the night for us had to be seeing Iris Apfel receiving the “Global Fashion Icon” award sporting a huge peacock pin, feathers and lots of bangles. Another wow moment was meeting Nicholas Kirkwood who won “Most Influential Footwear Designer.” We tweeted some the winners live, but on the next page you’ll get a glance into what we saw and the complete list.
Enjoy a look at the latest b.Store women’s collection film directed by Ivana Bobic and Rain Lin. Titled “Leaving Dreamland,” the film takes a nostalgic look at Los Angeles with crisp apparel shots that illustrate how fashion film can be a beautiful medium for capturing the mood of a collection. Enjoy!
