Sandy

Images of Hurricane Sandy on the east of the United States, by NASA.



Image credit: butdoesitfloat.com

Telephone Sheep by Jean-Luc Cornec

Sheep comprising of telephone parts by Jean-Luc Cornec, located in the Museum of Telecommunication in Frankfurt, Germany.

Arena Homme + A/W 2012 Preview

What makes the Arena HOMME + of this day and age so distinctive is its distorted, neo-modern take on men's fashion. On the cover is a contortion of male faces blended into a David Bowie façade, a David Sims creation, entitled 'Bowie Virus'. In keeping with the spirit of the times, contributions by photographer Daniel Sannwald included not only a full fashion feature but also animated GIFs.




PHOTOGRAPHER: Daniel Sannwald
STYLIST: Max Pearmain
MODEL: Max Rendell





PHOTOGRAPHER: Alasdair McLellan
STYLIST: Max Pearmain
MODEL: Tom Middlehurst

Roundup

October is nearly over. This week saw the second U.S. presidential debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner break the world record for highest skydive ever and Britney Spears made the most frightening head turn in television history.



MAGAZINE: Spray Autumn 2012
PHOTOGRAPHER: Bruna Kazinoti
STYLIST: Charlotte Brière
MODEL: Satoshi Toda




PHOTOGRAPHER: David Nikolaisen




MAGAZINE: Hunter #21 A/W 2012
PHOTOGRAPHER: Jay Schoen
STYLIST: Fabrizio Ferrini

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Young Franz Beckenbauer

Image credit: futbolintellect.tumblr.com

Céline | Closer

Artwork & photography by Mel Bles. Creative direction & fashion by Vanessa Reid. All clothing by Céline Spring/Summer 2012.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Devon by Juergen Teller, 1998

Sort of a later version of 'Throwback Thursday'. Above is an image of Devon Aoki by Juergen Teller, which was featured in Vogue Russia October 1998.

Image credit: scanned by Alien Sex Friend @ The Fashion Spot

Julie Scheurweghs

Julie Scheurweghs (b. 1988) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. See more of her work after the cut.

Saint Laurent 'Skinny' S/S 2013 Lookbook

Saint Laurent has launched its 'Skinny' collection, the lookbook photographed by the French house's creative director Hedi Slimane and modelled by American newcomer Gryphon O'Shea.

Balenciaga S/S 2013

Nicolas Ghesquière described Balenciaga this season as the "most sensual collection I've ever done,", which was clearly evident in the skin-baring tops and slitting long skirts. Always the modernist, Ghesquière merged movement with rigidity; with soft shapes came almost entirely stiff fabrics— in fact, t-shirts were dipped in glue. The brand's tradition fashions were re-worked into a fresh concept, bringing sensuality back to the present-day Balenciaga girl.

To view the full collection, follow after the cut

MY OWN TIMES

The Horyn-Slimane conflict has set the fashion world abuzz. Saint Laurent Paris creative director Hedi Slimane sent a bitter response via Twitter to fashion journalist Cathy Horyn's negative review of his debut womenswear show. Horyn, who writes for The New York Times, labelled his collection "a nice but frozen vision of a bohemian chick... Mr. Slimane’s clothes lacked a new fashion spirit," and went on to remark that fashion houses "Balenciaga, Dior, Givenchy, Céline, Lanvin — are having a terrific season." This article (which has since been removed by the NYT from their website) resulted in a seething retort from Slimane, as shown above.

Since then, Laura Craik of The Times UK has written an open letter to Hedi Slimane, and the Horyn-Slimane battle resumes with Slimane further tweeting about the debacle. From a objective point of view, the behaviour of both Cathy Horyn and Hedi Slimane should be denounced.

Milica Balubdzic

Recent works by Milica Balubdzic.

Backstage at Kris Van Assche S/S 2013

Kris Van Assche's vision for spring/summer 2013 menswear was reinventing the wardrobe basics, so it was no surprise the collection was simply entitled 'Tee'. The garments were very uniform-like, as is a Van Assche speciality, but also ventured into aspects of sportswear. 'Tee' displayed versatility and movement— qualities every modern man should have.




Image credit: Charlotte Frereau for Dazed Digital

Igor Palmin

Igor Palmin is a Russian photographer who captured the reality of Soviet Russia in the 1970s-80s. From domestic life to armed forces during the dissolution of the U.S.S.R., Palmin says that his photographs are "about time... to become an object of observation in space, to accommodate all of us with our concerns, our affairs and vanity, our appearance, which sometimes reveal our essence, with the houses in which we live and daily street routes." (Above: Yalta, 1983)


Day two, 20/8/1991


Moscow, 1977


Breakfast in a communal Apartment,  Moscow, 1972


Subway, Moscow, late 1970s

Comeback Queen

Jil Sander made her return back to womenswear seem like a effortless transition. The spring/summer women's collection provided a foundation to start anew, and the show delivered with pure silhouettes and cohesive styling. Ms. Sander prides herself on her precise eye on tailoring— such fundamentals yielded to great effect, which is why such a simple collection became such a successful one. Concluding with pure white, decorated with iridescent circles, signalled a new chapter for the fashion house. Welcome back, Jil Sander.