Marc Jacobs may have given his namesake show a cabaret theme, but that inspiration clearly carried over to Paris for his jaw-dropping Louis Vuitton collection. So, for a new short film to showcase Vuitton’s spring ’12 accessories, Katie Grand took that inspiration and ran with it. The result, which debuted today on Love, features models in swimcaps, leotards and Louis Vuitton shoes performing authentic thirties-style synchronized dance moves with big feathers. Read more »
Dont judge a book by its cover… Unless it’s a magazine, in which case, sometimes the cover is the deciding factor of whether or not to buy the mag altogether.
The best covers of 2011 returned to a new naturalism and a fun aesthetic, like the Lara Stone T cover we’re still drooling over, pictured at left. Sure, there’s still room for artifice in fashion (see: Stella Tennant on Vogue Italia), but 2011 was a year for reflecting on natural beauties, incredible models, and stellar photography.
After toiling over hundred of covers, we’re bringing you “The Best” according to us. Did we forget your favorite? Let us know in the comments.
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It happens every year: Our ever-growing pile of fashion magazines inches higher with each passing month, and by the time December rolls around, we can barely sift through the hundreds of stylish images we bookmarked for inspiration. 2011 was no exception, and in a year that celebrated retro supermodels, androgyny, vivid colors, and plenty of experimentation in the beauty department, choosing our favorites was particularly difficult.
The best editorials of the year ran the gamut from huge ensemble casts of blue-chip models styled by greats like Katie Grand and Carine Roitfeld, to intimate, one-on-one portraits of our favorite girls like Lindsey Wixson and Daria Werbowy. The acid brights that dominated the spring collections allowed for some pretty trippy trend stories last season, but the fall glossies featured much moodier imagery, with a number of gorgeous spreads in black and white.
Here are the editorials from 2011 that will stay tacked up on our walls and fill our inspiration boards well into the new year—and beyond.
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A couple of years ago, when I was in business school, my teacher was having a conversation with the class about all of the different areas of business we must take care of in order to be considered “successful”. One of those areas was “politics”. Now, he wasn’t talking about politics in the traditional sense of the word, like government or politicians, he was talking about the dynamics of people in a group, area or field. So I am talking here about politics as the relationship between people in fashion and how some people are considered powerful, how some people are not, and why. At one point in our class, someone stood up and said that he hated politics and he stayed as far away from politics as possible (exactly what I was thinking as the other student said it). In return, my teacher said, “If you don’t like politics, then be a dog. Tough luck buddy. Whether you like it or not, politics are there and you have to learn to deal with them if you want to be successful.” So I started thinking about what that meant to me and my job and career as a stylist and what it meant inside of the fashion business.
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The outspoken and sassy Italian Vogue editor-in-chief is looking rather mysterious on the cover of the latest issue of Industrie. Sozzani follows in the footsteps of Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott and, before that, Marc Jacobs in drag for Issue 4 of the glossy, which is published twice yearly. Read more »
As one of fashion’s most prolific and influential stylists, collaborators and editors, Katie Grand has gotten some of the recognition she deserves in a new Wall Street Journal profile, in which she is said to be at the top of the fashion pyramid. It’s true. Her ability to take risks and make something look fresh, while knowing what will have mass appeal, has made brands like Louis Vuitton, Prada, Topshop and many others, what they are today. She’s also the editor-in-chief of LOVE, which launched in 2009 and has quickly become one of our own fashion bibles.
Katie‘s at the top of her game and doesn’t do anything she doesn’t want to (and gets paid pretty well despite that). From how much money she makes to celebrities who were mean to her, click through for six of the most interesting new things we learned about this fashion visionary.
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Urban Outfitters Removes All It’s “Navajo” Products: The retailer was distastefully selling items labeled “Navajo,” and received a cease-and-desist letter in June from the Navajo Nation, who has a trademark on the name since, you know, it’s their name and all. After some controversy, all UO’s “Navajo” products have either disappeared or been renamed. {Jezebel}
Katie Grand Awarded Fashion Innovator of the Year: On October 27, The Wall Street Journal is hosting its first-ever awards show to honor “Innovators of the Year,” where Grand will receive the fashion award. Congrats Katie! {WWD}
Tattoo Barbie Makes Moms Everywhere To Freak Out: Tokidoki made a $50 collectible Barbie with pink hair and chest and arm tattoos, so naturally everyone went apeshit and fears their children will turn into hard-partying burnouts like Quinn from Glee. {Jezebel}
Ashley Greene Is The New Face of DKNY: One of our fav Tweters, DKNY PR Girl, announced yesterday that the Twilight star will be the new band ambassadress for DKNY and DKNY Jeans. {DKNY}
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The British Fashion Council has just announced the nominees for the 2011 British Fashion Awards, which are essentially the U.K.’s answer to our prestigious CFDA’s. The ceremony, which is scheduled for November 28, is meant to recognize the most influential people in fashion today and also promote the growth of British fashion.
With all the attention the U.K. has been getting lately for that stylish princess of theirs and being dubbed the “new fashion capital,” British fashion is definitely more relevant than ever this year. That may be why the BFC has decided to re-introduce the Red Carpet award, which “gives recognition to a British designer who is creating global awareness of their designs in the media.”
From Kim Jones to Stella McCartney to Erdem, here are all the nominees:
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In what may be another piece to the Marc Jacobs-to-Dior puzzle, Louis Vuitton has just announced that they are planning to unveil an exhibition during Milan Fashion Week that will pay tribute to their artistic director of 14 years, Marc Jacobs.
This news comes on the heels of several legitimate-sounding reports that Marc is as good as in as John Galliano’s permanent replacement at Dior. Of course, his position at Dior would mean having to say goodbye to Vuitton, where he successfully created the house’s first ready-to-wear line. And this exhibition, which sounds a lot like a retrospective to us, will be a great way to do it.
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To say we love LOVE is an understatement. We’re kinda obsessed.
Watching the covers for issue six trickle in was half the fun, so we’re a bit sad all eight LOVE covers have been revealed. All total we’ve got Elle Fanning, Chloe Moretz, Hailee Steinfeld, Lara Stone, Kristen McMenamy, Mariacarla Boscono, Nyasha Matonhodze and Daphne Groeneveld all crying, sans makeup, on the covers of the coveted fashion book. So now the question is: which one is our favorite? Which one is yours?
The model covers and accompanying editorial is shot by Mert and Marcus, and styled by Katie Grand and Panos Yiapanis.
Take a look.
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The LOVE buzz just won’t stop! Elle Fanning and Chloe Moretz’s covers debuted on models.com this week, which has only fueled the LOVE speculation: who else would cover the beloved fashion book? While we guessed that Hailee Steinfeld would be next (Elle+Chloe+Hailee is kind of a thing), we were certain we’d have to wait until Friday to find out.
But no! Fashion’s favorite man about town Derek Blasberg convinced Katie Grand to spill the beans last night at dinner. Lucky for us, Derek couldn’t keep the news to himself, so he Tweeted it around 9pm last night. Thanks D!
According to Derek’s Tweets the models for the other five unreleased LOVE covers are:
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Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott shot Mariacarla Boscono at the historic Ritz Hotel in Madrid for Loewe‘s fall/winter 2011 campaign. The shoot was art directed and styled by Katie Grand, who felt passionately about the campaign’s location: “We felt it was really important that it took place somewhere iconically Spanish. We had considered shooting on the southern coast, but the shoot was scheduled for March – not the best time for the beach. Once we’d decided on the Ritz we moved heaven and earth to make it happen; it was the perfect location, what with its glamorous history and its connection to Loewe.” The connection being that Ava Gardner would drink there with Ernest Hemingway in the Fifties and Sixties–both of them were customers of Loewe, which was born in Madrid in 1846. Read more »
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