My favorite feature from the 6th issue of I Like My Style magazine. The pieces were selected by Ilikemystyle's fashion director James Valeri and photographed by Benjamin Fredrickson. I doubt the photos are real polaroids (too expensive nowadays! too much hassle with high-quality scanning! etc.), but they ooze that dreamy polaroid charm nevertheless. Pierre Hardy ... Read more
I took this photo at the Porter Grey Spring 2012 presentation at New York Fashion Week, thinking it would be just about the glaring vermilion brogues. It was only later, when I saw the photo on a big computer screen, that I noticed the tattoo (I like it when they don't cover up models' tattoos ... Read more
When I was a kid in the early nineties, Gianni Versace was one of the most talked-about designers, a name synonymous with striking, sexy glamour. Owning Versace pieces was considered an utmost prestige, even if it was only a t-shirt with "VERSACE" written across your chest. Yes, the t-shirt would be a status symbol, but ... Read more
Browsing fashion publications at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport last Saturday, I came across a copy of I Like My Style magazine. I was initially drawn to it because the girl on the cover is wearing all Yohji Yamamoto (à propos Yamamoto's Spring/Summer 2012 collection: this man can do no wrong, and once again I ... Read more
I finished this season's fashion week tour tonight in Paris, attending the presentation of the Hogan by Karl Lagerfeld Spring/Summer 2012 capsule collection at Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild. This is Lagerfeld's third collaboration with Hogan (see my photos of Fall/Winter 2011/2012). A mostly black and white collection is accompanied by a book of sketches and ... Read more