6.9.13

Richard Chai Spring Summer 2014

SAINT LAURENT DANCE



SAINT LAURENT DANCE
INTRODUCING SAINT LAURENT CLASSIC BALLERINE SHOES
STARRING GRACIE VAN GASTEL / LIDA FOX
MUSIC "TRICK OR TREAT DANCEFLOOR"
COMPOSED AND PERFORMED BY CHERRY GLAZERR
NEW YORK 05 2013

DORHOUT MEES S/S 2014


My Inspiration for this collection is a poetry album, from the 1800’s,
Which I inherited from my great grandmother recently.
It is nothing like we know today..
It is full of sincere time, effort, love, poetry and handcrafted landscapes, drawings, silver, gold and broidery.
It struck something in me because of the contrast it formed with the time we live in today. We have no time for anybody, real contacts are rare and so is art. Creativity is starting to become a rare commodity, and it’s not for everybody to enjoy anymore.
I loved the idea of a long forgotten time in which these trades where precious commodities hold in high respect.
Also when I read on, I found it so moving. In a way it had some sadness to it as well, because all these people talking to each other about real friendships, love, life and death, are now not here anymore. They are all almost forgotten and so is the bond they had together.
It just made me feel like I wanted to bring it to life again and honour all these beautiful things entrusted to the pages of this little precious book.
I translated the individual cards of which this album is made out of, to pages to wear. Combined with the sweetness and softness of what is on them. Which translated into rounded pleads contrasting the straight rigid forms of the pages them self.
I wanted to seal the body in them, it’s like an embrace from these pages. I also wanted to use elements from this time period like old mirrors, silver threats, corset patterns, but really frame them in this area, so There are also elements like these framed in the pages if you will.
The prints are inspired on the poetry and drawings of life, flowers and friendship.
Partial prints combine the time reference as they sort of disappear in the pen strikes. And the crinkled old paper, in which shapes of a pattern can be found like a delicate lace pattern, hidden in the pages..

-Esther Dorhout Mees

5.9.13

Double Bill: Michael Pitt




Glen Luchford Captures A New York Moment with the Rag & Bone Stars in Today’s Two Films 

Glen Luchford's short films for NY fashion house rag & bone are as beautiful and elegant as they are real. Starring actors Michael Pitt and Palme d'Or winner Léa Seydoux, and set to a yearning Sparklehorse soundtrack, Luchford’s signature is a combination of dramatic understatement and modern nostalgia for the craft of shooting on film. “Having the confidence to let the shoot flow is a great feeling, because anything can happen,” explains Luchford, whose only direction for Seydoux and Pitt was to do “whatever came naturally. My aesthetic is planned and controlled reportage—which is obviously a contradiction. On the day, you have to just let go and see what happens. Sparks fly and unexplained ideas pop up.” Luchford started his career at as a fashion photographer on the style magazine The Face, going on to shoot iconic campaigns as well as directing the award-winning feature film, Here to Where. Rather than pose in the rag & bone collection, it seems Seydoux and Pitt were encouraged to live in it.

What are your earliest memories of film and photography?
Glen Luchford:
I saw Snow White in the cinema when I was three years old, and something in the imagery stuck. I only remember a few scenes but they stayed clearly imprinted. Then The Wizard Of Oz at five, which blew me away. The fact that video didn’t exist then, and their unavailability, made them even more exotic and exciting.


What appeals to you about fashion?
GL:
Fashion has an ADD quality to it: it can't focus on anything for too long and has to keep shifting its gaze, like an irritable kid. I loved playing musical chairs as a child. Part of me feels like I’m still playing.


How has your filmmaking evolved since Here to Where?
GL
: I’m not as good. Youth gives you something extra.


What are you most proud of?
GL:
Walking into The Face magazine's office and saying, “Give me a job, I can do that.”


What inspires you today?
GL:
Instagram, Intelligentsia Coffee and the word ‘Yes.’

Double Bill: Léa Seydoux




Glen Luchford Captures A New York Moment with the Rag & Bone Stars in Today’s Two Films.
Glen Luchford's short films for NY fashion house rag & bone are as beautiful and elegant as they are real. Starring actors Palme d'Or winner Léa Seydoux and Michael Pitt, and set to a yearning Sparklehorse soundtrack, Luchford’s signature is a combination of dramatic understatement and modern nostalgia for the craft of shooting on film. “Having the confidence to let the shoot flow is a great feeling, because anything can happen,” explains Luchford, whose only direction for Seydoux and Pitt was to do “whatever came naturally. My aesthetic is planned and controlled reportage—which is obviously a contradiction. On the day, you have to just let go and see what happens. Sparks fly and unexplained ideas pop up.” Luchford started his career at as a fashion photographer on the style magazine The Face, going on to shoot iconic campaigns as well as directing the award-winning feature film, Here to Where. Rather than pose in the rag & bone collection, it seems Seydoux and Pitt were encouraged to live in it.

What are your earliest memories of film and photography?
Glen Luchford:
I saw Snow White in the cinema when I was three years old, and something in the imagery stuck. I only remember a few scenes but they stayed clearly imprinted. Then The Wizard Of Oz at five, which blew me away. The fact that video didn’t exist then, and their unavailability, made them even more exotic and exciting.


What appeals to you about fashion?
GL:
Fashion has an ADD quality to it: it can't focus on anything for too long and has to keep shifting its gaze, like an irritable kid. I loved playing musical chairs as a child. Part of me feels like I’m still playing.


How has your filmmaking evolved since Here to Where?
GL
: I’m not as good. Youth gives you something extra.


What are you most proud of?
GL:
Walking into The Face magazine's office and saying, “Give me a job, I can do that.”


What inspires you today?

GL:
Instagram, Intelligentsia Coffee and the word ‘Yes.’

2.9.13

Under The Skin, first trailer


An alien in human form is on a journey through Scotland. 

Directed by Jonathan Glazer

With Scarlett Johansson,  Paul Brannigan,  Jessica Mance,  Krystof Hádek,  Lee Fanning,  Scott Dymond.

Menckel Spring Summer 2014

1.9.13

J. Lindeberg Spring Summer 2014

SONOMAMA


Fall 2013 embodies the nonchalant ease and eclectic style of the partners, girlfriends and lovers of the racer generation - steadfast in their presence, as they are.

The campaign film 'SONOMAMA' was created to reflect the spirit of the season. Filmed on location on the streets of Tokyo the campaign stars Japanese actress; Kiko Mizuhara and Louis Simonon; the son of Clash guitarist Paul Simonon alongside their eclectic tribe of friends. The Campaign also features 'Black Shadow' a notorious Japanese rockabilly gang.