study 7: yves gauche

The Face July 1996 
Gregory and Samuel by Mario Testino. 
Styling by Carine Roitfeld

sans nostalgia, let's enjoy this 70s excess via mid-90s brash rawness

slick vs. touseled. pinstripes vs. glittery zebra. anaconda scarf peaking through.

maegan stracy

                                                                                                                                      

left: gridded vinyl water dress and clear vinl jacket by MAEGAN STRACY
iris' chunky gray sweater is THRIFTED and daniel's jeans are LEVI'S 501

frosted vinyl gradation dress
and silk organza slip dress
by MAEGAN STRACY



















iris' basque beret is from LALOUPE VINTAGE

patent shorts with frosted pockets by MAEGAN STRACY
worn with a popped collar and stretchy headband

the water filled dress to the right clasps closed on both sides.
here, it's worn undone.

gradient rubber t-shirt by MAEGAN STRACY
the elasticated jeans are thrifted

MAEGAN STRACY is making clothes of the future. from her background in art, she explores and investigates material to perverse and inject clothing with weighty strangeness through familiarity. plastic shift dress filled with dyed water? the new office basic. she invited us to see her show and pick out some pieces to shoot back in september, which resulted in one of our favorite pairings. plastic fantastic with the bland: comfortable thrifty knits and department store jeans. scroll above to see more.

SHOP MAEGAN STRACY

STUDY 2: Old Way New Way

              VOGUE HOMMES INTERNATIONAL     
Liberty by Willy Vanderperre
Styled by Olivier Rizzo

Freedom of movement. 

The basic, shown perfect, made extraordinary.
Clean, clean, rough.

SOURCE

STUDY 1: Bland

Pared back focus on perfect pieces with banal footwear. Raf Simons powder pink bomber jacket and Calvin Klein pleated trousers.

Purple Magazine by Brett Lloyd. Styling by Tom Guinness

GLOSSARY: Catching Z's

Sleeping is my favorite activity even though I guess you couldn't really call it active, but whatever. Lazy layers seem right. Like sweatshirts with t-shirts, and sandals and track pants. Sorta pajama, more lounge. Robe coats sound like such a good idea, I never bother with closures anyway and a little off the shoulder action never hurt nobody.

by josh olins

above: matvey lykov in prada
left: jil sander ss96
right: helmut lang ss99

*yawn* referencing these slippers is almost as tired as i am. *snort* 
above: dries van noten ss13 / celine ss13
below: helmut lang sandals

by anna-stina treumund

above: jester white by karim sadli for i-D
left: rafa bodgar by joe lai

^ by david armstrong

ok i'm going back to sleep now.

Age of Aquarius

THIS POST IS PROBABLY SLOWING YOUR COMPUTER DOWN BUT I DON'T CARE BECAUSE PIERRE DEBUSSCHERE'S LATEST FILM AND EDITORIAL FOR DAZED & CONFUSED IS ALL SORTS OF MAGICAL. SO INTO IT. FULL STORY HERE

february 2013: age of aquarius by pierre debusschere, styled by robbie spencer. models: yumi lambert and guerrino santulliana

All Those Born With Wings

UNDER THE INFLUENCE FW12 The Africa Issue
ABOVE ALL THOSE BORN WITH WINGS Photographed by Misha Taylor, styled by Louw Kotze
BELOW MAN Photographed by Eric Nehr, styled by Serge Girardi

Puritan

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2 U FELLOW AMERICANOS

BALENCIAGA FALL 2010 CAMPAIGN BY STEVEN MEISEL

KRISTEN OWEN FOR VOGUE ITALIA BY STEVEN MEISEL

Halloween Party Like it's 1999

One of our favorite editorials, from The Face November 1999 by Nathaniel Goldberg, styled by Paul Sinclaire. Appropriate for the holiday. Voluminous dark coats, under layers of rich color, and lots of texture; still relevant. #realtalk

FULL EDITORIAL HERE

Favorite Editorials: September & October

Since we're really late with this, we've included an editorial from October too. We'd describe them all but these images don't really need any low rate captions. Click the titles for full editoirals.

ABOVE Dame of Thrones by Tim Walker for W Sept 2012 

Model: Kristen McMenamy

Stylist: Edward Enninful

ABOVE Living Large by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott for W Sept 2012 | Models: Saskia de Brauw & Meghan Collison | Stylist: Edward Enninful

BELOW The Shape of Things To Come by Craig McDean for Interview Sept 2012 | Model: Meghan Collison | Stylist: Karl Templer

ABOVE Spellbound by Steven Meisel for W Sept 2012 | Models: Anniek Kortleve, Hanne Gaby, Ethan James, Mae Lepres, Meghan Collison, Peyton Knight, Yuri Pleskun, Aaron Vernon, Rachel Trachenburg

BELOW The Anorak by Sharif Hamza for VMAN 27 Fall 2012 | Models: Ethan James, Arthur Gosse, Nicklas Kingo, Corey Baptiste | Stylist: Tom Van Dorpe

LEFT Cover Me by Craig McDean for Vogue Oct 2012 | Models: Daria Strokous, Karlie Kloss | Stylist: Grace Coddington

RIGHT More and More Beautiful by Craig McDean for Vogue Italia Sept 2012 | Models: Amber Valletta | Stylist: Karl Templer

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP
Daphne Groeneveled by Nathaniel Goldberg for Harper's Bazaar Oct 2012 | Stylist: Clare Richardson 
Natasha Poly & Guinevere Van Seenus by Daniele + Iango for i-D Fall 2012 Role Model Issue
Fawnicate by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for LOVE 8 Fall 2012

School Daze

From V78 The Youthquake Issue. The image above, and the editorial it's part of, has been haunting me since I've seen it. The styling juxtaposes incredibly textural pieces with simple, basic school sweatshirts and sports uniforms. The voluminous shape of the already oversized clothing looks supernatural on regular school kids, half the size of an amazonian height model. The mixture is really inspiring. 

You can see the full editorial story here.

Photographer Focus: Willy Vanderperre

A large part of what we find interesting and thought provoking in fashion can be attributed to editorial photography and we've done a couple of editorial spotlights now and then on this blog, but we wanted to expand that interest into something a bit deeper and focus on some of our favorite photographers.  (Our tumblr is basically an editorial graveyard.) For this inaugural post, we're featuring a photographer whose work inspires us endlessly, Willy Vanderperre. Hailing from Belgium, he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. His theatrical Caravaggio-esque use of lighting and dramatic, emotional take on color and the body. is what mainly draws us to his work. While his images are often—but not always—minimal, there's a stark statement-making style about them. Always strong, even when quiet. It also helps that his frequent collaborators are  some of our favorites in the fashion industry: designer Raf Simons, stylists Olivier Rizzo and Panos Yiapanis,  makeup artist Peter Phillips, and models Natasha Poly, Mariacarla Boscono and Clement Chabernaud. His  photographs' gritty intimate drama appears in major fashion publications such as Self Service, i-D, L'Uomo Vogue, Arena Homme Plus, V, among others and has captured the campaigns of Jil Sander, Prada, and Dior Homme. ■

More
WILLY VANDERPERRE @ MANAGEMENT + ARTISTS
THREAD ON THEFASHIONSPOT W/ INTERVIEW
MORE FAVORITE IMAGES FROM OUR TUMBLR

COLLAGE BY IRIS / TEXT BY DANIEL Click on credits below for full editorial/source

Iris' Favorites | TOP ROW
1. COS Stores | Advertising / FW 2008
2. The Dream Academy | Arena Homme + / SS 2010
3. Jil Sander | Campaign / FW 2008
4. Rhapsody In Camel | Vogue China / Oct 2010
5. Jil Sander | Campaign / SS 2007

Daniel's Favorites | BOTTOM ROW
1. Sin | i-D / Dec 2004
2. Faux Semblants | Vogue Hommes Japan / AW 2010
3. Heroes Guest Edited by Raf Simons | i-D / Feb 2001
4. Always Now | Arena Homme + / SA 2008
5. Making A Scene | W / Mar 2011

Editorial Spotlight: Under the Influence 10th Edition

We haven't had an editorial spotlight since last Fall, so this is way overdue. Under the Influence Magazine contacted us with some great images from their 10th issue, so we decided to get back into the swing of things with this post! Go check out their website because they are seriously amazing, all of the fashion images are exceptional and we constantly look to UTI for inspiration for this blog. We, regrettably, don't own any actual copies so it's our pleasure to publish some of the high quality images on our blog. Below are three editorials from the latest issue of Under the Influence along with our thoughts.
COLLAGE ABOVE BY IRIS | TEXT BY DANIEL

FASHION FADES, ONLY STYLE REMAIN THE STYLE
BY
NIK HARTLEY
Models / Emma Wahlberg and Milly Simmonds
Styling / Margaret Crow

The editorial featured on the cover of Under the Influence puts the emphasis on a riff off the classics, showcasing the interesting Givenchy or Jil by Raf take on the collared shirt, tank dress, sweater, or suit. Plus, we're weak for 60s makeup.

NUCLEAR FAMILY
BY
GRETA ILIEVA
Model / Dempsey Stewart
Styling / Jack Borkett

The stark harshness and shadows of this editorial are beautiful. Gritty, clean, honest and minimal Juergen Teller-esque photography gives an 80s video girl styling a retro-futuristic 60s/70s vibe.

JUGENDSTIL
BY
ERIC NEHR
Models / Adrien Sahores and Thomas Bukovatz
Styling / Serge Girardi

Featuring one of our favorite models, Adrien Sahores (left), this editorial is up there in one of the best we've seen this year. The extremely inspiring mixture of paint, photography, and fashion puts menswear in such a strange, new context.

Nails: The New Ease

NAILS
Inspired by The New Ease by Craig McDean for Vogue Italia October 2010
F21 LOVE & BEAUTY NEON YELLOW / ORLY YOU'RE BLUSHING

Heavy METAL

Instead of a style inspiration post from Iris today, you've got an inspirational editorial from me, Daniel! Haha, this editorial is from Metal Magazine, Issue 24 - Summer 2011. I love a minimal black background with clothing of the bright colored-dynamic textured kind so this is completely up my alley. The first photo sums up Fall 2011 (affectionately titled Fa11 by Iris) to me: simple layers and graphic color palettes. The pompadour hair is a bit overdone for my taste but it works well in that late 80s/early 90s-techno-style way with the brights featured. Ice Ice Baby. Haha, on that note, here's the editorial.

P.S. I definitely NEED that plastic Raf Simons shirt in Photo 2.