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Stefano Tonchi on W Creative Director Jody Quon's Exit
Stefano Tonchi on W Creative Director Jody Quon's Exit October 26, 2010 1:25 pm >> W is not looking to fill the creative director position that creative director Jody Quon left empty after only three full issues and six months at the magazine.
Karl Lagerfeld, Still Feeling the (Self-)Love July 29, 2008 4:02 pm »When it comes to good causes, Karl Lagerfeld supports himself [Fashionista] »Jil Sander may be for sale again; Would Kanye West cough up for ownership?
Fabien Baron, Karl Templer Starting New Magazine and M/M Paris to Interview?
Fabien Baron, Karl Templer Starting New Magazine and M/M Paris to Interview? January 30, 2009 2:54 pm >> Yesterday's surprising news came in the form of co-editorial director Fabien Baron leaving Interview and taking creative director Karl Templer with him.  Today's surprising news?  Also about Fabien Baron — it's rumored that he may be launching his own publication with Templer.Brant Publications released a statement in response to their exits today, confirming that Baron "decided to resign in order to focus on [his agency Baron & Baron]" and Templer resigned "in order to focus on other projects."  Baron also commented on his move — "now it’s time to focus all my energy on my own business and the many clients that have been loyal to me over the years" — but does his "own business" include a new magazine, as the buzz among his colleagues indicates?
Cost Cutting, Mainstream Pressure Caused Fabien Baron's Interview Exit
Cost Cutting, Mainstream Pressure Caused Fabien Baron's Interview Exit February 2, 2009 5:32 pm >> Now that the news of Fabien Baron and Karl Templer's departures from Interview has had a chance to sink in, a little background on the breakdown.  According to sources close to the magazine, Baron, who also owns agency Baron & Baron, spent too little time in the office and too much money on shoots.  Fabien's co-editorial director, Glenn O'Brien, seems to confirm these reports: "Fabien is a busy man.
Fabien Baron Predicts Emmanuelle Alt's Vogue Paris Will Be "More Commercial"
Fabien Baron Predicts Emmanuelle Alt's Vogue Paris Will Be "More Commercial" January 7, 2011 1:32 pm >> Vogue Paris's newly-named editor Emmanuelle Alt is not expected to make big changes to the magazine when she takes over from Carine Roitfeld — she did work as Roitfeld's fashion director for ten years, after all.
Fabien Baron Fashions: The Line You'll Never See
Fabien Baron Fashions: The Line You'll Never See July 16, 2008 5:20 pm >> Earlier this year, when Fabien Baron left his post as creative director at Vogue Paris to become an editorial director at Interview, people were unnerved, worried that the winning formula in place at VP would be upset.  As Fabien tells it in a new interview with Hint, he and Carine Roitfeld still talk, but he was ready to move on: "I felt like there were no options left in France to do something important at that time.
June 9, 2009 10:34 am >> INSIDER WIRE —If editorial director Glenn O'Brien leaves Interview as rumored, Fabien Baron might be back to run the show.  While the magazine's owner Peter Brant is embroiled in a messy divorce, his son, Brant Publications' new president Ryan Brant, is said to be running the show and wants Baron, who was popular with advertisers, back.  Discussions between Baron and Brant have gone far enough that Baron has approached top talent about returning to Interview with him.
June 9, 2009 3:52 pm >> INSIDER WIRE —As rumored, Fabien Baron is coming back into the Interview fold as editorial director, replacing former co-editorial director Glenn O'Brien.
June 10, 2009 4:45 pm >> INSIDER WIRE —Some are surprised that Fabien Baron is being welcomed back at Interview, given the magazine's financial state and that Baron was originally let go because he was going over budget.  Apparently, fashion director Joe McKenna — who is expected to leave — cancelled a recent shoot on grounds of nonpayment, creative directors Michael Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak of M/M Paris quit because they are owed three months pay plus expenses, and a number of retouchers and photographers are owed, including Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, who have not been paid for their August 2009 cover story.
March 3, 2009 5:53 pm >> INSIDER WIRE —Despite Interview going under a full revamp from Fabien Baron's design for its May 2009 issue under the care of new creative directors M/M Paris, all seems amicable between the two — Purple's Olivier Zahm snapped Baron wishing half of M/M Paris, Michael Amzalag, luck backstage at Prada.
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