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fashionologie — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:49:38 -0700

>> INSIDER WIRE -Glenn O'Brien spoke to Fashion Week Daily and Page Six last week after being replaced by Fabien Baron at Interview, leaving much-repeated quotes like "It's like a Greek tragedy. Like watching a company going insane, instead of a person" in his wake. In retaliation, Interview owner Brant Publications has filed a lawsuit again O'Brien today, alleging that he breached a confidentiality agreement by giving the aforementioned interviews. [WWD]

fashionologie — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:52:25 -0700

>> INSIDER WIRE -As rumored, Fabien Baron is coming back into the Interview fold as editorial director, replacing former co-editorial director Glenn O'Brien. Baron was originally fired in January and took creative director Karl Templer with him. After he left, the logo revamp he did was replaced and Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amzalag of M/M Paris were brought in as creative directors. Baron is said to be talking to top talent about coming back with him - M/M Paris do not appear to be currently working on the August 2009 issue and are expected to leave the magazine - will he revert the logo as well? [WWD, FWD]

fashionologie — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:34:06 -0700

>> 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. [FWD]

fashionologie — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:56:13 -0700

>> INSIDER WIRE -The turmoil for Peter Brant continues, in both his personal and professional lives. While Brant was in Europe last week, one of his bodyguards was arrested for shoving Brant's wife, Stephanie Seymour, into a door. Brant and Seymour are in the midst of a messy divorce, and police have reportedly been called a number of times for disturbances on their property, ranging from a car windshield being smashed with a bat to a complaint from Seymour about a GPS unit placed on her car. Brant's magazine Interview has also seen a lot of upset recently; editorial director Fabien Baron and creative director Karl Templer left after a few short months, and now Baron's co-editorial director Glenn O'Brien is said to be leaving after his relationship with Brant has deteriorated. [Greenwich Time, WWD]

Cost Cutting, Mainstream Pressure Caused Fabien Baron's Interview Exit

fashionologie — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:32:17 -0800

>> 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. We haven’t seen him a lot up here. We have to have our needs met here.”

That, in addition to the fact that "he comes with a big price tag," especially in a time of falling ad pages, did not bode well. His pricy fashion spread expenditures did not mesh well as Interview's bottom line went lower than expected, and supposedly, Baron began to feel pressure from Brant Publications to cut costs, "take the magazine more mainstream, popular, and Hollywood." Although Baron hung up on WWD when asked for a comment, he and Templer, who chose to leave when Baron was pushed out, "tried to come to terms and were very disappointed at having to leave."

According to Glenn O'Brien, the parting wasn't so pretty: “In any creative enterprise, there’s always screaming." But until April, when M/M Paris take over creative direction of the issues . . .
*image: source

Kate Moss, Unplugged, in Interview September 2008

fashionologie — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:56:26 -0700

>> She may famously avoid going on the record, but in the September 2008 Interview, Kate Moss speaks. Glenn O'Brien's piece, which comes as close to a conversation with Kate as you may ever get, runs the gamut from her controversial weight to daughter Lila Grace, with a little comedic word-association in between. Let the gems begin . . .

She wasn't a big fan of working with Mark Wahlberg on those famous Calvin Klein ads.

At the time he was such a d*ckhead. He wasn't very nice.

And she got more than she bargained for when she met Frank Sinatra at his 80th birthday party.

I was with Johnny [Depp] at the time. And Frank came over to me and got all of his security to close in so Johnny couldn't get to me. I was sitting down having a cigarette, and he just walked in the room, and he spotted me and made a beeline to me. So we were encircled by security in this backstage area, and he's like, "How are we doing, little Lady?" And I said, "Happy Birthday, Frank!" and I want to shake his hand, and he just lunged at me . . . He kissed me on the lips. And then he gave me a filterless cigarette. And then I met Bob Dylan. I came off all lightheaded and had to go sit on his dressing-room steps.

Who she thinks is square, and who she thinks is bisexual . . . »

fashionologie — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:46:41 -0700

>> INSIDER WIRE —To further promote his Interview cover, Marc Jacobs will be appearing on Charlie Rose tonight along with Stephanie Seymour, Glenn O'Brien, and Peter Brant to talk Andy Warhol, art collecting, and the fifteen minutes of fame phenomenon. [Style File]