fashionologie

Paris Agencies Go Comic Book for Spring 2010 Show Packages

fashionologie — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:53:45 -0700

>> So far this season, the most eye-catching show package came courtesy of One Management, who had their stable of models mimic an iconic '60s Harper's Bazaar cover by Richard Avedon, but a couple of Paris agencies are running a close second, and curiously, they are both feeling the comic book look. Women Paris altered portfolio pictures of the likes of Iris Strubegger and Iselin Steiro into with a little high contrast look and a splat of yellow, and WM emulated Sin City for their gaggle of fresh faces.

Paul Rowland Snaps 19 Models for Witchy 96-Page V Supplement

fashionologie — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:09:35 -0700

>> The 96-page September issue insert The Imagist teased back in June turned out to be for V: Paul Rowland, founder of Women and Supreme agencies, photographed 19 of his models in studio back in April with help from stylist Nicholas Grasa. His inspirations were "Joel-Peter Witkin, paganism, mysticism, vampires, witches - all the things I love," and V has a video of the shoot in action, which required Hannelore Knuts to have raw meat draped over her chest and the rope holding it together lit on fire on both ends. The supplement will be available with V61 in select cities.

Maybe this whole project is the start of a move into a new arena for Rowland? As V puts it: "Rowland, whose lavish and intricate agency show packages are the talk of the industry each season, has a creative verve that extends beyond model agency moving and shaking, and into photography and fine art. After this outing, however, he might need his own magazine as well."

Prada Fall 2009 Lookbook: Doodles, Collages, and Head Substitutes

fashionologie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:32:44 -0700

>> Replacing models' heads seems to have become a thing: Yesterday, we were talking about Donna Karan placing Toni Garrn's head on other models' bodies for her Fall 2009 ads, and today, Prada posted their Fall 2009 lookbook - and the full set of their Fall 2009 ads - with Meghan Collison's head replaced by a wolf's in one picture and a spiked sphere in another, Lara Stone's head supplanted by a set of red blocks, and various other models' faces subsituted with doodles and collages.

fashionologie — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:17:40 -0800

>> THE MODELIZER -Perennial redhead Olga Sherer just debuted a new hair color - burnished brunette - a change which was said to be encouraged after a brainstorm with Steven Meisel. Speaking of Meisel, he's just put a limited-edition Meghan Collison puzzle on the market for preorder: $750 will get you 1,000 pieces of that beguiling patterned Vogue Italia edit, with a box signed by Meisel himself. [Of the Minute, Fashionista]