Fashion on film

Et av mine favoritt fashionbilder som er like magisk hver gang jeg ser på det: Det er vakkert, med udefinerbar stemning, noe tidløst over det og med den ekstra lille crazy touchen på gunn av en alien..

Helena Christensen og Alien, for italienske Vogue. Fotografert av Peter Lindbergh i El Mirage, California i 1990.

Historien bak bildet og litt mer fra Helena Christensen og Peter Lindberg:

Helena Christensen: Most of your fashion shoots tell little magical stories. Do you ever dream these stories?
Peter Lindbergh: Nothing comes from dreaming. My dreams, if I ever remember them, are so complex, that I wouldn’t try to turn them into a story for a fashion magazine. There are too many rules you have to follow. Just the fact, that every new picture needs a different outfit, will make a lot of ideas impossible. I think you can use your Dreams to create images, when you don’t have the limitations of Fashion photography, and you work for yourself or your gallery.
HC: My favorite story that I ever did was the one we did together for Italian Vogue with the little alien. Where did this particular idea for the story come from?
PL: The idea to shoot this story was born in my dentists waiting room in Paris. Someone left a small pile of tacked together Xeroxes on the table, with images and notes from UFO watchers all over the world. One of them was Mr. Kienzle, close by the El Mirage Dry Lake. I was fascinated by these images, mostly just reflections on the Sky, I guess and decided to do a Martian Story. That was exactly when you passed by my studio for the first time to show your pictures. I was stunned…..by you!! The perfect new face for the story just walked into my studio! The only thing left was to Write a Story, with a beginning and an end, and fly to L.A to shoot it.
HC: You have a way of photographing women that make them seem like strong, fierce and independent women. Is this important for you to convey about women to the viewer?
PL: To define and to propose a very personal view on Women, has always been very important for me. I think that this is the most important and exciting part of fashion photography. When you look back, every Decade has defined a certain type of women, basically through the work of one or two photographers not to mention the work of designers, editors, hair and make up etc. During each decade, there is a lot of experimenting going on, by many photographers. To come back to your question, only these photographers who had the sensibility “to put the pieces together”, to define the women who represents a certain decade, are the ones we still know.
HC: What kind of light do you prefer working in?
PL: Every light has its own beauty….
HC: Mention 3 contemporary artists you would like to exchange your art with for theirs..
PL: Michael Heizer, Gerhard Richter, Joseph Kosuth.
HC: What has been your favorite location over time to photograph in and why?
PL: My favorite locations to work, you should know, are the deserts and dry lakes, large and unromantic beaches, movie studios backlots, and down town Los Angeles. I like any place which adds something interesting to a Story I have on my mind…
HC: Why do you think photography is such an interesting art-form?
PL: I wouldn’t say that photography is an especially interesting Art form. It is just one out of many, and by accident the one I fell into and stuck with, because I can express myself perfectly with these little black machines…
HC: What is the most amazing visual or moment you have ever seen that you didn’t photograph?
PL: When I was twenty, My mother looked into my eyes for quite a moment, she was dying…

Intervjuet er hentet fra models.com.

Peter Lindberghs vakre verden

Peter Lindbergh er en av de virkelig store motefotografene, og en av de første jeg la merke til med en moteserie med Helena Christensen. Lindbergh er tysk, født i Polen i 1944, som Peter Brodbeck. Han studerte maling på en kunstskole, men byttet til fotografi i 1971 og etablerte seg som reklamefotograf. I 1978 flyttet han til Paris og konsentrerte seg om motefotografering. Bildene hans er publisert i magasiner som Vogue og Harper's Bazaar, og han var en av toppfotografene under den føste supermodell-bølgen på 1990-tallet hvor han fotograferte modeller som Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Stephanie Seymour, Tatjana Patitz, Christy Turlington og Naomi Campbell. På http://www.peterlindberg.net/ kan du se flere vakre bilder.

Peter Lindbergh takes to the beach with cover girl Anna Selezneva for Numéro #110. Styled by Irina Marie in light and airy pieces, Anna is reminiscent of an amazon warrior with her strong poses and intense gazes.

Venter på McQueen

Alexander McQueens siste kolleksjon vil bli vist under motevisningene i Paris i mars. Kolleksjonen var nesten ferdig da designeren bestemte seg for å ende sitt eget liv. Den tragiske nyheten rystet moteverden og motehuset venter ekstra stor pågang om plassene til det siste moteshowet fra denne fantastisk talenfulle designeren.

Alexander McQueen Fall 2010 Collection Will Be Presented During Paris Fashion Week.

Chief executive officer of Gucci Group, Robert Polet announced this morning that despite the suicide last week of its founder and creative director, the Alexander McQueen business will go on. PPR confirmed the Alexander McQueen fall 2010 collection, most of which was completed before McQueen's suicide, will show during Paris Fashion Week. According to the current schedule, the runway show will be held on March 9 at 8:30PM.

Grønn glamour

Grønn samvittighet

Filmstjernen Colin Firths kone Livia Giuggioli Firth blogger på Vogue.com om sin grønne leting etter premierekjoler. Hun vil kun bruke miljøvennlig mote på den røde løperen i vår, og ønsker å øke bevisstheten rundt miljøvennlig mote.

Livi har plukket ut favorittkjoler fra to norske designere, Leila Hafzi og Nina Skarra, og vi krysser fingrene for at de ender opp på den røde løperen.

Her kan du lese Livias innlegg fra bloggen hennes på Vogue.com:

The Green Carpet Challenge

A Rainbow without the Footprint

The awards season is flying by. Here we are at the Baftas already (they are on Sunday night), and that means it's decision time once more.
My initial strategy with the Green Carpet Challenge was to blend in or assimilate on the red carpet, sneaking in sustainable fashion - primarily through vintage or repurposing. So I'm reasonably shocked that for Sunday I'm going for the brightest option I could find. I'm getting quite bold in colour and purpose!

"Responsible design" wasn't supposed to look like this. If you ask ten people what responsible, ethical or sustainable design looks like -providing they understood the question - I bet eight of them would still say something along the lines of "sludge coloured, hemp". So I love the fact that Hafzi presents us with riotously coloured soft silk and confounds all our prejudices. Although I note she also pioneered high-end hemp in her first collection back in 1997.

I was genuinely excited by her pieces when Heidi from Vie PR introduced me to them in LA. In common with other visionary designers, she turns the production system on its head to fit her sustainable agenda. She started out by going to local tailors in Nepal to learn how to build a garment - and then moved on to developing an environmentally friendly production cycle. Obviously colour was a massive issue as dyes are so ecologically impactful. So Leila has pioneered AZO-free dyes and alternative ayurvedic colours to get a rainbow without the footprint. Her production chain is short, controlled and transparent, bringing vital work to the tailors she works with in Nepal. You can easily research it as her pieces are registered with the Respect Inside project (http://www.switcher.ch/english/about-switcher/switcher-norms-and-certificates/respect-inside.php).

You've frequently suggested Leila Hafzi as a huge talent that deserves as many outings on the red carpet as she can get. I read an interview with Leila on Ecofashionworld where the interviewer was of the same opinion, "the world's divas haven't yet discovered Leila Hafzi's show-stopping gowns. However, judging from the audience's reaction at the Ethical Fashion Show in Paris, and the awards that keep pilling up, we know it's only a matter of time." And Leila herself said she would love to dress Cate Blanchett or Uma Thurman.
Well, I'm afraid she's got little old me on Sunday at the Baftas, but I promise to pitch Leila to Cate or Uma if I see them there!

Livia prøver en kjole fra Nina Skarra.

Fra Livias blog på Vogue.com

Alice i Coutureland

Nicholas Kirkwood har designet et par eventyrlige sko til det franske varemagasinet Printemps. Skoen kan sees i en utstilling inspirert av Alice i Eventyrland i varemagasinets vinduer. Blant de andre designerne som har designet hvet sitt vindu i denne utstillingen er Chloé, Christopher Kane, Ann Demeulemeester, Alexander McQueen, Bernhard Willhelm, Charles Anastase, Haider Ackermann, Manish Arora og Maison Martin Margiela

“I think my favorite Alice character is the March Hare. You can see I’ve made his watch rather prominent. This was a different design process for me, because I’m not usually so applicative—typically, I’m thinking about line, silhouette. But this time, I figured, why not just pile as much as I can on top?” —Nicholas Kirkwood

Fra Alice in Wonderland, med Mia Wasikowska i hovedrollen.

“My favorite character is the Duchess, who at first seems nearly as unpleasant as the Queen of Hearts. But she’s the antagonist of the queen, and at the end was only respectful and friendly, despite her tremendous ugliness. When I was designing this piece, I was seeing Alice running, escaping through the forest destroying her shiny dress.” —Haider Ackermann

Helena Bonham Carter som Queen of Hearts, den grusomme dronningen i Alice i Eventyrland.

Wonderful Depp i Alice in Wonderland.

Mia Wasikowska som Alice i filmen Alice i Eventyrland.

“Alice’s silhouette is a blue upside-down dress with cage sleeve, as if she walked through the mirror and her dress completely reversed. A long ball gown has been reworked, upside-down, into a minidress. The bustier in taffetas becomes a pleated miniskirt. The petticoat in plonge becomes an asymmetrical draped top. The skirt in ‘plumetis’ tulle becomes a veil. A cage sleeve of whale-boned velvet ribbon is embroidered with pearls, crystals, and recycled jewels.” —Maison Martin Margiela.

Anne Hathaway fra "Djevelen i Prada" spiller The White Queen i filmen Alice i Eventyrland.

“I went to John Tenniel’s original illustration of Alice for inspiration. She’s seated at a table having tea, and her dress looks much more asymmetrical and theatrical than that boring Walt Disney version. It was also an auto-reference to my collections, as Lewis Carroll’s work has been one of the main inspirations of my label since its creation. Alice Liddell, the real little girl with long dark hair who inspired Carroll, is one of the very few icons that I have. The pictures of her are a constant inspiration for me.” —Charles Anastase

Ann Demeulemeesters nydelige kjole i Printemps vindusutstilling.

“I’ve always been intrigued by cutout silhouettes. They are so intriguing, so poetic—the shadow of a soul. They tell everything about a character and they are open to be filled with one’s own imagination.” —Ann Demeulemeester

Porselenskjole

Den kinesiske artisten Li Xiaofeng har designet fantastiske klær av tradisjonell kinesisk porselen. Han syr poselensbitene på en underkjole eller et plagg av lær. Porselensklærne åpnes i sidene eller bak, og kan faktisk brukes.

Den vakre porselensskjolen

Noen land rundt Middelhavet, som Hellas, har en gammel nyttårs-tradisjon med med å knuse servise for å kvitte seg med materielle goder og på den måten motta det nye året. Li Xiaofeng ble inspirert av denne tradisjonen og fant en måte å resirkulere glass og porselen i sin nye artistiske kleskolleksjon.

Some Mediterranean countries, such as Greece, have the millennial tradition of breaking the crockery to get rid of material goods in order to receive the New Year. The Chinese designer Li Xiaofeng was inspired by this tradition and found a way of recycling glass and porcelain remains in her new line of artistic clothing.

Litt vanskelig å sitte ned kanskje..

Li Xiaofeng

Forløperen? Vest i knust porselen og vaier fra Maison Martin Margielas "artisanial" kolleksjon høsten/vinteren 89/90.

Tasty jewellery

True Blood smykkekolleksjonen fra HBO er designet av Uri Behr. Vampyrer har blitt trendy etter at HBO's tv-serie True Blood kom på skjermen.

True Blood-smykkene er laget av sølv, stål, lær og med blodrøde rubiner. Priser fra $50 to $1,295.

True Blood jewelry comes in sterling, stainless chains, leather and are accented with blood-red rubies. Prices for the haute vampire fashion jewelry: $50 to $1,295.



- Jeg hadde det moro med kolleksjonen. Jeg ønsket ikke å lage en vampyr smykke-kolleksjon, og det var utfordrende ettersom jeg virkelig ville gå lengre enn det. TV-serien er veldig sexy og forførende, og det snakkes om evigheten. Jeg forsøkte å fange det i det jeg designet, sier Behr.

Behr har tidligere vunnet Luxury Magazines pris som Designer of the year for sin kolleksjon Love, Peace and Hope, og Sharon Stone og Elton John er blant kjendisene som bærer smykkene hans.

The hot HBO series True Blood have made Vampires and their fashions quite the rage.
HBO is offering a line of fashion necklaces, double rings, pendants, and cuffs, plus more to capture the craze while it lasts. True Blood jewelry comes in sterling, stainless chains, leather and are accented with blood-red rubies.