'the edge of the world'

cole & jethro by chad pitman for gq style ss10

escaping to a long-needed state of total post-dissertation abandon.

RAF SIMONS SS10

PRADA "FIRST SPRING" vs. CHANEL PARIS-SHANGHAI "A FANTASY"

brilliant fashion film in my opinion.  though i might just be saying that because i'm still reeling from the disaster that is Chanel Paris-Shanghai.  china is portrayed as both very traditional but also very modern and a surreal place of any possibilities.  the 'foreign travelers' are just as exoticised as their environment, and chinese models/actors are used to play chinese people.  well of course that would be the case anyway, but not for Karl's film where european models are clearly in yellowface.  yes why don't we get the video up:

this is only the second part (the rest can be viewed on the youtube user's channel or in full on www.chanel-paris-shanghai.com).  1.25 - 1.32 is just pure orientalism.  2.40 - 2.45 = LOL.


the same inspiration in both cases but one is internally generated, the other externally.  different executions and the results speak for themselves.

PRADA SPRING 2010 // YANG FUDONG

no doubt in my mind that i'm liking this a lot more than Chanel Paris-Shanghai.  Lagerfeld is out of touch in his ivory tower.

chinese artist Yang Fudong was invited to shoot Prada's spring collection as well as direct a short film available on their website.  will watch and review asap.

BALMAIN HOMME SS10

the brand's debut menswear line // clement chabernaud shot by karim sadli

LANVIN MEN SS10

THE FITTING :: RAF SIMONS SS10

POST-APOCALYPSE :: GARETH PUGH SS10

CELINE SS10