1 October, 2025

Random Recs: Uniqlo’s secret sauce, Studio Nicholson, craft influencers, a secret Negroni Salon

Fantastic Man Autumn 25

A few snippets of digital ephemera and IRL recommendations I’ve enjoyed lately…

1/ Craft influencers. In a backlash to flattening algorithms and A.I. slop, young creatives are finding value in the imperfect qualities of analogue, tactile pastimes. Vogue Business reports on the craft creators transforming niche hobbies like scrapbooking (hi!) and journalling into fledgling brands and media platforms. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Brands, Business of fashion, Design, Events, Magazines, News, Photography club culture, craft, Design Museum, exhibitions, Fantastic Man, influencers, Juergen Teller, Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski, Perfect magazine, Random Recs, Simone Weil, Studio Nicholson, Uniqlo

20 August, 2025

On Tommy Ton and the nuance of street style

Tommy Ton is the gold standard of Fashion Week street style photography for me. I think it’s his attention to details – nuances, gestures – a real feeling for how people inhabit clothes* and not just the rent-a-hype characters.

I love the way he documented the models in Michael Rider’s debut Celine show in July. There’s so much styling in these detail shots, whoever thought of getting Tommy to capture them is a genius ( most likely, Michael tbh). Fashion always looks better in 3-d movement than those generic ’shot from the front’ catwalk pics. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Brands, Designers, Fashion shows, Photography Celine, Michael Rider, photography, SS26, street style, Tommy Ton

1 August, 2025

Random recs: Marc by Sofia, Bill Cunningham’s archive, a perfect high-neck V

Marc by Sofia

A few snippets of digital ephemera and IRL recommendations I’ve enjoyed lately…

1/ SOFIA COPPOLA has made a MARC JACOBS doc, which will be shown this month at the Venice Film Festival. I’m gagging for tons of 90s Marc footage, NGL

2/ BILL CUNNINGHAM’S archive is getting a permanent NYC home. His photographs, contact sheets and memorabilia will be housed at the New York Historical in Manhattan, to be readily available to researchers and scholars. First up, an exhibition of his “Evening Hours” charity gala photos later this year. Read more here. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Beauty, Bloggers, Brands, Design, Films, News, Photography Bill Cunningham, Coach, Funmi Fetti, Johnstons of Elgin, Marc Jacobs, photography, Random Recs, Sofia Coppola

2 June, 2025

Why we all love New New Bottega

Bottega Veneta campaign Tyler the Creator.

Louise Trotter’s New New Bottega hasn’t launched yet, however, we’ve all been swooning over her first campaign*, which went instantly viral last week.

Seeded with a series of close-up hand gestures photographed by Jack Davison, we soon identified the owners of those hands, revealed in videos accompanied by their poetic musings on the power and symbolism of hand work. (more…)