I totally love that Acne have brought back chinos and I’m sure that these ones are lovely but I wish they had photographed them better. For starters you can’t even see the feet in these pics…it’s important, no? And it would be nice to have different views of the trews as well as details. I know, I know, I’m a fusspot. I do however, like the ‘hair in the air’ poses. And the contrast-coloured lining. That’s all.
“My fear is that after I’m gone, something interesting is going to happen, and I’m going to miss it.”
RIP Robert Rauschenberg who died on Tuesday
APC’s Jean Touitou has opened a private pre-school in Paris. The chairs are by Alvar Aalto, the nap-time blankets are cashmere and designer Jessica Ogden is a part time art teacher. Believe it!
Read more here.
(The rest of Touitou’s blog is great if on the minimalist side. Shame there’s not more writing or comments.)
Pic: W Magazine
I spent last weekend dipping in and out of the Stylist book I bought a couple of weeks ago and can I say it was money well spent. In particular, this quote from Allure creative director Paul Cavaco resonated with me:
“Richard Avedon would ask, ‘What’s the surprise?’ And you’d go, ‘It’s the purple sock,’ so he’d go ‘Okay, move the pant leg up.’ I worked with great visual people who would ask, ‘Why am I looking at this? What is great about this girl? Yes, she’s beautiful, but they’re all beautiful. Show me what is different. Is it lipstick; is it not? What is that hand doing? Is it just shoved in the pocket? Should it be out or should it be showing a nail?’ You have all these options; what are you going to choose? The world is that open; how do you make it yours? That’s the editing process.”
Wise words. The book seems to feature mostly Conde Nast stylists (W, Vogue, Allure) which isn’t all that surprising as Style.com is behind it but Sarah Mower’s writing is spot on and it’s just so interesting to get a bit of an insight into these backstage creatives.
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IMAGE: Richard Avedon
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