A few snippets of digital ephemera and IRL recommendations I’ve enjoyed lately…
1/ What London teens wear. (A lot of BRANDY MELVILLE – and the tube is their runway.) Via Biz Sherbert.
2/ PORTFOLIO. A 1983 docudrama following model Julie Wolfe as she begins her modelling career, starring Carol Alt, Pauline Porizkova, Steven Meisel, plus a fabulous Antonio Lopez scene. Via YouTube. (more…)
“Halston worked with glamazon models like the late great Naomi Sims (draped in white silk jersey), Marina Schiano, and Elsa Peretti. Elsa came out with her head bowed in a black fedora. Backstage, I congratulated her on her wonderful presence. She shrugged her shoulders and exclaimed in her lyrical voice, “But Nancy, I bowed my head because I was so scared!” It was a time of models with great personalities – these women had unique styles. Elsa had that Warhol style that embraced the unpredictable yet fascinating.”
The above is from an interesting Q&A with Halstonette Nancy North, who is auctioning items including Elsa Peretti jewellery, Halston fashion sketches and candid snaps of Halston and co at Doyle today. My imaginary paddle is poised for the Antonio Lopez illustrations… (more…)
What’s with all the fashion docs? Since ‘The Internet’ raised the curtain of the fashion biz to all and sundry, it seems the floodgates have opened for every type of fashion documentary. The more we have access to, the more we want to see behind the scenes. (more…)
Fifteen years in the making, Antonio Lopez – Future Funk Fashion opens today in Harlem. An extensive exhibition, it features more than 400 of the influential artist’s illustrations and creative projects. (more…)
