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Luis Venegas on the underrated craft of designer catalogues and printed matter



Luis Venegas by Fede Delibes

“Every six months, when the season was changing, I took the train from my little hometown to Barcelona and spent a whole afternoon going from Armani to Versace to Donna Karan, all the fashion luxury stores, collecting that season’s paper footprint. I was 13 or 14 years old and carried around a backpack full of catalogues. As for the brands we didn’t have in Barcelona, such as Yohji Yamamoto, I would flick through magazines and go to the gutter, the brand credits: usually on the very last pages, I would discover the telephone number of this or that store. I would ring from the house telephone to Paris or Milan – God knows in what language, some kind of English I hope – and I would request these catalogues. Even though I was a child, they would send them to me.” (more…)



Quote of the day: Bobbi Brown on working with Bruce Weber



Bobbi Brown - founder of Jones Road Beauty

“I had been working by then, but I was still a wreck, and I remember trying on every outfit to try to look cool. When I arrived, I knocked on the door, and this man with a bandana opened it and said, ‘Oh my God, you’re here, I’ve been waiting so long to work with you!’ That moment changed me forever, and when I became successful, I always made sure to say something to make people, especially newbies, feel comfortable instantly.”

Beauty legend Bobbi Brown on working with Bruce Weber for the fist time (more…)



Quote of the day: Lauren Sherman



great bowery founder matthew moneypenny

“What is truly at the crux of Great Bowery’s strategy is pushing its clients to diversify their skills and build bigger personal brands. Just as an actress is no longer just an actress, but often a fragrance campaign model, a fashion designer and a Snapchat star, a photographer can no longer simply stand behind a camera.” (more…)