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The Mirror Crack’d: Guinevere Van Seenus

August 24, 2010 by Le Fist

I got the new 10 Magazines last week, men’s and women’s issues. I’m quite particular about what magazines I buy for various reasons:- 1. Cost, obviously. 2. Space. I’m a serial collector so I’d rather focus my efforts than have to jostle for space with a million glossies. 3. Blogs seem to be taking over and are more effective at keeping you up to date. 4. Content. The most important factor. Quality writing. Surprising editorials. My reading list is quite small: […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: 10 magazine, editorial, Guinevere Van Seenus, Mario Sorrenti

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Sex on THE BEACH? No, thank you, we’re Spanish.

April 22, 2010 by Le Fist

I quite like this_ FANTASTIC Man N° 11 MASPALOMAS | photography: Benjamin Alexander Huseby | Styling: Jodie Barnes | Model: James Wells | Its refreshingly simple. Shoot nude-coloured clothes on a nudist beach. That’s it. To the point, witty and quite beautifully done. pages 140-148, €7.50/ £5.00/ $10.95. GO GET IT. Out now.

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: alex huseby, editorial, fantastic man magazine, jodie barnes, menswear, photography

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Standing still whilst MOVING: Editorial Paralysis

April 21, 2010 by Le Fist

As I flicked through the April issue of American Vogue – a mercifully thin, advertising-light edition – I noticed that every one of the three or so editorials were in the same style despite being the creative fruits borne from different creative minds. Grace C, Edward E, David S and so forth. All major players yet how come this similarity and reduction of their efforts to Dynamism? “Dynamic”. I loathe that word. Especially when used in the context of fashion […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: AMERICAN VOGUE, editorial, fashion critique

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History Repeating: Carmel Snow, Harper’s Bazaar, September Issue 1954

February 3, 2010 by Le Fist

Its Carmel, Miss Snow if you’re nasty…   Paris: The Lean Black Line, The Cloud of White Fox_ Reading Carmel Snow’s report on the Paris Haute Couture from the  1954 September issue of Harper’s Bazaar invites a wry smile. For instance: “In general new materials are at their inventive best…Wool and Orlon woven with a puffy surface. Jerseys ribbed exactly like corduroy. Acetate and wool shot with a gilt thread.. Balenciaga’s giant puff of white fox, abloom with a pale […]

Categories: heroines, Uncategorized • Tags: carmel snow, editorial, fashion, harper's bazaar

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Soft Focus: 25 Ways to Better Love Making

January 17, 2010 by Le Fist

I found this little gem in San Donato market on the outskirts of Milan. It was published in the early 80s, a direct descendant of the Sexual Revolution in the 70s and Kama Sutra mania. It’s partly hysterical, partly quaint and a touch naff but there’s something about these images that have always appealed to me. Lord knows why! They have a strange beauty and I’ve always thought they would make an amazing theme for a beauty special. V. French […]

Categories: lipstick on his collar • Tags: editorial, photography, soft core

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Good Charlotte: Aged To Perfection

January 14, 2010 by Le Fist

I came across this article in a departure lounge last December. Following this week’s Size Debate it got me thinking about that other taboo – Age. Fashion is undoubtedly youth-obssessed above all things. Whether models are skinny or “normal” sized the one thing they’ll share in common is youth. A fat older lady? Forget it, that just pushes things a little bit too far. Apparently new clothes and old bodies don’t mix. Charlotte Rampling British Harper’s Bazaar, January 2010 Photography_ Sofia […]

Categories: charlotte rampling, fashion, Uncategorized • Tags: ageism, charlotte rampling, editorial, fashion

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THE BIG ISSUE

January 11, 2010 by Le Fist

Funny how things slot into place. The penultimate post was a photograph of an accidental “8″ formed by electrical cables, the result of stage designers preparing for a show at the Hackney Empire in London. “8“. Model size. “8“. Hourglass. Bombshell. Perfect symmetry. Goddess. “8″. Past tense of the verb to eat. It brings me round nicely to some articles I’ve been reading over the weekend. I came across a post on the New York Times blog that referred to […]

Categories: editorial, Uncategorized, v magazine • Tags: editorial, fashion, size debate

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Fur Play Redux: French Vogue November 2009

January 5, 2010 by Le Fist

“Fur Play” Photography_ Inez an Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin Styling_ Emmanuelle Alt Vogue Paris, November 2009 Pages 174-187 Fur Play Redux_ French Vogue had stopped feeling fresh to me for a while. I guess I got bored of the Helmut Newton references that plagued the magazine for so long. What I liked about this shoot was that it did fur, Africa and savagery in way that was arresting and contemporary but quite classically beautiful. No doubt they took their cue […]

Categories: editorial, french vogue, love love love • Tags: col, editorial, fashion, photography, vogue magazine

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Code Red: British Vogue, December 2009 Issue

November 5, 2009 by Le Fist

“Red Alert” Photography_ Emma Summerton Fashion editor_ Charlotte Stockdale Location_ Dover, England Pages 226 – 243   I thought this shoot was incredibly beautiful: unexpected, modern and out of this world. Shoot red clothes on the white cliffs of Dover. Simple, precise and clever. Lara Stone may rock the issue’s cover and stars in the headliner shoot by Mario Testino but this wins hand down. The editor’s letter talks of Vogue representing ” fashion, style, extreme beauty and a sense […]

Categories: editorial, love love love, red, Uncategorized, vogue • Tags: colour studies, editorial, fashion, red, vogue magazine

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