“LA MODE, LA MODE, LA MODE”
This is: Simon Porte Jacquemus
You certainly heard about this new phenomenon who made a name for himself by "demonstrating alongside his stylish working girls" at Paris Vogue's 2011 fashion night out. They distributed tracts howling "LA MODE, LA MODE, LA MODE" as if they were making a demand and they definitely attracted both passers-by and the journalists' attention. Besides, they…
FOR THE ATTENTION OF TERRY RICHARDSON LOVERS
Bob Richardson by Terry Richardson
Raised in Hollywood by a fashion photographer ("Dad") and a fashion designer ("Mom"), controversial artist Terry Richardson has recently gathered some private clichés together into a special book called "MOM&DAD" (published by Mörel Books). He will be signing this atypical family album at Colette (Paris) on this Saturday 1st October.
Go visit Terry's…
Leather for every Weather
Josephus Thimister
Josephus Thimister, former creative director of Balenciaga, unveiled his Spring Summer 2012 collection upon Paris yesterday. He maintains a similar silhouette to other designers we have seen so far, but his collection has an interesting and unlikely twist: leather.
Leather? In summer? Just the idea makes me sweat... For someone who wasn't into the Autumn Winter “fetish”…
Björk – New Video “Moon”
Björk - New Video "Moon"
Björk has just released the video for her track "Moon" from her forthcoming album Biophilia, due out October 10 in the UK and October 11 in the U.S via Nonesuch/One Little Indian. The short film is directed/produced by Björk herself along with assistance from Inez and Vinoodh, M/M Paris and James Merry. Definitely worth a listen Björk a FAULT favourite and…
B Store gets top marks at LFW
B store never fails to disappoint, with its originality and personality, it always has something to offer the discerning customer.
The presentation which took place on Friday, showed the models, who had been street cast, and styled with messy plaits and dip dyed tips, being themselves and free-styling in a film within a film; This in itself is a revolutionary concept and the collaboration…
EXHIBITION : SALVADOR DALÌ IN LOVE FOR LANCEL.
Dalígramme
It was when he first met Gala, in 1929, in Cadaquès, that Salvador Dalí recognised in her the woman he “had dreamed of and painted before he even met her”, his muse and grand amour.
At the end of the 60’s, he wrote a language for her, a secret love alphabet only understood by the two of them. He named it Dalígramas.
Like Dalí, the French maroquinier Lancel has been inspired by…
By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show”
So what gives London the edge over New York as it claims the title of Fashion Capital of the World?
Samuel Johnson (quoted above) raved about it in the 1700's, Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister of the 1800's is quoted as having said “London is a modern Babylon”, and countless poets site London as a cryptic city of inspiration. T S Eliot famously calls London an “unreal city” in his…
FAULT Magazine talk to Jim Sturgess
Following his breakout role as Jude Feeny in Julie Taymor’s Beatles-inspired fantasia Across the Universe, Jim Sturgess emerged as one of Hollywood’s most multifaceted young actors working in a variety of genres. He followed that acclaimed musical with Justin Chadwick’s costume drama The Other Boleyn Girl, Kari Skogland’s IRA tale Fifty Dead Men Walking, and Peter Weir’s epic adventure The Way…