Artist Walter Chin is the photographer of Neiman Marcus’ The Art of Fashion campaign for Spring 2013. Other notable photographers of the Art of Fashion campaign have included Richard Avedon , Arthur Elgort , Helmut Newton , Annie Leibovitz , Lillian Bassman and Paolo Roversi. Debuting nearly 20 years ago, The Art of Fashion was … Read more
The PPR Group and Christopher Kane enter into a partnership The Scottish young designer, Christopher Kane has seen French luxury group PPR (owner of Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, Saint Laurent and Italian brand Gucci) invest in his label. PPR acquires 51% of the luxury designer brand. PPR will enable the Christopher Kane brand to … Read more
Saint Laurent launches vermeil jewelry collection Hedi Slimane, Saint Laurent new creative director, plays on the chromatic contrast between gold and silver in the new vermeil jewelry collection launched by the the fashion house. Just like the Saint Laurent Menswear campaign images modelled by Saskia de Brauw, the unisex jewelry collection is expertly hand-crafted in … Read more
The Saint Laurent Boy is a Girl Along with Andrej Pejić, Lea T and Chanel, Saint Laurent is the next fashion brand to challenge gender stereotypes. The star of the latest “The Saint Laurent Boy is a Girl” menswear campaign is Dutch model Saskia de Brauw. Hedi Slimane used the androgyny theme in his previous … Read more
Yves Saint Laurent is set for name change. When Hedi Slimane was appointed Yves Saint Laurent creative director a statement explained that the designer had been given “total creative responsibility for the brand image and all of its collections.” But the move of the new Creative Director raise eyebrows. Slimane hopes to bring Yves Saint … Read more