Style

50 Years of James Bond: Designing the Look

Written by Kai Fischer, in General

The Barbican presents a short study into James Bond’s personal style, meeting award winning costume designer, Lindy Hemming and a handful of bespoke tailors who have been instrumental in shaping and crafting this icon of style over 50 years. Worth a watch.

Inspiring DLD Moscow Interview with Lapo Elkann

Written by Kai Fischer, in Interviews

I must admit that I am a big fan of Lapo Elkann – and this DLD Moscow interview more or less underpinned my fanboy status. Take your 5 minutes and watch the video above. It’s worth it.

Beyoncé’s Style Icon Countdown

Written by Kai Fischer, in Art, Musik

Many music videos have referenced, built upon, and blatantly copied earlier styles, images, and choreography. Beyoncé’s music video for the song “Countdown” indulges in such MTV-era pastiche with frenetic glee. Slate did a little detective work to track down some of the video’s sources, matching screenshots from the video with earlier images that may have [...]

“Back Damon” – A film for ARMANI

Written by Kai Fischer, in Art, General

Glossy images, a glamorous, noir-inspired atmosphere, great music and a fantastic Karolina Kurkova as the star. These are the secret weapons of “Back Damon“, a video which features clothes and accessories from Giorgio Armani’s 2011-12 autumn-winter Boudoir range. It was directed by Marco Braga, but the video’s styling bears the stamp of Anna Dello Russo. [...]

Kanye West debuts own Fashion Line in Paris

Written by Kai Fischer, in Art, General

Kanye West has been teasing the fashion industry for years with his desire to launch a fashion line. Over the years, he has been a dedicated student of fashion, regularly attending the Paris collections – usually sitting in the front row. Now Yeezy finally unveiled his much-discussed womenswear line DW with a high-profile show at [...]

Jake Davis – Test Shots

Written by Kai Fischer, in Art

Jake Davis ist Filmemacher aus New York – mit einem ausgeprägten Faible für die Musikbranche. Bis dato hat hat er mit den Grössen des Business wie My Chemical Romance, Flyleaf, Kanye West, 50 Cent, Nelly, T.I., Snoop Dogg, Korn, OneRepublic, KT Tunstall und vielen weiteren Artists zusammen gearbeitet – Musikvideos, Dokumentationen und Live-Performances gehören zu [...]