Sissy Vian for Vogue Nippon

I love collecting fashion pics and storing them for inspiration. But editorials are a bit like listening to an album versus a single - it's the whole concept and mood, not just one moment of brilliance. 


These images are from an editorial in the June issue of Vogue Nippon with Devon Aoki (who just gets better and better), shot by Camilla Akrans and styled by Sissy Vian, whose work I can only find in Vogue Nippon so far. I love buying Vogue Nippon, but only usually get it when a) I'm in Japan or b) I'm feeling flush enough in the Japan Centre here in London to spend almost £15 on it. Gulp! 

20ans Emmanuelle Alt Editorial - Cat Woman

This is one of my favourite editorials of old. It's from a French mag called 20ans, that these days looks a bit like Company magazine, but 10 years ago was more like a cross between Dazed & Confused and Cosmopolitan - fashion, lifestyle, friends, street style, sex etc. 

I had a few precious copies of 20ans in the late 1990's that I would go back to over and over again. I loved this editorial and still do - the model, messed up sexiness and the playfulness (I'm a sucker for the image where she's eating the last feather).  What got me was that many of the editorials from 20ans had a slummy student flat as the background, or models rolling around in a bed with McDonald's cartons everywhere. In my late teens these were images that one could relate / aspire to - the thrill of being independent and rebelling against everything your parents drilled into you. 

Magazine - 20ans 

Stylist - Emmanuelle Alt 

Photographer - Terry Richardson

Box Fresh Fashion

I know, I know...this is my second editorial post of late, but editorials are taking over my life at the moment, and this is pretty much my favourite one of this year so far. It's Pop S/S 2010 and I love it. I keep on trying to post the whole thing but each time blogger crashes - maybe it's personal? 

Fashion Shoot

I am too tired to write about it now, but I've just got back from my first fashion shoot! It was for my course in fashion styling for beginners at Central St Martins. I will post images from the day later in the week, and maybe the professional photos too if the photographer lets me. This is one of our prep snaphots from Friday night - chic non? Our poor model today was utterly drop dead gorgeous and we put a box on her head. She was very nice about it.