7 posts tagged "Alasdair McLellan"
Rag & Bone’s Double DIY
Rag & Bone’s Spring ’13 campaign may have featured polished Alasdair McLellan-lensed images of Kate Moss, but that doesn’t mean designers Marcus Wainwright and David Neville have gone all glossy on us. Today, Rag & Bone revives its DIY Project for the rag & bone/JEAN line. Having originated in 2011, the experimental ads have previously starred the likes of Miranda Kerr, Karolina Kurkova, and Candice Swanepoel (just to name a few), each of whom were given a digital camera, a bag of rag & bone/ JEAN clothes, and free range to shoot and wear whatever they pleased.
“We think [the DIY Project] is a unique way to show the styles of these cool girls, and it also gives people the opportunity to see their respective personalities and experiences,” says Neville. This season, the designers offer a DIY double whammy, having asked both Camille Rowe (above) and Poppy Delevingne (below) to document their rag & bone/JEAN experiences. “I shot my campaign in Mustique, where I was with my boyfriend, sister and friends for New Year’s. I also took some photos in London, which is where my home and heart lie. The final part was taken by my boyfriend in the fields of West Sussex,” said Delevingne. French-born, New York-based Rowe also had her boyfriend snap some images, which show the model in her Soho loft. “I think he’s a pretty talented photographer,” says Wainwright. The girls’ (and their boyfriends’) Spring ’13 DIY handiwork debuts here, exclusively on Style.com.
Missoni: Zigging and Zagging for Sixty Years And Counting
Spring 2013 marks Missoni’s sixtieth anniversary, and to celebrate the milestone, the Italian house looks to the future while remembering its history. For starters, Missoni enlisted photographer Alasdair McLellan and stylist Vanessa Reid to create an array of artful Spring ads. Based on “paintings of the past,” the campaign consists of both still images and a serene film, which, aptly titled “A Zig-Zag in Time,” mixes looks from Missoni’s hologram-inspired Spring ’13 and pieces from the house’s archive of colorful graphic knits. Why tease us with discontinued vintage treasures, you ask? Because, come May 2013, Missoni will reissue the featured styles, all of which will be available at flagship stores worldwide. Take a walk down memory lane (and a peek at the Spring’s youthful wares) with Missoni’s film, which debuts on Style.com (above).
Moss Madness
After racking up an impressive lot of Spring ’13 campaigns (Versace and Givenchy among them) and countless covers last year, Kate Moss (who celebrated her thirty-ninth birthday last week) shows no signs of slowing. Today marks a double whammy for the model: The Internet’s abuzz about her Tim Walker-lensed cover and spread for Love magazine’s ninth issue (her ensembles include a stretched tank top, which she wears in a bathtub, a bouquet of strategically placed flowers, and not much else). On the other end of the spectrum, Rag & Bone has released its Spring ’13 images, which, shot by Alasdair McLellan, feature a fresh-faced (and fully clothed) Moss perched on a park bench. The model’s partnership with Rag & Bone began last season, when she was shot by Craig McDean in North London for the brand’s first-ever ad campaign. This time around, she posed in Southrop, Gloucestershire, which just happens to be the same Cotswolds town where she married Kills rocker Jamie Hince in 2011.”We…thought it would be an interesting contrast to follow up [our first campaign] in a remote English village, which Kate happens to have an affinity for,” said Marcus Wainwright, who designs the range along with David Neville, in a press release. “It was also a fun play on our British heritage,” he added. Moss’ latest campaign coup debuts above, exclusively on Style.com.
Nicolas Ghesquière Bids Balenciaga Adieu
Nicolas Ghesquière’s name has become synonymous with Balenciaga over the 15 years he’s been creative director, which made today’s announcement that he and the house are parting ways at the end of this month as shocking as it is abrupt. Just days after his Spring ’13 show in September, Style.com’s Jo-Ann Furniss sat down with Ghesquière at a photo studio outside of Paris to discuss his tenure at the label and the standout collection, while Alasdair McLellan shot a handful of Ghesquière’s favorite models in the new looks. The full story is in the new issue of Style.com/Print (on stands today, or order online here); Furniss’ profile and a few images from McLellan’s portfolio are now online here. “That’s the thing in fashion,” Ghesquière said, “if you do not move, then you are dead.” No telling what his next move will be; for now, there’s only the testament of his collections. More than a decade’s worth are archived on Style.com here.
At Proenza Schouler, “More About An Attitude Than Anything Else”
For its Fall campaign, Proenza Schouler called up one of its favorites from the ranks. “We wanted to focus this season’s campaign on the Proenza Schouler girl,” Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez said. “It was more about an attitude than anything else.” Few girls bring the PS attitude better than Canada-to-Bushwick transplant Meghan Collison, who’s been a mainstay of the duo’s runway shows. (She closed Fall’s.) Alasdair McLellan shot the new images, styled by Proenza Schouler runway stylist Marie Chaix. They’ll appear in select Fall fashion issues, including Love‘s (out now), and debut this week on ProenzaSchouler.com.