The Key To A Good Celebrity Shoot?
Don’t Make It Feel Like A Trip To The Dentist
Poolside with Diddy? Check. Naked with Chloë Sevigny? Check. On stage with Joss Stone? Check. During his 20-year career as a celebrity photographer for the likes of GQ, W, and Vogue, Michael Thompson has gained access to some of the most legendary names in Hollywood and the music industry, from Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts [...]
From The Desk Of Rag & Bone
Spring ‘12 sketches, binoculars, his kid’s artwork, a large and growing collection of Air Jordans and Adidas sneakers. That’s only part of the inventory of Rag & Bone designer and co-founder Marcus Wainwright. It’s also what you’ll find on the label’s new blog, relaunching tomorrow at Rag-bone.com. “While we have had our blog since the [...]
Go Westway, Young Men
Between all the prep work, production, and execution, there’s a lot that goes into a fashion show. So it’s easy to see why after wrapping up their men’s and women’s Fall 2011 collections, the duo behind Rag & Bone were ready to celebrate, and at a former strip club, no less.“You only have so much [...]
Bill, Please
In the bygone days before street-style blogs, there was just one man whose eye you hoped your outfit would catch. That’s The New York Times‘ Bill Cunningham, of course, a beloved staple on the fashion circuit for the last 50-plus years and the man who pioneered the art of snapping fashion trends as they happen [...]
Edita, Abbey, Sasha, And Lily Take It To The Streets
Edita Vilkeviciute, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Sasha Pivovarova, Lily Aldridge. Sounds like the makings of a flashy ad. In fact, all four top models posed for Rag & Bone’s first-ever campaign. The difference is, they took the shots themselves or posed for pals in their living rooms and showers or on vacation. Marcus Wainwright and David [...]
Cristobal Balenciaga’s Cat Couture
To put it one way, Cristobal Balenciaga’s first model was rather feline: “At age six, Balenciaga cut his first coat,” Vogue’s Hamish Bowles informed an intimate group at the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute in New York last night. “For his cat.” Not your typical first fitting, but a pivotal one nonetheless. “The cat kept [...]
Turning Japanese
For its new store, Rag & Bone is headed east—and this time, they’re going farther than the Bowery. Marcus Wainwright and David Neville (left) may have opened their Nolita boutique just a few months back, but they’re already plowing ahead with their fifth retail store even farther afield—in Tokyo, Japan. The label has been in [...]
Rag & Bone Is Moving Into The Cafe Colonial Space—And Maybe That’s OK
When rumors spread earlier today that Rag & Bone would be opening up a new shop in the Nolita space that used to house Cafe Colonial, reaction on the blogs was so hysterical, you’d think that the label’s designers Marcus Wainwright and David Neville were two corrupt condo developers threatening to raze a blighted neighborhood’s [...]
Rag & Bone Are Feeling Free
Mark Borthwick has got Rag & Bone dancing to his tune. Tomorrow night, R&B designers David Neville and Marcus Wainwright are hosting a party at the brand’s Soho store to fête their collaboration with the photographer—shots of Rag & Bone friends and family that Wainwright describes as “the perfect blend of Mark’s irreverent take on [...]
No Use Crying Over Spilt Vodka
Bottle service, deafening dance music, and an eager chorus of people clamoring to get in—just another Friday night at Avenue, except for the shared genes. Charlotte Ronson was throwing the after-party for her Bryant Park show, and, as usual, the family—less brother Mark, who’d flown back to London earlier that day for an album release—was [...]






