Job for one of my students......

Archivist

Kentish Town

Approx £20K dependent on experience
Archivist required for London Photographer. Duties include syndicating all new projects, liaising with agents, website alterations, drafting and answering Interviews, liaising with UK PR, requesting all final files and tears from publications and clients, updating software with all new work, requesting image approvals,managing the FTP, sending out negs for scanning, supplying images to press and processing out unretouched edits for syndication. Knowledge of Cumulus system would be an advantage

ellie@rankin.co.uk

Le Book Connections - LONDON 2010

Message to my students: Try and get to this trade fair - you will find it a useful experience, you will need to register, click on below link...
http://www.lebook.com/connections/

Gareth Pugh - Techno Film Genius-

Take a look at this excellent promotional film for Gareth Pugh SS2011. Fashion on film is the way forward. Film very  effectively adds an extra dimension to the branding profile. His quest is design integrity and art installation quality and he achieves it here. Parts of this film could easily be presented in the Tate Modern. It make me want to see these amazing clothes on the hanger in a store.  Gareth Pugh is ex St Martins student who continues to innovate.....The music is great too ......


take a look - click on above link.

Tescos follow my hunch about Jumpsuits for Spring 2011......!

Drapers Record 22nd october 2010, click to enlarge

Please take a good look at one of my posts on Saturday the 5th June this year entitled 

"Jumpsuits an alternative to the Maxi dress!"

in particular look at the last section where I have some styling ideas!
now read this article above in this weeks Drapers Record... 

interesting!

Edie Campbell - New Face from London to watch.....

If you know your fashion history this new young model's look is an enigmatic mixture of Penelope Tree, Marion faithful and Jean Shrimpton all rolled into one fabulous and unique face.

However I get the feeling from the way she projects herself in these images that she is not just a pretty face. She connects well with the camera lens and transmits intelligence in the same way Jean Shrimpton did. I would love to know what Bailey thinks of her! 

I see nothing of the waif in her a la Kate Moss thank goodness.

Eddie Campbell 19 went to St Pauls school. She is dating Johnny Borrell of band Razor light (who has a talent for dating successful girls), Kirsten Dunst being one he has ticked off his list in the past.

Her mother is architect Sophie Hicks a former Vogue fashion editor! her father Roddy Campbell a fund Manager. 

She was photographed with her mother for Vogue by Arthur Elgort aged 5 in a feature about her mother's architectural practice.

Burberry were the first to see her fashion potential and of course pedigree, Marc Jacobs and Stella McCartney were tipped off and have also used her recently, clever things!

In December she will feature as one of Vogue top 20 favourite models.

revista B 26 is out........

http://www.revistab.com.br/

Mad Men - style influence has had big impact on fashion community

50s poise

women stood tall and confidently - see Louis Vuitton camapign

two styles from the same era style  fitted and sexy, or other cute and college like, hate to say it think Sandy in Film Musical Grease and her transformation from bobby soxer to vamp!!! 

The style

groomed and coiffured  

The career woman, the wife, the vamp/geezer bird 50s style 

fitted, lady like and sexy

This American TV series about the advertising agencies on Madison Avenue set in the 1950s has had an unexpected influence on style aspirations in 2010. If you look back to my previous blog you can see that the Louis Vuitton brand campaign has certain style similarities and that Prada's  AW 2010 collection was lady like, fitted, sexy and 1950s inspired.
I would recommend any of you out there interested in fashion and social history and Art Direction to watch it, that is if you haven't already, rather like Marmite you will either love it or ......... 
Series 4 moving into the mid 1960s is on at the moment in the UK on Wednesday nights on BBC4 and repeated on iplayer.