BLACK ALBUM ///: September 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

"GOULY" MY HALF BROTHER

From Dutch, issue 36, 2001.
Photography: Alexei Hay

Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche

Super-suave, super cute.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Riccardo Tisci's first and by far best menswear collection for Givenchy in SS'09, as featured in 10 Men's Winter '08 issue. This is elegant, brooding, gothic vampire-wear for the modern latino, two years before vampires were 'cool'. This was ghetto. This was the future of menswear. Hedi who?

Now, if only he'd make a return to form (same goes for you, 10 Men).

Photography: Mark Pillai

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

KARL LAGERFELD PAR CHLOE 1983

POINT DE MIRE

L'Officiel, fevrier 1983, N. 689

INDEPENDENCE GIRL - DARIA WERBOWY

Vogue Paris, aout 2005, No. 859

Photography: Mario Sorrenti
Styling: Emmanuelle Alt

Monday, September 13, 2010

ENCENS N. 25 SS10 - NEW FORCES

This came out around the start of this year, and it was so hard to find anywhere that I eventually ordered a copy from some bookstore in Antwerp. After seeing a friend's copy, I had to own it.

The issue focuses on a very small handful of designers showcasing looks from the SS10 collections mixed with vintage design references: e.g. Damir Doma, Matthew Ames, Christophe Lemaire, & Dior Homme meets Claude Montana, Perry Ellis, Jean Colonna, Guy Paulin. Each editorial is tied together with a very cohesive aesthetic thread: it's vaguely futuristic and minimalist; the outfits are soft and drapey, and the shirts and jackets are collarless.