Model maker, LVMH dilemma, Coach loses lustre, Reviving UK factories, Fashion wisdom from Dries

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Mario Testino | Source: All Art News

Mario Testino interview: the man who makes models super (Observer) “At 57, the world’s most prolific magazine photographer is just getting started. It’s only 15 years, after all, since his career exploded in the wake of his 1997 Vanity Fair shoot with Diana, Princess of Wales. In 2010 he shot the engagement photos of Wills and Kate, and it’s entirely conceivable that, should the time come, he’ll

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Emotion in Paris, Mall kids at Kenzo, Hermès in demand, Fung Brands expands, 30 years of Mario Testino

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L-R Céline, Comme des Garçons, Haider Ackermann | Source: Style.com

On Paris Catwalks, Emotion Recollected in Tranquility (IHT) “The post-power woman — purposeful but never aggressive — dug to the depths of women’s desires at Céline on Sunday. You could tell that the designer Phoebe Philo had put much of herself in the spring/summer 2012 collection because she was shaking with emotion backstage. ‘Strength and womanhood, effortless and beautiful,’ Ms. Philo said to sum up a

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Carine Roitfeld’s return, Dresses on trend, UK online retail up, Kanye’s consultant, Savage Beauty milestone

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Mulberry Autumn Winter 2011 photographed by Tim Walker | Source: Mulberry

Carine Roitfeld’s stylish tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (Telegraph) “Fans of Carine Roitfeld who have been suffering from withdrawal symptoms since the ultra-chic former Vogue Paris editor vacated her post… Won’t have to wait much longer to get their latest fix… Roitfeld has reunited with her old partner… Mario Testino to style the entire September issue of V Magazine.” Keeping Cool, Fashionably (IHT) “Trends come and go, but

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Patriotic buying, Japan gets thrifty, New fashion world order, Mass retail helps, Mario Testino talks

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A/W 2009, by Burberry, Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney

Patriotic buying in turbulent economic times (FT) “They say a crisis can unite the most unlikely of characters, so when a cantankerous tycoon and a leggy It-girl both lend their celebrity quotient to helping the economy, it shouldn’t raise too many eyebrows.” Once Slave to Luxury, Japan Catches Thrift Bug (New York Times) “Not long ago, many Japanese bought so many $100 melons and $1,000 handbags that this was the

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