London & Milan Fall 2011

I am always trying to keep up with fashion shows in the beginning of a new season but end up not having enough time to closely follow London and Milan fashion week as well. Paris fashion week started and I am really looking forward to some collections. Here are my favourites from London and Milan Fall 2011 and let me know which one are yours in the comments.

Acne


Jil Sander


Marni


Mary Katrantzou


No. 21

All pictures via style.com

Codex

Codex by Radiohead

Juergen Teller for ZEITmagazin

It has been almost ten years since Juergen Teller last shot an editorial for a german magazine. ZEITmagazin comes with the german weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT and they always have a high standard in regards of photography. Juergen Teller is a long-time contributor. He used to have a weekly column where he would show one photo of his archive and write a little bit about that moment shown on the photo. Since he stopped doing that I am glad that he shot the special fashion issue, which ZEITmagazin releases biannually. Current it-model Andrej Pejic, who walked Jean Paul Gaultier's haute couture finale this season, is the face of the editorial – yes, it is a guy. You can see all photos here.

Andrej Pejic photographed by Juergen Teller for ZEITmagazin #08

A Protest Song

A Protest Song by Sophie Hunger

New York Fall 2011

New York fashion week is going to end tonight and the fashion crowd is moving on to London. While I didn't have time to watch most of the livestreams, I made sure to have a look at all the photos that appeared on style.com the day after. The designers from New York are often pretty young compared to the ones in Milan and Paris so the collections feel very fresh. I am so glad that Olivier Theyskens is back on the fashion week schedule. Here are my favourites in alphabetical order. I might update this entry tomorrow depending on how good the Calvin Klein collection is going to be. Tell me your favourites in the comments.

3.1 Phillip Lim


Jason Wu


Proenza Schouler


Rodarte


The Row


Theyskens' Theory

All pictures via style.com

Acne Paper No 11

Acne Paper is still my favourite magazine. Issue no 11 was released a couple of weeks ago. Every issue is about a certain theme and this one is the studio issue. As usual there are several editorial shoots in this issue and lots and lots of interviews with artists or people about their creative space and explore the connection between creativity and environment. This issue is the biggest so far with 50 pages more than the last one. You can order it online here. I'm still missing Acne Paper No 1 and 3 to have the complete collection. If anyone knows where I could get them, please contact me via mail. Below some impressions from the current Issue No 11.

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Piombo

Here are two photos from my trip to Milan. The first one totally looks like it could be a scenery from a film by Wes Anderson. More will appear on my Visual Diary once I have scanned and edited the ones I like.

Never Follow Suit

Never Follow Suit by Radio Dept.

Bits And Bobs #57

Secondhand Cord Shirt by Ralph Lauren, Denim Workwear Jacket & Bag by Albam, Chino Pants by Topman, Shoes by Rachel Comey

I am still in Milan (until next Tuesday) but I was able to take some pictures. This was my outfit from today. When I visited London last week, I fell in love with the clothes by Albam. They offer classic wardrobe pieces for men but in their own way or how they call it: Modern Crafted Clothing. They are trying to produce their clothes as close to England as possible. The prices are very reasonable and the quality of the fabric and finish are top-notch. I can't even say what I liked in particular because I basically wanted to buy everything. And I also can't stop raving about them.

All Wrapped Up

Another beautiful editorial by Lina Scheynius for Dazed & Confused February 2011. There is another shot in the magazine, which I really liked but didn't find on the internet. Have a look when you get the chance. I am currently in Milan, that is why blog updates are coming really slowly until next week.

Fall 2011 Menswear

Menswear shows for fall/winter 2011 in Milan and Paris are over and I picked my favourite looks. It is also the first time that Acne did a runway show to present their menswear collection after last season's first runway show for their women's. I like how they break down the classic looks by adding a printed sweatshirt (Acne) or workwear jacket and beanie (Yigal Azrouël). Also love the contrasting socks (Lanvin) and that beautiful red coat (Raf Simons), which is such a bold statement. I probably missed quite some gems, so please let me know in the comments which were your favourite ones.

Dior Homme / Acne / Acne / Dries Van Noten / Yigal Azrouël


Yves Saint Laurent / Raf Simons / Lanvin / Lanvin / Marni

All pictures via style.com

Gogol

Gogol by Gonzales

Picture and song by Andrea Serrano

Bits And Bobs #56

Shirt by Chronicles Of Never, Sweater by Wood Wood, Varsity Jacket by Nike, Trousers by Topman, Vintage Shoes

Who would have thought that I included something from Nike in one of my Bits And Bobs entries, ever? But let me tell you, this jacket is not the only thing I regularly wear by Nike. Their line called Nike Sportswear has some very nice jackets. This stripped down version of this varsity jacket has a special nano coating, which makes it totally water-resistant and water just drops off. I also like how the jacket breaks down the very classic combination of shirt and sweater.

Tran Hin-Phu

As some of you probably know, I am currently studying at the University of Arts in Zurich at the photography department. I just finished my first semester, which included an exhibition of our work at the end of the semester. We get one theme every semester and in the end we have to come up with an idea and produce a work (loosely) based on that theme. This semester's theme was "dream, beauty and fun", which are synonyms for our consumer society. I made a photo series about Swiss fashion designer Tran Hin-Phu and followed him during the preparations for his fashion show at the Fashion Days Zurich 2010 back in November. I filmed a little walkthrough of the exhibition with everyone's work that you can watch here. The video below shows my work self-printed as a zine with the lovely help of Lisa Mettier.

Infinity

Infinity by The XX

Topshop SS11 Lookbook

You have probably seen this lookbook on every blog by now and I know it has been blogged to death but the more I looked at it the more I wanted to have it on mine too since it is just too good to not mention. I love the styling, the colours and I am really feeling this bohemian vibe. There were also some very nice minimal pieces and stylings in the lookbook but I didn't include them here, because they don't fit to these below.

All Die Young

All Die Young by Smith Westerns

Christopher Landin

Taken from Christopher Landin's Flickr (his website).