The Russian fashion photographer Alexi Lubomirski
Alexi Lubomirski is a Russian fashion and celebrity photographer. He collaborates with the most prestigious fashion magazines : Harper’s Bazaar (Us and Uk), Vogue (Korea, Spain, Nippon…), Glamour, ELLE France… He also produces portraits of celebrities.
The vintage fashion photographer George Hoyningen-Huene
Born in Russia, George Hoyningen-Huene (1900-1968) was a famous photographer especially during the 1920s and 1930s. He began as a fashion draftman for magazines like Harper’s Bazaar and Faichild’s Magazine. From 1925 to 1935, he was the chief photographer of French Vogue. Then, from 1935, he produced photoshoots for Harper’s Bazaar. In the 1940’s, he…
Petals of cherry blossoms carried away by the wind
There is a beautiful Haiku (short poem) by Kakimoto Tae from 1893 translated in French : Au ciel s’en vont Les pétales de cerisiers D’une seule envolée. Translated in English by me : To the sky are going The petals of cherry trees By one flight. Source : http://www.unhaiku.com/
Velvet dresses
Velvet is a fabric woven on a special loom. The threads are uniformly distributed giving its aspect and feel. Velvet can be made from any fiber (cotton , silk, mohair…). Attico and Valentino’s dresses.
Pegasus flying to the heavens
In the Greek mythology, Pegasus is a flying horse ; son of Poseidon and Gorgon Medusa. Pegasus was born when his mother Medusa was killed by Perseus. Pegasus flies in the sky to reach Olympus. Source : http://www.greekmythology.com/
The Art Deco fashion illustrator George Barbier
George Barbier (1882-1932) was a French fashion illustrator and painter. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts (like André Édouard Marty and Georges Lepape). He is the most famous Art Deco illustrator. He drew fashion illustrations for “La Gazette du Bon Ton”, “Journal des dames et des modes” and Harper’s Bazar. He published several…
The vintage fashion photographer Barry Lategan
Barry Lategan (born in 1935) is a British fashion photographer who discovered Twiggy in the sixties. He collaborated with Vogue (UK and Italia) particulary at the end of the 1960s and in the 1970s.
