November 2015 There are many coveted awards handed out in the world of fashion, but perhaps none as revered as the Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator, which was once again presented this past week at the annual British Fashion Awards. Named for the eccentric and inimitable style icon who took her life in 2007, the award honours visionaries who …
Garance Dore
November 2015 The blogosphere has bred its own small galaxy of innate fashion stars, but none shine as brightly as 40-year-old Garance Dore. Growing up in Corsica, her passion for style took her to Paris, where she worked as both an illustrator and photographer before launching her now famous ‘streetstyle’ blog ‘garancedore.com’ in 2006. Revered for her personal candor and …
Arthur Elgort
Until the early sixties and long before street style took off, fashion photography was largely confined to studio spaces with controlled lighting. Then along came Arthur Elgort, a Brooklyn-born art student who pushed the perimeters of the fashion photography of the day by capturing his subjects on the move and in natural light. His snapshot approach revolutionized the art form …