Each Friday, Dossier will bring you knowledgeable style commentary, context and inspiration — a roundup of the week’s best style coverage — in no particular order.
1. In a belated nod to last Tuesday, this slide show of post-election parties and day-after fashion incorporates Bill Cunningham’s (the one you can thank for eagerly anticipated New York Times’ Sunday Styles “On the Street” shots) soothing grandfatherly commentary. It’s one for the ages.
2. Photographer Patrick Demarchelier has been on the international fashion scene for more than three decades, a regular in Vogue and the official photographer of Princess Di. As the Paris’ Petit Palais hosts an exhibition of 400 of his photos, he takes a moment to chat with the Wall Street Journal about the kaleidoscope of fashion, art, photography, life and their association.
3. The name “Rio Bravo” and post-Fashion Week party photos may be a bit dubious — someone once told me bravo wasn’t Portuguese — nonetheless Astrid Munoz’s shots of the flower market at Copacabana and the beaches of Ipanema, in combination with The Satoralist’s ever trained lens, are enough to remind me that much inspiration lies to the south.
4. The erudite — and just great — Suzy Menkes details and discusses Chinese artists’ current love affair with Western luxury fashion brands. Learn a little something from this conversant, and surprisingly upbeat, take on the mutual influence of this powerful country and global commerce.
5. I might be a bit heavy on the visual content this week, but Vanity Fair’s shtick is nothing if not solid cultural portraits. Check out their just released “Year in Pictures, Part One“. I truly can’t pick a favorite.
p.s. I know. It’s the third week of Style links and the third week of obsessing about Show Studio. However, this week’s “Let there be Light” photo shoot is exactly what fashion journalism has the potential to be in this multimedia age: historic, referential, beautiful, current and inspirational. A true fashion shoot; it’s more than 20 clips long.
Image via the Wall Street Journal.
