Shooting kids in couture seems to be all the rage at the moment. Following up the Stella McCartney children’s wear range he recently shot, Ryan McGinley breaks the rule of never working with children (or animals) and captures an adorable editorial ‘We Don’t Need No Education’ for the newest issue of Purple Magazine.(...) Read More about We Don’t need no education – Kids in Couture by Ryan McGinley for Purple Magazine (20 words)

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These beautiful pencil and gauche fashion illustrations were created exclusively for Clear Magazine by Japanese art director and fashion illustrator Masaki Mizuno. In this series the artist interprets looks from some of our favorite top fashion houses including Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Maison Martin Margiela, Miu Miu, Nina Ricci, Givenchy, Prada, Christian Dior, Balenciaga, and Alexander McQueen. For more information on the artist visit his website here.(...) Read More about Masaki Mizuno’s Illustrations for Clear Mag (0 words)

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Today begins the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute blog discussions of some 40 acquisitions titled ” Blog.mode: Addressing Fashion.” Each piece has some artistic or historical relevance to fashion, and is something of a crash course in fashion history. This public dialogue is a great concept, because those who are fearful to comment on artwork are not at all afraid to disclose their thoughts on fashion, thus taking fashions’ need to judge and be judged into a way of engaging public discourse with the museum experience.

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