Video inspirations... #3

Here are my video inspirations of the moment...

Starting with the Sartorialist and Garance Doré and their soon to be iconic "Lunch for 25" video...

This next video which I found to be a delight for the eyes as much as for the stomach... Buon Appetito!

I always love the videos that show all the craftsmanship and work that goes on behind an apparently simple item... As always: "Simplicity is the hardest thing to achieve!"

A beautiful lesson of love by Garance Doré and Scott Schuman...

This is the video from Luisa Via Roma on the men fashion week that took place in Milan not so long ago... If you pay attention, you will be able to see me. Little tip 0:16 !!

This video is just for the pleasure of self derision... Something that is well needed on the fashion planet...

I thought this one was an original and fun way to present clothes...

I thought I would also share with you this video of Etta James, the lady of soul who left us very recently. She might not be around anymore but she gave us enough beautiful songs for us to keep smiling...

Enjoy ;-)

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Firenze4Ever... #3

Here is another set of pictures I shot for the Luisa Via Roma's Firenze4Ever event. Those pictures were taken on a rooftop near the Duomo, so you can only imagine how amazing the view was...* Especially with this light! We had a lot of fun shooting these as we were trying to recreate a romantic atmosphere and I thought the choice of clothes was quite in tune with the mood... The colours of this Cavalli dress were just perfect with the skyline...

*Talking about the view... I have to admit that looking down was quite scary... ;-)

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Salute!

For the ones who follow me on twitter you might remember me tweeting: 

"Almost died ;) while taking pictures of models during the men #MFW Didn't see the post behind me as I was 2 concentrated on de subjects".

The metal post who almost killed me is the one you can see on the bottom right of the picture... Now you see it but before the picture I was just in front of it, and as those two models were leaving the show walking at a such dynamic pace that I was trying to take their picture while "moonwalking"... Bad idea! I almost splash myself over the ground... Thanks god to my "acute sense of equilibrium" as I managed to stay on my feet without too much embarrassment... Just a "little": Aaaaaaaaaaaah!

Anyway... Those are the risk of the street style photography... ;-)

Have a nice weekend!

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Adam...

I decided to dedicate this post to my good friend Elisa... ;-)

You see, I told her to come and visit me in Milan during the menswear fashion week as I thought it could have been a great opportunity for her to make some business contacts... You know what I mean.

Anyway, as she couldn't, I decided it would be a good idea to show her what she missed... Especially that I knew she had appreciated my last menswear report...

So, meet Adam Senn, born in France in 19...* Ok, who cares..! Just look at the pictures...

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Ok done. So now we can talk... 

You might recognise him from the MTV series The City where he played "a player version" of himself. But otherwise you might have seen him in a variety of adverts, magazines or shows for Dolce &Gabbana, Gucci, Zadig & Voltaire, GQ, and many more...

I met him outside the Dolce&Gabbana show last Saturday where he kindly accepted to pose for a picture even thought he was on the run for his next show. Isn't it nice?

* In case you really wonder, he was born in 1984...

Ps: For the one who are already thinking of researching some links, I have done the work for you ;)

Here and there.

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Solange Knowles...

Yesterday was the first day of the men fashion week here in Milan so I will have a lot of "interesting" pictures to show you ;) But first, let me start with this one I took from... Solange Knowles! 

It was right after the Dolce and Gabbana show at the Metropole where I saw her waiting for her car. She was wearing a beautiful lace dress from their collection. Later that day I attended their black tie cocktail drink where I met Solange again, this time she was wearing a green lace dress which made her light up the room instantly... Dolce dresses or not, either way I thought she was very elegant... Don't you?

By the way did you know that Solange had a blog? Find her at My Damn Blog...

Have a nice Sunday everyone!

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Firenze4Ever... #2

So as I told you in my previous post, last weekend I was in Florence at the Luisa Via Roma store to shoot the styling session of Zarko and Emilie and Bo from Fashiolista. The concept was simple. They each had to select clothes from the store to create up to three different silouhettes. They could either wear their own selection or have models  showcase them.

This set of pictures are from Zarko's first selection. He had the lovely Alina and Walter modelling the silouhettes he created. The day was perfect for shooting outdoor as there was an amazing light so we decided to use the city of Florence as our set! We found this little street which was perfect as it was hidden from the sales frenzy that was taking place everywhere... On and all it was a really fun session!

Ps: How cool are those Pierre Hardy shoes??

Alina: Burberry Prorsum shirt - Burberry Brit leather jacket - Balmain high waisted raffia skirt - Fendi the Fendista mini shoulder bag - Pierre Hardy sandal wedges. Walter: Burberry Prorsum trench coat - Maison Martin Margiela leather loafers - Givenchy shirt - Zagliani Volo python bag.

Next pictures coming soon... ;)

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