Image: Alexander Wang. After crashing, trashing, and dashing at a Los Angeles mansion house-party in its Autumn/Winter 2016 campaign, ESSENTIAL HOMME December 2016/January 2017 cover star Alexander Wang‘s #WANGSQUAD is back to its scandalous old ways for Spring 2017. Shot by legends Inez + Vinoodh, the images are a continuation of the rich-kids-gone-wrong, culturally aware narrative that Wang […]
There’s something to be said about learning from greatness. Hearing a person you admire speak—say a favorite artist, or well a respected professor—and peering into their creative process, be it through documentary, memoir, or street-side ambush, can be very fulfilling. It allows a tangibility for potential; an almost reassuring pat on the back right before your […]
Here’s a face you’ll be seeing a lot of this fall—Lana Del Rey. She will be the face…and voice…of H&M this fall. Lana will star in a print campaign shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, as well as a full-length film of Lana singing a cover of “Blue Velvet”, shot by director Johan […]
Veteran photographers Inez and Vinoodh lent their talents to the American designer’s newest campaign.
Curator Thierry-Maxime Loriot walks us through the first exhibition dedicated to the work of visionary fashion auteur Thierry Mugler.
Image: Acne Studios. The universality of emojis inspires a new line from Acne Studios—the Face Motif collection. Spotted creeping up on various runways throughout the brand’s history, its enigmatic, geometric smiley lands a starring role in the stripe-heavy collection, here worn by Atlanta-based couple Kordale N Kaleb, along with their four kids, in the Inez and Vinoodh-shot […]
We spoke to the model about the newest Valentino fragrance, Born in Roma.
Image: Stéphane Sednaoui courtesy of Wellhart Ltd & One Little Indian. Starting next month, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City will host a retrospective dedicated to the multifaceted work of Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk. The exhibit will recount the artist’s two-decade career with her innovative music, videos, visuals, objects, costumes, and instruments. Image: Inez […]
Image: Ermenegildo Zegna Couture. Lensed by the illustrious husband and wife team, Inez & Vinoodh, Ermenegildo Zegna Couture‘s Spring/Summer 2015 campaign rises above metropolis life, embracing the skyline as a properly emblematic background and silhouetting the brand’s new season as the outfit of choice for the world’s new leaders of men. Image: Ermenegildo Zegna Couture. Image: Ermenegildo Zegna […]
Image: Ermenegildo Zegna Couture. Maleficent star and former model Sam Riley seems perfectly at home in Ermenegildo Zegna’s Fall/Winter 2014 ad campaign. That is of course if home is a monochromatic professional landscape as rich in minimalism as it is drunk with power. That’s corporate life, right? The four-part editorial shot by legendary photographers Inez & Vinoodh plays […]
The road to Gaga continues to grow shorter and shorter as the famed singer readies the release of her third studio LP, ARTPOP. The album, which will be available in physical and digital forms as well as an application developed her her own team, dubbed TechHaus, was given in an official release date November 11, […]
