Here are a couple of spy pics from our shoot for Oyster, shot in New York on the tail end of the scary Sandy storm. The story features the absolutely stunning Sofia in a beauty story inspired by Belle du Jour, fetishes and Klimt’s The Kiss. Check out the whole shoot here.

Jana and Neil avec Sofia

Renzo on his phone, the most common of male model poses ;)

Styling: Jana Adler
Models: Sofia Fisher and [the too good-looking for a hands shoot] Renzo Rometo at DNA
Make-up: Neil Young for M.A.C. Pro
Hair: Marisa Bollman

Cleaning out my drives and came across the casting videos and behind-the-scenes for our recent i-D story. We were shooting both film and stills on this project so I didn’t get to take as many spy pics as I’d have liked, but here’s a tiny peek at our wicked team at work.

Paul lent us a test wig for the castings, and then laughed his ass off when he saw how we’d styled it. Yeah, so, we probably wouldn’t cut it as hairstylists!

Eddie working on the Mondrian-inspired set

Sophie’s selection of 60s mod-inspired nails. Look at the little bob faces! THE best!

Drew and Kusi on rare downtime. Btw, this is also Drew’s ‘lighting test stand-in’ face :)

Debbie make-ing up Diana

Hélène (trapped!) gets a touch-up. Dress Peter Pilotto, nails by Illustrated Nail

Paul taking Diane from long and blonde to bobbed and black

Gorgeous Hélène in Valentino Red, Salvatore Ferragamo shoes and a bowl bob.

Butch wig head.

Chad and Burger with Terrence-the-cat. Just about the biggest diva we’ve worked with.

Casting pic: Hélène Desmettre at Elite

Casting pic: Diana Farkhulina at Premier

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Super-mega-stoked to have two films selected to screen at Diane Pernet’s A Shaded View on Fashion Film festival! A Bob Story for i-D, styled by Tzarkusi, and Summer for METAL x Christopher Shannon, styled by Santi Rodriguez, will be shown at one of our most favourite (and, let’s face it, ugliest) places in the whole world, Le Centre Pompidou from November 9 – 11th. We were invited to attend but won’t be finished with an NY commitment in time, quel dommage ;(! Especially gutted to miss a talk by über hero, William Klein – ;( x 2!

Anyway, if you happen to be in Paris, we hope you’ll have a chance to check them out! Our films are in Competition 3 (alongside Inez and Vinoodh, hah!).

ASVOFF 5 Anniversary Edition at Centre Pompidou Nov 9, 10, & 11th from Diane Pernet's ASVOFF on Vimeo.

New film out for i-D, all about bobs! See the whole interview/feature here.

Styling: Naz and Kusi at Tzarkusi
Models: Diana at Premier; Helene at Elite
Hair: Paul Merritt at Jed Root using UNITE
Make-up: Debbie Finnegan for M.A.C. Pro
Nails: Sophie Harris-Greenslade at Illustrated Nail
Set Design: Eddie Hecht
Casting: The Eye Casting
Filming Assistance: Drew Whittam
Hair Assistance: Ayumi Pearson
Animal Tamers: Chad Burton and Burger Kim
Special thanks to: Katy Louise Murray and Ross Hurford

Our editorial for Fucking Young‘s premier issue, themed Blonde, is now out. Here is a preview on Models.com.

We wanted to do a skater story (who isn’t obsessed with Dog Town and Z Boys??) for a while and this seemed like the perfect fit! Styling is by Lu Philippe Guilmette (with whom we share an obsession of Miguel Adrover!)

Side note: the mag is designed by Studio Folch, a wicked team out of Barcelona who also do Metal and Tiger.

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A few fave shots from our Chuck Palahniuk Diary-inspired shoot for Grit Magazine.

Matt King at NEXT

Ben Waters at Models1
Header image: Ash Stymest at Elite

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Ok, Bastian is JUST wonderful. Met him during fashion week (month) last season, smitten ever since. See all over at Fashionisto.

Styling by Russell Philip Peek
Grooming by Joey Choy
Bastian Thiery at Premier

Our shoot for Open Lab is out now, grab a copy! Below are a few pics from the story.

And a lightening-fast preview here. Loving the cover of Jake Shortall by Delwin Kamara!

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Total pixie!

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A few pics of our look book shoot for Colette Vermuelen’s SS’13 are up on Fashion Gone Rogue today.

Shooting editorials, we see so many samples that looked amazing on the runway, but are quite poorly constructed up close … in contrast, we were blown away by the technical quality of Colette’s collection. And the cohesiveness – no piece feels extraneous, and what should be a jarring colour palette (purple, hot pink and green? Yeesh) is actually very beautiful and harmonious.

I can’t picture anyone NOT liking this collection. Classic masculine shapes (trenches, motorcycle jackets) become more femme via their materials, and ‘classic’ itself gets a re-think (the trenches are slashed, as are the shirt dresses, the skirts ever-so-beautifully frayed). There is something for all tastes, and a healthy shove to cross-dress – a classy lady might be tempted to wear a jean jacket (the horror!) because it’s lavender and beautifully embroidered. Likewise, someone who normally dresses in a Scandi, nihilist fashion might be tempted into wearing a jewel tone because the cut of a blouse is so damn clean!

For me, what I like best about this collection is that it’s just so smart. I don’t think fashion is as big a political tool as some make it out to be, but often times a bit of the atmosphere or tension in an environment does make it’s way into a collection. Here, pieces that look so rich on first impact – clothes that are reserved for occasions – show a worn-ness and decay on second look. How fitting of the climate and mood in London. And all without the use of the ubiquitous spikes n’ studs.

Colette Vermeulen, you’re gonna to want to keep an eye on this one.

Styling by Chad Burton
Make-up by Tomohiro Muramatsu
Hairstyling by Masato Inoue
Model is Bryjna Jónbjarnardóttir at NEXT