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focushub on Short Film. Jonathan Kelsey's "High"

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:53:01 +0000

Short film for shoe designer Jonathan Kelsey's Fall 2009 collection, directed by Sara Dunlop and starring French actress, Joana Preiss.

Kelsey says about this daring venture: "Most fashion shorts I've seen tend to look great, but can feel like stretched-out adverts. We wanted something with depth, and a genuine narrative . . . the new winter collection [is] dark, loaded with hard edges and rock chick attitude. We wanted the film to reflect this, while pushing the envelope within the genre."

And it is indeed daring...and bold; as well as beautifully shot and incredibly intriguing. And apparently there's more to come - I'm on the edge of my seat already. [ad#LoveFilm-2]

focushub on Christy Turlington. Yves Saint Laurent's Manifesto AW09

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:32:37 +0000

Further to our previous post about the work of Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin and in particular their work for Yves Saint Laurent’s Manifesto series, here is AW 2009, featuring the fabulous Christy Turlington. Christy was one of my favourites of the original supermodels and it’s great to see her still looking amazing.

focushub on Vanina Sorrenti's Image Montages for i-D

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:02:01 +0000

The May issue of i-D magazine featured a great fashion editorial by Vanina Sorrenti. Shot and then composited in Photoshop this is a successful example of how modern techniques can be used to enhance photography. These images are a combination of careful, well-thought-out art direction, beautiful photography and delicately-crafted image montaging. Fashion and art fused into one.