The CFDA awards were last night. There was a tie for menswear designer of the year between Italo Zucchelli of Calvin Klein and Scott Sternberg of Band of Outsiders. Tim Hamilton also won the Swarovski award for menswear. [WWD]
And the claws come out: Brent Publication, who owns Interview, is suing Glenn O'Brien after his departure. [WWD]
Steven Klein shot Bruce Willis and his model wife, Emma Herning, in sensual and somewhat disturbing spread for W. Seeing Bruce shirtless in underwear would have been delightful in his Die Hard days, but now? Not so much... [The Cut]
Adam Lippes not only cut personnel, but also did away with menswear. It's a littered battlefield out there. [WWD]
Everyone's favorite heavyweight, Beth Ditto, actually had weight added to her body for her Love shoot. [The Cut]
Shopping malls may seem so passe right now, but if they end up looking like the conceptualized mall of tomorrow, that could very well change. [PSFK]
Michael Phelps may have a porn stache, but he's still unstoppable. [TMZ]
With the golden hand of Madonna, you, too, can land a Dolce & Gabbana F/W 09 ad campaign. In his first major campaign, yes, that's Mr. Jesus Luiz himself placed very prominently on the right hand side of the photo, while real top male models David Gandy, Noah Mills, Adam Senn and Julianne Quevenne linger in the background. Shot my Steven Klein, the ad is as sultry and seductive as you'd expect from D&G.
To honor this years CDFA awards nominees, the organization kicked the model-as-muse idea and instead asked designers themselves to pose in their own creations for the CFDA Journal that accompanies the award season. Creatively directed by Trey Laird, styled by Karl Templer and shot by Craig McDean, the instruction from Diane von Furstenberg was "Capture fashion -- do something fabulous." And what could be more fabulous than Marc Jacob's pulling off those bunny ears in a way that Madonna only wishes she could have?
In the most recent edition of Man About Town, model Tomek Szczukiecki channels the late master Yves Saint Laurent in a spread shot by Camilla Akran. In the 'esprit' of YSL, the fashion is chic and enviable, the dark frames impeccable, and the gaze haunting. Another reminder of YSL's genius was hardly needed, and yet...
A chit-chat between Marc Jacobs and Victoria Beckham will be featured in the spring issue of the Bergdorf Goodman magazine. Topics of discussion? Posh's new role in fashion, their critics and the awful photoshop shop of Jacobs in January's Harpers Bazaar. [WWD]
NYC's Top Shop will finally open on April 2nd. It's going to be a reserved opening, with only Kate Moss present. "Kate Moss" and "reserved" -- that's like oil and water. [Daily Mail]
Most male models only make $40,000 a year -- before taxes. But all the have to do is walk and look pretty, so do we feel that bad for them? [LAT]
NYC drag queen Lady Bunny is set to DJ Barbie's 50th anniversary party at Colette. "I'll be Eating-Disorder Barbie," she says. [WWD]
Hedi Slimane's departure from the fashion world has been lamented far and wide. But the design Reanaissance Man isn't being lazy. Staying on fashion's periphery by shooting Prada campaigns, Slimane has also further immersed himself in the L.A. art scene.
Over the past few years, Slimane has made L.A. a semi-permanent residence, assembling a studio at the Mandrake Bar -- an easy-going drink spot opened by Justin Beal and Drew Heitzler amid Culver City's art galleries -- where he takes photos of L.A.-based artists for his personal website and sites like Dazed & Confused's digital publication. Slimane hopes that putting these taste-makers in front of a lens will in turn give Los Angeles's art scene a new face. "The sense of expansion [and] the possibilities offered to artists to experiment with space, remind of Berlin. Besides, the tradition of Southern California art has always [had] a strong impact on me," he admits.
Still enquiring minds want to know if he'll be back in fashion any time soon. Thankfully he divulges: "It is an interesting time now to observe and see how design -- and the rules of the industry around it -- will evolve and eventually transform."
We at Out fancy ourselves a bunch of keen, ahead-of-game taste, style and art makers, so it comes as no surprise to any of us that our February 2007 cover (pictured top) shot by Matthias Vriens is being included in the International Center of Photography's exhibit "Weird Beauty," which presents the most innovative fashion photography of the past few years.
No -- we're more modest than that. We're super surprised! And totally excited that our own contribution to fashion -- queer or otherwise -- is being recognized on such a grand scale. Of course, it's all due in no small part to Vriens himself who, beyond the cover being shown in Weird Beauty, also snapped a shot for this month's Out feature Physique Pictorial (pictured bottom). With the help of a few others of photography's finest, the portfolio recreates the erotic aesthetic established by the iconic magazine. With any luck, we'll hopefully be seeing a lot more of Vriens' work (and boys) not only in Out, but in future exhibitions.
Three weeks into the new year and we're still pitching a photo review? Yes. Yes we are. So don't act like you're all put out by it. Who doesn't love beautiful pictures of stylish and good looking men?
Thus we bring you Out.com's 2008: A Year in Pictures, a collection of our favorite photos featured in Out during the last year. Included is gay-fave Neil Patrick Harris as the all-American heartthrob; the trio of male hotness from Gossip Girl (pictured), and some of our sexiest fashion spreads showcasing the labels we're always lusting after.
So start clicking to refresh your memories of the past year and, in the meantime, get yourself excited for the load of fresh new content on Out.com right now. We promise -- it's only going to get better from here.
While appreciating the flesh-full grandeur and grace of the Radcliffe and stud pairing, we couldn't help but notice that the shot -- caught by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz -- bares (pun intended) a striking resemblance to our own Equus-inspired spread in the June/July 2007 issue of Out.
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