DRIES VAN NOTEN AW20
The outpouring of emotion following Tuesday’s announcement that Dries Van Noten would step down as creative director of his namesake label in June, not least from the models who’ve walked for the Belgian throughout the years, has been immense. Having had the privilege to film at countless shows over the last decade I too feel compelled to pay tribute.
This deep cut I present here unedited, a continuous 12 minutes and 28 seconds. Filmed hot on the line for the women’s Autumn Winter 2020 presented in Paris on Wednesday, 26 February 2020, it will give viewers a feel for the man’s brilliance, his care, his attention to ruffles in a reversible shearling and crinkled-leather tote.
Getting as close as I possibly can to the action without disrupting the event has always been a guiding principle of mine. If I’m going to stand behind anyone, then let it be the designer, his partner, or the stylist and nobody else. Salutes, Dries!
Credits include: Dries Van Noten Autumn Winter 2020; Styling, Nancy Rohde; Hair, Sam McKnight; Makeup, Inge Grognard; Production, Villa Eugénie; Sound, Senjan Jansen; Casting, Piergiorgio.
WILLY CHAVARRIA SS24
These days of Fashion Week I am typically filming model diaries, however I couldn’t possibly resist the draw of designer Willy Chavarria Wednesday night at the Woolworth Building.
Credits include: Creative director, Willy Chavarria; producer Marlon Taylor Wiles; art director Jess Cuevas; styling Carlos Nazario; hair Joey George; makeup Marco Castro; casting Brent Chua
Video Damien Neva at NEXT Management
PARIS FASHION WEEK
Raise your glasses high to the nine days that were Paris Fashion Week. This short film is but a taste of the creativity, artistry, and of course levity that made this such a memorable week for all talent involved that Autumn / Winter 2020 season.
MILAN FASHION WEEK
The many long days and nights of Milan Fashion Week made for an extraordinary payoff. Here is a weekly digest of how much of it went down for Milan Fashion Week Autumn / Winter 2020.
LONDON FASHION WEEK
London Fashion Week might be history, but it is one to be celebrated with a look back at the unforgettable days that were #LFW Autumn / Winter 2020.
NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
More than double the runtime as last season, this compendium of New York Fashion Week according to Next Management is the perfect salve for those winter blues! Sit back and enjoy repeated viewings.
SAINT LAURENT SUMMER 2019
Faith is necessary for achieving anything, let alone a miracle like walking on water. Anthony Vaccarello throughout his career as a designer has never been found wanting for faith…
RAF SIMMONS SS 2018
NEW YORK — Raf Simons presents his Spring 2018 collection... Credits include: Client, Raf Simons; Collection, Men’s Spring / Summer 2018; Hair, Guido Palau; Makeup, Pat McGrath; Production, Bureau Betak; Music, Michel Gaubert.
CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION FALL 2012
With another fall winter ready-to-wear season done and dusted I took a moment to unearth this deep cut I made a dozen years ago late in my tenure at Ford. Although it comes from a world that in a lot of ways no longer exists—for one, Calvin Klein showing on the final Thursday of New York Fashion Week—the video embodies many of the nascent qualities that continue to inform my work more than a decade later.
On the morning I shot this I barely scraped my way backstage with my U18 model for the day. The vice president of corporate communications (and my future boss during my doomed stint at Calvin Klein) held me up in the service entrances at 205 W 39 St for what felt a long time. No, I wasn’t on the media list, my name was familiar having interviewed with my other future boss. After some radio calls, negotiations, and a solemn promise to keep my backstage shots tight, I would be granted access. I was in!
Francisco Costa was at the helm for this collection for Fall 2012, which was shown twice on Thursday, 16 February 2012 in the show space on the main floor. My models for the day were Lara Mullen, Julia Nobis, and Cora Emmanuel.
Collection dispatches like this I made by the hundreds over years before abandoning them altogether. Corporate comms and PRs often chafed at my coverage, mostly because I produced my work without their blessings. At the time it was important to me to prove my fashion bona fides and elevate the agency’s media offering. Trust me, I’m still trying to do both.
Enjoy the long season, folks.