Archiwa: Projekty

Silvia Morres’s face is familiar to anyone who loves fashion. As a model, She hit every milestone, from working with the best photographers to serving as the face of major luxury brands like Chanel and Prada.

Words & Photographs by Philipp Jelenska

Thanks to the revival of brands like Paco Rabanne, chainmail has been given a whole new life since it made waves in the futuristic Space Age­–inspired collections of the 1960s. In The Row’s stately minimalist attire, Van der Wal looks worlds away from the femme fatale she once played in VS’s catalogs, but the new look suits her current status.

“Evolving in fashion has made me realize the power of images.”

In the mid-2000s, “model off-duty” meant a standard uniform: A leather jacket, white tee or tank top, skinny jeans, and biker boots. It was slightly grunge, seriously no frills, and easy for pretty much anyone to pull off. Fast-forward almost a decade later, and thanks to the surge in social media, most models take every opportunity to taut their personal brand with attention-getting ensembles.

And as the second age-appropriate model turned savvy businesswoman to grace The Row’s collections—former model and present beauty entrepreneur Linda Rodin fronted their Pre-Fall 2014 lookbook—Van der Wal represents much more than a “where are they now” moment.

Now they gleefully cast off their garter belts, their bullet bras, their nasty sheer stockings, and popped into Mary’s minis, bloomers, baby dolls, shiny flat boots, see-through raincoats, removable plastic collars, crazy pj’s, and cardigans long enough—but just barely!—to double as dresses.

In The Row’s stately minimalist attire, Van der Wal looks worlds away from the femme fatale she once played in VS’s catalogs, but the new look suits her current status.

All images are under copyright © Philipp Jelenska

YEAR: 2016

MODEL: LIESJA GEORGINOV

All images are under copyright © Diliana Florentin

A half-century ago, Quant, who is celebrating her birthday today, was the most renowned fashion innovator in the world, promulgating her sixties mod aesthetic to millions of eager young women all over the globe.

Now they gleefully cast off their garter belts, their bullet bras, their nasty sheer stockings, and popped into Mary’s minis, bloomers, baby dolls, shiny flat boots, see-through raincoats, removable plastic collars, crazy pj’s, and cardigans long enough—but just barely!—to double as dresses.

In The Row’s stately minimalist attire, Van der Wal looks worlds away from the femme fatale she once played in VS’s catalogs, but the new look suits her current status.

Contemporary examples of that beatnik staple, the dangling silver earring, are available in styles that include hammered orbs and double circles at Lori McLean’s lovely shop on Grove Street.

“Evolving in fashion has made me realize the power of images.”

Well, everyone is grateful to Miuccia Prada for providing an experience and a sensation, at what must be massive cost, which aims to shake up emotions and prod the numbed intellect. Part of the ritual of going to a Prada show is the excited, nervy conversation that goes on as the audience spills onto the street afterward.

Thanks to the revival of brands like Paco Rabanne, chainmail has been given a whole new life since it made waves in the futuristic Space Age­–inspired collections of the 1960s. In The Row’s stately minimalist attire, Van der Wal looks worlds away from the femme fatale she once played in VS’s catalogs, but the new look suits her current status.

Now they gleefully cast off their garter belts, their bullet bras, their nasty sheer stockings, and popped into Mary’s minis, bloomers, baby dolls, shiny flat boots, see-through raincoats, removable plastic collars, crazy pj’s, and cardigans long enough—but just barely!—to double as dresses.

All images are under copyright © Philipp Jelenska

A straightforward description of the warp and weft of Prada’s summer fabrics only partly illuminates what she seemed to be getting at. In basic terms, her collection was constructed within the confines of the silhouettes and items she has long made her own.

Neatly subsumed within that template was a subtle, tangential angle on the spectrum of boho-to-pervy references that have been rising this season.

Those forgiven, the cutting (inside-out seams), the phenomenal piecing of fabric, the appropriation of virginal, Victoriana, hippy-era necklines within curvy dresses, the coat of many patchworked colors: All articulated themes, which, in one way or another, have been rising all over the shows.

In basic terms, her collection was constructed within the confines of the silhouettes and items she has long made her own. All articulated themes, which, in one way or another, have been rising all over the shows.

All images are under copyright © Philipp Jelenska