The fashion observer

> Editorial from Flamboyant Magazine, a great new online magazine. Worths a visit!

Martin Margiela scarification. Photo courtesy Agenda Inc

> Maison Martin Margiela has finally announced that Margiela was no longer designing at the brand. The brand was  purchased by Diessel Group in 2002 and at this moment the rumors started to say that Margiela would never be the same again.

2009 A/W Collection. Photo courtesy Fashion156

> Anrealage is the brand under designer Kunihiko Morinaga, born in 1980 in Tokyo.  Inspired by the concept ‘God is in the Details’, Andrealage  re-examine ordinary lives through an excessive focus.

A complete overview of Anrealage colections/ installations here

Miroslaw Balka. Tate Turbine Hall Installation

> Miroslaw Balka , polish scuptur ,  has been selected as the 10th artist to fill the Tate Modern´s Turbine Hall for the annual Unilever commission. A monolithic installation of a cavernous black hole takes Tate´s visitors to the dark side.

Click here for more information.

Steven Klein -  Fiction Noire

> A Shaded View of Fashion Film Festival 2. The competition, organized by  Diane Pernet, included 40 films relating to fashion, style and beauty. Pernet’s initiative is part of a trend in fashion that sees the industry increasingly promote itself on film: recent developments include a number of fashion documentaries (The September Issue, Valentino: The Last Emperor), film festivals (e.g., the Marc Jacobs Film Festival in Melbourne), artistic short movies instead of mundane ads (Victoria Beckham, Vanessa Bruno), and videos instead of runway shows (e.g., Gareth Pugh, also part of the festival). Here  are the winners of the short film competition:

Steven Klein: Fiction Noir

Ruth Hogben for Gareth Pugh: Gareth Pugh AW09

Johan Renck for H & M: Mattew Williamson

Georgie Greville: I wanna be your dog

Mattias Montero: Herr Rodebjer

Jason Bradbury & Claire Kurylowski: AW 2509BC for Harald Lunde Helgesen

More info at www.ashadedviewonfashionfilm.com

> Growing Jewellery . A ” redefinition of modern values”  by iceland designer Hafsteinn Júliusson

> The Fashion Observer Selection from SS10 Fashion Weeks :

Gareth Pugh, Haider Ackermann, Sandra Backlund, Ann Demeulemeester, Maison Margiela, Rick Owens

> The September Isssue Trailer of the incoming documentary about Anna Wintour, the American Vogue’s editor  for the last twenty years.

> The September Issue Trailer del recién estranado documental sobre Anna Wintour, editora jefe de Vogue USA durante los últimos veinte años.

Gareth Pugh SS2010

> Gareth Pugh, finally a show that worths mentioning during current SS2010 Fashion Week.
Asimetrical, asexual, futuristic & dramatical siluettes in grey and black.

> Por fín un desfile digno de mención durante estas Semanas de la Moda. Gareth Pugh demuestra coherencia en suna colección  de siluetas asimétricas, asexuales y atemporales  en su habitual geometría futurista en gris y negro