13.07.2012
MICT – Konzept
The Niles – die zweite Ausgabe
Journalisten aus Sudan und Südsudan haben gemeinsam die zweite Ausgabe ihrer Zeitung „The Niles“ veröffentlicht. Die englisch-arabische Publikation erschien am 9. Juli 2012, dem ersten Geburtstag der beiden jüngsten Staaten der Welt. Motto der diesjährigen Ausgabe ist das sudanesische Sprichwort: „When two elefants fight, it is the grass that suffers.“ Das Konzept für die einmal jährlich erscheinende Zeitung habe ich mit Sven Recker für die Medienentwicklungs-Organisation MICT entworfen. Teil der neuen Ausgabe (siehe auch: theniles.org) ist eine musikalische Hommage an den jüngst verstorbenen sudanesischen Sänger Mohammed Wardi. Hier anhören...

12.07.2012
Universität der Künste Berlin
Berlin Fashion Week – der Katalog zur Schau
Einmal im Jahr präsentiert die Universität der Künste die Arbeiten des Studiengangs Modedesign im Rahmen einer Modenschau. In einem Katalog werden die einzelnen Kollektionen und die Klassen in denen sie entstanden sind vorgestellt. Mit der Klasse von Professor Stephan Schneider habe ich die Umsetzung des Lookbook- und Editorial-Shootings für ihr Projekt "Regenzeit" erarbeitet. In dem Katalog sind Auszüge daraus zu sehen.

Fotograf: Andreas Lux
Haare-Make-up: Isabel Eiler
Produktion: Alex Bohn
Models: Debbie Wallice/ Seeds, Pia Denker/ Seeds





26.10.2011
Blog: OWN – Oprah Winfrey Network
New Tom Ford Documentary


Last Sunday saw the premiere of a documentary on Tom Ford on OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network. It had been promised since summer already but the delay wasn’t due to last minute changes the perfectionist designer had in mind. Reportedly he was happy with the first edit he saw. This isn’t too much of a surprise as director Michael Bonfiglio has come up with a portray of Tom Ford that’s utterly respectful and oftentimes seems taken from the perspective of an admiring bystander. Some of Tom Fords musings are on point, for example the one on the double standards on nudity. Unfortunately this is one of the scenes deleted from the documentary. Nevertheless 'Visionaries – Inside The Creative Mind' offers an interesting insight into the cosmos of Tom Ford. It meets all expectations as Tom Ford's world seems both seamlessly stylish and a tad hollow in all its aesthetic complaisance.







18.09.2011
NEW YORK FASHION WEEK – SPRING/SUMMER 2012
Last Magazine
Last Magazine seizes New York Fashion Week to show at Openhouse Gallery. On view is the content of both spring and fall issue – a melange of film, audio, fashion pieces and installations. The experience is far more sensual than flipping the pages and that´s just the reinterpretations its makers were looking for.





Fotos: © Alex Bohn

16.09.2011
NEW YORK FASHION WEEK – SPRING/SUMMER 2012
The new Barneys'
Last summer Mark Lee was hired as the new president at one of New Yorks´ finest department stores: Barneys'. Barneys' is one of the city’s institutions: It’s where you go to treat yourself, where you go if money doesn’t matter anyways and where you go to dream of what it would be like if money didn’t matter. Barneys' has always been about an idea of luxury that held more than the promise of being only available to a few. Barneys' picked luxury goods with both impeccable taste and humor. It was the humor and wit that was visible in the wonderful window installations. Now Barneys' showcases windows set up by French Vogues' former ed in chief Carine Roitfeld. And what she’s done is both tasteful, cool and smart. It’s even a bit touching to read quotes from her whenever you step off an elevator. They’re quite personal. But funny they’re not. Barneys' also shed it red awnings and replaced them with black ones. It doesn’t look half bad. More sleek. But certainly not as welcoming. It’s a relief to see the first floor untouched. Once you step past the revolving doors Barneys´ looks just as good as it has before: It’s not the gloss of the luxurious stock that pulls you in but the aura of aged wooden cabinets, the beautifully tiled floor and the discreet staff that leaves everyone to themselves while the wander around in awe. And it’s quite a relief to see that none of the announced I-pads on which customers are supposed to scroll through all stock available are in sight. After all this is not Netaporter. Barneys' is for real. Luckily it still is.






Fotos: © Alex Bohn

15.09.2011
New York Fashion Week – Spring/Summer 2012
The Ralph Lauren Show
With the first to third row dressed up for a blacktie event the Ralph Lauren show felt nicely formal to begin with. No comparison with the volksfest atmosphere at some of the Lincoln Center shows. The show itself lived up to the sophisticated setting. Ralph Lauren showed flowing silhouettes in pastel colors, his strongest looks being the menswear inspired suits. Karlie Kloss´s sway added extra glow to an already successfull presentation.







Fotos: © Alex Bohn

14.09.2011
New York Fashion Week
The Marc by Marc Jacobs Show
Full house at the New York Armory and a showstart so on time it´s a bit frightening. Other than that a crowd just as jolly as the models. Marc Jacobs has been borrowing heavily from Raf Simons´ Jil Sander, color blocking and apron-skirts included. Nice color scheme, though.


13.09.2011
New York Fashion Week – Spring/Summer 2012
J.CREW
Jenna Lyons, J.Crews womenswear designer is a presence, if not a style icon in her own right. At todays´ presentation, J.Crew´premiere at New York Fashion Week, she kept up well with the array of cute models in preppy gear. Wearing the same bright orange lipstick as her models she was chatting away gayly while vistors to her presentation paraded by. J.Crew presented both the womens´ and mens´collection. I didn´t have a hard time picking favourites – Jenna Lyon´s vision seemed more on point while the menswear Frank Muytjens designed came across as slightly constrained.







Fotos: © Alex Bohn


10.09.2011
NEW YORK FASHION WEEK – SPRING/SUMMER 2012
LACOSTE
This is Felipe Oliveira Baptistas´ first show for Lacoste. It’s a great debut. He’s steering Lacoste in a new direction without losing sight of the brands´ heritage. His designs are more sophisticated than sporty, he seems to have a cool urbanite in mind rather than a tennis playing rich girl. Felipe Oliveira Baptista manages to shed the bright bubbly colors, introduce more interesting fabrics alongside the pure cotton and pique jerseys and explore geometric patterns rather than block stripes. He does all that without compromising any of Lacoste´s identity. Let’s just hope that Lacoste feels that way, too.





Fotos: © Alex Bohn

09.09.2011
New York Fashion Week – Spring/Summer 2012
Concept Korea
This is Concept Koreas´ third presentation at New York Fashion Week. Koreas´ finest designers differ from the established Asians designers based in New York City in their use of color. Where their American counterpart oftentimes opt for neutral shades and flowing silhouettes the Korean designers choose to go for bright colors set against black. Their clothes are cut in a way that leaves no doubt about who’s to wear it – men or woman – as all women’s´ apparel is feminine or girlish and the men’s´ wear feels masculine and macho despite the bright colors – a bit like something taken out of West Side Story.







Fotos: © Alex Bohn

12.07.2011
blog.musikexpress.de
Berlin Fashion Week
Während der Berlin Fashion Week habe ich für den Musikexpress nicht nur Schauen angeguckt, sondern auch nach sehenswerten Straßen-Looks gesucht, gemeinsam mit dem Streetstyle-Fotografen Gunnar Hämmerle.

Foto: © Gunnar Hämmerle


Menschen, die aussehen wie Märchenfiguren gehören eigentlich auf den Kölner Karneval. Nicht so diese Wiedergängerin von Grimms Schneewittchen. Ihr Outfit besteht aus vier Elementen – Kleid, Schuhe, Tasche, Lippenstift -und schindet maximalen Eindruck, denn es unterstreicht lediglich, wofür die Natur bereits gesorgt hat. Die roten Lackschuhe sind nicht mehr als eine Attribut zum (rot geschminkten) Mund. Das hautfarbene 20er-Jahre Kleidchen umspielt zwar züchtig die Knie, lässt aber eigentlich soviel schneeweiße Haut sehen, dass es den Wasserfall ebenholzfarbener Haare braucht, um sich sittsam zu bedecken. Nur die Tasche ist überflüssig. Selbst wenn Schneewittchen darin Apfelchips
spazieren trägt.

Foto: © Gunnar Hämmerle


Der Hipster ist tot – lang lebe der Hipster! Von Kopf bis Fuß ist dieser Mann den Trends hörig: Er kombiniert den Panama-Hut mit einem ordentlich-unordentlichen Zopf, trägt sein Gesichtshaar struppig aber weich dank ausgiebiger Bartpflege. Das riesige Halstuch sollte aktuell eigentlich mit einem Ikat-Muster verziert werden, die Batik-Variante tut es aber auch. Das blausamtene Jackett zur pastellgelben Röhrenjeans dürfte in jedem Konzept-Store freundlich abgenickt werden. Und seinen Modefetisch stellt der Herr ganz ungeniert zur Schau: Wie man sieht, besitzt er seine Nike Airmax in mindestens zwei verschiedenen Farben.