Hey, I’m here.
I’m finally back.
Long time no words, I know.
What I’ve done in the meantime is not easy to summarize but I will do, eventually.
Anyway, I’m here to stay, enjoy the new blog posts coming up shortly!
With Love,
Francesca
Here in Milan we are in the middle of the Men's Fashion Week and I am in the mood for...
New gothic clothes
Have a long walk
Stay at home and sleep
Sunlight
Eat sushi and other healthy foods instead of the usual “stay-at-work-till-late” foods
A personal make up artist that takes care of me
Would these be possible?
Happy Men's Fashion Week!
New gothic clothes
Have a long walk
Stay at home and sleep
Sunlight
Eat sushi and other healthy foods instead of the usual “stay-at-work-till-late” foods
A personal make up artist that takes care of me
Would these be possible?
Happy Men's Fashion Week!
If you follow me on Instagram (and you should), you probably have noticed that at the end of November I was in Hong Kong.
Oh yes darling, exactly there.
Hong Kong is neither this world nor the other.
The place is crowded of traffic and people, luxury shops one next to the other (have you ever seen two Chanel shops in the same road? I did there), high buildings, British heritage and Chinese culture, ancients superstitions and modern technologies.
I would say you that I had time to visit the place, go to The Peak, the Tian Tan Buddha and even to Hong Kong Disneyworld, but I did not. I was there for work.
However, with my buddy Lonely Planet, my iphone and the hotel's Complimentary Handy smartphone (probably the best thing hotels can offer you after a comfortable bed and a big shower), I took some shoots during transfers and in the free hours I had.
Have a look and enjoy the view!
Even if I believe my job is the best in the world, coming back to work after a long Holidays Season looks like a greek tragedy.
I've pulled together a few images from my archive, hope this will help you to have a good (re)start.
I’ve always been obsessed with Panos Yiapanis.
I started learning the art of sewing because Panos was
looking for interns with this skill.
Long story short, I did not worked with Panos at the
end (I was back in Italy at the time) but always been in love with his vision
and creative mind.
Here you have this interview with Panos Yiapanis
published a few days ago on The Business of Fashion – It can’t be missed.
The Creative Class | Panos Yiapanis, Stylist
The Greek Cyprus-born stylist and fashion director of Love magazine, talks to BoF about his dark goth-romantic aesthetic and working with Corinne Day, Steven Klein and Riccardo Tisci.
LONDON, United Kingdom — Panos Yiapanis cuts a distinctive figure, dressed head to toe in black and accompanied by a giant Rottweiler, named Beast. His dark goth-romantic look is driven by his fascination with counter culture, particularly new wave rock and industrial metal bands. “I’ve always been a huge fan of Sisters of Mercy and Joy Division, but also bands like Ministry and Skinny Puppy. In one of my first shoots, there was a Sisters of Mercy t-shirt all cut up.”
When Yiapanis began his career in the late 1990s, his grungy sub-cultural aesthetic was an anomaly amidst a fashion industry dominated by a glossier look. But today, the stylist works with top photographers like Steven Klein and Inez and Vinoodh, as well as a diverse array of brands from Mary Katrantzou to Rochas to Rick Owens, which have all called upon Yiapanis to style their runway shows. Along the way, he has even given the squeaky clean Katie Holmes a subtly gothic makeover in black Alaïa during the height of her Hollywood fame.
Yiapanis was only a few weeks old when he moved from his birth country of Cyprus to Greece. Growing up in Athens, he admits, “I wasn’t remotely interested in fashion at all. At some point I was a complete science fiction geek. I was quite insular and didn’t have many friends, so everything that I did was done alone and I kind of got lost in whatever world it was.”
