Nina Leen

Nina Leen was one of the first women photographers for LIFE. Born in Russia, grew up in Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Upon first arriving in the United States in 1939, her reporter's eye led to a series of the habits and rituals of her newly adopted homeland. In 1945, Leen joined LIFE, producing over 40 covers and countless spreads for the magazine. Her series on, "A Teenager Monopolizes the Telephone," or her descriptions and images of "The American Male," are portraits of the North American society of its time.

Anna Rack

Amazing embroidery work by Anna Jane Searle (aka Anna Rack).
Check more of her works at Flickr / Blogger / Etsy / Society6.

*Image retouched just for purposes of imagination.

Lee Shih Hsun

photographed by 張瑄旂, Liao Che-Yi

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leeshihhsun/

The work of fashion designer Lee Shih Hsun displays elements from different cultural fields and harmonically incorporates classic cuts, delicate prints and knittings, with the more rough aesthetic of vintage tattoos and other singular accessories.

Flo de Richefort

Photos by Stephan Massé

http://floderichefort.com/

—Flo de Richerfort is Florian Roth, a young creator from the parisien atelier Chardon Savard. In June 2009, his jewelry line appeared in the italian magazine Grazia alongside those of Yohji Yamamoto and Christian Lacroix. "These days, my sewing machine and I dress poetic and sometimes pathetic people. The role of each piece is being brought in everyday life, giving life to matter, and to color."

—In this collection he proposes a fresh and androgynous line in pastel colors, full of eye catching elements like his jackets-vests with silk-screened Miami-esque landscapes. The cuts are simple, comfortable, and organic with decorative details in gold, ribbons, pearls, and soft and joyful colors.

Sources:
http://www.casablancafashionweek.com/
http://www.aufaitmaroc.com/

Bela Borsodi

http://www.belaborsodi.com/

—In still life photography, every thing can be investigated in so many more and different ways. There are endless possibilities and each one of them has the potential to eventually change our perspective.

—It’s about playing with lots of objects all the time and trying things out, as long as it’s fun and worthwhile. I’m finished with a project when I’m happy with it and that’s when it all falls together and makes sense. The only purpose to reach an end is to finish a project - but it is really not that important to find all the answers. What is really interesting are the questions because they make you try things out, make you think and investigate. The process is what’s interesting and that can lead you to situations and possibilities that you couldn’t have anticipated. The results are then also a documentation of that process.

—If I can manage to have real joy with my projects this can likely also communicate my excitement to other people and perhaps inspire. That’s what I really want to share: humor, obsession, intelligence, curiosity, making an effort…
Interviewed by Pingmag.

Bela Borsodi was born in Vienna and has lived and worked in New York City since the early 1990s. He studied fine art and graphic design and often incorporated photography in his projects. His work offers a surreal imagery that makes clothing and accessories 3-dimensional. His “Foot Fetish” story for V Magazine received both negative and positive responses, which ended up sparking discussions on how the female body is sexualized and objectified in fashion and in art.

Some images retouched by thescienceofdesign.

Bóas Kristjánsson

The imagery of icelandic fashion designer Bóas Kristjánsson.

http://www.kristjansson-boas.com/

—On the most exciting about fashion world: Everything is supposed to be impossible, every step you take you prove someone wrong.—Banane magazine.
—Sometimes I feel as if there’s an incubation period for ideas. They lie dormant after an experience and resurface later as a mental image. Some become actual pieces if I believe strongly in the idea. I finish one and base the next garment on the first, so they are offspring of the original and share common qualities.—Oyster.

via Ingrid Kesa.

Eric Traore

http://www.eric-traore.com/

Born in Paris, Eric Traoré first headed towards a scientific education, reaching the 3rd year of University in Physical Science, before choosing to devote his time to his passion, photography. He graduated at the Louis Lumière School in Paris and shoot his first editorial for the french Vogue magazine in 1997.—cat-prod.

via kuteev.

Edward Enninful

1. Lanvin + Madeline's lingerie.
2. Prada.
3. Dolce & Gabbana + Stephen Dweck's chain.

Vogue Italia.
Issue: January 2008
Photographer: Steven Meisel
Model: Guinevere Van Seenus
Title: A Bedtime Story

http://www.edwardenninful.com/

"Born in Ghana, he grew up in London. He began a degree at Goldsmiths' College, University of London, which he left in 1991 to become at 18 the youngest ever Fashion Editor of i-D. He collaborates frequently with Steven Meisel, Craig McDean and with top models Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss. He is a Contributing Fashion Editor of Italian Vogue, Fashion Editor at Large of Japanese Vogue and Fashion Editor at Large of i-D. He styled the now iconic "All Black Models" issue for July 2008 Italian Vogue."—Showstudio.

I came across Edward Enninful's work while looking for the photographer Steven Meisel. This photostory appears associated both under Meisel's and Guinevere Seenus' names, but it was difficult to find who did the styling. I'm particularly drawn by Enninful's choice of colour here. The final artwork is so compelling, it reminds me somehow of Tamara de Lempicka's work.

More about Enninful:
Represented by MFA
The New York Times
Lexposure

via tammymanet.
Found via indiskiss.

Mind design

1—Belmacz Jewelry. Photography by Franck Allais.
2:4—Tess Management: Model agency. Collaboration with Simon Egli.

http://minddesign.co.uk

Mind Design is an independent graphic design studio based in East London. The studio has been founded by Holger Jacobs in 1998 after graduating from the Royal College of Art. "We believe in practical, applied and friendly design solutions. Our approach is design led, not marketing driven. We see content and form as equally important and belive that both are inseparable. Beside a passion for typography we are very interested in integral design solutions that combine corporate identity, print, web and interior design. It is important for us to work in close collaboration with clients and be involved in projects right from the start. We treat every project as a new challenge and never impose an already established graphic house style."

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Madame Peripetie

Pugh-atory Series, 2009.

http://www.madameperipetie.com/

Madame Peripetie is Sylwana Zybura, a fashion and conceptual photographer. Holding a Master Degree in Applied Linguistics, she currently studies Photography at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Dortmund/Germany. Her work has appeared in: H-magazine, Glass photo, Computer Arts China, Beijing Art Magazine.

Sølve Sundsbø

Sølve Sundsbø is a Norwegian photographer who lives in London. He is a regular contributor to magazines including Pop, i-D, Dazed and Confused, Numéro, Visionaire and Vogue Nippon.—Show Studio.

"If I've got a style, it's that I've got no style", Sundbø says.
"Photography has become democratic – anyone with a digital camera can shoot something and alter it in Photoshop to make it look polished. For the past four or five years there's been a lot of dull, perfected work around, but there's an industry backlash going on now."
"People assume my work has been through a computer but actually I also use a lot of old-fashioned techniques".
"The great thing about being a photographer is that you can manipulate your own universe. It would be wonderful if the world was inhabited by these creatures. I'd love it if any one of them walked out of the frame and into my world." —Independent.co.uk.

Top picture via bentrovato.

If you liked:

the 1st, you should also check Benbo George and 3deep.
the 2nd, you should also check the smoker from Tom Wesselmann

Marni

1. Fall 2008.
2. Fall 2009.

'The Marni girl is artsy and Italian, an eclectic vision of bohemian chic. "She's a kooky, really rich girl, who likes to play a little with couture pieces but mixed in a young way, slightly haphazard and mad." That was Consuelo Castiglioni's party line on the Marni girl she envisaged for her Resort collection, though you could say that same description fits the Marni girl pretty much any season.' —Vogue.
http://www.marni.com/

Andrej Waldegg

'Andrej lives and works in Vienna where he runs his own design studio in which he likes to work on (re)creating identities, by applying his knowledge in fields such as print, (experimental) typography, book & editorial design or internet. Before that he worked for Nofrontiere, DMC / DMC 01, Vienna and studied visual communications & design at University for applied arts in Vienna (A), ESAG in Paris (F) and Academy for fine arts in Ljubljana.'
http://www.andrejwaldegg.com/

Miles Aldridge

1-2. Bang! Bang! Numero 97, 2008.
3-4. The last range of colors. Vogue Italia, 2007.
5. Blue velvet. Numero, 2004.
6. Le manege enchante. Numero, 2007.
7. Gold bold. Vogue Nippon, 2006.

http://www.milesaldridge.com/

'While his ideas go down on paper first, it's his cinematic execution that transforms his real-life inpiratins into the high kitsch glamour for which he is celebrated. 'I'm quite a classicist', says Aldridge. 'I rarely use just one light source. If there are shadows, there has to be a good reason for me not to put blue into them, and I will usually warm the highlights. I want every element to be as fabulous as it can be.'

"I'm often shooting quite sleazy scenarios, so aesthetically the photographs need to be as elegant as they can be.' The ads he shoots are done using a Hasselblad H-system camera with a Phase One P45 digital back." —British journal of photography.

Marc Jacobs

1,3. Fall Season 2007 —via style.
4. Spring Season 2007 —via style.

http://marcjacobs.com/

'A designer "who can in successive seasons present collections that are diametrically opposed to one another yet look signature." The Marc Jacobs stamp is that of unstudied cool, always with antiauthoritarian or outsider undertones.'—Vogue.

Mert Alas + Marcus Piggot

Galogaza

'In 2003 Petra Galogaza founded the label Galogaza and presented her first shoe collection. Since then, the young label has broaden by including handbags, gloves and wallets to its collections. Marked by innovative design and high quality materials, it appeals to customers with original details and diligently crafted products.'

http://www.galogaza.com/

via andrejwaldegg.