Just came across this in todays Telegraph:
Camen Dell’Orefice is showing her body of work as a model over the last decades at the London College of Fashion.
She’s such a great character and one of the most standout models i ever met and had the pleasure working with in Paris.
I can’t wait to see this and if you’re in London i highly recommend this treasure of fashion photography history.
Carmen: A Life In Fashion’ runs from Wednesday, November 16, 2011 to Saturday, January 14, 2012 at the Fashion Space Gallery, London College of Fashion, John Princes Street, London W1; fashion.arts.ac.uk
En Route pour la pêche
The Luminescent ocean view, the scenes on the beaches. Interesting how it can all remain in the vision of the sea in photographs. I felt very connected to the light and decisive play of light, shadow and clouds that create such a great pallet of colors. One can nearly smell the ocean and salt in the moist summer air.
Still up for a couple of days at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, just around the corner of our new favorite, the Brown’s Hotel on Albermarle.
Again a great collection.
Unfortunately we’ll only ever see it photographed…
And obviously the themes are dark, as his perspective diminished.
I feel sorry for him and the art he so tragically left behind.
What a sad, tragic and early end to a fantastic designer who i expected to continue to fight against the demise of ambitious and great fashion.
I remember well when he first came to Paris in’96, changing Givenchy; not the easiest transition, after the genius John Galliano moved to Dior.
I felt recently he really hit a stride and I thought he’s just warming up…