Whoever said print ads were dead? American Apparel advertising has certainly raised a few eyebrows and downright offended others, but one thing is clear, that the clothing manufacturing giant has created an almost cult like following for their ads that hasn’t been seen since Guess or Calvin Klein. Find a sample of some of the most slutiest ads after the jump, or view all 50 compiled by Style Crave here.
Interactive timeline of the man, his achievements, and of course the evolution of his hi tops. I think I can break it down into 3 simple eras. (I’m sure some of ya’ll will disagree) 85-93 Rockable, 94-99 Bobo, 99-Preset Space Jam. I’m actually feeling the Space Jam era joints with the built in spats and the woven carbon fiber face shield. I know they make Esquire say Dauuuuuuuum!
Helmut Newton was a highly influential photographer best known for his fashion, portraiture, and female nude studies which often had strong erotic stylized themes verging on the fetishistic. “Newton became a regular and major contributor to French Vogue in May 1961 and continued to do his most important fashion work there for the next 25 years. During this period he also worked intensively for American, Italian and German Vogue as well as for Linea Italiana, Queen, Nova, Jardin des Modes, Marie-Claire and Elle.
“Newton’s contribution to the history of 20th century photography lies not merely in his extremely provocative approach but also, and more importantly, in his prescience and intuition, in his ability to imagine and visualize women exactly as they are today, at the dawn of the third millennium: women who take the lead rather than follow it; women who love and desire whenever and whomever they like, and in whatever way they like; women full of health and vigor, enjoying the resplendence and vitality of their sinewy bodies, bodies over which they themselves have sole command; women who are both responsible and willing.
Anticipating the sexual revolution which came with the advent of the birth-control pill, the women of Helmut Newton’s world are women who know and get what they want; they are far removed from the weak, compliant sex-object dominated by the misogynist macho. And this is the reason why Newton’s work has been found so shocking, for his staged photos thematize the discovery of this new kind of freedom and the fantasies which this freedom engenders.”
In 1995 Helmut told Salon Magazine, “The point of my photography has always been to challenge myself, to go a little further than my Germanic discipline and Teutonic nature would traditionally permit me to,” he says, as he walks by blow-ups from the “Big Nudes” series which line his office. “The nudes and bondage shots were my way of going beyond my own bounds. Now that I’ve done that, I want to return to fashion with a fresh and mature eye and do more portraits.
His hobby was buying motor cars he could not afford.
Supreme shot a quick movie of the painting of their mural that went up on Grand & Wooster. Coinciding with the release of their Fall/Winter 09 collection, there are certainly lots of nice outerwear pieces that focus on the themes of American workwear and trail gear. I have been a fan of their bold wheatpaste campaigns, and I am really looking to see this in person the next time I’m in New York.
A thorough study of textures and objects that describe a man. The life of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent photographed by Hedi Slimane in Paris, 2008.
Need that extra edge on the handball court? Too much glare in the club? Need to re-up the Ray-Bans? If you act in the next four hours these can be yours for 19.99. (Bad Beat is not affiliated with the sale of these old Filas)
