Wake Me Up When September Ends…Because The Issue Never Will

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My only regret is that the production of September Issue failed to enlist the help of someone like Sophia Coppola for music direction. With the exception of the almost mandatory track from Of Montreal…”Suffer For Fashion” I have to admit that the sound was quite dated.  The great thing about an imagination is that you can play out your own musical backdrop, and mine happened to be the new beautiful album from Boards of Canada…especially when Grace is standing over the Parisian garden, “Kid For Today” would have been perfect as she stumbles through her romanticism to maintain composure in the face of fashion’s fickle nature.  The film was an inspiration regardless, and reflections are just spilling out so forgive the random rant to follow.  September is such a strange month for shifting direction and if you are in any way a fashion bug like me you certainly feel the energy spilling from the catwalks.  This parade of style and glamour packed with the intensity of a teenage boy about to hit puberty is really quite infectious.

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And of course I remembered this issue from last year.  I still have my favorite tearsheets scanned and organized neatly in my deep inspiration drawers.

Back then I was absoluely consumed by designing knitwear and seasons come and seasons go.  For obvious reasons the bulky knit above was a fun novelty, but I always held it against Anna that she didn’t feature Sandra Backlund’s work.

But that was then, and I haven’t knit since February, except for the beginnings of of an update on Nimbus…a prototype that may surface again this winter. Seasons come and seasons go, and this is definitely one for the lens and the eye, not for the needles and hands.  I seem to be bursting with ideas for photoshoots, while the immediacy of knitwear and craving for the tangible quality of yarn and fiber lay dormant somewhere quiet and still.  I did manage to shoot part of the prototype a few weeks back, though.  I had a little test shoot in the studio and there was only enough to wrap around the model’s neck.  I have to look at it with one eye closed for fear that it might inspire another marathon of knitting until my fingers bleed as I did in the past.  It must be hushed for now…hush….

For now it’s all about these jackets, which are popping up everywhere with their petite shoulders. Absolutely adorable…

Via Lookbook

I haven’t gone through this September’s issue cover to cover yet, but this month is packed with fashion. I will be shooting behind the scenes for Diane Von Furstenberg’s Fashion For The Cure event in a few weeks.  Then another shoot at the Mondrian dring the launch/show of three lines.  And finally in the first week of October, I’ll be tossing around the LA Fashion week.  That should offer plenty of eye candy and a fairly potent dosage of model frenzy.  I have high hopes for the talent at DVF’s event.  Rachel Zoe had some highlights from her February rounds at NY fashion week and it looked plenty fun.  And while all the Vogue readers are eating through Mario Testino’s  Little Red Riding Hood spread…I am loving his intimate portrayal of ex-lover Milla…and the new albums from The Lost Valentinos and Dial M for Murder!…

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…Happiness Made Easy

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…NYC (now you care)