Behind-the-scenes: METRO's stylists styling stylists shoot

On Monday afternoon, I had the opportunity to participate in a unique styling challenge: styling stylists stylists. Five local stylists - Grant Whittaker, Cindy Warner, Hollie Mae, Molly Roark and myself - were challenged to style each other in a photo shoot that will appear in the November issue of METRO Magazine. METRO fashion editor Mary O'Regan snapped some behind-the-scenes photos of the shoot:





View more over at Mary's blog Art of Wore.

Editorial: Will Defiel dons stylish groomswear in Minnesota Bride

Will Defiel - a local model with Vision and the former face of Calvin Klein - smolders in the latest issue of Minnesota Bride. The spread, featured in whole over at Minnesota Bride fashion editor Mary O'Regan's blog Art of Wore, also highlights some artful menswear options for the stylish groom.



Visit Art of Wore for more images.

Givenchy vs. Labrador vs. Schiaparelli + Dali

In her blog Art of Wore, METRO Magazine's Mary O'Regan pointed out an interesting similarity between a S/S '11 Givenchy couture piece and a jacket designed by Minneapolis-based brand Labrador in the spring of 2005. (The brand, which hasn't updated their website since 2007, appears to be defunct.) Fun fact: the image appeared in a 2005 print issue of l'étoile magazine, for which I am now fashion editor.

[Left: Labrador S/S '05. Right: Givenchy Couture S/S '11]

Local couturier Max Lohrbach, who has an insane knowledge of fashion history, pointed out that both designs may be referencing the Schiaparelli lobster dress designed by Salvador Dali in 1937:


...which itself referenced Dali's lobster phone:


Lady Gaga also infamously referenced Dali's lobster art with this bejeweled lobster hat.


All in all, it's interesting how fashion, design and art reference each other time after time, directly and indirectly.