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Fashion Styling with Lucinda Chambers | Module 6 - Finding Your Voice in a Digital Age

What does it mean to be a stylist in a digital-first world, where everybody has a voice and the opportunity to deliver across multiple platforms? Lucinda gives her advice on developing a creative identity, the importance of interning and assisting, and how to navigate the freelance market.



The Godly Garden of Alessandro Michele’s Gucci

An extra-dimensional spirituality that you can feel but not see animates the designer’s quest at the Italian megabrand.


6 Lessons From Melanie Ward on Building a Cult Brand

Melanie Ward ushered in a new mood of raw imagery in the 1990s, helping to build some of the era’s most iconic brands, including Helmut Lang and Calvin Klein.


Remembering Franca Sozzani

Tim Blanks remembers the fearless Franca Sozzani and her unquenchable appetite for image-making.


Bruce Weber’s Fantasy Land

Above all, the photographer draws on his inner fantasy life to conjure the circus of marching bands, jugglers, elephants, cheerleaders, Labradors and all-American male demigods that populate his work.


Willy Vanderperre: ‘Youth Is an Emotion. Youth Is the Breaking Point’

In an exclusive excerpt from an interview with 1 Granary, the photographer and longtime Raf Simons collaborator Willy Vanderperre talks about creative rebellion, the power of youth and navigating the fashion industry.


Phyllis Posnick: Mistress of the 'Stopper'

Phyllis Posnick's visually-arresting images have defined her three-decade career. As her archive of work is compiled in a book, the stylist talks to Tim Blanks about her years at Vogue and working with Irving Penn.


Inside Tim Blanks' Box of '90s Polaroids

A Pandora's box of old Polaroids by Tim Blanks captures the peculiar charisma of the backstage congregation in the early 1990s.


Juergen Teller: 'Popularity Doesn’t Interest Me Whatsoever'

In a revealing conversation with Tim Blanks, the photographer realises that his singular approach and aesthetic sensibility still has the power of mass appeal.


Raf Simons Speaks to Cathy Horyn on the Speed of Fashion

Before he announced his exit from Dior, Raf Simons spoke to Cathy Horyn for a piece that appeared in System magazine. Today, BoF brings you an exclusive excerpt of that conversation, revealing the designers thoughts on the speed of fashion.


Stephen Galloway’s Magic Touch

Courtesy of 032c, BoF brings you an exclusive profile on Stephen Galloway, a 'creative movement director' who guides models on how to move and pose, delivering moments of engineered serendipity.