Talk about designer and celebrity collaborations. Max Mara loves using film stars in his fashion campaigns. In fact, the brand has used Amy Adams for the past four years.
With the launch of the “A” Bag, the brand expands its collaboration with one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actresses. “It’s wonderful to work with Max Mara,” said Adams. “I joked they were going to have a hard time getting rid of me, and I was right. It’s really awesome to work with such a reputable brand with a reputation for quality and for supporting women in various arenas. They have such respect for women in the way they design, and it’s a wonderful company to work with,” explained Adams in a recent forbes.com article.
The “A” Bag retails for $1750 and each bag has its own individual number up to the number 300. The “A” Bag will be available in Max Mara flagship stores for spring 2016.
Fantastic Man celebrates 10 years
Dutch publication Fantastic Man celebrates its tenth anniversary with a 288-page hardcover book: Fantastic Man: Men of Great Style and Substance (Phaidon 2015). Launched in 2005 by Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennekom, Fantastic Man became known for its edgy, avant-garde take on masculinity.
Fantastic Man: Men of Great Style and Substance will be released on October 26 will contain 300 images of from the 21 issues of Fantastic Man. Some of the great photographers who have shot for Fantastic Man include Juergen Teller, Bruce Weber, and Wolfgang Tillmans with photos of David Beckham, Ai Weiwei, Bret Easton Ellis, Bryan Ferry, Helmut Lang, Ewan McGregor, Tom Ford, Jonathan Adler, Spike Jonze, and many others.
Alongside the photographs are intimate, original interviews with the 69 different subjects from issues past, as well as brief profiles on what previous celebrities are up to now. Collier Shorr shot the Ollie Edwards’ cover of Fantastic Man: Men of Great Style and Substance.
Donna Karan tell all
Donna Karan is in the news a lot lately. On Monday, Pierre-Yves Roussel, chairman and chief executive of LVMH Fashion Group, hosted a party to celebrate the release of Donna Karan’s new memoir, My Journey.
LVMH purchased Donna Karan’s fashion brands in 2001. This summer, Karan announced that she was stepping down as creative director of DKNY with Public School’s Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow taking over the more popular DKNY brand. Some might contend that LVMH’s Roussel and Donna Karan are strange bedfellows. Karan commented in a recent New York Times article that she felt she got the “cold shoulder” for LVMH executives.
The forward for My Journey is by Barbra Streisand. The 384-page memoir shares intimate details of Donna Karan’s life. Penguin Random House publishes My Journey.
—William S. Gooch
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