Dualité

Discovered this amazingly cute video at Iconique.com of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac’s collaboration with Lego.

Who says fashion is no fun? The video also gives a wink to Anna Wintour, but who’s the man in the tuxedo supposed to be??

I came across The Business of Fashion blog today with the title that they’ve just been recently featured and quoted in today’s NY Times fashion article “Where The Fashionistas Go For A Quick Fix“. But that’s not the only exciting part, a few other well-established webzines have been mentioned, including:

• Gloss Magazine - which I used to write for (is it too hopeful of me to say that perhaps Mr. Amed or Ms. La Ferla saw my blog and that I wrote for them?)
• Fashion156.com – in which Susie Bubble regularly contributes…on a side note I got contacted by them but had to turn them down.
• Unvogue.com – Well-talked about by Malcolm Sirrah on his blog Cut, Sew & Blog/Change
• Glam.com – I think anyone who owns a fashion blog or site has been contacted by them
• Iconique – my first fashion webzine experience, gorgeous as always
• Net-a-porter - the famed luxury website where you can buy RTW

If you’ve bared with me since the early days of this blog, I’ve rarely plugged myself in other media besides Gloss Magazine, probably because I’m perhaps a little too modest to mention. I’ve been contacted by an array of people including budding new designers (local and national), writing for fashion companies, invited to fashion events and even (heartbreakingly) missed an opportunity to be interviewed by the BBC….THE BBC. Yes, I had to kick my own behind for missing out on that one.

I find this is such an exciting time to write for a fashion webzine or blog as they are gaining more and more media attention from, well, traditional and online media. That somehow, in this huge network of fashion sites, any time one of our “own” is selected to be covered by the big media groups or picked up by major sites, I find it such an honor and happy for others who get to shine and recognized for what they do.

So I just wanted to say a huge congratulations to everyone who really work in keeping the fashion buzz online alive

According to today’s The Gazette, a new kind of fashion magazine has been lauched during the L’Oréal Fashion Week last month called “Eye Candy, The Volumes” or “Voyeur de la Mode” by Eye Candy Media, a UK-based advertising giant screen company . The new publication will be based in Montreal and will not feature any written articles but simply a collection of fashion editorial spreads by the world’s most talented fashion photographers.

A page from the October issue with a peek of the next page. Notice the video screen up on the right page.

Their website contains an online version of the magazine where visitors can flip through the pages like a real magazine, sometimes containing videos. The first time I’ve seen this page flipping animation done was on Clear Magazine‘s website (though it’s been under reconstruction for ages). The whole feeling is very reminiscent of Iconique‘s fashion editorials, a fashion magazine which publishes exclusively on the web, integrating Flash to interact with the user. It’s not surprising though as Montreal’s own Yanick Déry has collaborated with Iconique before and may have influenced publishers in spinning off a fashion publication with a similar chicness of a black background and editorial concept.

It’s a great breath of fresh air when it comes to Montreal fashion publications, I’m sure I’ll be picking up my copy soon. However, the concept is hardly anything new. Perhaps you can call me a cynical fashion lover, but when it comes to fashion publications, after getting a taste of Clear, Iconique, Another Magazine, and IssueOne, I’m sort of waiting for something a little more different.