Yohji Yamamoto Fall 2011 RTW

"Clothing concerns all of the human person, all of the body, all the relationships of man to body as well as the relationships of the body to society."

--Roland Barthes

Editors:

Dylan Hayley Leavitt is a filmmaker and writer who was known to listen to No Doubt's album "Tragic Kingdom" on repeat as a child and carried her Oilily flower-shaped purse til last year.  She is working on an experimental, part-animated documentary about a vintage clothing store, inspired by her article for Antiques Roadshow Online.  She has studied digital media and television history, having watched a ton of TV as a kid.  Her favorite fashion house is Comme des Garcons.

Sydney Thomashow is a professional photographer and artist. With her first camera, she obsessively documented the expressions of her dog “Button”.  Since then, she has refined her style and has studied the fine arts at Bard College and Dartmouth. Her summers have been spent working for various fashion photographers as well as Estee Lauder. Her favorite fashion house is Prada.

Contributors:

Marguerite Imbert is a writer, vintage collector and style hound. Her first fashion gig was selling reconditioned vintage off an ironing board in Soho, New York. Since then, she has worked for Zac Posen, Vogue and a number of documentary filmmakers. She believes in Alber Elbaz and Alexander Wang. Her all-time favorite fashion house is Balenciaga.

Hannah Hoyt is a writer, design enthusiast and constant doodler. Her breakout childhood fashion move was sporting a giant purple bow in her hair every day for a year. She has worked at architecture and design firms as well as the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.  She is interested in the intersection of fashion, design and business. She loves anything by Nicolas Ghesquiere and Phoebe Philo.

Tausif Noor is a real human being and sometimes writer. He enjoys reading Vogue and W magazines and his interests include waiting around on cobblestone streets for Scott Schuman. His first foray into the design and fashion world came at the tender age of twelve, when he opened his first issue of Vogue. Since then, he has fallen down the rabbit hole and refuses to look back. He is a diehard fan of Lanvin, Balmain, and Balenciaga and is inspired by Alexander Wang.

Lauren Dowling loves writing, fashion and comedy.  She also once wore her Halloween bumblebee costume for a month continuously in the first grade.  After outgrowing this trend, she studied fashion design at Parsons Paris and subsequently dabbled in costume design and interned at Interview magazine.  She loves Francisco Costa, Raf Simons and Sonia Rykiel.