Rachel Freire is a London based designer whose debut fashion collection was presented at London Fashion Week with On|Off in February 2009 at the Science Museum in London.  Already her work has been seen in publications such as Dazed and Confused, AnOther, Issue One, Timeout London, Juxtapoz, Illustrated Ape, Art Business Today and Metro London.

Educated at Central Saint Martins, her influences stem from her love of historical costume combined with futuristic imagery. Behind the dramatic silhouettes and decadent embellishments, the pieces are designed to be wearable, durable and flattering.

READ MORE ABOUT: anOther, Central Saint Martins, dazed and confused, Illustrated Ape, Issue One, Juxtapoz, rachel freire, Timeout London

Taking inspiration from throwaway materials and Frankenstein’s legendary monster, Dazed & Confused this month presents its ‘Franken-Fashion’ masks project… a unique creative collaboration with some of the world’s top designers, including such names as Alexander McQueen, Gareth Pugh, Martin Margiela, Hussein Chalayan, Roberto Cavalli, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Riccardo Tisci.

READ MORE ABOUT: A Grave With No Name, alexander mcqueen, Blank Dogs, brigitte bardot, dazed and confused, Donyale Luna, dorian gray, gareth pugh, hussein chalayan, jean charles de castelbajac, karen langley, Kurt Vile, Laura Mulleavy, Magnus Unnar, Mark Pillai, martin margiela, max farago, Nancy Kienholz, rebecca hall, riccardo tisci, richard burbridge, roberto cavalli, rodarte, Slits' Ari-Up, Times New Viking, Wavves, Woods, woody allen

SEPTEMBER 2009 / »DARK ROMANTICISM« PREVIEW#2 / SHOT BY CARLOTTA MANAIGO

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As if once wasn’t enough, see Kristen Stewart’s face three times on the cover of Dazed and Confused this September. And I almost forgot about her for a second.

LINK LOVE: Live Journal

READ MORE ABOUT: david sherry, dazed and confused, Kristen Stewart, Twilight

This androgynous shoot mixes authentic 70’s style punk leather jackets and studs with Chanel-esque gothic couture dresses and knits.

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Photography Mark Pillai / Styling Katie Shillingford

Titled ‘the ultimate robot woman is invincible’ this spread embodies all that is ‘new age.’

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This month, expect steel tendons and X-ray vision as Dazed & Confused bows before the might of the man machine. Bestriding the cover is young French film star Gaspard Ulliel, who talks about his ambivalent relationship with the fashion world, and his latest English-language film The Vintner’s Luck. Styled by Jacob K and shot by Solve Sundsbo, this feature kicks off an eye-popping exploration of this season’s best menswear

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Rankin is an amazing photographer who also happens to be the creator and owner of Dazed & Confused. Love it.

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Inspired by the ancient civilizations referenced in the Spring/Summer 09 Collections, Dazed & Confused this month summons ‘Divine Power’ and sets about channeling everything that is awe-inspiringly ancient and majestic about the worlds of fashion, art, music and film at the moment.

Model of the moment Lakshmi, creative director Nicola Formichetti and photographer Josh Olins combine their godlike touch to create this issue’s highly dramatic cover shoot, while fashion editor Katie Shillingford even gained access to the inner circle of Stonehenge for her unprecedented shoot with photographer Mel Bles. Acclaimed photographer Ellen Von Unwerth meanwhile makes for the town of Bedrock in her Flintstones-inspired shoot with stylist Joanna Schlenzka.

Above text via the press release

READ MORE ABOUT: dazed and confused, ellen von unwerth, joanna schlenzka, josh olins, katie shillingford, Lakshmi Menon, mel bles, Nicola Formichetti

Rankin Shoots The Gossip for the May Cover of Dazed and Confused.

LINKAGE: Gossip Cover Shoot

READ MORE ABOUT: beth ditto, dazed and confused, dazed digital, rankin, the gossip

The Fashion Editor of Dazed & Confused rocks this little Christopher Kane screaming gorilla top outside of the Stella McCartney show. You know you want it.

LINKAGE: ROAR//

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I’m not completely sure what’s going on in this Dazed & Confused spread from the February 09 issue, but it’s crazy… and I like it. It appears to be a bananas Carnival, Brazilian jungle party extravaganza that I totally want to be a part of. Love that the photos are in black and white; it makes them that much more intriguing. Another job well done by the art department at D & C.

GALLERY: Dazed & Confused, February 09

Thanks to Trendista for the photos.

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This D&G spread in the January 09 issue of Dazed & Confused has me saying “I’ve seen better.” When I think of D&G’s models, I think of women, not girls. This underfed gal they chose for the spread does nothing to highlight the Italian brand’s aesthetic or sex appeal, but it might sell a few more lines of coke. And the photos are below average in artistic value compared to what I usually see in Dazed & Confused; the only one I really like is the last, with the hair and skirt blowing upward. Maybe the two just don’t work well together, but I hope to see things back up to par for both D&G and the magazine in the coming year.?

Thanks for the photos Fashion Copious!

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Cole Mohr

Ash Stymest

Tyler Riggs

Josh Beech

Dan Felton

I was flipping through old issues of i-D, Dazed and Confused and Men’s Vogue while I was home in Buffalo over the holiday weekend. I knew I spotted a trend among male models, but it didn’t hit me until I saw Cole Mohr on the Marc by Marc Jacobs billboard in SoHo one last time…

The Trend: baby-faced, skinny, tattooed, pierced, punk rocking models who look like they just got kicked out of the high school homecoming dance for reeking of cheap beer. Bingo. 

Punk boys have been all over the editorials and up and down the runways recently. I absolutely love the awkward, but adorable, high school dropout look…and It looks like I’m not the only one! With Marc Jacobs and Hedi Slimane as avid fans of this look, it seems that the baby-faced punks will be scoring high fashion editorials and shows for years to come. But sorry ladies, just because you look like a prepubescent rocker doesn’t mean your gauged ears and inked arms are fully acceptable in the high fashion industry. It’s unfair, I know…but that’s just the way it is. 

Thanks for the photos Models.com! 

READ MORE ABOUT: ash stymest, cole mohr, Dan Felton, dazed and confused, Hedi Slimane, I-D, josh beech, Marc by Marc, Marc Jacobs, men's vogue, tyler riggs

Cool spread from Dazed and Confused. There really isn’t much more to be said.

Thanks to The Fashionisto for the pics.

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I finally figured out what Rihanna’s inspiration was for her newest hit single “Disturbia.” Chris Cunningham recently photographed an “anti-fashion” spread of fashion and music icon Grace Jones for the newest issue of Dazed and Confused. According to We Make It Good, the spread is a collaboration between the artists and the “results come across a little more like Chris Cunningham microwaving Grace Jones’ stem cells with a digital heat lamp.” I couldn’t have said it better myself. And if you haven’t already poured yourself a tall glass of water to wash this all down with, the increasingly disturbing contorted poses will have you thirsty for your innocence. 

If it weren’t for the frightening, almost toothless, face of Ms. Jones, the pile of unknown human muscle and her distraught faces, I think i’d actually like this spread. On a more positive note, I did appreciate the image where smoke is billowing from Jones’ face, the simple backgrounds and the eerie lighting techniques. The last image actually had me reminiscing on my own childhood where mashing your faces against the car window was the funniest thing in the world. Throw in a pair of boobs and an elongated belly button and you’ll laugh just as hard as I did. 

Thanks We Make It Good! 

READ MORE ABOUT: chris cunningham, dazed and confused, grace jones, Rihanna, we make it good

Kendra Spears for the Akiabara Ad Campaign.

Kendra Spears in Trovata S/S 2009.

Kendra Spears for Ford Models contest.

Like any sane person, I deleted my Myspace account once I realized that I wasted at least four hours each day changing my layout design, took pathetic photos specifically for new Myspace defaults and stalked my ex-boyfriend to see who he was macking on that week. Now granted, I’ve been Myspace sober for over three years (thanks to Facebook. damnit) but Kendra Spears, the new face all over the runways, owes her whole aspiring career to Myspace. 

Say sayonara to the typical college co-ed and hello to the winner of Ford Models’ Myspace.com contest! So she didn’t win the $100,000 contract with Ford Models, but who can complain walking for Gucci, Hermès, and Valentino in Paris and Milan? Recently the 20 year old Portland State University student has been working on shoots for Dazed and Confused, Italian Marie Claire and an upcoming BCBG ad campaign. 

Anyone else wondering why Kendra Spears didn’t wind up in New York Fashion Week last month? Well, according to bookers, they aren’t too keen on Spears’ Cindy Crawford lip mole. Well too bad for us here in the States, it looks like European bookers know a pretty face, mole or no mole, when they see one! 

Thanks NY Mag!

READ MORE ABOUT: akiabara, bcbg, Cindy Crawford, dazed and confused, ford models, gucci, Hermès, Kendra Spears, marie claire, Myspace, new york fashion week, trovata, valentino

Our little runway fainter, Abbey Lee Kershaw rocks some killer Gareth Pugh looks for this month’s issue of Dazed & Confused. It looks like she’s staring in some sort of Japanese slasher flick but the images are undeniably sick.

Abbey you just became my new Aggy.

READ MORE ABOUT: Abbey Lee Kershaw, Agyness Deyn, dazed and confused, gareth pugh

It is my mission to drive home the point that American Vogue sucks. I do this, in the vain hope that they will give me the job to revitalize the magazine . Although my constant bashing of Anna Wintour and Daniel’s jihad against Andre Leon Talley has probably greatly hurt my chances. I digress…here is a preview of British Mag Dazed and Confused ’s September issue (Trivia Time: Their founder, Jefferson Hack is Kate Moss’s baby’s daddy)!

READ MORE ABOUT: American Vogue Sucks, dazed and confused, Mag Hag >>, September

Marc Jacobs:

Missoni:

Dazed and Confused:

Gender has seemed to find its way into a ton of ads and print lately. Marc jacobs recently featured Cole Mohr in dresses with handbags showing off his feminine side. Same goes for Luke Worhl who was shot in heels and a feather boa for his Dazed and Confused photoshoot. Then there was Missoni who recently did a photoshoot that was very sugguestive towards lesbianism. The images show one girl assume the facial and body language that a male would display while the other still seems to maintain her female aspet of relationship. 

These days, anything goes when it comes to gender, sexual preference, or fetishism. So why not display this in advertising? Bigger name fashion houses like Missoni are even playing on this idea, probebly haveing something to do with how much lesbianism has been in the news lately (think Lidsay and Sam). Whatever the reason, these ads are surely very attention driven. 

READ MORE ABOUT: cole mohr, dazed and confused, Luke Worhl, Marc Jacobs, missoni

The August 2008 issue of Dazed and Confused Magazine features this truly unique and trannitastic photo shoot of Luke Warrol. Because I am that kid who judges books by their covers, when I first caught a glimpse of these snapshots I thought it was Agyness Deyn. I mean these pictures fit the Agy stereotype of no chest, short bleach blonder hair, and super skinny. Thank god I decided to read the article for once because I’m really getting tired of writing about Agyness (unless she is naked and jumping off buildings again). These pictures really have sparked my interest in the Dazed and Confused August issue, be sure to get a copy of your own because I hate sharing!

Shout out to our friends over at Brandish for the snapshots.

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Here is preview of the latest Dazed and Confused, which is guest edited by Vivienne Westwood. Where else are you going to find tribal, victorian, punks in the 21st century. Only from the mind of Vivienne Westwood. Making her the biggest female pimp of fashion.

Westwood is the only designer who can actually use fashion as a vehicle to talk about politics.

[the fashion spot]

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Whenever I see, shorts and shorts and Converse I think of the movie Dazed and Confused. If you haven’t seen the film-it’s a bout teens in the 1970’s driving around Texas and getting hammered. Here are two retro pieces that are always in style.

KRITIK Solid Samantha Short FREE SHIPPING at shopbop.com. Retro-cool style with a flattering, updated fit. Terry short with drawstring and ribbed banding at waist. Contrast trim throughout. 8″ rise. 3″ inseam. 80% cotton/20% polyester. Hand wash. Made in the U.S.A. – Red

Converse Chuck Taylor All Star High Sneaker FREE SHIPPING at shopbop.com. This classic Converse style is one of our longtime loves. Canvas high-top sneaker with lace-up tie at front and logo at ankle. Rubber side wall, toe cap, and sole. Imported. This item cannot be gift-boxed. Sizing note: These shoes run big. We recommend sizing down one half size. – Optical White

READ MORE ABOUT: Cheap Shit, Converse, dazed and confused, Foot Fetish, Independence Day, Retro