I whiled away my weekend at Offset 2010, a design conference in Dublin, listening to some all-time-greats talk about their work & what inspires them. George Lois, the original Don Draper, told us charming anecdotes about building an advertising empire in the 60s and David Carson gave us the background stories to his innovative Ray Gun magazine covers in the 90s. I also heard a talk from Celestine Cooney, energetic Irish stylist who started off at The Dubliner Magazine, and has gone on to style Dazed & Confused and numerous catwalk shows such as Ashish and Topshop. Celestines body of work blew me away, especially her editorial work. The first spread here is for Dazed & Confused and was based loosely around the theme of Batman.
I just love her interpretation. I loved hearing little secret stories like how she stayed up all night before the shoot to make the hat, crying all the while, because of the stresses of being an assistant stylist! Celestine has created a bi-annual magazine called Twin which is more Art than fashion. Inspiring stuff!
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