PHOTOGRAPHER: PASCAL GAMBARTE @PASCALGAMBARTE
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: MARTINE ROSE @MARTINE_ROSE
ART DIRECTOR & STYLIST: TAMARA ROTHSTEIN @TAMARAROTHSTEIN1
HAIR: TASOS CONSTANTINOU @TASOSHAIR
MAKE UP: MARINA BELFON-ROSE @MARINABELFONROSE
SET: POLLY PHILP @POLLY_SETDESIGN
STUDIO: YOU STUDIO @YOU.STUDIOLONDON
CASTING: ISABEL BUSH @ISABELBUSH_
PR: AGENCY ELEVEN @AGENCYELEVEN
MARTINE ROSE AW26
LOOK BOOK SHOT AT YOU.STUDIO — STUDIO 03
USED AS A NEUTRAL YET CHARACTERFUL BACKDROP, THE STUDIO SETTING STRIPS THE IMAGERY BACK TO ITS ESSENTIALS — SILHOUETTE, PROPORTION, TEXTURE AND ATTITUDE — ALIGNING PERFECTLY WITH THE CONCEPTUAL CLARITY OF MARTINE ROSE’S AW26 VISION.
STUDIO 3 IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST VERSATILE PHOTOGRAPHY SPACES. FOR THE MARTINE ROSE AW26 LOOKBOOK, THE STUDIO’S SCALE AND CLEAN ARCHITECTURE ALLOWED THE CREATIVE TEAM TO WORK FLUIDLY WHILE MAINTAINING FOCUS ON THE GARMENTS THEMSELVES.
THE STUDIO’S OPEN LAYOUT AND CONTROLLED LIGHTING CONDITIONS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO CAPTURE THE EXAGGERATED PROPORTIONS AND LAYERED STYLING CENTRAL TO THE COLLECTION — FROM PADDED SHOULDERS AND ELONGATED COATS TO INTRICATE SURFACE DETAILS AND UNCONVENTIONAL FABRIC PAIRINGS. WITH MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRACTION, STUDIO 3 FUNCTIONED AS A BLANK CANVAS, LETTING THE CLOTHES DICTATE THE VISUAL NARRATIVE.
AW26 SEES MARTINE ROSE DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM TUDOR-ERA DRESS AND THE FIGURE OF HENRY VIII, TRANSLATING HISTORICAL OPULENCE INTO CONTEMPORARY SILHOUETTES. REGAL REFERENCES — FUR TRIMS, BROAD SHOULDERS, STRUCTURED VOLUMES — ARE OFFSET BY EVERYDAY GARMENTS AND SPORTSWEAR CUES, CREATING TENSION BETWEEN ARISTOCRACY AND STREET CULTURE.
RATHER THAN LITERAL COSTUME, THE COLLECTION FEELS INSTINCTIVE AND LIVED-IN. HISTORIC REFERENCES ARE DISRUPTED BY EVERYDAY GARMENTS: HOODED COATS, ATHLETIC SHORTS, DENIM, KNITWEAR AND SWEATS, BLURRING LINES BETWEEN ARISTOCRATIC EXCESS AND STREET-LEVEL REALISM.
