Author Description

Fashion is often seen as an industry of eccentric personalities and unique, exceptional talents but it's the collaborators, rather than the individuals, who underpin the industry and inspire this book. This stylish volume, compiled by Lou Stoppard, editor-at-large of London's SHOWstudio, delves into the behind-the-scenes worlds of the fashion industry's most intriguing partnerships to explore what, exactly, makes these pairs such magical duos. Featuring eighteen illuminating conversations led by Stoppard, Fashion Together: Fashion's Most Extraordinary Duos on the Art of Collaboration reveals the secrets behind leading fashion luminaries such as Vivienne Westwood and Andreas Kronthaler, Marc Jacobs and Katie Grand, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Rick Owens and Michèle Lamy, and Stephen Jones and Thom Browne. Never-before-seen photographs and sketches, handwritten notes, and fashion editorials showcase each duo's most memorable work. Profound, funny, and provocative, the conversations range from childhood inspirations to nitty-gritty industry details to advice on how to succeed in the fashion business today. Names featured are: Marc Jacobs and Katie Grand, Rick Owens and Michèle Lamy, Nick Knight and Daphne Guinness, Riccardo Tisci and Mariacarla Boscono, Jonathan Anderson and Benjamin Bruno, Shaun Leane on Alexander McQueen. Kim Jones and Alister Mackie, Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, Gareth Pugh and Ruth Hogben, Philip Treacy on Isabella Blow, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Thom Browne and Stephen Jones, Katie Hillier and Luella Bartley, Iris Van Herpen and Philip Beesley, and Vivienne Westwood and Andreas Kronthaler.