Egoiste Magazine

[alwaysademo]

Fabulous Art Director.
Less known than Fabien Baron but as much influential. He is behind all the great Galliano/Nick Knight campaigns for Dior, the Tom Ford/Pilati eras for YSL and a lot of Prada campaigns.
He is also behind one the most popular coffe book probably on earth, the Tom Ford one.
He is married to Victoire de Castellane and he was the Art Director of Glamour Magazine in the early 90’s (The Carine Roitfeld era) and is one of the co-founder of Numero Magazine with Babeth Djian and Jean Yves Le Fur.

He is probably my favorite Art Director and I have always liked his kind of old school gentleman allure.

Glamour Fr seems to be a school to a lot of influential professionals today...

 

[alwaysademo]

Wisniak is maybe one of the last Editor who has maintained her aura because of her high standards and the respect those who counts in the industry have for her.
In a way, Mastermind of trying to follow her path but I think she is journalist, love of the Art first! I think she elevated Avedon’s work a little bit by publishing photos that weren’t fashion related but spoke more about culture.

Mastermind was mocked on tfs when the first few issues came out but I think now it's really been demonstrating the contemporary creme of Paris. I love how MAS supports people like Julien Martinez Leclerc, over and over.

 

[Lola701]

Glamour Fr seems to be a school to a lot of influential professionals today...

Yes!
I think CN launched the French Glamour to kind of attract a younger audience that would later go to Vogue FR but in reality, the French Glamour ended up being more edgy than Vogue. When you see the credits of the talents involved, you can see why at Vogue they worried.
I think eventually, JJB worked with some editors for Vogue.

I don’t know if Babeth worked for Glamour but she worked for Vogue and then went to Numero.

Even the early days of Numero were crazy! The photographers that were involved, the models…etc. I thinl Lenthal's vision worked wonderfully. And i think he is one of the early supporters of Teller!

Mastermind was mocked on tfs when the first few issues came out but I think now it's really been demonstrating the contemporary creme of Paris. I love how MAS supports people like Julien Martinez Leclerc, over and over.

I think MAS’s magazine felt like another Vanity project, much like CRFB…
But in reality, she has maintained her standards. I respect that about people!
It’s a bit monotonous for me sometimes because it’s so much about her aesthetic, when I think Égoïste was really about photography.
CRFB is a mess because of the lack of standards. You cannot work with Meisel, Klein or others for your commercial work and give us Sébastien Faena as a main photographer for your publication.

But indeed, MASTERMIND is elitist but well made and consistent.

 

[alwaysademo]

@Lola701 You're always so concise. I do think though, that Numéro based on imagery alone is falling behind a bit, JBMondino is a bit err.... too subtle these days. But Babeth getting something out of the underestimated potential of Koto Bolofo and some others yesteryear's talents create occasionally refreshing results.
I feel the problem with Carine is she got tipped over to the celeb side from the mania of the period and forgot her roots a bit. My heart still races everytime I see an old ed with one of those quiet late 2000s top girls styled in a ravaged tank with a Cartier blue diamond necklace on top lying on a leather sofa playing with their hair.... just riveting.
back to Égoïste, you're so right that it has this seriousness in tone that in retrospect seems so rare in fashion magazine. The way she and Avedon crafted those stories are just aspirational, then as it's even more obvious now.
I love that with MAS it's very french without ever being nostalgic. When Meisel started working with her he started focusing less on the decoratif and became a bit sharper, composition and shape wise etc..

Anyway it's so fun talking to you!

 

[GivenchyAddict]

I confirm that Babeth did Glamour in the 90s