Panos Yiapanis - Stylist

[MulletProof]

loved this quote from the NY times on the Marc Jacobs S/S 08 show:

Another guest, Panos Yiapanis, an influential European stylist who has worked with a variety of designers, said, “The show defined for me what is modern.” He added: “It’s ironic that Victoria Beckham was here, with her breasts out. This show wipes all that kind of expression away.”

 

[Colette_B]

panos + helmut lang..

beautiful editorials.
his aesthetic is so cool!

thanks for that quote mullet.

 

[wheneveriwakeup]

Came across old bits of Panos' work... and old Roversi bits to boot!.

From I-D magazine's 20 yr. retrospective
Photog: Corrine Day

Source: my scans

I wish there were more but I thought you all might enjoy them, nonetheless.

 

[MulletProof]

great find, WIW!. his earlier work is truly mermerizing.. I'm not saying it's any better than his recent stuff but there's just something less sophisticated and more violent about it.. which I love.

so nice to finally put a name to that male model, as well.. orlando.. he seemed to have been panos' muse at least during the early 00's. right?. love his look.. very urban english.

 

[wheneveriwakeup]

You're quite welcome, Mullet!

Yes, his work is certainly much more refined these days. Both instances are absolutely moving, nonetheless. He combines the brash and the delicate so sublimely.

 

[LetThemEatCake]

Thank you Multitudes....love those photos.

 

[BerlinRocks]

i'll scan some previews of a story he did with steven klein for Dutch (2002)

 

[BerlinRocks]

Dutch 2002
Spread eagle by Steven Klein



{scanned by berlinrocks}

 

[BerlinRocks]

^already posted the cover...
this spread is a great portfolio of 24p.
main of the pages are same styling...
i see some influences... if some "amazing-skills" person could help me...

 

[BerlinRocks]

Image 7. Arena Homme+ Spring/Summer 2003 Issue 19
Photography: Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
Styling: Panos Yiapanis
Hair and make-up: Peter Philips
Model: Micheal Gandolfi

Inez van Lamsweerde
With Panos, his references are very punk and rock, but he makes it all himself; you feel the reference but he turns it into something which is very much of today, he pushes things forward. He almost designs things on the shoot, like a skirt made out of Converse sneakers - there's always this trunk of gear that comes with him, which he'll cut up and change on the spot. Vinoodh's and my photographs are quite classic, very posed. They show every single detail. When we did Arena Homme+ it was really the first time Panos used clothes from a designer and he didn't touch them or change them around. It was more about his choice of clothing rather than the transformation. There's also his friendship and respect for Veronique Branquinho, and ours too. In a way it was almost a rebellion to do something so chic and classic with him as the stylist, to go so the opposite from what he normally does. It was all groomed and the hair was done, almost preppy. But it had a sickness and a beauty; a sort of Rudolf Nureyev-like feeling.


Panos Yiapanis
Working with Inez and Vinoodh was a definite departure for me. Inez is the fashion side of what I do and David Armstrong is very much the other side. They both really inspire me, pushing me to go further. I know that Inez is usually very involved in the styling of her shoots, but from the first one we did together, with the model Carmen Cass, she just left me alone in the dressing room. I thought: "Oh no, she's really not into this." But she was, which was a big compliment. My work has changed recently, it has gone away from being a social thing about me and my friends, to becoming a study on clothes and their photography really works with that. I don't like camp aesthetics and one of the main things I've tried to do in my work is offer a man's aesthetic. But that isn't necessarily the GQ man. Men and women have the same mentality - the only difference is in the clothing and that's a technicality. Besides, I think men's magazines - and the photography and styling that goes in them - should show the world, and that world involves both men and women. I've always styled both sexes.


Image 8. Arena Homme+ Spring/Summer 2003 Issue 19
Photography: David Armstrong
Styling: Panos Yiapanis
Model: Orlando Miani
Hair: Rudi

David Armstrong
The key images for Panos and myself, I think, are the ones where the character of the subject is at least as important as what they are wearing. After all, you should never see what someone has on before you see the person himself, should you? My favourite pictures tend to appear direct to the point of bluntness, although, in actuality, if regarded with the time necessary to digest this, they are quite layered emotionally. With Panos the images work on many levels: aesthetic, political and emotional. What might come off as careless, I can assure you is more than carefully considered, in formal terms as well as those of content.

Panos Yiapanis
In many ways, I'm constantly at a loss with the fashion industry. Although I love clothes and I love expression through clothing, I think the six- monthly fashion cycle and trends are ludicrous. Doing my own thing is very important. That's why Orlando is very important to me because, along with George Clements and Jake Boyle, he is one of my guys. My relationship with Orlando is full of give-and-take. I have a lot of arguments with fashion editors because they want me to shoot a new guy and that is so opposite to what I am about. I don't want to hop from one thing to another. When I've done a shoot, say I've finished shooting Orlando, that time gives me an idea, I start thinking of taking what I did with him somewhere else, so naturally I want to shoot Orlando again. I don't want to apply those ideas to the new boy at Select, or whoever just did Dior, because Orlando inspired those ideas. The most important thing in a picture is who is in it. I see boys who are young, plucked out of nowhere, given loads of attention by the industry and made to feel special. Six months later they're suddenly dropped and they're no one again, it's shattering for them. I don't want that kind of disposable relationship with models. E

from New wave


Independent, The (London), Sep 20, 2003 by Jo Ann Furniss



see the related article there :
http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3782813&postcount=61
http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3782823&postcount=62

 

[melt977]

Thank you for these berlinrocks...

Does anyone know if he works for some magazine on a regular basis now?

 

[MulletProof]

thanks again, berlin! . I hadn't read that and I'm glad there's finally some evidence of Orlando as his muse.. they make beautiful chemistry together as a team and also know how to represent each other too well.. there's definitely something about Orlando that goes beyond average modeling, there's more personality than looks with him. I sense he [panos] also has a special thing for Ann Catherine Lacroix?.

david's description couldn't be more accurate:

With Panos the images work on many levels: aesthetic, political and emotional.

 

[BerlinRocks]

The Face - Nov. 2002

Happy this way by Michelangelo di Battista
models : Delfine, Anne, Ryan and Justin



{scanned by berlinrocks}

Happy New Year, Panos' lovers.....
I just found out I kept some The Face....... I had no idea!!!!
I even had Ann Catherine's editorial.............

 

[BerlinRocks]

Panos was #71 in the "The 100 most influential people in fashion" in 2002...
Here is what was written :

Part of the extented Raf Simons family, this Camdem-dwelling stylist has progressed onto strong, strange sittings with Dutch and The Face, amongst others. Reworking modern teen passion into glossy mag chic

 

[MulletProof]

thank you, berlin!. happy new year to you, too!
I love this, especially the arch 56 & Jungle boots..
.. the entire team.. from panos to michelangelo, delfine bafort and peter philip's stunning traces with the eyeliner.. it's so timeless and inspiring to look at

 

[BerlinRocks]

i may scan one or two more later this week...if i don't forget....

oh and discovered Panos styled Givenchy menswear ad campain in 2007 and 2008 (seen on intrepid)
is there someone who has the scans of this campain???

 

[MulletProof]

I always can remind you...

 

[BerlinRocks]

Panos styled Kate Moss' story in Dutch 33...
unfortunately i just found the Kate's pictures...
Do someone has the full story???
I always loved this story... never knew it was him...
i'm uploading it....

and while going through his portfolio, i found out i had another of his story.......
it's by Juergen Teller with Kate still...Angela and Stephanie etc. in Pop IX (Christina Ricci on cover)

 

[BerlinRocks]

while it's uploading...
Panos styled most of the Vogue Nippon 2007 cover....
wow... now I understand why softie heard about him more and more...
he's soooo much working.... I had no idea....

 

[BerlinRocks]

Dutch 33 by Inez & Vinoodh
models : Kate and ?? (she's english. but forgot her name) and ??






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