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In his column, Donatien Grau speaks to prominent thinkers and creatives about fashion and its connections to contemporary creativity.

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    An Intellectual Fashion | Cecilia Dean

    Cecilia Dean’s career is an extraordinary example of the evolution from modeling to editing: she was one of the most prominent models in the 1980s, posing for the likes of Karl Lagerfeld, Peter Lindbergh and Mario Testino...

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    An Intellectual Fashion | Caroline Evans

    Caroline Evans is Professor of Fashion History and Theory at Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design. A major voice amongst fashion academics, she is the author and editor of numerous books, including Fashion at the Edge (2003) and...

  • Photography by Scott Schuman

    An Intellectual Fashion | Scott Schuman

    The latest subject in Donatien Grau's An Intellectual Fashion column, Scott Schuman is the founder and editor of the iconic fashion blog The Sartorialist which he set up in 2005. He achieved considerable influence with his photographs...

  • Glenn O'Brien

    An Intellectual Fashion | Glenn O'Brien

    Glenn O’Brien is the closest we can get today to a Renaissance man: after graduating in Classics from Georgetown University, he became a music critic at Andy Warhol’s Interview, while being a member of the Factory...

  • Design by Nanna van Blaaderen

    An Intellectual Fashion | Lidewij Edelkoort

    Lidewij Edelkoort is probably the world’s most famous trend-forecaster. Her work encompasses advising brands in fashion and the commercial world, such as Gucci, Estée Lauder, Lancôme or L’Oréal...

  • Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin

    An Intellectual Fashion | Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin

    Inez van Lamsweerde’s and Vinoodh Matadin’s work is probably one of the most humanist and refined to be seen today. Their art of portraiture encompasses every field of photography, from art to advertisement, from exhibitions to books...

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    An Intellectual Fashion | Jean-Philippe Delhomme

    Jean-Philippe Delhomme, like his friend Glenn O’Brien, is one of the most accomplished Renaissance men one could encounter today: as illustrator, he works for publications such as GQ and the Los Angeles Times...

  • Hamish Bowles

    An Intellectual Fashion | Hamish Bowles

    Hamish Bowles serves as international editor at large for American Vogue. A graduate of Central Saint Martins, he started his career as style editor of the magazine in 1992, before being promoted to european editor at large, and, most...

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    An Intellectual Fashion | Sally Singer

    The latest subject of Donatien Grau's An Intellectual Fashion column is Sally Singer, the editor of T Magazine, The New York Times Style Magazine. Before being appointed in 2010, she had served for ten years at American Vogue, where he...

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    An Intellectual Fashion | Philip-Lorca diCorcia

    Philip-Lorca diCorcia is one of the most respected voices in contemporary American photography. Acclaimed for his painterly touch, his work has been exhibited worldwide in the most prestigious venues, from the Whitney Biennial in 1997 to...

  • Valerie Steele

    An Intellectual Fashion | Valerie Steele

    Valerie Steele is director and chief curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. A leading fashion academic, she holds a PhD from Yale, and serves as editor-in-chief of Fashion Theory : The Journal of Dress,...

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    An Intellectual Fashion | Fabien Baron

    The latest subject in Donatien Grau's An Intellectual Fashion questionnaire is acclaimed art director Fabien Baron, responsible for the design of Madonna's iconic Sex book, controversial Calvin Klein campaigns and countless magazine...