CHRISTINE CENTENERA

FASHION EDITOR, HARPER’S BAZAAR AUSTRALIA

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

MY FAVORITE THINGS: MY APARTMENT, OLD KSUBI DENIM, PIERRE HARDY, FRIENDSHIP BANDS, VINTAGE CHANEL BELTS, JUMPING OFF NORTH BONDI ROCKS, BALENCIAGA LACE BRA, THE SMELL OF FRESH FIGS, KIEHLS, ERES, IRVING PENN, FINE GOLD CHAINS, WHEN TRUFFLES ARE IN SEASON, BEAUJOLAIS-VILLAGES NOUVEAU, COCONUT OIL, PHOEBE PHILO, NEVER USING CONDITIONER, MY HUGE FAMILY, MY HEART RING BY MY BEAUTIFUL FRIEND/JEWELRY DESIGNER JORDAN ASKILL, MY JOB, DE NIRO, MY BOYFRIEND’S WATCH, A SOLID DAY AT THE BEACH, JOSH GOOT, MY ASSISTANT, NOT WEARING FLATS, THERESE RAWSTHORNE SHIRTS, BEING IN LOVE, THE COLOR OF THE WATER IN TULUM AND MY LIFE IN GENERAL.

SHARNE SCOTT

BRAND & SHOWROOM MANAGER, MANAGEMENT & PUBLICITY

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

THE SMELL OF OLD BOOKS, 1970′S LEATHER BOOT HARNESSES, WORN IN JEANS, SAM COOKE, BENAH MINI SATCHEL, RIABOOSH.COM, BIG SUR, TAILORED SHORTS, JUMP ROCKS, TAN MARNI WEDGES, COEN BROTHERS FILMS, PEDRO GARCIA BOOTS, BUNNY LOVE, COLORED SUNGLASSES, MARIA’S ENVELOPES, MY TIBETAN SHERPA RUCKSACK, KARLA SPECTIC SCALLOP DRESS, AIRPORT TERMINALS, MAPS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, BLUE BIRD BY BUKOWSKI, MY BOYFRIEND’S ART, DESOLATE ART GALLERIES, CASHMERE, HUNTER S. THOMPSON, MY FATHER’S RECORD COLLECTION, JÉRÔME DREYFUSS MESSENGER BAG, SUEDE TAN BUCKET HAT, WARM SOCKS, JEFF BUCKLEY, MY CAMEL COAT, FIGS, LAYING ON THE STREETS OF MELBOURNE, THE DREAMERS, THE SWEET SOUND OF FRIENDS PLAYING MUSIC, SNEAKY HYDRANGEA PICKING, MY NUDE LEATHER BACKPACK AND FOREVER BEING YOUNG

STEVIE DANCE

EDITOR, RUSSH MAGAZINE

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

BALENCIAGA AVIATOR SHEARLING JACKET, SOPHIA COPPOLA FOR LOUIS VUITTON, MY NIKON FM2 CAMERA, ED RUSCHA, ALEXANDER WANG LEATHER CORSET SHORTS, PIERCINGS, JOSH GOOT WORN LAISSEZ FAIRE, ANN DEMEULEMEESTER TAN BUCKLE STRAP SANDALS, BARE BACKS, JAPANESE SANDALWOOD INCENSE, BALENCIAGA SILK STRIPED SANDALS, NOT WEARING A BRA, VINTAGE LEVI’S FROM THE 1950′S, MANIFESTING, SUN ON FACE, THE VASELINES, OLD 6 BUCK ARMY BAGS, LISTENING TO THE COMPLETE SUN CITY RECORDS VOL. 1 – 4, WEARING EVERYTHING INSIDE OUT (ESPECIALLY CHLOE SILK BLOUSES AND ISABEL MARANT JACKETS), BECK CIRCA ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE, GIVING EVERYONE A NICKNAME, JOAN DIDION, MY A TEAM, ANYTHING SUEDE, DRINKING SAKE, DANCING, MY DANIEL JOHNSTON LOVENHOUSEN PAINTING, MY JOB, RUSSH OF COURSE AND SAYING, “WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE” AND ACTUALLY MEANING IT.

TARA VASEV

MERCHANDISING ASSISTANT, ALEXANDER WANG

MY FAVORITE THINGS: BALENCIAGA RUCHED MINI DRESS, LIVE THROUGH THIS BY HOLE, 1920S VINTAGE SILK CHIFFON DRESSES, THE ROW WHITE BLOUSE, THE THIRD SUMMER OF LOVE BY CORINNE DAY, TOPSHOP LACE BRA, NEIL YOUNG, ANN DEMEULEMEESTER TRIPLE LACE UP BOOTS AND LEATHER MULTI BUCKLE BUSTIER, LE PETIT PRINCE, BEARDS, VINTAGE DISTRESSED LEATHER RUCKSACK, FONDATION MAEGHT, MY GRANDFATHER’S SAILBOAT, ST. PAUL DE VENCE, DRIES VAN NOTEN MOHAIR MAXI JUMPER AND STRAPPY SANDALS, AURELIE ANTIQUAIRE, PHI LONG SLEEVE TEE AND CORSETED BUSTIER, THE HOUSE I GREW UP IN AND MY JOB.

ANNA DELLO RUSSO

FASHION DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE, VOGUE NIPPON

MY FAVORITE THINGS:
1)MY DOG, CUCCIOLINA
2)MY PHOTOS OF ARTIST/PHOTOGRAPHER, RONDINONE
3)MY PICTURE ABOVE MY BED OF DEBORAH TURBEVILLE
4)MY COLLECTION OF FENDI ‘BAGUETTE’ HANDBAGS
5)MY GOLD DOLCE & GABBANA DRESS
6)MY COLLECTION OF STOCKINGS
7)MY BOOK ‘A WONDERFUL LIFE’ BY SLIM AARONS
8)MY MANDALA FROM INDIA IN MY YOGASHALA
9)MY GLASS SHELVING UNIT FULL OF MY SPARKLING SHOES
10)MY BVLGARI TURBO GAS WATCH
11)MY COLLECTION OF VOGUE ITALIA MAGAZINES FROM 1989
12)AND YOU TOMMY…

IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO POST THIS ‘MY FAVORITE THINGS’ FEATURE WITH THE ONE AND ONLY, ANNA DELLO RUSSO. ANNA WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PERSONALLY INVITE ME TO VISIT BOTH OF HER APARTMENTS IN MILAN, ONE NEXT TO THE OTHER BUT ONE SPECIFICALLY MEANT TO HOST TO HER EXTRAORDINARY CLOTHING ARCHIVE. WHEN SHE INVITED ME BACK ON THE LAST DAY OF NEW YORK FASHION WEEK, I FELT LIKE AN EAGER BRIDE IN THE MAKING WAITING TO BE PROPOSED TO. I ANXIOUSLY COUNTED THE DAYS AND AFTER MILAN FASHION WEEK THAT MONUMENTAL MOMENT FINALLY HAPPENED. I DON’T THINK I HAVE THE EXACT WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO VISIT ANNA’S HOME. I DON’T EVEN THINK MY PICTURES EVEN DO HER HOME AND CLOTHING ARCHIVE ANY JUSTICE. WHAT YOU’RE SEEING IS A MERE GLIMPSE OF SOMEONE WHO IS EXTREMELY PASSIONATE AND HAS A GENUINE LOVE FOR ART AND FASHION. I COULDN’T HELP BUT BE IN COMPLETE AWE OF THE RICH, LUXURIOUS LAYERS OF ANNA’S LIFE AND HOME. SHE INVITED ME BECAUSE SHE FELT THAT BOTH SHE AND I EQUALLY SHARE THE SAME PASSION FOR FASHION. I AGREE BUT OBVIOUSLY I DON’T LIVE AS LAVISHLY AS SHE DOES BUT I AM TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE HAD ANNA SHARE THIS PART OF HER LIFE WITH ME. HER KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY GOES FAR BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN IMAGINE AND THE LIST YOU SEE ABOVE OF HER FAVORITE THINGS IS A REPLICANT OF WHAT SHE WROTE ON A LETTER THAT SHE HAD HAND DELIVERED TO ME ON HER WAY TO THE DRIES VAN NOTEN SHOW. ALSO, MAY I ADD HOW MUCH I LOVED HOW SHE WROTE HER LIST IN A GLITTERY PURPLE INK THAT SMELT OF GRAPE. THANK YOU AGAIN ANNA FOR INVITING ME INTO YOUR HOME AS I WILL ALWAYS CHERISH THAT EXPERIENCE.

XO

TOMMY

FRANCESCO COMINELLI, ASSISTANT EDITOR, VOGUE HOMMES

PARIS, FRANCE

KENZO SHEARLING TOGGLE COAT, ASTRONOMY PRINTS, Z ZEGNA NAVY CABLE KNIT SWEATER, ViNTAGE AMERICAN EAGLE SNEAKERS, BEACON’S CLOSET, SANTA MARIA NOVELLA’S CANDLES, MISSONI PATCHWORK SWEATER, KENZO BLACK LEATHER RUCKSACK, CLIGNANCOURT FLEA MARKET, GREY FLANNEL EAU DE TOILETTE BY GEOFFREY BEENE, DAGOSPIA, GREY PRADA FAUX FUR VEST, NUTELLA, GALLO SOCKS, VINTAGE AMERICAN FLAG CONVERSE TRAINERS, VINTAGE NEIMAN MARCUS CHECKED BOMBER, CUSTOMIZED VINTAGE LINED DENIM JACKET, FERRARI WATCH, SINGING, H&M COBWEB KNIT SWEATER, VINTAGE SUNGLASSES AND WATCHES, NIKE CROCHETED TRAINERS, SICILY, Z ZEGNA LEATHER SUIT, FABRIC RESEARCH, YVES SAINT LAURENT GREY WOOL COAT, MISSONI KNIT HAT, DUSTIN O’ HALLORAN, MEXICAN KNITTED CARDIGAN, WALT DISNEY, CAFE HABANA, MY “I’LL BE BACK” TATTOO DEDCIATED TO NEW YORK

MAYA VILLIGER

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

PHOTOGRAPHER, TURNED OUT

MY FAVORITE THINGS: MEN’S INSPIRED BLUE SHIRTS, ISABEL MARANT RIBBED KNIT LEGGINGS, PHOEBE PHILO, MY WEDDING BANDS, LANVIN LILAC FLATS, DIANE KEATON AS ANNIE HALL, J. CREW KHAKIS, GREY BOTTEGA VENETA SATCHEL, BLUE RIBBON SUSHI, CHANEL 2.55, A PHOTOGRAPHER’S LIFE BY ANNIE LEIBOVITZ, PRADA CRANBERRY SATIN TURBAN, DEREK HENDERSON, J. BRAND WIDE LEGGED JEANS, PRADA TRAPEZE PEACOAT, SAMUEL HODGE, MIU MIU FAUX CROC CHAIN BELT, ISABEL MARANT PLEATED HIGH WAISTED SHORTS, MAKING COLLAGES, MONOGRAMED GOYARD TOTE, BURBERRY TRENCH COAT, PRADA LACEUP ANKLE BOOTIES, MY MUSE AND SISTER GRETA

TARA VASEV

E-COMMERCE DIRECTOR/MERCHANDISING ASSISTANT, ALEXANDER WANG

“WATCHING THE DRIES VAN NOTEN FALL 2009 SHOW, I FELT AS THOUGH I WAS TRANSPORTED TO EDINBURGH’S DEAN VILLAGE. THERE WAS SOMETHING PROFOUNDLY THERAPEUTIC ABOUT THE COLOR SCHEME, SIMPLICITY, AND UNDERSTATED PURITY OF THE COLLECTION: LIKE A ROTHKO MULTIFORM PAINTING. MY FAVORITE PIECE IN THE COLLECTION WAS THE WOOL/MOHAIR BLEND JUMPER. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING PRACTICAL ABOUT IT AND IT IS PUNISHINGLY HEAVY AND THE MOHAIR SHEDS ALL OVER MY FOOD AND CLOTHES. YET, IT REMAINS AS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS. PERHAPS BECAUSE IT INSTILLS A FEELING OF SERENITY AND NOSTALGIA, REMINDING ME OF THE DAYS WHEN MY IDEA OF FUN WAS JUMPING INTO A PILE OF AUTUMN LEAVES. IT IS THOSE COLORS, THE BURNT ORANGE OF AUTUMN LEAVES AND THE SHRIMP PINK OF MY MOTHER’S SUITS, THAT REMIND ME OF A SIMPLE TIME.”

EMILY EISEN

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

FIRST ASSISTANT TO NICOLA FORMICHETTI

MY FAVORITE THINGS: BOY LONDON SWEATSHIRT, ISABEL MARANT WOOL COAT, BRUSSEL SPROUTS, BURBERRY PRORSUM BARBED WIRE RING, DOVER STREET MARKET, VINTAGE LEVIS JEANS, MARGIELA DUCT TAPE SPORTS BLAZER, TOTORO, MEN’S SWEATERS, SHIBA INUS, WOLFORD TIGHTS, BOYY SLASH CALF HANDBAG, STRIPE SHIRTS, PRADA CHANDELIER SANDALS, JAPANESE FOOD, AMERICAN APPAREL SHEER WHITE TEES, MARGIELA WOOL STRIPE JUMPER, CHLOÉ DOC MARTEN WEDGE BOOTS, HARRY POTTER, THIS IS ENGLAND, LA PERLA BRA, VINTAGE STUDDED BIKER JACKET, KIDDYLAND IN TOKYO, TRIPP JEANS, EMMA COOK FOR TOPSHOP WEDGE BOOTS, ASSEMBLY IN NEW YORK, MY APARTMENT, LONDON UNDERGROUND CREEPERS, PANDA BEARS.