Anders Christian Madsen

1 month ago | vogue.co.uk | Anders Christian Madsen

She arrives through the back entrance of Annabel’s in Mayfair, cloaked in a futuristic quilted jacket, with a beautiful bodyguard in tow. Minutes later, and minus the coat, Donatella Versace strides down a staircase in a full skirt adorned with baroque swirls, platinum hair immaculately coiffed, eyes smoky and smouldering.

2 months ago | dustmagazine.com | Anders Christian Madsen |Eugene Rabkin |Luigi Vitali

Forensic Gazes, Death and Smiling for a PhotographA text by Xaver KönnekerThis piece explores how visual artist Xaver Könneker, during his research into urban loneliness, uncovered a unique relationship between smiling for the camera, a Kodak in this case, and the forensic identification of the deceased. His original study, Kodak Knows No Dark Days: Forensic Gazes, Death and the Photographed Smile, was published in 2021 and inspired a multi-channel video installation in 2022.

Nov 7, 2024 | dustmagazine.com | Eugene Rabkin |Anders Christian Madsen

The day after the Maison Margiela 2024 Artisanal show in January, the fashion critic Sarah Mower sent me a poetic message. Enclosing a screengrab of look 28—a ghostly, fauvist silhouette draped in ethereal layers of aquarelle-painted tulles—she simply wrote: “Who was she? Was she even there?” One of the most viral moments of the digital fashion age, audiences were still absorbing John Galliano’s haunting theatre months after its curtain call.

Apr 15, 2024 | vogue.gr | Anders Christian Madsen |Alex Kessler

Η Έλις Κις μεταφέρθηκε πίσω στον χρόνο όταν επισκέφτηκε την οικία και το εργαστήρι του Louis Vuitton στην περιοχή Asnières-sur-Seine του Παρισιού, εκεί απ’ όπου ξεκίνησε να γράφεται μία από τις πιο λαμπερές ιστορίες της μόδας. Στον ήσυχο δρόμο του Asnières–sur–Seine, προάστιο βορειοδυτικά του Παρισιού, η σιδερένια πόρτα δεν διαφέρει πολύ από άλλες εισόδους σπιτιών της περιοχής. Όμως το όνομα του δρόμου, Louis Vuitton 1821-1892, προδίδει κάτι ξεχωριστό.

Mar 26, 2024 | 10magazine.com | Anders Christian Madsen

It’s Monday morning in the Heathrow lounge and an iPhone attached to a black-clad arm comes around the corner like a telescopic fashion spy cam. Sophia Neophitou has arrived. For the next four days, all the world is her Big Brother house and we are its housemates; I am the Brigitte Nielsen to her Jackie Stallone; Sandra Fraga and Kenny To – the British keepers of the magical Louis Vuitton unicorn forest – are the omnipresent Geordie voices of wisdom.