Week in Review | Alasdair McLellan, Modern Couture, Travel Retail, Lingerie

LONDON, United Kingdom — Everyone has their own fashion story. This week’s Creative Class story on photographer Alasdair McLellan by Rebecca May Johnson underlines this truth about people working in the fashion business.

Indeed, one of the ideas behind this series, featuring the top creatives working in fashion today, is to have them tell us, in their own words, how they first discovered their interest in fashion and also how they found their role within it.

Alasdair, who shot the Victoria Beckham cover of our special second print edition, shares a particularly sweet fashion story of how he first started taking photographs and how he persisted, with encouragement from a friend in the form of fashion editor Jo-Ann Furniss, in taking photographs even when it seemed like he would be an assistant for ages.

Today, McLellan is one of the industry’s most respected lensmen and we are grateful that he so honestly shared his story with us. It’s a real lesson and inspiration that persistence — combined with talent — can really pay off.

Have a great weekend and enjoy our top stories from the week:

The Creative Class | Alasdair McLellan, Photographer
BoF talks to photographer Alasdair McLellan about his personal and professional path, from DJing and taking pictures of friends in the South Yorkshire village where he grew up to shooting covers for Vogue.

Can Couture be Modern?
Despite its traditional codes, rituals and gender divisions, couture is modernising. But is modernisation at odds with its role as a creative laboratory for dreams?

Travel Retail Taps Travellers Beyond Traditional Corridors
With travel retail set to continue double-digit percentage growth, fuelled predominantly by Asians, the sector is increasingly targeting travellers beyond traditional travel corridors.

To Victoria’s Secret’s Goliath, Lingerie Start-ups Play David
The market for lingerie is dominated by a single player: Victoria’s Secret. Now, a crop of new start-ups are targeting the space.

Role Call | Emily Abate, Senior Technical Designer
Emily Abate, senior technical design manager at The Row, says never let egos and blame hold you back from learning and moving on from mistakes.

And don’t forget to check out BoF Weekly, a week in review published with Flipboard and updated every Saturday.

Imran Amed
Founder and Editor-in-Chief

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