KO:FASHION has produced a video for Avant Garde Diaries
Tuesday 17 April 2012
SUSIE BUBBLE & SAGA SIG
By Katharina Kowalewski on Tuesday 17 April 2012, 17:22
Monday 16 April 2012
KATHARINA KOWALEWSKI FEATURED IN BRIGITTE MAGAZINE
By Katharina Kowalewski on Monday 16 April 2012, 15:44
Photos by Maunel Pandalis
Friday 21 October 2011
VENTIN BEAUCOURT & MATTHEW FRANKLIN JENKINS - THE AVANTGARDE DIARIES
By Katharina Kowalewski on Friday 21 October 2011, 14:27 - MERCEDES-BENZ
KO.FASHION produced a new video for THE AVANT GARDE DIARIES Valentin Beaucourt works as a pastry chef in Paris, but he really lives for his music. Together with his friends Quentin Nicolle-Charlot, Victor Fièvre and Pierre-Oliver Chenu he forms French pop wave band D’Austerlitz. The quartet has made quite an impression on the indie scene with their debut EP Gold, featuring lyrics with dark undertones, paired with cheery melodies.
In the beautiful setting of the band’s hometown guitarist Valentin Beaucourt shared his very personal view on avant-garde with us, introducing Detroit-based photographer Matthew Franklin Jenkins, whose work he was immediately stuck by. “I define Matthew's work as avant-garde because of the fact that it's rarely seen elsewhere,” Beaucourt told us. By browsing the Internet, he came across Jenkin’s work; strong photographs that often feature single objects in wide-open spaces, evoking a particular sense of loneliness. “He manages to do what I actually feel. But I could never do it.” Right after Beaucourt discovered Jenkins, he contacted him out of curiosity. We hope to see a collaboration of these two young artists some day.
Find out more about Valentin Beaucourt and his band D'Austerlitz and the work ofMatthew Franklin Jenkins
Production Katharina Kowalewski / Filming & Photos Juan Sebastian Torales / Editing KO Fashion / Music D'Austerlitz / Photographs courtesy of Matthew Franklin Jenkins
Julien Hallard and Artus de Lavilléon - Remaining Independen
By Katharina Kowalewski on Friday 21 October 2011, 14:25
André Saraiva and Olivier Zahm - Unconventional Friends
By Katharina Kowalewski on Friday 21 October 2011, 13:57
From
graffiti to fame: André Saraiva or his alter ego Mr. A doesn’t really need an
introduction. The man who started tagging Paris at a very young age managed the
transition to become an established artist, club owner and now art director of
L’Officiel homme. This success is probably due to André’s warm personality and
an open and positive attitude to live. “There is nothing to be afraid of and
everything can be explored.“
If you are looking for a trendy hang out in Paris, you will probably end up in
one of André’s clubs or restaurants – from the cozy ‘Hotel Amour’, to ‘La
Fidelité’, and ‘Le Baron’ or ‘Montana’. These places have transformed the Paris
nightlife. Currently André is opening a ‘Baron’ in NYC and London.
We met André in his apartment (with a 360° view over Paris) during a photo
shoot with his best friend Olivier Zahm. The photographer and face behind
Purple magazine is for André a constant source of inspiration and the
incarnation of avant-garde. Olivier started as an art curator and André admired
Olivier’s eclectic taste and vision. When you open the bi annual publication
Purple or brows through Purple Diary you will understand – Olivier is
different, instinctive and almost inhibited. The ‘Purple’ magazine became a
platform for photographers like Juergen Teller, Terry Richardson, Wolfgang
Tillmans, and Mario Sorrenti. He showed their anti Photoshop sleek high-end
fashion aesthetics and developed a new movement and counterculture in
fashion.
With his sunglasses and cigar he may at first appear arrogant and difficult to
approach – but Olivier is a free spirit with a vision bigger than his ego. He
publishes a fashion magazine, yet his projects and mission is more cultural. He
works constantly and most preferably with his friends – like André or Carine
Roitfeld (Olivier published her book IRREVELANT) and is always ready to capture
a special and real moment with his camera. (Olivier Zahm photographed our black
and white portrait of André.)
Production Katharina Kowalewski / Filming Julien Véron & Ludovic Zuili / Photos Olivier Zahm / Editing KO Fashion / Music BUNNYSTRIPES
Les Chardonnet Darmaillacq and Vanessa le Mat - Space in Movement
By Katharina Kowalewski on Friday 21 October 2011, 13:47
When Damien Chardonnet Darmaillacq met Vanessa le Mat a whole new world opened up for the young theater director. Through his friendship with the choreographer Vanessa, Damien discovered dance for himself. Vanessa’s choreographic approach is deep and comes from a meta point of view, where she reflects on her performance, space and movement even while dancing. Damien and Vanessa worked together on “Cabinet des figures”: A choreographic object that questions the different transformation modalities of the body and its possible perceptions within the context of stage work.
When Damien learned about Vanessa’s work with space and movement, he saw
similarities to the research field of his mother Sabine Chardonnet Darmaillacq
and he introduced the two women. As an architect and professor at Ecole
Nationale Supérieure d’ Architecture in Paris, Madame Chardonnet Darmaillacq is
working on space and movement, questioning how the environment, space and
spheres influence us as human beings – things Vanessa le Mat explores through
her choreographic research.
How do we move in a certain space? In order to answer this question Vanessa le
Mat left the stage and explored dance in places like the Palais de Tokyo –
where she performed a choreographic installation among the surprised museum
visitors. Sabine Chardonnet Darmaillacq and Vanessa add now the dimension of
sound to their work on space and movement for a future collaboration:
L’installation sonore.
Vanessa Le Mat has been working as a dancer with several dance companies before
she joined the Frankfurt Ballet in 2001. She joined the Forsythe Company, a
creative collaboration until 2006. Since 2007, she lives and works in Paris
where she founded Walking Productions. In 2010 and 2011, she presented Corps
Collector, a choreographic installation with eight performers at FRAC and at
the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt, in which she perceived herself as
a collector of body movements that she put together in an unusual way. In
December 2010, she proposes Cabinet des Figures, at Centre national de la dance
in Paris.
See more of Vanessa Le Mat's projects on her website and find out more about the amazing setting of Palais de Tokyo where the shooting took place.
Production Katharina Kowalewski / Filming & Photos Juan Sebastian Torales / Editing KO Fashion / Music BUNNYSTRIPES
Tuesday 19 July 2011
TRANSMISSION 1 - RAF SIMONS - MERCEDES-BENZ
By Katharina Kowalewski on Tuesday 19 July 2011, 00:56 - MERCEDES-BENZ
Transmission 1 - Raf Simons - Mercedes-Benz - The Avant/Garde Diaries
KO.FASHION produced a video for Mercedes Benz in Berlin
Transmission 1 - Raf Simons - Mercedes-Benz - The Avant/Garde Diaries from KO.FASHION on Vimeo.

Monday 4 July 2011
KO.FASHION NEWSLETTTER - JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
By Katharina Kowalewski on Monday 4 July 2011, 18:09
Friday 17 June 2011
CRYSTAL FOREST MOOD MOVIE IMAGE VIDEO FOR SWAROVSKI
By Katharina Kowalewski on Friday 17 June 2011, 17:27 - SWAROVSKI -CRYSTALLIZED
KO.FASHION produced a mood movie for SWAROVSKI - discover the new SWAROVSKI Store Design
a video by KO.FASHION
Wednesday 15 June 2011
VOGUE GERMANY AND SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS MAKING OF PHOTOSHOOT - VIDEO
By Katharina Kowalewski on Wednesday 15 June 2011, 12:01 - SWAROVSKI -CRYSTALLIZED
SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS and German VOGUE a video by KO.FASHION
a video by KO.FASHION
Crystal Magic - magnificently exquisite and versatile! The stunning brilliance and luminosity of SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS inspires designer creations of fascinating beauty. This movie presents the making of the current SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS promotion in German VOGUE
KO.FASHION produced this video for SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS
Monday 6 June 2011
FASHION MEETS MUSIC: KOWALEWSKI MEETS KOWALSKI WITH WRANGLER
By Katharina Kowalewski on Monday 6 June 2011, 11:53
Kowalski, Katharina Kowalewski & Wrangler - a video by KO.FASHION
Music: Get Back - Kowalski Journalist/Host: Katharina Kowalewski Camera: Marco Miraglia special Thanks to Anne Laure Chansel at Wrangler France & to Add it Upp Productions
Tuesday 31 May 2011
WALLPAPER COLLECTION LAUNCH BY SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS
By Katharina Kowalewski on Tuesday 31 May 2011, 12:23 - SWAROVSKI -CRYSTALLIZED
SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS video by KO.FASHION
http://www.swarovski-elements.com/wallpaper On 10th March 2011, amid the 18th-century splendour of London's 33 Portland Place, the new SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Wallpaper Collection was launched. Featuring sparkling crystals against velvet flock, mirror-like foil and metallic leather effect, it is the result of a creative partnership with British designer Karen Beauchamp, who was there to personally introduce her brainchild to the cream of interior design. For more information about the Wallpaper Collection visit: http://www.swarovski-elements.com/wallpaper
KO.FASHION produced this video for SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS
Thursday 26 May 2011
SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS LAUNCH EVENT LONDON SPRING/SUMMER 2012
By Katharina Kowalewski on Thursday 26 May 2011, 12:29 - SWAROVSKI -CRYSTALLIZED
SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Launch Event London Spring/Summer 2012
SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS video by KO.FASHION
The new Spring/Summer 2012 SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS were presented in London
KO.FASHION produced this video for SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS
Tuesday 24 May 2011
L'Uomo VOGUE SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Men's Club - Making of Photo Shoot
By Katharina Kowalewski on Tuesday 24 May 2011, 14:44 - SWAROVSKI -CRYSTALLIZED
SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS and L'uomo VOGUE a video by KO.FASHION
KO.FASHION produced this video for SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS
Wednesday 18 May 2011
LANVIN FALL WINTER 2010/2011 PARIS FASHION WEEK
By Katharina Kowalewski on Wednesday 18 May 2011, 19:32 - SWAROVSKI -CRYSTALLIZED
KO.FASHION produced a fashion movie for SWAROVSKI - Paris Fashion Week: Lanvin Fall-Winter 2010-11 Sparkles SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS
Lanvins artistic director Alber Elbaz is a master of draping and adornment, and the tribal-themed jewelry and ornamentation of his Fall-Winter collection made impressive use of thousands of SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS. Glints of light reflected off of crystal-embellished necklines, cuffs and all down Lanvins signature exposed zippers, adding mystery to the beautifully moody clothes.
a video by KO.FASHION
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