Martine Rose Collaboration: the blog

Martine Rose A/W 09 collection
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On Tuesday last week I was invited by Lulu Kennedy (founder of Fashion East and one of the industry's top talent spotters) to be in a shoot with Richard Nicoll, Jonathan Saunders, Louise Gray, Henry Holland and the guys from Bistrotheque, to celebrate 10 years of Fashion East. To be listed among the designers whose careers started with Lulu's faith in their vision was a real honour and I was thrilled to have been invited. The only downside was my diary that day -- the shoot clashed with a meeting and I ended up running hours late. It was a very hot day and I had to sprint across town in massive heels, just in time to run straight into shot, looking sweaty and flustered, with no makeup and no hair, whilst everyone else looked wonderfully cool and relaxed. Not a good look on my part. So whilst I'm incredibly happy to be in the photographs, I'm not looking forward to their release for obvious vanity reasons.

Other than that, my days and nights have been geared towards my new collection, which I'm so excited about. It's really coming together and it's looking great -- weird but great. Max, my fantastic stylist who's been working with me for a few seasons, has been sourcing interesting curiosities - he really is a superstar! I've also been researching for my hats and Stephen Jones is of course, an incredible source of inspiration. His Fosters hat, for instance, is very 1990s but I really like the shape and the mixed media concept. I've also included some snaps of things that have caught my eye whilst out and about.

On Thursday I went for dinner with a very old friend of mine, Richard Sloan. We went to Andrew Edmund's on Lexington Street in Soho. The evening, as it often does when Richard and I get together, started very demurely, with a beautiful dinner and a lovely bottle of red, before quickly progressing to tequila espressos and very dirty, in fact filthy, martinis at Groucho's. Ouch.

Martine Rose A/W 09 collection

Martine Rose A/W 09 collection

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Martine Rose A/W 09 collection


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I love this fabulous neon 'Exclusive' sign, taken from a black hair salon in Paris. I particularly enjoy the play on words with the ‘So white’ sign next door.

Images different textures and materials

Images that reveal my interest in different textures and materials used I menswear: leather, rubber, flannel and nylon.

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Martine Rose and the Timberland design team discuss ideas

Martine Rose and the Timberland design team discuss ideas

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Timberland fabric examples

Timberland fabric examples

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Selection of zipper colours

Selection of zipper colours

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Martine Rose and the Timberland design team discuss ideas

Martine Rose and the Timberland design team discuss ideas

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Selection of zippers

Selection of zippers

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Martine Rose and the Timberland design team working on CAD drawings

Martine Rose and the Timberland design team working on CAD drawings

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Timberland mock up of Martine Rose signature design

Timberland mock up of Martine Rose signature design

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Martine Rose shirt from AW 09 collection

Martine Rose shirt from AW 09 collection - inspiration for the Timberland garment

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Martine Rose interview for Wallpaper.com

Martine Rose interview for Wallpaper.com

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Timberland menswear pieces

Timberland menswear pieces

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Inspiration wall with photographs

My inspiration wall

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Etching hangs sketch by Eric Gill

This etching hangs above my computer desk. It’s called Clothing as Houses by Eric Gill

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The notebooks of William Burroughs

The notebooks of William Burroughs are wonderful sources of inspiration…

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The collages by Peter Beard

…as are the collages by Peter Beard

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Signing copies of BOYO

One of my best friends, Patrick Waugh, signing copies of BOYO at the Self Publish, Be Happy exhibition at the Photographer’s Gallery

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Insects thermal image for colour references

Insects are inspiring colour references

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Insects thermal image for colour references

Insects are inspiring colour references

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Hat by Stephen Jones

This hat by Stephen Jones is very 1990s but I really like the shape and the mixed media concept

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Timberland colour swatches

Timberland colour swatches

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The signature design of Martine Rose detail

The signature Martine Rose detail

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Design team working on jacket

Dean and I working on the jacket

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Fashion Features Editor

Jack Moss is the Fashion Features Editor at Wallpaper*. Having previously held roles at 10, 10 Men and AnOther magazines, he joined the team in 2022. His work has a particular focus on the moments where fashion and style intersect with other creative disciplines – among them art and design – as well as championing a new generation of international talent and profiling the industry’s leading figures and brands.