Mike Kagee Trend Bureau

Mike Kagee Trend Bureau
"Who Made Your Clothes"

Saturday, January 5, 2013

PIERRE BALMAIN SPRING SUMMER 2013 MENSWEAR LOOKBOOK HAS THE GLAMOUR OF THE FRENCH RIVIERA

PIERRE BALMAIN
SPRING/SUMMER
2013
MENSWEAR LOOKBOOK
HAS THE GLAMOUR
OF THE FRENCH RIVIERA
STARRING
BASTIAAN VAN GAALEN

THE COLLECTION WAS ALSO INSPIRED
BY THE DEMY JACQUES 1963
FILM "LA BAIE DES ANGES"

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PONEYSTEP MAGAZINE WITH HUNKY MALE MODEL TOBY LEONARD PHOTOGRAPHED BY SEBASTIAN MADER

PONEYSTEP MAGAZINE
ISSUE 4
WITH HUNKY MALE MODEL
TOBY LEONARD
PHOTOGRAPHED BY
SEBASTIAN MADER

FASHION FROM FALL/WINTER
2012/2013 MENSWEAR COLLECTIONS

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Friday, January 4, 2013

PARTY DOLLS AN EDITORIAL BY VOGUE JAPAN LATEST ISSUE PHOTOGRAPHED BY ELLEN VON UNWERTH

PARTY DOLLS
AN EDITORIAL
BY VOGUE
JAPAN
LATEST ISSUE
PHOTOGRAPHED BY
ELLEN VON UNWERTH

SET DESIGN MARCEL VAN DOORN

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        VOGUE JAPAN
    EDITORIAL
    PARTY DOLLS
    WITH ANJA KONSTANTINOVA
    AND JOSEPHINE SKRIVER
    STYLING YASMIN ESLAMI
    HAIR SEB BASCLE
    MAKE-UP CATHYANNE MAC ALLISTAR

























Thursday, January 3, 2013

A RENOWNED SARTORIAL ELEGANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA BY MIKE KAGEE

A RENOWNED
SATORIAL ELEGANCE
IN SOUTH AFRICA
BY MIKE KAGEE

The importance of creativity in the business and fashion world

"I am inspired by Power Dressing in the Townships"
MIKE KAGEE



A FOLLOW UP ARTICLE ON
POWER DRESSING IN SOUTH AFRICA
I WROTE FOR
SUAVV MAGAZINE
AMERICA



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   In the advent of rather peaceful
   democracy in the mid-1990's ushered
   in new Political reforms in South 
   Africa, coupled with a reinvented 
   concept of national pride and 
   patriotism. Power dressing started
   long before democratic change as
   people living in the townships always
   had a wonderful sense of pride


  
  With no access to fashion magazines
  and television had a natural flair for
  colour and style. Dressing up was a 
  vital stand in Southern African culture
  and civilization.
  Elegant dressing has been a pride of
  place in the rural townships.
  Power dressing has always been
  synonymous with power hence there
  has always been a link between 
  fashion and prestige in Southern Africa
  Dressing up was a celebration of the
  African man and his renowned
  Sartorial elegance    
  
   
  I had predicted long before democratic
  change that the valuable black 
  consumer with impeccable style and
  taste would become the buying power
  in South Africa and I was right.
  International fashion labels has 
  become must-haves in the boardroom
  and also on the streets of the rural
  townships.
  THERE IS AN INVISIBLE THREAD THAT
  RUNS THROUGH ALL OF US.....
  THIS THREAD CONNECTS US TO 
  THOSE BEFORE US.   
  Words by a Soweto Township Resident 
  BY MIKE KAGEE



  
       
  



BRAZILIAN BEAUTY RAQUEL ZIMMERMANN ALONG WITH A BEVY OF SUPERMODELS IN THE PRADA SPRING/SUMMER 2013 AD CAMPAIGN

BRAZILIAN BEAUTY
RAQUEL ZIMMERMANN
ALONG WITH A BEVY
OF SUPERMODELS
IN THE PRADA
SPRING/SUMMER
2013
AD CAMPAIGN
PHOTOGRAPHED BY
STEVEN MEISEL

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    RAQUEL ZIMMERMANN
    AMBER VALLETTA
    SASKIA DE BRAUW
    SASHA PIVOVAROVA
    EVA HERZIGOVA
    KIRSTEN OWEN
    VANESSA AXENTE
    SUNG HEE
    IRENE HIEMSTRA
    AND MAARTJE VERHOEF

   IN PRADA SPRING/SUMMER
   AD CAMPAIGN BY STEVEN MEISEL






















Wednesday, January 2, 2013

HERMES PARIS FALL.WINTER 2012/2013 AD CAMPAIGN PHOTOGRAPHED BY JACOB SUTTON

HERMES
PARIS
FALL/WINTER
2012/2013
AD CAMPAIGN
PHOTOGRAPHED BY
JACOB SUTTON
STYLING BY MATTIAS KARLSSON

MIKE KAGEE FOR WORLD FASHION TRENDS

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     HERMES FALL/WINTER
  2012/2013 AD CAMPAIGN
   WITH MODELS ISAAC CAREW
   ROBIN AHRENS AND YIORGOS KARAVAS