Annex Magazin

As a street-style icon and fashion demi-celebrity who has the distinction of being
a central inspiration for two of this era’s most powerful visual tastemakers. Monroque,
32, is a Caribbean beauty who is blessed with dashing looks, a brilliantminded
personality, a fi erce confi dence. She is a New York based magazine
editor, art consultant and muse art consultant. Raised near the beach in St.
Lucia and never left the island until she graduated high school “The moment I
knew I wanted to live here (New York) is when I got to go to a Jean Paul Gaultier
party,” Monroque shared in an interview with New York Mag. She’s the girlfriend
of art-world mogul Larry Gagosian, the foremost gallerist on the planet, and
has also caught the eye of none other than Miuccia Prada for whom she functions
as a kind of muse and an unoffi cial ambassador for Miu Miu. America has
certainly treated her well.
Shala Monroque
Michele Lamy
Michelle Lamy is a rough diamond. For over 15 years she and her husband, designer
Rick Owens have brought fashion and raised eyebrows to the world together. Lamy
is a form of creativity in herself. Upon meeting Rick Owens, she helped bring a second
lung to his body of work as his muse. French by decent Lamy sports gold plated
teeth, tattooed fi ngers, and an askew drawn line down her forehead to compliment
her accent. Together with Owens they have made a mark on fashion with fur designs
and marvelous use of draping and gothic themes.When captured on the street,
Lamy is usually in one of her hubby’s designs, but she is also an avid fan of Gareth
Pugh. She took him under her wing and became his backer in 2006. Making her
another name attached to Pugh’s 2009 bunny suit. Not too shabby for a girl who
dropped out of law school.
Up and comer Yuri Lee has changed the face of online street fashion with
LOOKBOOK.nu. Hailing from San Francisco California, Lee, 27, and her boyfriend
created LOOKBOOK.nu as “a social experiment in style” in 2007. The
invite only website allows members to post and comment on member posted
looks. Viewing and sharing is open to the public.Lee’s own LOOKBOOK
account is a top hit on google with 2061 fans to date. Her style comprising of
simple solids, blue fl ower dresses and black skinny jeans. She uses both high
end photographs and pictures with a straight off the camera phone feel.
That lack of pomposity is exactly what makes LOOKBOOK.nu so relevant.
Once a member you are encouraged to post in whatever way you can to
share looks with a community of like minded fashion lovers.
Yuri Lee
W h o ' s w h o
I n F a s h i o n
Ken Downing
Controlling one of the world’s largest luxury retailer department stores, Downing
is the driving force behind none other than Neiman Marcus. Starting his career
with Neiman’s back in 1989, Downing eventually worked his way up from fashion
coordinator of the retailer’s Beverly Hills location to his current seating as fashion
director. Ken is a permanent fi xture at every major runway presentation, from
London to Milan, and a frequent globetrotter visiting and overseeing fashion
direction for Marcus’s 42 worldwide locations. Dictating what’s in and what’s
out! The Neiman customer’s love it, making Ken a major force within the fashion
industry.
A pioneer in street style photography, Bill Cunningham has
single handedly documented the fashion of the streets of
New York for almost 50 years. Worshiped and followed by
hordes of street style photographer wannabes, all wishing to
capture a glimmer of his success, Bill’s New York Times ‘On
the street’ feature is the start of every fashion trend. To be
shot by Bill is to validate everything in which a fashion enthusiast
lives for, documenting what innovators are wearing here
and now, with a detailed and trained eye, Cunningham is a
true fashion authority.
Bill Cunningham
Milan Vukmirovic
Wearing more hats than were on the runway for fall, Milan Vukmirovic
defi nes the new generation of fashion as one of it’s hardest
working individuals. Vukmirovic opened yet another retail
location in Miami called The Webster, after the success of Paris’s
Colette in which he co-owns all while launching a new men’s
fashion magazine. In addition, he just recently stepped down
from the Milanese luxury house of Trussardi 1911, with which he
helmed creatively for three years, even steering the brands fi rst
foray into women’s wear. Vukmirovic is a men’s style icon, attending
major designer showings and rubbing elbows with everyone
who is anyone in the industry.
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