Are you passionate about fashion? Do you read dozens of magazines every season and always want to learn more about this industry? These six Instagram accounts, which cover very different subjects, should fascinate you.
The fashionthese are collections that parade all seasons, stars who make the show on the red carpet at each event, an industry where billions of euros circulate… In short, a complex ecosystem, not necessarily easy to understand from the outside. Fortunately, these six Instagram accounts give us some keys to better understand this sector.
Osama Chabbi
His job ? Stylist for the luxury multi-brand platform Farfetch and fashion commentator, according to the bio of his Instagram account. At each parade, a few thousand people revel in its corrosive criticism on the latest collections. Osama Chabbi’s trademark: tinged with humor his fashion and business decryptions that always hit the mark.
The Instagram account: @osamachabbi
Sapped as before
The author Yvan Jacob collects on his Instagram account hundreds of archive images, close-ups of accessories, black and white photographs of stars, photo series from magazines… The watchword: analyze the garment according to countries and times. An exercise that she transformed in book in october 2019focusing on the links between 60 personalities and their favorite pieces.
The Instagram account: @sapecommejadis
Saveria Mendella
Questioning the language tics of women’s magazines, questioning the inspirations of designers, highlighting the excluding practices of the industry and deciphering Fashion weeks with a historico-sociological eye, here are the specialties of Saveria Mendella. The one who frequently intervenes in the press is writing a thesis on the language of fashion at EHESS (School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences). We miss reading it.
The Instagram account: @saveriamendella
Fashion History Timeline
The dress Oyster by Alexander McQueen, two strangers photographed in the 70s, a painting by Edgar Degas… So many posts that serve as a pretext for this Instagram account to deal with the history of fashion year after year. Behind this project, a veritable gold mine for fashion enthusiasts, hides the State University of New York Fashion Institute of Technology. Just that.
The Instagram account: @fitfashionhistory
Diet Prada
Launched by Lindsey Schuyler and Tony Liu in 2014, this Instagram account made a name for itself by pointing out the rather too obvious inspirations (copies?) of designers. Followed by several million fans, the duo behind Diet Prada continues to denounce the abuses of the industry without ever losing its humor and its critical eye. His best weapon? Frankly hilarious memes.
The Instagram account: diet_prada
HouseCléo
Founded in 2016, the label HouseCléo has made eco-responsible fashion its specialty. Behind the brand hide Marie and Nathalie Deweta mother-daughter duo that has seduced the big names in the sector with collections made by hand from dead stock, available for pre-order. On Instagram, the label shares its evolution, the preparations for its first show, its move to new premises, the arrival of the latest recruits… Or how to make us experience the daily life of a young sustainable label from the inside.
The Instagram account: @maisoncleo