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MARTINE BRAND

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MARTINE BRAND PRESS KIT 2013

SUMMARY Biography

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books

Collections by Martine Brand

Martine Brand, Editor-at-large

Haute Couture

Art

Forewords

Contact

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BIOGRAPHY Having attended the Institute for Fashion Design and the Art Academy in Amsterdam, Denhage and Antwerp, Martine Brand practices her art in an ecletic way. As an illustrator for children’s books, Martine Brand collaborates with the editors Kluitman, Harper Collins, Casterman and Penguin Books. She also developped several original projects with the dutch literary book publisher MatchBoox with different talents: the Dutch Children’s Book award winning authors Sjoerd Kuyper, Tjibbe Veldkamp and Marion van de Coolwijk, the journalist and TV presentator Philip Freriks, the fashion photographer and publisher Michel Haddi, the Walt Disney jewellery designer Kidada Jones and the film producer Cary Woods. The dutch theme park Efteling commissioned Martine Brand to create a serie of illustrations of the Brothers Grimm tales. It was the swiss fashion photographer Bruno Bisang who first discovered her talent for fashion illustrations. In only two years, Martine Brand became a unique character in the fashion world, often compared to René Gruau. She is today acknowledged for introducing a renewed representation into the fashion world, providing the industry with an advertising and economic stimulation in a new creative and sensitive vision. Martine’s artwork is commended by major labels such as Dior, Guerlain, Ferrari, Giorgio Armani, Martini, to name a few. Her artwork is published worldwide in prestigious magazines such as Vogue, L’Officiel, Harper’s Bazaar, Bolero, Spashion, L’Uomo Vogue, Avant Garde and in the art fashion bookazines she publishes, today as a reference: COLLECTIONS by MARTINE BRAND. COLLECTIONS BY MARTINE BRAND Martine’s creative and artistic commitment to fashion finds its consecration in the biannual “bookazine” COLLECTIONS, BY MARTINE BRAND, created with Michel Haddi Studio. Between the artbook and the magazine, COLLECTIONS, BY MARTINE BRAND, COLLECTIONS MAN and COLLECTIONS KIDS illustrate the collections of the greatest fashion designers: Alexander McQueen, Armani, Chanel, Dior, Dolce and Gabbana, Gucci, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Valentino, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, to name a few. Beautifully edited by CONDE NAST, COLLECTIONS plunges us each season into a world where art, fashion and poetry create together an unique alchemy. Martine Brand’s mesmerising illustrations and Michel Haddi’s sensitive words made COLLECTIONS become quickly a must collected by a selective international public of connoisseurs and the world of Fashion and Fine Art. COLLECTIONS, BY MARTINE BRAND is echoed by prestigious personalities: the photographer and publisher Michel Haddi, Sally Hunwick, journalist at Harper’s Bazaar’s and the journalist Antonio Nieto are among ones who wrote their enthusiasm about this unique artwork fashion media. Forwords of COLLECTIONS have been signed by the Hollywood film producer and former Sony Pictures CEO Cary Woods, Bertrand Djian (D. Porthault, Dior) and Tom Florio, former publisher of VOGUE USA.

ÂŠ Bruno Bisang

BIOGRAPHY Styling of the first issue, COLLECTIONS Autumn/Winter 2011 was done by Benjamin Galopin, Carine Roitfeld’s former assistant, under the creative direction of Patrick Hamelin. COLLECTIONS Autumn/Winter 2012 was styled by Anna Brambilla, stylist for Vanity Fair Italy, under the creative direction of Patrick Hamelin as well. COLLECTIONS KIDS, SpringSummer 2012 was styled by Mathilda Goat (Conde Nast, Wonderland), under the creative direction of Patrick Hamelin. The three issues are put into words by Michel Haddi. featuring the famous fashion photographer Bruno Bisang as Editor-at-large. COLLECTIONS is distributed worldwide by COMAG, a London-based joint venture between Conde Nast Publications and The National Magazine Company. It is published by Michel Haddi Studio, promoted during the Fashion Week by the award-winning distribution consultant Stuart White and distributed worldwide. COLLECTIONS BY MARTINE BRAND is also available online at www.magazinecafe.co.uk and as iPhone/iPad App on Apple Store and as Android app on Android Market. MARTINE BRAND, EDITOR-AT-LARGE Martine Brand is Editor-at-large for Milano Centrale: Backstage the Italian Collections, a yearly beautiful book created by Michel Haddi after an order of Vanity Fair Italia. Michel Haddi shoots there backstage at the Milan fashion shows of Prada, Giorgio Armani, Versace, Alberta Ferretti… Featuring Karlie Kloss on cover, Milano Centrale includes great names such as Amber Rose, Anna Maria Piaggi, Dean and Dan Caten from DSquared2, Kanye West and Rachel Bilson. Behind the curtains, the models Alek Wek, Alice Dellal, Constance Jablonski, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Karlie Kloss, Lindsay Wixson, Natasha Poly and Nimue Smit are busy preparing to show the collections splendors. Martine is also Editor-at-large of the yearly book 1001 Nights created by the photographer and publisher Michel Haddi, launched during Paris Fashion Week through more than 350 venues worldwide, including iTunes. Featuring the model Robyn lawley, 1001 Nights is made of magnificent Michel Haddi’s photo essays and Martine Brand’s superb illustrations loosely based on the tale of Scheherazade. For 30 years of Polaroids, his third book with the publishing house teNeues, the fashion photographer Bruno Bisang shares a fascinating and authentic record of his Polaroid archives and asked Martine Brand to be its Editor-at-large. Page by page, the reader witnesses the unfolding of Bruno Bisang’s vision. Featuring such stars as Naomi Campbell, Carla Bruni, Tyra Banks, Monica Belluci, Claudia Schiffer, Michel Hunziger and Victoria Beckham, 30 years of Polaroids has become a cult classic, a must-have for connoisseurs as well as photographic scholars.

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CHILDRENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BOOKS As an illustrator for childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books, Martine Brand collaborates with the editors Kluitman, Harper Collins, Casterman and Penguin Books. Martine has also developped several original projects with the dutch literary book publisher MatchBoox in close collaboration with different talents: the Dutch Children Book award winning authors Sjoerd Kuyper, Tjibbe Veldkamp and Marion van de Coolwijk, the journalist and TV presentator Philip Freriks, the fashion photographer and publisher Michel Haddi, the Walt Disney jewellery designer Kidada Jones and the film producer and former Vice President of Sony Pictures Entertainement, Cary Woods. The dutch theme park Efteling commissioned Martine Brand to create a serie of illustrations of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales.

COLLECTIONS by Martine Brand Martine’s creative and artistic commitment to fashion finds its consecration in the biannual “bookazine” COLLECTIONS, BY MARTINE BRAND, created with Michel Haddi Studio. Between the artbook and the magazine, COLLECTIONS, BY MARTINE BRAND, COLLECTIONS MAN and COLLECTIONS KIDS illustrate the collections of the greatest fashion designers: Alexander McQueen, Armani, Chanel, Dior, Dolce and Gabbana, Gucci, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Valentino, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, to name a few. Beautifully edited by CONDE NAST, COLLECTIONS plunges us each season into a world where art, fashion and poetry create together an unique alchemy. Martine Brand’s mesmerising illustrations and Michel Haddi’s sensitive words made COLLECTIONS become quickly a must collected by a selective international public of connoisseurs and the world of Fashion and Fine Art. COLLECTIONS, BY MARTINE BRAND is echoed by prestigious personalities: the photographer and publisher Michel Haddi, Sally Hunwick, journalist at Harper’s Bazaar’s and the journalist Antonio Nieto are among ones who wrote their enthusiasm about this unique artwork fashion media. Forwords of COLLECTIONS have been signed by the Hollywood film producer and former Sony Pictures CEO Cary Woods, Bertrand Djian (D. Porthault, Dior) and Tom Florio, former publisher of VOGUE USA.

COLLECTIONS by Martine Brand Styling of the first issue, COLLECTIONS Autumn/Winter 2011 was done by Benjamin Galopin, Carine Roitfeld’s former assistant, under the creative direction of Patrick Hamelin. COLLECTIONS Autumn/Winter 2012 was styled by Anna Brambilla, stylist for Vanity Fair Italy, under the creative direction of Patrick Hamelin as well. COLLECTIONS KIDS, Spring-Summer 2012 was styled by Mathilda Goat (Conde Nast, Wonderland), under the creative direction of Patrick Hamelin. The three issues are put into words by Michel Haddi. featuring the famous fashion photographer Bruno Bisang as Editor-at-large. COLLECTIONS is distributed worldwide by COMAG, a London-based joint venture between Conde Nast Publications and The National Magazine Company. It is published by Michel Haddi Studio and promoted during the Fashion Week by the award-winning distribution consultant Stuart White. • AUSTRALIA: Sydney • BRAZIL: Sao Paulo • CHINA: Shanghai, Beijing • FRANCE : Paris • GERMANY: Berlin, Münich, Frankfurt-Am-Mein • HOLLAND: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Denhage • ITALY: Milan, Rome • JAPAN : Tokyo • PORTUGAL: Algarve, Lisbon • SPAIN: Barcelona, Madrid • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Dubai • USA : Los Angeles CA, San Fransisco CA, New York City NY COLLECTIONS is also available online at www.magazinecafe.co.uk and as iPhone/iPad App on Apple Store and as Android app on Android Market.

GUCCI JEWELLERY COLLECTIONS by Martine Brand

YVES SAINT LAURENT COLLECTIONS by Martine Brand

DIOR COLLECTIONS by Martine Brand

LOUIS VUITTON COLLECTIONS by Martine Brand

LADY GAGA COLLECTIONS by Martine Brand

PRADA COLLECTIONS by Martine Brand

BABY DIOR COLLECTIONS KIDS by Martine Brand

CHANEL COLLECTIONS KIDS by Martine Brand

ARMANI COLLECTIONS KIDS by Martine Brand

SONIA RYKIEL COLLECTIONS KIDS by Martine Brand

TOMMY HILFIGER COLLECTIONS KIDS by Martine Brand

DOLCE & GABBANA COLLECTIONS KIDS by Martine Brand

THE WHITE COMPANY SUPERGA COLLECTIONS KIDS by Martine Brand

MARTINE BRAND EDITOR-AT-LARGE Milano Centrale: Backstage the Italian Collections by Michel Haddi Martine Brand is Editor-at-large for Milano Centrale: Backstage the Italian Collections, a yearly beautiful book created by Michel Haddi after an order of Vanity Fair Italia. Michel Haddi shoots there backstage at the Milan fashion shows of Prada, Giorgio Armani, Versace, Alberta Ferretti… Featuring Karlie Kloss on cover, Milano Centrale includes great names such as Amber Rose, Anna Maria Piaggi, Dean and Dan Caten from DSquared2, Kanye West and Rachel Bilson. Behind the curtains, the models Alek Wek, Alice Dellal, Constance Jablonski, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Karlie Kloss, Lindsay Wixson, Natasha Poly and Nimue Smit are busy preparing to show the collections splendors.

1001 Nights by Michel Haddi Martine is Editor-at-large of the yearly book 1001 Nights created by the photographer and publisher Michel Haddi, launched during Paris Fashion Week through more than 350 venues worldwide, including iTunes. Featuring the model Robyn lawley, 1001 Nights is made of magnificent Michel Haddi’s photo essays and Martine Brand’s superb illustrations loosely based on the tale of Scheherazade.

MARTINE BRAND EDITOR-AT-LARGE 30 years of Polaroids by Bruno Bisang For 30 years of Polaroids, his third book with the publishing house teNeues, the fashion photographer Bruno Bisang shares a fascinating and authentic record of his Polaroid archives and asked Martine Brand to be its Editor-atlarge. Page by page, the reader witnesses the unfolding of Bruno Bisangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision. Featuring such stars as Naomi Campbell, Carla Bruni, Tyra Banks, Monica Belluci, Claudia Schiffer, Michel Hunziger and Victoria Beckham, 30 years of Polaroids has become a cult classic, a must-have for connoisseurs as well as photographic scholars.

HAUTE COUTURE Martine Brand is currently working with the photographer Bruno Bisang on Haute Couture. This exclusive collector book, also available in a collector box, takes you backstage at the fashion shows of the greatest Haute Couture designers: Chanel, Dior, Giorgio Armani, Valentino, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent... The characters of this play behind the curtains are named Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Carla Bruni, Karen Mulder, Linda Evangelista, Kate Moss... An exclusive immersion into the demanding and industrious world of glamour served by the unique artistic visions of Bruno Bisang and Martine Brand. Bruno Bisang, is a renowned Swiss fashion photographer. His photography has been seen in features of many international magazines, such as Vogue, l’uomo Vogue,Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, L’officiel to name a few. He has shot advertising campaigns for various major fashion and beauty labels, including ,Dior,Chanel,Rochas, Guarlain, Valentino, Versace, with celeberties such as Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Carla Bruni, Linda Evangalista, Helena Christensen, Karin Mulder, Monica Belluci,Yasmeen Ghauri, Kyle Minogue, Victoria Beckham for Chanel, the grand daughters of Charlie Chaplin for Chanel, Ivana Trump and many others. Haute Couture in its two versions will be distributed by Comag, the joint venture between Conde Nast Publications and The National Magazine Company and published by Michel Haddi, photographer and publisher at Conde Nast.

ART Beyond her internationally renowned illustration artwork, Martine Brand is also commended for her art work. For MatchBoox anf the photographer Michel Haddi, Martine created an art MatchBoox and a short movie named « My Love » featuring Kate Moss. In 2012, she exhibited a fashion portrait of Michel Haddi at Jamm Art Dubai, organized by the curator Sheikha Lulua M Al Sabah. This acknowledged portrait can be seen by clicking here. In 2013 Martine will exhibit a piece of art at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, France. Together with the renowned fashion photographer Bruno Bisang, she will exhibit at Young Gallery in Brussels, Belgium. She’s also currently working at the creation of an art collection for the worldwide renowned curator and art expert Jean-Christophe Amman for worldwide exhibition.

FOREWORDS BERTRAND DJIAN CEO, D. PORTHAULT Fashion inspires me just as women inspire me. Fashion is a reflection of our time. And as time goes by, it reinvents itself like a phoenix rising from the ashes. Fashion is both adaptable art form and practical. The entire world is on a fashion quest. Everybody wants to be fashionable and in fashion. We all yearn for it. From the smallest object to the most valuable of artifacts, everything follows a fashion trend. It is a reflection of time and place. It is a reflection of civilisation. But in fashion there are always those who make fashion and those who follow it. Then there are those who follow those who follow it. I adore all aspects of fashion. From architecture, art, literature – even industry, which follows fashion without even realising it. My experience in fashion came from the fruit of an improbable meeting with a young designer, full of ambition. One day a very dear friend of mine introduced us during a casual meeting. The young man told me he was looking for a financial backer. He looked as though he’d come straight out of a glossy page of a fashion magazine. He certainly had the looks, but at the time I remember thinking, does he have the talent? He was tall, lean and very good-looking. A lock of hair covered half his face and the little round glasses he had on. I watched him arrive at my office on his bicycle. He had a multicoloured scarf around his neck and a large cape that floated in the wind. He barged into my office as if he was a young lord but he courteously took his glove off before shaking my hand. Laure, our friend in common, was sitting next to me and seemed bemused by the attitude of this young fellow. He looked me dead in the eyes and said: “I am the new Yves Saint Laurent and you will be my Pierre Berge.” Berge was Saint Laurent’s business partner and part of the secret to the label’s amazing success.

A few months later I was the head of the smallest fashion house in Paris, yet we behaved as though we were the biggest. It was a lovely boutique with two workshops – one for the fabrics, the other for the tailors. It was the beginning of a dream come true for me. The first collection was a total success and we were awarded Collection of the Year by Dé d’Or, an award founded in 1976 by journalist Pierre-Yves Guillen. We had eighteen models for the collection show. None of them were paid although they did get free clothes! Some of these girls were shot to fame because, as soon that first show was over, we were swarmed by télévision and radio station interviews. We had launched! That same afternoon, all the department stores in the world wanted our clothing. The success had come and the orders came tenfold. It was clear that this young designer had as much talent as he did confidence and style. The combination made the collection… Our adventure together lasted four wonderful years. We opened boutiques around the world and manufactured many different products. We dressed the most gorgeous women in the world. It was all fantastic until one day… It was the day I sold my shares to a very wealthy and powerful group. It was the beginning of the end and it took them only four years to distroy what we had made. Money cannot replace talent and this boy had talent. My small part in our partnership was being able to sell this young man’s talent. I cannot be sad about what happened, I have some very fond memories. It was the most wonderful time of my life. I held the most beautiful models and movie stars of the time in my arms. I dressed them – and undressed them – with love and passion. Sometimes I was basking in the light, sometimes I was in the passenger seat. I had some intense moments and I got to understand just a little about how real fashion is made – the secrets to looking good in the clothes that others make. So there you have it; my slice of fashionable life. I am a business man who had the chance to be part of fashion and amongst those who do it so well. I have met many fashionable women in my time but if you were to ask me what makes a woman truly stylish, I would say this: A fashionable woman is an elegant woman. A women who is not a slave to fashion but who is able to create her own style. Then you are a true fashionista. Then you can be an icon. Bertrand F. Djian Company D Porthault

FOREWORDS TOM FLORIO CEO of Advanstar Fashion Group, former Senior Vice President Publishing Director of Condé Nast In a world of tweets, crowd sourcing and product placement, Martine Brand’s Collections captures the artistry and cultural blueprint that we find in fashion. Her illustrations put us at the table with the designer and we experience the character of the women of whom they design. The images of Collections come tolife with an intimacy and mobility that are the virtues of magazines. In Collections we are reminded that creativity, not commerce, drives the value proposition in fashion. Martine’s talent would translate regardless of the platform.

CARY WOODS Film producer, former Vice President of Sony Pictures Entertainment Can you feel my heart, can you hear my soul when I look at the work of Martine Brand. Here we are !!! The true meaning of body and soul, I am in awe. Martine is able to translate the magic touch she received from her grandmother Loeki Klein. Who in her time was one of the best children’s books illustrator. I might be a growing up adult but looking at her body of work I feel in my bones the youth, the energy, the « je ne sais quoi » that makes an illustration terrific, an intricate fashion sense, a deep feeling and a kindred spirit. It will be an understatement to say that I am not a lucky person. I feel fortunate to be her friend and to admire the asethetic prowess of her talent.

CONTACT Should you have any request for Martine, we invite you to contact her PR agent: Şenay Özdemir Email: senay.ozdemir@brandillustrations.com Office EUR: +31 6 48959144 / Office USA: +1 512 4239391 To contact our agents: MILAN

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