MARTINE BRAND

PRESS KIT 2013

MARTINE BRAND PRESS KIT 2013

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SUMMARY

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Biography

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Children’s books

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Collections by Martine Brand

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Martine Brand, Editor-at-large

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Haute Couture

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Art

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Testimonials

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Contact

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BIOGRAPHY Having attended the Institute for Fashion and Design and the Art Academy for Painting and Illustration 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. Martine has also developped several original projects with the dutch literary book publisher MatchBoox in close collaboration 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 and former Vice President of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Cary Woods. The dutch theme park Efteling commissioned Martine Brand to create a serie of illustrations of the Brothers Grimm fairy 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 the master 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 Brand’s artwork is commended by major brands and designers from 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

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fashion bookazines she publishes, today as a reference: COLLECTIONS by MARTINE BRAND.

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CHILDREN’S BOOKS As an illustrator for children’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.

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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.

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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.

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GUCCI JEWELLERY COLLECTIONS by Martine Brand

YVES SAINT LAURENT 14

COLLECTIONS by Martine Brand

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DIOR COLLECTIONS by Martine Brand

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LOUIS VUITTON COLLECTIONS by Martine Brand

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COLLECTIONS by Martine Brand

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PRADA COLLECTIONS by Martine Brand

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BABY DIOR COLLECTIONS KIDS by Martine Brand

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CHANEL COLLECTIONS KIDS by Martine Brand

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ARMANI COLLECTIONS KIDS by Martine Brand

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SONIA RYKIEL COLLECTIONS KIDS by Martine Brand

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SONIA RYKIEL COLLECTIONS KIDS by Martine Brand

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TOMMY HILFIGER COLLECTIONS KIDS by Martine Brand

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DOLCE & GABBANA COLLECTIONS KIDS by Martine Brand

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THE WHITE COMPANY SUPERGA COLLECTIONS KIDS by Martine Brand

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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.

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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 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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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. 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.

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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.

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TESTIMONIALS TOM FLORIO

CARY WOODS

CEO of Advanstar Fashion Group, former Senior

Film producer, former Vice President of Sony

Vice President Publishing Director of Condé Nast

Pictures Entertainment

« In a world of tweets, crowd sourcing and

« Can you feel my heart, can you hear my

product placement, Martine Brand’s Collections

soul when I look at the work of Martine

captures the artistry and cultural blueprint that

Brand. Here we are !!! The true meaning of

we find in fashion. Her illustrations put us at

body and soul, I am in awe. Martine is able

the table with the designer and we experience the character of the women of

to translate the magic touch she received from her grandmother Loeki Klein.

whom they design. The images of Collections come tolife with an intimacy

Who in her time was one of the best children’s books illustrator.

and mobility that are the virtues of magazines.

I might be a growing up adult but looking at her body of work I feel in my

In Collections we are reminded that creativity, not commerce, drives the value

bones the youth, the energy, the « je ne sais quoi » that makes an illustration

proposition in fashion. Martine’s talent would translate regardless of the

terrific, an intricate fashion sense, a deep feeling and a kindred spirit.

platform. » Foreword of Collections by Martine Brand

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. » Foreword of Collections by Martine Brand

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CONTACT Should you have any request, we invite you to contact us by email at [email protected]. We will be pleased to get back to you as soon as possible. To contact our agents: MILAN

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