Focus On Rose Langenbein

I photographed and interviewed Rose in Paris during Paris Fashion Week as part of my Spotlight series. Having first met Rose in Ukraine I was instantly struck by her wonderful sense of style and then, when we got chatting her vivacious energy and love of life.
Rose is the Styling Director at My Theresa and here we shine a spotlight on her and her journey in fashion. She is great, read on and be inspired.

D: Tell me a bit  about yourself and your journey in fashion so far…

R: I am the eldest of four daughters and I have always been different from the rest of my family.
My interest in fashion started early on at the age of 5 years when I told my mother what I wanted to wear. During my school years I worked in boutiques and modelled a bit on the side.
I left my home town when I was 28 years old and started working as a sales assistant in a boutique in Mannheim. After five years I moved to Munich to work as assistant store manager at Prada. I became store manager and left the store after three and a half years to work as shop manager for the Theresa store in Munich. I was responsible for the merchandising and took care of VIP customers which allowed me to travel a lot. In 2008 I took a position in the styling department at mytheresa.com and after two years I was promoted to Styling Director.

D: What does the role of a styling director entail and what is your creative process?

R: I am responsible for the presentation and styling of all products on the website. It is my job to ensure that we create a look that appeals to our customers and reflects our designers’ visions while at the same time staying true to the overall look and feel of mytheresa.com.

D: What is the favourite part of your job?

R: I love to share my experience and know-how with my team and watch them grow in their creativity and their roles. I also really enjoy travelling for different projects, e.g. fashion weeks, where I get inspired by the shows, stores and especially by people I meet with their different personalities and experiences in the fashion industry.

D: Who or what inspires you?

R: I am mainly inspired through travelling – I often travel to Asia, especially India where you always get inspired by colours, old traditional fabrics and arts. I also look to magazines (editorials, photographers and other stylists) and social media for new angles and ideas. And then there certain people whose extraordinary beauty and personality I greatly admire: e.g. Romy Schneider, Ian Curtis and Alexander McQueen.

D: Describe your own personal style…

R: I would describe my style as edgy, mischievous and eclectic but strong – basically my mood dictates my daily styling.

D: Tell me something surprising about yourself.

R: I have never properly learnt to skateboard which is one of the things still on my to-do list – the same goes for surfing!

Rose Langenbein, mytheresa.com Styling Director for Fashionistable.
Credits:
Shot 1 -  Rose is wearing POUSTOVIT X Tago jacket, shirt dress and trousers, Vetements ankle boots and vintage ray ban retrospective.
Shot 2 - Elena Vera dress, teamed with her own converse sneakers.
Shot 3 & 4 - Elena Vera shirt and velvet dress, Vetements boots with bracelet (around boots) from Gabriele Frantzen,  (4)out of the window with sunglasses from Christopher Kane.

Shot 5 - Elena Vera dress and jacket, Celine bag with clutch over the top from Minavatter and a Balenciaga brooch as embelishment, Vans sneakers, Off-White socks and will.i.am sunglasses with a chain from Saskia Diez.
Shot 6 - Kseniya Schneider tee and denim jacket,  BEVZA skirt, Celine boots and will.i.am sunnies.

 

Out and about....Yasmin Le Bon

As a young photographer I used to dream of photographing the girls who had put the name Super into the world of modeling. I guess you never know just when your dreams will become a reality. So you can imagine how I felt when Conde Nast College asked me if I could come and photograph Yasmin Le Bon. Excited, nervous and happy to name a few of those feelings. Yasmin had come to the college to talk to the students about the world of modeling, which she did with humour and fun. And it is when she is talking that you realise that it is this mixture along with the fact she is so beautiful of course, that made her successful. She talked of working with Horst and Peter Lindberg and the importance of her relationship with the photographer. How working practices have changed in the digital age. When the stylist and hair and make-up artists can be so busy with their phones they are not concentrating on their job, which while shooting is happening is to keep there eyes on her. Where even the delivery boy once had had an opinion when again everyone was busy looking this time at the computer the screen instead of the action on set. Now she has measures in place to ensure this does not happen.
She also told us what it was like moving between editorial and catwalk, because of course you forget that they used to be two totally different fields of expertise. That when it first started to happen the editorial girls all kept together for survival as the catwalk girls could be fierce.
Of running from show to show in Paris on public transport or on foot. And now being amazed how they managed to do 5 or 6 shows a day. All the more amazing for me as I see the models being picked up and whisked off on the back of motorbikes, there were no such luxuries for the girls then. It is the likes of me now who are using public transport or going by foot between the shows.
When the speakers arrive at the college there is very little time  between their arrival and the talk starting. So I set everything up before they arrive so I make sure I use my 5 minutes wisely and well.
When we were shooting she said "when I am being me I can smile". So here we have the very lovely real Yasmin Le Bon.

Out and about....it is still winter after all

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This is the lovely Emma Elwick Bates resplendent in Christopher Kane. For me this is the perfect sweater. Warm and cosy yet stylish.

Out and about....3 cities with Natalie Joos

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London - Christopher Kane sweater, Michael Angel skirt, Tom Ford glasses, Marni clutch and Pierre Hardy shoes.

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Milan in vintage, bag Prada

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Paris - in Peter Pilotto dress and shoes, Marni clutch and Karen Walker glasses.

Here is the wonderful vivacious Natalie Joos. She always dresses very colourfully and as a result is another favourite with the photographers. She is very gracious when the pack gets going and will stand and smile until they have had their fill. So I would wait too and eventually we always managed to get some time away from the throng to shoot properly. Natalie is a Fashion Consultant and Casting Agent but also has her own blog Tales of Enderment where she talks about her life and her love of vintage. It is a great read go check it out.

I know I have kinda disappeared recently Love, Life and the Universe took over, things are settling again. I promise to catch up with you all more regularly soon. Love Dvora Xxxx

Out and about....Anna Dello Russo

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Anna Dello Russo after the Christopher Kane show yesterday.