FASHIONABLE SELBY

In recent years, photographer Todd Selby has made a name for himself—as The Selby—by offering exclusive glimpses into the studios, offices, ateliers, and homes of some of the world’s most fascinatingly creative people. His first book, The Selby Is in Your Place, served up illuminating peeks into the private lives of a coterie of artists, musicians, models, and designers who gladly opened themselves up to Selby’s easy charm and comfortably candid images. Next came Edible Selby, with its grand chefs, foragers, fishers, bakers, and baristas. Now, after the wildly popular success of his first two endeavors, Selby is set to launch Fashionable Selby this spring, bringing his limitless curiosity and eye for quirky detail to the world of fashion.

“I was drawn to people who I think have a lot of integrity in what they do—who have a unique vision of the world—and people who have their own way of working,” Selby explains of the dozens of designers, stylists, editors, and other talents he has collected here. “Fashionable Selby is all about the process that is behind what these people do.”

Those with an interest in the working lives of these creatives will have much to learn from the book—Selby himself says he found Iris Van Herpen’s 3-D clothing printing one of the most fascinating new developments his was privy to. “I had this preconceived notion that the basis of what she does is all digital and technology, but as I got to know her and see her work, I realized it’s really more about the materials she uses than technology,” he explains. “In a similar way, molecular gastronomy is not just about smoke and dry ice.”

But there is also The Selby’s trademark personal touch, as in the soft image of Simon Doonan’s dog that accompanies his foreword or the luminous shot of actress and model Kiko Mizuhara watering her lemon tree on her balcony. Selby’s innocent watercolor paintings are interspersed throughout, along with the handwritten Q&A’s he uses to further reveal each of his subjects. There’s no shortage of heavy-hitters here, from Dries Van Noten and Carla Sozzani to Isabel Marant and Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing, but it is the mix of established and up-and-coming that gives Fashionable Selby its dynamic import, and that offers up a reassuring dose of parity in the highly stratified fashion scene. “What I learned and am fascinated by is that everyone I shot has their own way of working,” Selby explains. “There is no right or wrong way, it was just interesting for me to see that everyone comes from different angles and what’s ultimately the most important thing is to have a passion, follow that passion, and if you have that, things will fall into place.”

Fashionable Selby is out March 18 from Abrams.

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