Michael Riedel gives menswear a graphic slant
The German artist constructs a spot-on set for our March issue menswear shoot
When it came to creating a canvas for our March Fashion issue's graphic menswear shoot (see W*180) we called on German artist Michael Riedel to constructed a spot-on set. Known for using a variety of media - from large-scale canvas works to fabric installations and film - the artist envisaged a backdrop using blown-up html codes from Wallpaper.com/fashion. This behind-the-scenes film by Alexander Sinclair offers a frenetic insight into Riedel's creative process. Fashion: Jason Hughes
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Jack Moss is the Fashion Features Editor at Wallpaper*, joining the team in 2022. Having previously been the digital features editor at AnOther and digital editor at 10 and 10 Men magazines, he has also contributed to titles including i-D, Dazed, 10 Magazine, Mr Porter’s The Journal and more, while also featuring in Dazed: 32 Years Confused: The Covers, published by Rizzoli. He is particularly interested in the moments when fashion intersects with other creative disciplines – notably art and design – as well as championing a new generation of international talent and reporting from international fashion weeks. Across his career, he has interviewed the fashion industry’s leading figures, including Rick Owens, Pieter Mulier, Jonathan Anderson, Grace Wales Bonner, Christian Lacroix, Kate Moss and Manolo Blahnik.
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