Last year AnOther considered the role of cats in campaigns, but now it is dogs’ turn to take their place under the fashion spotlight...
Last year, AnOther considered the role of cats in campaigns, but now it is dogs’ turn to take their place under the fashion spotlight. Yesterday’s Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci A/W12 Haute Couture show saw Joan Smalls accompanied by a bright-eyed Alsatian on a leash, whose shades of black, brown and tan perfectly matched the collection’s palette. This is not the first Givenchy dog moment, however: Riccardo Tisci's A/W11 menswear collection featured a variety of snarling Rottweiler prints.
Over the years a number of photographers have also turned to dogs as supporting acts in their stories. Many of Richard Avedon’s photographs showed glamorous women, notably Marilyn Monroe, accompanied by dogs – the ultimate (and animated) accessory. More recently, iconic fashion photographer and renowned dog-lover Bruce Weber – featured in our column The Pets – has looked to dogs for inspiration in his shoots. Golden Retrievers are his favoured breed and have starred in a number of his works, from his book Bear Pond, to his A/W09 campaign for Moncler. For her S/S10, Stella McCartney similarly looked to dogs to enhance her campaign, using a photograph of her childhood Dalmatian as a backdrop to a Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott-shot Natalia Vodianova.
"Now it is dogs’ turn to take their place under the fashion spotlight"
Interestingly, our AnOther roadtrippers, travelling across Europe in collaboration with Canon, have spotted an impressive array of canine companions on their travels; from a shiny-coated Hungarian Vizsla bounding through a Parisian park, to a stubby, wrinkled French Bulldog and some petite and dainty Chihuahuas, all captured in their photo diary.
Text by Daisy Woodward
