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100% Cashmere

Esko Männikkö

Simona Segre, Suzy Shammah, Creative Dir. Massimo Alba

Ballantyne Cashmere, Scotland 2003, 80 pages, 29,5x24,5cm, ISBN 0 954 44 25-0-4

euro 70,00

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An ode to the workers of Ballantyne Cashmere, who produce some of the finest cashmere in the world. So, this book is a collection of color photographs of the Scottish factory workers at Ballantyne Cashmere in Scotland. The photographer, Esko Männikkö, is a genius at photographing place and people -- not leisure places, not celebrity people -- but rural working people and the places they live and work. This hardcover book was commissioned by Ballantyne Cashmere and then printed in 2003.

US Vogue July 1957

Over an open jacket, without buttons, Joanna McCormick wears a sleeveless boat-neck sweater-blouse in pale beige cashmere. By Ballantyne. Skirt, by Custom Craft, belt, Calderon. Hair: Frederic Jones.

Sur une veste ouverte, sans boutons, Joanna McCormick porte, un pull-blouse sans manches à col bateau en cachemire beige pâle. Par Ballantyne. Jupe, par Custom Craft, ceinture, Calderon. Coiffure : Frederic Jones.

In the mountains for with @vastafilm we crafted short and original stories for @ballantyne_official latest autumn campaign. It was a creative and fulfilling experience, narrating small tales for such an important and iconic brand. Link in bio

so after seeing a cool post by @sonicisgodorhecouldkillgod called ‘How to make a wall like the one in Kill in Your Darlings’ i decided to redocorate a section of my wall. i had a bunch of old books that my library gave away a few years ago and i (don’t persecute me) ripped out some of the pages, i also had a dictionary from the 1970’s that was already falling into so many pieces so i collected some of those pages, did some highlighting, arranged them on my wall, and here is the finished result!

some of the dictionary words i highlighted were: literature, myth, ethereal, history, guilt, secrecy, darling and absurd