Faye Wong in a set by Hussein Chalayan wearing his Echoform Fall–Winter 1999–2000 suits and 3D make-up by Bless (1999)
With its unique philosophy of fashion, Bless proposes with its 1999 Merchandising collection a series of unisize, unisex and uniage creations as a way of escaping the stereotypes that prevail on fashion runways.
Bless: Merchandising
Ter et Bantine starring Linda Byrne
photography mark borthwick styling desirée heiss2000 (minus 3)
Curator and Fashion Director Terry Jones Production Design Dante Ferretti
Fashion/Cinema, Biennale di Firenze (1998)
BLESS Nº 10
PostcardHendrik Hellige often appears in the photographs as another muse – a kind of star. He was the graphics designer up until 2003 and has contributed to the label’s development from the beginning. This postcard, personally autographed by him like a Hollywood publicity shot, functioned as a provisional working title for the following collection.
BLESS
celebrating 10 years of themelessness
Nº 00 — Nº 29
BLESS Exhbition
ColetteFor their first show in a Parisian fashion boutique, the designers presented an early mini-retrospective by suspending all their previous products above the display of their most recent product – the Customisable Footwear. Life-size photos, shot from above, of people wearing their accesories were stuck to the floor.
BLESS Nº 06
Customisable Footwear
Colette, Paris, March 1999
BLESS
celebrating 10 years of themelessness
Nº 00 — Nº 29
BLESS Exhbition
ColetteFor their first show in a Parisian fashion boutique, the designers presented an early mini-retrospective by suspending all their previous products above the display of their most recent product – the Customisable Footwear. Life-size photos, shot from above, of people wearing their accesories were stuck to the floor.
BLESS Nº 06
Customisable Footwear
Colette, Paris, March 1999
BLESS
celebrating 10 years of themelessness
Nº 00 — Nº 29
BLESS Nº 06
Customisable FootwearThe Berlin Biennale allowed the designers to launch Customisable Footwear, two pairs of shoes that can be cut from a special self-adhesive fabric according to their function: a pair of trainers and a pair of high-heeled shoes. In Japan, two designers — Akira and Emi — cut out the product’s fabric square and try on the shoes, high heels for her, trainers for him.
BLESS
celebrating 10 years of themelessness
Nº 00 — Nº 29
BLESS Nº 19
UncoolPhotography by Mark Borthwick
BLESS
celebrating 10 years of themelessness
Nº 00 — Nº 29
Eye Shadow by Shiseido
BLESS beauty-product
Make Up PicturesEye Shadows, March 2003
Project initiated by Louis-René BezierColoured eye shadows are embedded into postcards: white lines along a road, sand on the beach, leaves. As an element of the landscape, the make up becomes decorative. The postcard can be placed on a bathroom wall allowing the make-up to be applied from this vertical position.
BLESS
celebrating 10 years of themelessness
Nº 00 — Nº 29
Eye Shadow by Yves Saint Laurent
BLESS beauty-product
Make Up PicturesEye Shadows, March 2003
Project initiated by Louis-René BezierColoured eye shadows are embedded into postcards: white lines along a road, sand on the beach, leaves. As an element of the landscape, the make up becomes decorative. The postcard can be placed on a bathroom wall allowing the make-up to be applied from this vertical position.
BLESS
celebrating 10 years of themelessness
Nº 00 — Nº 29
Loose Powder by Jil Sander
BLESS beauty-product
Make Up PicturesEye Shadows, March 2003
Project initiated by Louis-René BezierColoured eye shadows are embedded into postcards: white lines along a road, sand on the beach, leaves. As an element of the landscape, the make up becomes decorative. The postcard can be placed on a bathroom wall allowing the make-up to be applied from this vertical position.
BLESS
celebrating 10 years of themelessness
Nº 00 — Nº 29


