Free Willy mood boards

I've been going through some of my old mood boards lately for kicks, and wanted to share the ones I made for the 'Free Willy' editorial I styled for issue 7 of 1883 Magazine with badass photographer Viktor Vauthier and the über fucking cool Willy Cartier as our model.  (see the entire shoot HERE).

I wanted to feature some of the bright and bold menswear trends that were happening at the time (floral, tartan, denim on denim, the resurgence of 90's style logos, etc) paired with a more sinister S&M meets hostage kind of mood.  It's definitely one of my favorite menswear editorials of all time and goes to show that a lot of prep work & research along with a stellar team = quality.  Hope you like them and perhaps they will inspire you too.










xoxochadchad

The Foals for 1883 Magazine

I styled British band The Foals for the May 2013 issue of 1883 Magazine with the lovely Georgie Wileman handling the camera - she's a frequent contributor to Boys By Girls magazine and I've worked with her a few times before for that publication.  She was a pleasure to work with, but I can't quite say the same for the lead singer Yannis - nice fella and all but dang, he's a picky guy to dress!  They asked me to bring a few brands like APC and YMC in particular, plus I threw in a few pieces by Sandro, Farrell and Nudie Jeans.  I'm definitely more into dressing actors than musicians but in the end it turned out decent enough. :)






xoxochadchad

Sadie Gets Cultured for 1883 Magazine

By far an all time favorite shoot of mine, Sadie Gets Cultured was a collaboration once again with Mark Shearwood and featured in issue 9 of 1883 Magazine.  The gods aligned on this one and not only did we have the amazing Robilent + Voena gallery on Dover Street to use as a setting, but after an initial freak out session that we weren't going to have the right model for this, we ended up working with the gorgeously surreal Sadie Pinn who pushed the shoot to new levels of weirdness - no direction was needed for this girl, we just had to sit back and watch what she came up with.

My buddy John Mullan did the hair and the minimally perfect makeup was done by Kristina Vidic.  Stephanie Staunton on nails also added to the subtle quirkiness of the story by using an airbrush to paint Sadie's nails and fingers the same tone - almost like she had stubby fingers without nailbeds.  I was also really psyched by the clothing we got a chance to shoot such as the striped Moschino outfit, the leather Marni bits, a perfect Paul Smith pin striped shirt and pleated skirt, the Yves Klein blue Gucci number, Delfina Delettrez jewelry and some great pieces from Osman, Maison Martin Margiela, Ashish, John Rocha, etc.  All in all I EFFING LOVE THIS SHOOT and I hope you do too.





















xoxochadchad

Xander Zhou for 1883 Magazine & Fucking Young!

Above is my final Fashion Editor's pick for the most recent issue of 1883 Magazine, featuring Zoe Saldana of Star Trek and Avatar fame on the cover.  My pick for this issue focused entirely on Xander Zhou's - one of my favorites by far from London: Men's Collection during the AW13 season.

Only one image was published in 1883 and we had so many amazing choices that I also submitted to Fucking Young!, which they recently featured online.  There were too many super shots not to see them all published somewhere.  Kudos to Elliott Morgan and the rest of the team for making it happen.











xoxochadchad

Love.Acne.Music.Baby

Love.Acne.Music.Baby / 1883 Magazine issue 8, April 2013
photography / Mark Shearwood
fashion / Chad Burton
models / Mary @ Select, Marina @ Premier
makeup / Gina Blondell
hair / Elvire Roux
all clothing / Acne Studios

This is by far one of my favorite editorials I've worked on.  It was a feature on the SS13 collection by Acne Studios and it was my first time working with Mark Shearwood, who've I've since worked on a few others stories with. I found the styling of Acne's catwalk presentation to be quite heavy and weighed down, so I really wanted to lighten that up in this story by not doing quite so much layering.  Super happy with the result and I love how both these girls worked together - they almost look like the same girl except you'll notice Mary's eyebrows are quite dark whereas Marina's are bleached out to look like they aren't even there.











xoxochadchad

1883 Magazine Sweet & Sour promo

fashion / Chad Burton
video / Canister Studio 

Check out Nicholas Hoult looking handsome in full look SS13 Mugler with some patent leather Christian Louboutin loafers for the promo video of 1883 Magazine's Sweet & Sour issue.  Jelly beans & airplanes & chalk outlines - doesn't really make that much sense but with eyes as blue as those, who gives a shit?

xoxochadchad

Twitterpated

photography / Elliott Morgan
fashion / Chad Burton
artwork / Anna Bu

Love love my latest editorial 'Twitterpated' for the 8th issue of 1883 Magazine.  Anna Bu, a Ukrainian artist who studies at Central Saint Martins collaborated with us on this story by cut and pasting a collage of spring-like flora and fauna.  We were initially going to cast a male (as it is a menswear story) but when Lia from IMG came in the office, her androgynous good looks made me want to cast her on the spot.  Big shout out to Elliott - such a pleasure to work with!
















xoxochadchad

Nicholas Hoult for 1883 Magazine

Issue 8, the Sweet & Sour issue of 1883 is out now with up and coming leading man Nicholas Hoult as photographed by Mark Cant.  (Buy it online HERE).  I styled this story with some of my favorites pieces from SS13, including stripes from Acne Studios, bright shoes with neon piping from Christian Louboutin, Moschino's Budweiser and laundry detergent inspired prints and a double breasted number from Dior Homme.

He was a chill guy to work with and while he confessed he may not wear any of these clothes in public, he was happy enough to play a character for our editorial purposes.  Still haven't seen him in either Warm Bodies or Jack the Giant Killer yet - but what I'm really psyched about is the remake he shot of Mad Max (hence the shaved head) which will be coming out next year. Hope you like the pics - be sure to buy a copy online to read the full article!










xoxochadchad

1883 Magazine - Issue 8 cover stars

Issue 8 finally drops next week featuring Nicholas Hoult, whom I styled for my first ever cover. Yay! Shot by Mark Cant, I used a mouthful of jelly beans as a playful reference to the magic beans in the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale his new movie Jack the Giant Killer is based on. A friend's boyfriend says it looks like he has a mouthful of pills, which is actually an awesome reference to his time on the British show Skins. Either way you look at it, I'm happy.  Plus he looks rad in the Mugler shirt and jacket with his new buzzed hair, fresh from filming the upcoming Mad Max remake.

The second cover features Aussie rapper Iggy Azaelea looking lovely in a Louis Vuitton dress as styled by my fashion director Filippo Giuliani and shot by Mark Shearwood.

Help a brother out and buy the issue HERE guys!

xoxochadchad

Alice Englert for 1883 Magazine

photography / Charl Marais
fashion / Chad Burton

vest top / Dolce & Gabbana
shirt / Kinder Aggugini
skirt / Kinder Aggugini
necklace / Delfina Delettrez

This is from a feature story I styled for issue 7 of 1883 Magazine with soon-to-be-big actress Alice Englert.  You can see her onscreen in Ginger & Rosa opposite Elle Fanning or in the soon released flick Beautiful Creatures which is sure to be a huge hit.  She was so chill and had an easy going, sweet & sincere vibe about her so it made for a lovely afternoon.  Check our her full interview in 1883's 'Timeless Issue' in stores now.    

jumper / Jaeger London
skirt / Michael van der Ham
necklace / Dolce & Gabbana
shoes / Donna Karen 

top / Acne
trousers / Just Cavalli
shoes / Miu Miu @ Net-a-Porter
earrings & bracelet / Delfina Delettrez for Kenzo
sunglasses / Charlotte Olympia for Linda Farrow Projects

jacket / Alexander McQueen @ Net-a-Porter
top & trousers / J.Crew
shoes / Manolo Blahnik
necklace / Lanvin @ Net-a-Porter

top / Acne

xoxochadchad