Fabien Baron is a French art director and magazine editor born in Hauts-de-Seine, France on July 5,1959. He attended École des Arts Appliqués where he studied design, sculpture, and painting. In 1982 he was announced as the art director of Barney’s in New York. He went on to revolutionizing Vogue Italia under the editor Franca Sozzani. Fabien Baron got hired by another major magazine Harper’s Bazaar in 1992 as creative director working under editor-in-chief Liz Tilberis. He hopped around to all the biggest magazine houses. His major hit was at Harper’s Bazaar where he turned he had the competitors heads spinning. His images were very clean, modern, and he had a very original and particular style. He decided to finally settle down with Calvin Klein and was their creative director for the next 20 years. In 1992, he designed Madonna’s Sex book by Steven Miesel which the press went crazy for. Madonna’s scandalous documentary was released alongside her album Erotica (Fabien Baron was the director of the music video for the title track). This release was so outrageous that it was banned from MTV.
The most spectacular work he did in my opinion was when he moved on to working with Carine Roitfeld at French Vogue in 2003, they made such a significant change there and were truly a dynamic duo that created very influential photographs. Interview opened their doors to him in 2008 where he became the editorial editor at Interview when Peter Grant was in charge of the magazine. His shot, « Silver Kate Moss as the Devil » she wore a metallic studded face mask which was homage to The Factory Warhol’s New York Studio. Vanity Fair mentioned Fabien Baron as being « the most sought–after creative director in the world ». He has defined the look of brands: Calvin Klein, Givenchy, Fendi, and Michael Kors. He has achieved this by bringing modernity either from television, « what the cool kids are listening to », and a sense for digitals and packaging details. Fabien Baron directed many commercial campaigns for: Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, Burberry, Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, Fendi, and Guerlain.
Baron & Baron, Inc. , next chapter in Fabien Baron’s life. He is co-founder and CCO of this boutique advertising agency specializing in fashion, fragrance, cosmetics luxury brands.
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