Power to the People

New Diesel artistic director, Nicola Formichetti, launches Reboot Fall 2013 campaign

Renzo Rosso, president of OTB (the holding group that controls Diesel) left, with Nicola Formichetti
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By Claire Carruthers
Oct 06, 2013

In his first advertising campaign as artistic director of Diesel, Thierry Mugler alumni Nicola Formichetti has gone against the fashion grain – no models. Instead, he has teamed up with Dutch husband-and-wife photography duo (and the directors behind Gaga’s “Applause” video), Inez & Vinoodh, to create a series of portraits featuring some of the most individual up-and-coming creatives in fashion, art and beyond, including Bronx-born graffiti artist Michele Calderon, elusive electro-house DJ Bob Rifo and the first female to be signed as a male model, former Olympian Casey Legler.