Nordstrom Unveils New Fall Fashion Campaign

The campaign vision and concept was developed by Olivia Kim, Vice President of Creative Projects at Nordstrom, who has set the creative tone for the retailer's last five brand campaigns. Kim along with her creative team tapped Farago and Cullen, the husband and wife creative duo favored by the fashion world, to bring their vision to life.

The campaign features intimate and honest portraits of models and non-models alike, minimally edited and styled how people really dress to depict a modern and relevant perspective on a high-fashion campaign.  The full campaign imagery and videos can be seen at Nordstrom.com/Fall2017.

"People are the foundation of Nordstrom," said Kim. "Our customers and employees are at the center of everything we do. They are our friends and our friends-of-friends, and this season we wanted to convey a sense of community and celebrate real people who are doing great and extraordinary things, who inspire us in our everyday lives.

"We see the brand campaigns as our opportunity to tell our most fashion-forward story, yet this season we put the focus back on the people. We cast people we find inspiring, who have something to say and use their voice for positive impact and influence whether through art, education, journalism or mixed media. Most of all, we wanted to celebrate them and their immense talents."

Farago is a Los Angeles-based photographer whose work has been exhibited at New York's Canada Gallery, London's Jonathan Viner Gallery and The Future of the Photography Museum at Foam in Amsterdam. His commissioned features and portraits have appeared in Vogue Paris, Purple Magazine, The New Yorker, and the New York Times, to name a few.

Cullen is a director who works in a range of mediums, proposing new ways of showing moving image using the newest technologies and the internet as her primary platform. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, NOWNESS, Purple and Love Magazine, with commissioned work for various fashion brands.

In her role, Kim focuses on creating energy, excitement, a sense of discovery and a bit of disruption through engaging and unique shopping experiences at Nordstrom, both in-stores and online. Kim joined Nordstrom in February 2013, and her Creative Projects initiatives have established Nordstrom as a retail platform to test new partnerships, concept shops and to bring limited distribution collections to customers, as well as introduce customers to the best up-and-coming brands and new talent.

With her creative mind and unique perspective as a merchant, Kim took on the role of setting the vision for the company's brand campaigns in Spring 2016, the retailer's first in 15 years. Following her inaugural "See Anew" campaign, "We Are Here" from Fall 2016, and "Love, Nordstrom" from the holiday season, and the Spring 2017 campaign shot by Petra Collins. The Fall 2017 campaign marks Kim's fifth developed for Nordstrom.