Tuesday, January 31, 2012
On the Newsstand...
- Harper’s Bazaar Turkey February 2012 Mini Anden by Koray Birand
- i-D Pre-Spring 2012 Li Zheng by Chen Man
- Numero #130 February 2012 Eniko Mihalik by Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello
- D la Repubblica #776 Anne Sophie Monrad by Taghi Naderzad
- Vogue Hellas February 2012 Anabel Van Toledo by Costas Avgoulis
First Look: David Beckham's Bodywear Ad for H&M
Warning: Ladies, if you are sitting at your office desks you may want to wait and watch when you get home. No one will be able to get through to you as you are mezmorized by a nearly nude David Beckham. Phones will be ringing off the hook, you're boss may be shouting in front of you...but none of that will matter as you focus on your computer screen. This is the first look at his Superbowl ad featuring the new Bodywear by David Beckham Collection for H&M.
Vanity Fair March 2012
Rooney Mara, Mia Wasikowska, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Elizabeth Olsen, Adepero Oduye, Shailene Woodley, Paula Patton, Felicity Jones, Lily Collins, and Brit Marling all cover Vanity Fair March 2012! The ladies are dressed in fashion's finest for the Hollywood issue this month. This has swiftly become our favourite cover for March! The colours, the makeup, the poses... it's all max Hollywood glamour and we can't get enough! Read more and see the cover up close and personal onVanity Fair's website.
On the Newsstand...
- Vogue Italia February 2012 Laura Kampman by Steven Meisel
- Asos March 2012 Elizabeth Olsen by Todd Cole
- 10 Magazine Spring 2012 Anna Mouglalis by Cédric Buchet
- UK Harper's Bazaar March 2012 Georgia May Jagger by Alexi Lubomirski
- L'Officiel Singapore February 2012 Jemma Baines
- Hair Mode Japan #623 February 2012 Gwen Lu by Wataru
- Vogue India February 2012
- Russh #44 February March 2012 Mirte Maas by Hugh Lippe
Monday, January 30, 2012
Chanel Le Vernis Nail Polish Spring 2012
It’s here: the launch day for Chanel’s Spring 2012 collection and, most importantly, their new nail colours for the new season:
Named after the months of Spring (and a little into summer with June), the polishes are a combination of next season’s sherbert shades (May and June) and a wonderful berry red (April) to ease you out of your winter darks.
Which would you like the most?
Gucci Spring Summer 2012 Campaign
Flora by Gucci Spring Summer 2012 campaign. Abbey Lee Kershaw by Sølve Sundsbø.
On the Newsstand...
- Alexis Vo. 9, 2012 Vita Sidorkina
- Jalouse February 2012 Cara Delevingne
- Harper's Bazaar Brazil February 2012 Ana Beatriz Barros
- Vogue Brazil February 2012 Adriana Lima
- Claph Issue #7 January 2012 Myla Dalbesio by Claudia Fried
- Russh February March 2012 Mirte Maas
Friday, January 27, 2012
Haute Couture 2012: Elie Saab
Elie Saab is a name you hear on the red carpet more and more these days. What makes the Lebanese designer so popular with the Hollywood crowd? An influential celebrity stylist told us, "His dresses are shiny, uncomplicated, and easy to digest." That sums up Saab's new Couture offering quite well. He showed full-skirted party frocks and slim evening gowns in a rainbow of pastel shades, nearly all of them sparkly. What separated one from the next was the vertiginousness of a neckline, the presence or absence of sleeves, the length of a train, and the occasional cape. He included one print, an oversize botanical, but it looked like an afterthought amid all that pink, peach, yellow, mint green, and baby blue.
Haute Couture 2012: Valentino
A conversation with Pier Paolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri before the presentation of their new couture collection for Valentino quickly took a turn for the metaphysical. "If you don't think about fashion, you just do clothes," said Piccioli. "Fashion needs culture or it becomes empty." The duo found their cultural spine in the finest flowering of French thought, keying in on the eighteenth century's Age of Enlightenment and particularly the return to "real" values that Rousseau endorsed in his State of Nature philosophy. "Couture is a real value," Piccioli added. "It's not superficial."
But it was Marie Antoinette role-playing in her little farm on the grounds of Versailles who provided the collection's ambience. The first model seemed to arrive in the salons of the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild on a breath of cool country air. Sprigged flower prints covered almost everything. An antique fabric alchemy transformed taffeta into equally antique-looking blurred floral chaîne. The sense of precious old artisanship was also evident in the swirling bouilloné decoration. The volumes were diaphanous, bucolic, like the cloud of point d'esprit scattered with organza lace cutouts. The designers sought a "deep lightness." It was beautifully exemplified in dresses with up to five layers of lace and organza.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Karl Lagerfeld Plays DJ with Supermodels
From designing dozens (yes, dozens) of collections every year, to photographing his own campaigns, to creating a cool new beauty line, and raising one of the most adorable kittens we’ve ever seen, there really doesn’t seem to be much Karl Largefeld can’t do. Except, maybe, sleep.
The latest in the never-ending series of Karl exploits is this video lookbook for his new, lower priced line Karl by Karl Lagerfeld, where the designer tries his hand at working the turntables.Obviously, Karl does a pretty great job, and the visual effects are pretty cool, too. “It’s a new mix,” the designer intones at the end. Indeed.
Could this be the beginning of a second, third, fourth, fifth career as a DJ for the 78-year-old designer? Honestly, we wouldn’t rule it out.
{fashionista}
Beth Ditto Gets Her Own MAC Makeup Collection
The ink is dry and can now confirm that Beth Ditto has signed on to do a collaboration with MAC cosmetics. The line will be a limited edition run planned to hit stores in June. Above, you'll see a first look at the campaign for Beth Ditto for MAC. Quite a stunning visual.
This is not the first collaboration for Beth Ditto. The singer has previously worked with Evans in the UK to create a plus size clothing line. {via WWD}
Thierry Mugler On Nicola Formichetti
From what little I’ve seen, today’s collections seem to me a bit backward-looking, though I don’t wish to be overly critical.
I have the distinct impression that what I consider a minimum service of our profession — knowing how to make a woman beautiful and allowing her to look her best through my clothes — is less of a consideration by designers today.
Evedant in what Nicola has done with Gaga, turning her into a monster. I'm not being critical here, but just an observation.
[WWD]
Versace Jeans SS 2012 campaign
Versace Jeans SS 2012 campaign. Gisele Bundchen & Ryan Barrett by Mert & Marcus.
On the Newsstand...
- Dansk Spring Summer 2012 Freja Beha Erichsen by Christian Brylle
- GQ Spain February 2012 Blake Lively
- Amica February 2012 Poppy Delevingne by Driu & Tiago
- Marie Claire Turkey January 2012 Naz Elmas by Serhat Hayri
Stephane Rolland's110 pound couture dress!
Yesterday, Yasmine Le Bon walked the runway in a 110 pound Stephane Rolland dress for couture week in Paris. Here's how we imagine the conversation pre-catwalk went:
Stephane: Yasmine, I need to know...how are the workouts going these days?
Yasmine: Didn't you see me in the latest Duran Duran video? I am hot these days and yes, it's hard work but I'm ready for the catwalk.
Stephane: Yes,dahhhling, looking good. However, I'm going to need you to start lifting and I mean really "lifting".
Yasmine: Are you looking for muscles this season?
Stephane: No, I need someone to carry 50 kil down the catwalk this season.
Yasmine: Ummm....what?
Stephane: Show you when you get to Paris and don't worry, you'll have two smoking male models to help you down the catwalk....
Cut to runway... Yasmine Le Bon walking down the runway in a 110 pound stunning red dress and moving very slowly...check it out below (skip to clip 12:45)
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