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Archive for July 2009



Years of Vogue – 1920s to present

Written By on Jul 30th, 2009

I got this 2007 Vogue Covers book from the school library the other day and wow, it’s been a seriously good read. I have seen some of these vintage covers here and there, in forums and vogue websites, but the cover images in this book are blown up to HQ sizes with the credit fully »



Flight mode

Written By on Jul 28th, 2009

Aviation seems to be quite a popular inspiration among the magazine editorials this season, thanks to all the leather, jumpers and of course Hermés.   The latest, “7e Ciel” from French Numéro ph by Luciana Val and Franco Musso stars Myf Shepherd in a studio shoot with smoky effects and miniature old planes.    Peter »



Parody (pandemic edition)

Written By on Jul 25th, 2009

‘Be safe, be clean. And if you’re paranoid, be dramatic’ Female magazine SG Aug 09′ ph by Edwin Ho, styled by Terence Lee     [images: scanned by me



Reuse formula

Written By on Jul 22nd, 2009

Givenchy Fall 09 ph by Mert & Marcus MariaCarla Boscono, Iris Strubegger and Adriana Lima Valentino Fall 07′ ph by Mert & Marcus Daria Werbowy, Hilary Rhoda and Gemma Ward I love that Valentino eyewear shot so much, I actually framed it up for my wall, hah. Maybe I have been seeing it too much, »



Burberry new HQs and biggest store in S.E.A.

Written By on Jul 22nd, 2009

Just two months ago, Burberry set  up  its 68,000 square foot US headquarters at No.444, on New York’s Madison Avenue. image: wallpaper.com   Yesterday the company opened its largest store in the Southeast Asia region, an 8,700-square-foot space in Singapore’s ION Orchard shopping center located in the Orchard Road. Some photos of the massive space, courtesy »



Designers when they’re young

Written By on Jul 21st, 2009

You might have seen Karl Lagerfeld’s childhood picture, now check out photos of some designers when they are not so famous yet, courtesy of style.com. Jason Wu aka one of Michelle Obama’s favourite designer. Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte Betsey Johnson Michael Kors (circa 1984, when he’s is half as how old he is »



French on top

Written By on Jul 21st, 2009

‘Françaises au Top’ ph by Victor Demarchelier From left— Melodie Dagault, Constance Jablonski, Charlotte de Calypso, Sigrid Agren, Jennifer Messelier and Mathilde Frachon. (Eh wait, why is Heloise Guerin being left out? She hangs out with some of these fellow Frenchies.) image by Angel Scans It’s about time someone notice the French invasion. I would »



Get somber

Written By on Jul 17th, 2009

Natasha Poly and Arthur Daniyarov for Jil Sander Fall 09′ images from cbdas@TFS via superfuture.com Looks like a continuation from last season’s campaign, focusing on the silhouettes with shadow and lighting. Natasha is amazing. She can be the va-va-voom Gucci girl, and when toned down for a minimalist brand, still stunning as ever. Also, great »



Missing L’officiel SG + Recap on…

Written By on Jul 17th, 2009

Some updates: If you’ve been looking up and down for the L’Officiel Singapore July issue, which has been nowhere to be found on the shelves till now, they have gone bi-annual, means June/July, December/January kinda issue. First time for a local mag, but the big players abroad do that, the Numéros, Vogue Paris, Interview have bi-annual issues—slower »



Meet Mimmi

Written By on Jul 17th, 2009

Mimmi Soderstrom from Sweden, with MIKAS. Exploded out of nowhere to a Miu Miu campaign. images from Mikas and Viva The models are still fairly unknown before the campaign. Hannah Holman is getting a lot of buzz for closing Prada resort only recently. Whitney Coble walked Christopher Kane last season (since it’s also casted by »