V #60 doesn’t hit stand till 7 July, but I just got this fresh from my mailbox, check out Iris looking stunning as ever as the beauty in :
“A Touch of Class” photographed by Willy Vanderperre
Styling by Olivier Rizzo
Model Iris Strubegger
Classy indeed.
credit: V magazine www.vmagazine.com
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Out of nowwhere, Anja Rubik on an editorial/cover/campaign streak, courtesy of Inez & Vinoodh.
Campaigns: Balmain, Gucci Fall 09′ (with 8 other models) and Gucci Pre-fall 09′:
Recently, she’s been on at least ONE Vogue cover each month, since May.
Her latest— Vogue Nippon August, ph by I&V
It’s funny to see this sort of thing happen. Anja, to everyone is like the editorial/runway queen who’s been doing the same amount of work for the past few years, most memorably, as the once long time face of Chloé. But like what I have mentioned before, she just doesn’t have the luck to be on as many Vogue covers as let say Anna Selezneva, or open/close as many shows as Poly. Then all of a sudden, Inez & Vinoodh is bringing her everywhere (as if Daria has gone on a vacation). At the rate that she’s going, her status/profile has definitely gone a notch up. Late much, but it’s good to see that her hardwork being paid off.
[images: yes24.com, vogue.fr, amazon.co.jp, gucci.com]
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10.00am Alexis Mabille, 14 rue Royale
2.30pm & 5.00pm Christian Dior, 30 Avenue Montaigne
11.30am Giorgio Armani Privé, Palais de Chaillot
2.30pm Christian Lacroix
5.00pm Givenchy
9.00pm Chanel, Grand Palais
12.30pm Elie Saab, 46 rue Cambon
2.30pm Jean Paul Gaultier, 325 rue Saint-Martin
6.30pm Valentino
Dior couture is showing twice because the venue is small this year. They have been cutting down costs on locations recently. Dior’s latest cruise collection presentation is so much smaller scale than the usual full on runway shows.
Chanel couture is returning to the Grand Palais, will there be some giant sculpture/stage deco being built again?
Lacroix is having a “very small and simple presentation” with 20 outfits on live models. Due to the current situation at Lacroix, the staff and models are very likely to have volunteered for the showing without pay.
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This season, everybody loves white.
Givenchy, Gucci, Jil Sander
Hugo Boss, Tim Hamilton, Julius
On runways, all white does create a certain visual impact, under the lighting and all. In real life, would you rock this look?
In Paris, gender bending tricks are not to be missed. At Gaultier as always, and then YSL. Cue a new term called menvage (men cleavage).
Jean Paul Gaultier
Yves Saint Laurent
As for the collections, off the top of my head, I liked Galliano (you need some drama these days…), Mihara Yasuhiro, Dries van Noten, Alexis Mabille— he used to show his menswear together with womenswear in couture fashion week, this is his first full menswear show. I had expected some ‘couture’ menswear from him for that case, but it’s just his first show, there’s still a lot more from him to come.
[images: men.style.com]
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Louis Vuitton— mustard, sequins and socks… check out the texture, rubber heel on suede, looks comfy.
Dries van Noten— ethnic prints and woven leather detailing embellished lace-ups.
Raf Simons— super sleek entwining details, but I had expected something more from Raf… at least a pair of killer ‘mendals’ (men sandals) or two. Then again, this Spring season hasn’t been feeling very Spring.
John Galliano— pirate boots with leather straps, rough enough for Galliano.
Bottega Veneta— Wanted: shiny patent shoes for spring. Seriously, these are gorgeous.
Jil Sander— The buck, in different colours.
Calvin Klein— futurism+minimalism… Ok this is so CK.
Lastly, Prada. The shoes has as many holes as the fabric in this collection. At least you won’t get a smelly feet.
[images: men.style.com blog]
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ph by Mert & Marcus
Continuing from last season’s eccentric pairing of Kate and Sasha, Daria joins the main campaign star as the partner in crime. (Who’s next?)
ph by Mert & Marcus
Great way to make that collection look chic. Chic (and fierce) for the now Valentino does exist in print under M&M, with a good model like Iris Strubegger. It’s just so natural that the shots are this moody and dark by the look of the collection itself.
ph by Mert & Marcus
Black and white once more… the unstoppable Raquel Zimmermann, with Sean Opry, taking over from last season’s Sasha and Jamie Dornan.
ph by Mario Testino
Shot on location at Westminster, central London, home to Burberry’s new global headquarters at Horseferry House, starring Emma Watson and the latest Burberry exclusive Charlie, once again an all British cast as always. It’s a rather simple campaign, but the focus is of course on their first ever celeb model. Watson, at 19, is old enough (older than a gazillion models out there) to front a major campaign, finally. This is bound to happen. She looks good though, very grown up, huge contrast from her recent ‘Emma Enchanted’ Teen Vogue cover and photo story.
ph by Juergen Teller
The campaign is set to be as fun as the collection, they are in the same spirit. This is that sort of campaign you can’t hate… just look at the last shot at the bottom right hand corner, Natasha is a real psycho in this campaign.
ph by Steven Meisel
Can’t believe this is by Meisel… With this much photoshopping, airbrushing, it can only be Mert & Marcus? But yeah it is definitely Meisel.
Still can’t believe this is for real.
ph by Michcael Thompson
Hippie Devon. Glad to see her doing some modelling work now.
ph by Steven Klein
Queen mafias— Mariacarla, Edita and Heidi at the casino.
It looks more ‘natural’ than last season’s forced campaigns. The casting is fantastic, unexpected though.
ph by Mario Testino
(From left) Sara Blomqvist, Hanna Rundlof, Katie Fogarty, Stephanie Rad, Ragnhild Jevne. Typical D&G but love the class.
ph by Mert & Marcus
Lara and her (Stone) cold stare, with a bunch of boys. Not bad, but it’s hard to keep up after last season’s super campaign, Linda + Naomi.
ph by Stefano Moro
Doing pretty well post-Meisel, strong statement campaign. This is also Karolin’s first solo major campaign, she rocked it.
ph by David Sims
Monika Jagaciak.
ph by Craig McDean
Sigrid and Jourdan— first black model in a Calvin Klein spot since… very long ago. Good to see Jourdan finally getting a campaign too, she had none last season.
This ‘fighting’ pose is getting a little overrated, last season it was used in Dolce & Gabbana (Trentini Vs Mariacarlia), Alberta Ferretti (Kinga Vs Viktoriya) and oh, DSQuared2’s (Naomi Vs Linda). Fighting is not fun anymore…
ph by Craig McDean
Eniko Mihalik.
[images: models.com,TFS scans (from campaigns forum)
WWD, dolcegabbana.com, tiffany.com]
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The third cycle of the Great Britons programme has just begun, offering free flights to budding British talent as part of British Airways’ sponsorship of London 2012, and one of the categories is fashion. The competition is open to anyone aged over 16 who needs support to develop their talent. The judging panel, which includes Denise Lewis and film director Jeremy Gilley, will shortlist all applications and then the final 8 candidates will be up for the public vote.
The current application phase ends on the 5th of July, get over to http://www.greatbritons.ba.com/how-to-apply and where you’d like to fly, and why!
Another piece of news from UK, photographer Terry O’Neill, best known for documenting fashion and pop culture of the 60s, is to have an exhibition of a fabulous collection of artwork at the Getty Images Gallery, The Village of Westfield London.
The exhibition is entitled ‘Behind The Scenes’, and shows photos of celebrities in a never seen before setting. This also includes the famous shot of Teri’s then girlfriend Faye Dunaway, the morning after winning the Acadamy Award for Best Actress.
Admission is free. Go to http://uk.westfield.com/thevillagelondon/events/behind-the-scenes for more info.
[image: chrisbeetles.com]
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