Holly Fulton SS12 – London Fashion Week

Holly Fulton wants you to go to Margate dressed in an interpretation of late 80s early 90s frivolous glamour. The palazzo feeling of the collection was modernised by Fulton’s daring mix of layered prints, perspex jewellery and hard-ware embellishments. Stand outs from the collection were; dresses that were edged in a mosaic style hardware, the layered embellished prints that screamed h-o-l-i-d-a-y and the teal feather trim that added the perfect hint of fun. On your next... Read More

Corrie Nielsen SS12 – London Fashion Week

Anything inspired by Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is going to have a sinister side, substance, and references to 19th century tailored dress. Corrie Nielsen’s SS12 collection Arbiter Elegantiarum does all this with a japanese twist. The drama in the silhouettes and construction was balanced with a restricted colour palette, hair and make-up.  Fabrics were luxurious and carefully edited.  No wonder John Galliano picked this true talent for the winner... Read More

B Store SS12 – London Fashion Week

B Store is hitting all the right nerves for the modern way hipsters want to dress. Muted tones, loose-fitted trouser legs, cuffed pants, shorts with sports jackets and fabrics which don’t require ironing.  This was prevalent at their raging Absolut Vodka party on opening night of London Fashion Week.  Definitely a label we will be seeing more and more of on the streets. TEXT  Read More

Vivienne Westwood Red Label SS12 – London Fashion Week

The Vivienne Westrood Red Label SS12 show my not have surprised but definitely satisfied.  Westwood’s signature cuts and draping formed the silhouettes we all know and love in a lighter palette featuring cool blues, steel greys and beige.  Man-style cropped pants worked perfectly back with wrapped jackets and some of the most simplest draped dresses made the most powerful statements.  Hair and make-up was, as always, outrageous.  The stand out was some styles where... Read More

House of Holland SS12 – London Fashion Week

House of Holland needs to gift Chloe Sevigny. As quirky as the label is cool, this collection is ripe and ready for it-girls.  Held at London venue ‘The Dairy’, the cow-print motif and milkshake hues were right at home in this particular environment. Pastel coloured tartan sweetened a more masculine fabrication, whilst hints of snake-print on collars and sleeves gave the clothes the subtle edge that it-girls search for all over.  Read More

Craig Lawrence SS12 NEWGEN – London Fashion Week

Craig Lawrence showed his collection, which is based on knitwear, in an intimate space in London’s Somerset House. A narrator took the audience through each look, explaining the complicated techniques take to achieve each fastidious and beautiful piece.  Harmonious styling enhanced the ethereal feel of the collection, keeping the tones mixed between a dominant lurex rose gold, beige and spearmint.  Swarovski crystals were artfully woven into some pieces.  The head pieces... Read More

Ashish SS12 – London Fashion Week

Let’s just call it a mad english tea party of grunge-meets-sequin in a flurry of print clashes. At the Ashish SS12 collection today, a very Marc Jacobs/Perry Ellis mood was created through styling that was a heavy nod to 90′s grunge.   Doc Martens served as flower pots, bursting with foliage  at the models carves. The sequinned fabrics seemed to shimmer like scales in daring and accomplished print fusions. Daisies on stripes, hibiscus flowers on zebra and bricks... Read More

Jasper Conran SS12 – London Fashion Week

Execution is a very difficult thing to master. Perhaps that is why it is designers like Jasper Conran, who have experience on their side, are a reference point for the new generation of designers. Jasper Conran delivered a show of  tone-on-tone dressing in brilliant hues. Bleached white, tangerine red, gun metal grey and a shocking pink that would have made Elsa Schiaparelli proud.  Precision cutting and origami style folding realised the hues in striking shapes. Perspex detailing... Read More

Julien Macdonald SS12 – London Fashion Week

Julien Macdonald is having a moment. His spring/summer 11/12 collection took us on a journey from strict tailoring to featherlight nude gowns with intricate embroidery. This journey involved a strict colour palette of black, white, nude, metallic, canary yellow and sky blue. The opening saw the models in man-style tailoring with oversized lapels, hard accessories and fierce red lips. As the tailoring softened so did the colours with an introduction of canary yellow and a sky... Read More

Basso and Brooke SS12 – London Fashion Week

Bruno Basso and Chris Brooke of Basso and Brooke displayed a new twist on their signature prints for spring/summer 11/12.  Instead of the heavily detailed digital prints they have paired back and produced prints with a more abstract feeling. These brushstroke style prints worked perfectly on the draped gowns and overall sophisticated silhouette which is also a new avenue for the design duo.  Read More

PPQ SS12 – London Fashion Week

PPQ by Percy Parker and Amy Molyneaux is celebrating 10 years.  What a playful and effervescent ten years it has been. Their spring summer 11/12 show was a testament to the labels essence. Tongue-in-check cool girl. Double denim ensembles, socks with open-toe heels, appliqués of  Ps, Qs and keys an, our favourite, a Zoro inspired finale.  We look forward to decade number two!  Read More

Sass & Bide SS12 – London Fashion Week

Welcome to a season of the Sass and Bide neon warrior. The Sass and Bide Seekerstate SS12 collection was housed in the light filled space of London’s Royal Opera House. The collection was fresh and succinct, focusing on a combination of athletic elements, polka dot prints, metallic fabrics, blinding whites and leather detailing.  The silhouettes of the collection fused sharp tailoring with looser cuts, which created a relationship between constriction and movement. Watch... Read More

Marilyn Back from the Dead for J’Adore

Dior has released its latest campaign video for J’Adore, resurrecting a bevy of old Hollywood stars along with regular Dior face Charlize Theron. Filmed at the gorgeous Galerie des Glaces at the Château de Versailles, Charlize rushes backstage to get ready for a fashion show and along the way we see Grace Kelly, Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe digitally brought to life among the melee of the backstage action.  Read More

Lanvin Commissions Dolls for Charity

Lanvin has collaborated with charity Dessine L’Espoir to commission a range of handmade soft figurines dressed in miniature Lanvin Petite outfits – the new line of girlswear being launched by Alber Elbaz. The dolls have been crafted by a group of women disgnosed HIV positive in Swaziland, and this employment will enable them to better look after their families and improve their quality of life. On sale from November in all Lanvin boutiques.  Read More

Harrods Gets the Chanel Treatment

Harrods in London has unveiled its newest window displays courtesy of Chanel. Stylised surrealism is the theme, with a whimsical interpretation of French fairy tales. Karl Lagerfeld has envisioned a ‘misty garden’, using their ready-to-wear collection among the sumptuous sets. Chanel has also taken over interior spaces throughout the store, showcasing the Chanel experience in a variety of installations.  Read More

CARINE ROITFELD and Her Enduring Irreverence

Carine Roitfeld, according to Karl Lagerfeld, is the embodiment of the “ideal French woman”, and we happen to agree with him. Having shaped the face of fashion at French Vogue, launching Tom Ford’s career, and countless collaborations with uber photographer Mario Testino, Roitfeld has had a full and enviable career thus far. In retrospect of her work to date comes the launch of CARINE ROITFELD: Irreverent, an astounding collection of images and personal ephemera... Read More

Mert & Marcus Shoot DSquared2 Fall 2011 Campaign

Mert & Marcus capture Saskia de Brauw and Emily Baker in black and white for the Fall 2011 campaign for DSquared2. Channelling a masculine aesthetic for this season with white shirts and neckties, their tough girl looks are played off with soft furs and braided hair.  Read More

Margiela T-Shirts for AIDS

Maison Martin Margiela have brought forth a new tshirt design for World Aids Day to be sold exclusively in all their stores as well as the Margiela e-boutique. Every season since 1994 Margiela add this design to their collection with the text in english: THERE IS MORE ACTION TO BE DONE TO FIGHT AIDS THAN TO WEAR THIS T-SHIRT BUT IT’S A GOOD START. For this season they have swapped the English for French and thus encourage discussion between people when it is worn. A percentage... Read More

Karlie Kloss and Caroline Trentini Ooze Luxury for the Bally Fall 2011 campaign

Steven Meisel photographs another fall 2011 campaign, this time for luxury label Bally, with Karlie Kloss and Caroline Trentini lounging about in a room of sand coloured tones. In line with Bally’s direction at a younger luxury market, the models are styled with an air of East Side heiress about them, confidence most definitely assured.  Read More

Lanvin Gets Jiggy With It

Steven Meisel shoots the Lanvin Fall 2011 campaign with models Raquel Zimmermann and Karen Elson dancing about to Pitbull‘s “I Know You Want Me”! Their awkward dancing is a tongue-in-cheek play on the mainstream adoption of hip hop, with the girls and male models stepping out of rhythm within an opulent setting. Lanvin head design Alber Elbaz makes a cameo at the end, swaggin it up for the camera – watch the video below.  Read More

Chanel Fall 2011 Beauty Campaign | Jac Jagaciak by Sølve Sundsbø

Solve Sundsbo captures model Jac Jagaciak for Chanel‘s Fall 2011 beauty campaign in a series of elegant evening inspired looks. Classic and beautiful, just like the perfect red lipstick.  Read More

Lane Crawford Fall 2011 Campaign Video

Mert and Marcus have been the photographers du jour this Fall season, landing the majority of campaigns and dominating fashion advertising right now. They have also lensed the campaign shots for department store Lane Crawford, starring some of the powerhouse models from China making their mark on the fashion world: Ming Xi, Liu Wen, Fei Fei Sun, Shu Pei, and Xiao Wen.  Read More

Fashion Fest in Lady GaGa’s New Clip ‘You and I’

Lady GaGa takes on a whole range of characters in her new video for You and I, set out in the backwoods of America. As usual they have gone to town with the costuming and makeup, fashion director Nicola Formichetti calling in pieces from YSL, Chanel, Phillip Treacy hats, Hussein Chalayan, Mugler, and their own label Haus of Gaga.  Read More

Rachel Weisz Seduces A Lion for Bulgari Fall 2011 Campaign

Actress Rachel Weisz stars in the latest Bulgari campaign for Fall 2011, photographed by Mert & Marcus, in a sensuous satin sheet boudoir with a huge lion. Following on from previous seasons’ campaigns, the woman-animal relationship is again explored, adding to the luxury and decadence that aligns with the identity that is Bulgari.  Read More

Constance Jablonski for Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2011

Dolce and Gabbana go for a monochromatic look for this Fall 2011 collection. Model Constance Jablonski shows off looks with polka dots, lace and textural wools for a ladylike vision for winter.  Read More

Nick Knight Captures Isaac for Hermès Fall 2011

Another take on the artist’s studio – which has been a prevalent theme this winter – is Nick Knight‘s portrait for the Hermes Fall 2011 campaign starring Isaac Carew – here is a first release image.  Read More

Max Mara Studio’s 60s Vibe for Fall 2011

Hot right now models Frida Gustavsson and Kinga Rajzak star as the faces of Max Mara Studio‘s Fall 2011 campaign, lensed by Giampaolo Sgura. With brown paper packages reflecting the caramel tones of the collection, there is a definite 60s influence going on with the simplified silhouettes and colour palette. The girls add to the chic mod look with defined brows and lots of eyeliner. Yeah baby!  Read More

Raf Simons’ Blurry Boys by Willy Vanderperre for Fall 2011

Willy Vanderperre takes an existential turn for Raf Simons’ Fall 2011 campaign featuring models Adrien Sahores, Alexandre Imbert, Chris Beek, Timothy Kelleher, and Yannick Abrath. With motion blur obscuring their faces, the photos are an interesting take on the lookbook, and add to the sense of Simons’ minimal sensibility.  Read More

Eniko Eats Terry Richardson for David Webb Fall 2011

Photographer Terry Richardson once again puts himself in his images but this time as a stretchy toy doll for model Eniko Mihalik to play with. Dripping in the fabulous designs of jeweller David Webb, these shots showcase the Fall 2011 collection in colourful decadence and playfulness.  Read More

DKNY Makes Ridiculously Expensive Perfume Bottle for Charity

DKNY demonstrates a conscience for world issues with the launch of this million-dollar DKNY Golden Delicious bottle, being sold for $1,000,000 with the net proceeds going to Action Against Hunger. Jewellery designer Martin Katz crafted the bottle, which contains 2909 precious stones including diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and turquoise, and is carved from 14-carat gold. The bottle will be travelling the world, spreading the message and putting New York on a global platform.  Read More

Carine Roitfeld Heads Barneys’ Fall 2011 Campaign

Ex-Fench Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld is the face of the new Fall 2011 campaign for Barneys’ shot by Mario Sorrenti. With the theme ‘Carine’s World’, her children Vladimir and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld feature along with some top model friends, giving a personal touch to the photos which will go up in the Barneys windows on September 2. This is the latest venture for super editor Roitfeld, who has been involved in a range of collaborations since leaving... Read More

Giorgio Armani Fall 2011 Campaign – Sasha Pivarova by Mert & Marcus

Mert & Marcus‘ Fall 2011 campaign for Giorgio Armani has the gorgeous Sasha Pivarova channeling all manner of glamour and class. After publishing the first release picture, here is the series in full we have been waiting for!  Read More

Miu Miu Fall 2011 Fashion Film ‘Muta’

Miuccia Prada‘s Fall 2011 collection is showcased in this unsettling new fashion film by Lucretia Martel, in which a group of faceless models are aboard a half-running cruise boat. Evoking a sense of 70s horror films with its cinematic style and that retro wood-panelled boat, the Mui Mui females have a disconnected mode of interaction with each other and never speak. Muta, meaning both ‘mute’ and ‘transformation’ uses suspense, and an unsettling... Read More

Powerplay: Isabeli Fontana in Inez & Vinoodh’s Donna Karan Fall 2011 Campaign

Inez and Vinoodh are back with another Fall 2011 campaign starring Isabeli Fontana in a storylike series and fashion film. Entitled “The Power of a Woman”, Donna Karan’s slick city-chic designs come into their own, transforming Fontana into a political grand dame running the gamut from press interviews, black tie events, to picking up the children. It begs the question (à la Beyonce Knowles): who runs the world? Girls!  Read More

Lara Stone & Liu Wen Shot by Craig McDean for ck Calvin Klein Fall 2011

Craig McDean puts a techno spin on Lara Stone and Liu Wen for the ck Calvin Klein Fall 2011 campaign. McDean puts a robotic-ethereal element into the images, giving great atmosphere to the Calvin Klein minimalist aesthetic.  Read More

David Beckham Launches Bodywear at H&M

David Beckham has partnered with high street retailer H&M to produce a line of ‘bodywear’ as their new celebrity collaboration. The first collection will be launched in February 2012 coinciding with Valentines Day, so now the boys too can get some sexy lingerie gifts from their lovers.  Read More

Cindy Sherman Changes Faces for M.A.C.

Cindy Sherman, the ubiquitous chameleon artist, has collaborated with MAC cosmetics for their fall makeup collection. Sherman experiments with the new products to create these looks, reinforcing the MAC mentality that makeup is “Our medium of transformation.” Cindy Sherman has crossed the bounds between art and fashion for much of her career, with her trademark self-changing self portraits.  Read More

Sonia Rykiel Fall 2011 Campaign – Constance Jablonski Awaits Her Lover

Sonya Rykiel‘s Fall 2011 campaign shot by Cédric Buchet has a glammed-up Constance Jablonski looking the perfect Parisian woman. Lounging at a café table in bold coloured knits and curled hair, the Rykiel woman is made for laissez-faire life, awaiting her lover to arrive.  Read More

Bottega Veneta Fall 2011 starring Isabeli Fontana

After the first image release, Bottega Veneta‘s complete Fall 2011 campaign captures Isabelli Fontana in high-end elegance shot by Robert Polidori. The classic location is set off beautifully by the bold reds and luxury textures inherent of the Bottega brand.  Read More

Marc Jacobs’ Naked Balloon Man for Fall 2011 by Juergen Teller

Photographer Juergen Teller takes Marc Jacobs‘ latest Fall campaign for a nude frolick with 53-year-old Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans, baring his behind and tying balloons to himself in Teller’s signature photographic style. This is the next in a series of unconventional models starring in Marc Jacobs campaigns, playing on the offbeat ethos of his collections.  Read More

Proenza Schouler Fall 2011 Campaign by Willy Vanderperre – Zuzanna Bijoch Goes Graphic

Proenza Schouler‘s Fall 2011 campaign sees Willy Vanderperre adding a geometric colour touch to his images of Zuzanna Bijoch. The oversize graphic borders perfectly complement the textiles and prints of Proenza’s collection, having made a name for themselves for their use of pattern and texture.  Read More

Frankie Morello Does ‘Sexywear’ with Sebastian Sauvé and Ryan Bertroche

Frankie Morello turns underwear into sexywear for your viewing pleasure. Filmed by Luca Finotti, models Sebastian Sauvé and Ryan Bertroche make a little ménage-a-trois with Caterina Ravaglia for Fall 2011.  Read More

Balmain Becoming Mainstream? Second Diffusion Line Pierre Balmain is Released

Balmain‘s signature stylings of studs, zippers, cropped jeans and ripped tshirts may now be that little more affordable for the average consumer with the launch of their second line Pierre Balmain. Featuring the Balmain look at a high street price tag, that $2000 tshirt made so covetable on the Balmain catwalk may now be within reach at around $170. With the departure of head designer Christophe Decarnin, who first championed the now famous rock-chic look,  Olivier Rousteing... Read More

Leaked! Mario Testino’s shots of Emma Watson’s Lancome Tresor Ad

Mario Testino‘s campaign shoot of actress Emma Watson as the new face of Lancome‘s Tresor Midnight Rose fragrance have been leaked. French actor Cyril Descours takes the role of Emma Watson’s love interest in the images, adding a mysterious romance to the story. It hasn’t been confirmed yet whether these are the actual images to be published – Testino is known for his cinematic feel, however beauty ads are generally always more polished. The official... Read More

Victoria’s Secret Makes Halloween a Little More Sexy

Victoria’s Secret has long been the go-to for raunchy yet classy lingerie for women looking to push their Stepford Wives’ sex lives to the next level. Model Candice Swanepoel showcases how the naughty-but-nice outfits ease the transition from vanilla to fetish when the lights go out. The Victoria’s Secret Halloween 2011 range shows how you can tap into all your conventional role-playing fantasies and still be a good girl.  Read More

Natalia Vodianova by Mert & Marcus – in the Garden for Stella McCartney’s Fall 2011 Campaign

Mert & Marcus capture model Natalia Vodianova in a topiary garden for the latest Stella McCartney fall campaign. Playing with colour grading and sculptural garden shapes add an interesting twist and plays beautifully on the clean, organic lines of Stella’s pieces.  Read More

Fendi’s New Stroke – Anja Rubik by Lagerfeld – Complete Release

Fendi has a new stroke for Fall 2011.  Karl Lagerfeld has shot the campaign featuring long-time Fendi muse Anja Rubik.  Anja poses elegantly as muse for male model, Brad Kroenig, who is reinterpreting the beauty in brushstrokes. Featuring the signature Fendi furs, bags and shoes one can help but think Anja looks a like Liz Taylor with her hair coiffed dark and short and thickly lined eyes. Muse indeed.  Read More

Dolce & Gabbana Boys Club! Mariano Vivanco Shoots the Sexiest Men for the Fall 2011 Gym Collection

The Dolce & Gabbana Gym Fall 2011 collection has been shot by Mariano Vivanco and is a steamy and stylish look at the duo’s sports line for men. Models featured are; house favourite David Gandy, Adam Senn, Arthur Kulkov, Guy Robinson, Julien Quevenne, Philip Huang, Sacha M’baye, Sam Webb and Sebastian Lund. Feast your eyes.  Read More

Giorgio Armani Soft Glamour with Sasha Pivovarova for Fall 2010-First Release!

The Fall 2011 campaign dominators, Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott have done it again with Sasha Pivovarova for Giorgio Armani. The soft tones blush pink of the collection are contrasted against the strong hair and make-up direction for the campaign.  The clean studio feeling is the perfect backdrop for the fusion of snakeskin, feathers and silk.  The fashion world eagerly awaits the final release of the campaign!  Read More

Balenciaga Fall 11/12 Campaign by Steven Meisel

Balenciaga designer Nicholas Ghesquiere always has a knack for linking unusual inspirations and visual elements. In the latest campaign, shot by Steven Meisel, models Julia Nobis, Liya Kebede, Liisa Winkler, Milou Van Groesen, Juliane Gruner, and Carla Gebhart strut their stuff in a gothic Harlem church, forming tableaux of movement akin to a classical painting. These scenes are juxtaposed with the clinical lines of a tiled space – a complete opposite to the church setting... Read More