The Rosie Effect

20 October 2011Fashion

Model turned actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley turns up the va-va-voom for Vogue Germany’s November cover shoot shot by Alexi Lubomirski. Donning a sexy wardrobe of trenches and knits from Burberry Prorsum, Rosie revels in the lightweight outerwear and little else. For almost nine years she has been successful internationally as a model – at the Victoria’s Secret runway, on a number of glossy magazine covers and current in the latest Burberry fragrance campaign. And a very big dream has … Read More

Fashion Encyclopaedia by Italian Vogue

20 October 2011Fashion

Vogue Italia have started a Wikipedia-style online fashion encyclopaedia: Vogue Encyclo, where everyone is invited to contribute. The Vogue Italia editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani is giving her readers the chance to voice their views via a new online fashion encyclopaedia. The online database covers all areas of fashion from ‘Gyspy’ trends to Guy Bourdin and Technofibre … Read More

Word as Image

19 October 2011Book, Design, Film

Ji Lee, creative director at Facebook and formerly Google, has published a book called ‘Word as Image’. The challenge: to create an image out of a word, using only the letters in the word itself. It led to some very creative thinking. Here’s a video to whet your appetite… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J59n8FsoRLE&feature=player_embedded]

Mechanical Dolls by Tim Walker

19 October 2011Fashion, Film

Capturing the adorable pairing of Audrey Marnay and Kirsi Pyrhonen, Tim Walker brings his whimsical style to the October issue of Vogue Italia. Styled by Jacob K in quirky looks from the fall collections of Louis Vuitton, Stella McCartney, Alberta Ferretti, Kenzo and others, the mischievous twosome plays dress up complete with pale faces, mustaches … Read More

Arcade Couture: Mise en Dior

18 October 2011Fashion, Film

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO87892ptYE] Dior Hits the Jackpot with New Pinball-Inspired Film on the Iconic Pearl Necklace The intricate assemblage of individual metal-capped faux pearls with Lurex thread, chunky links and grosgrain ribbon that make up Christian Dior’s Mise en Dior costume jewelry necklace is playfully re-imagined as a virtual pinball game under the creative direction of Camille Miceli. … Read More

COS with Frieze Art Fair 2011

17 October 2011Exhibition, Fashion, Film

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlTtzyI9puk] One of my favourite high street stores COS are continuing their support of Frieze with Frame, an area dedicated to the bright young things: galleries that are less than six years old, chosen by Cecelia Alemani and Rodrigo Moura. With their architectural cuts and bold bright saturated colours injected into designs. Directed by Simon Elephant … Read More

Versace for H&M 2011 Fall Campaign by Mert & Marcus

16 October 2011Fashion

The Italian designer Donatella Versace and the Sweedish retailer H&M team up for the 2011 fall season. The Versece collection for H&M is scheduled to hit stores in November. The campaign is shot by photography duo Mert & Marcus with starring Abbey Lee Kershaw, Daphne Groeneveld, Lindsey Wixson and  Sasha Pivovarova. The collection will look back on the heritage of the … Read More

YSL Fall/ Winter 2011- 2012 Campaign Video

15 October 2011Fashion, Film

Here’s the campaign video for YSL’s fall/winter 2011-2012 collection. Filmed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Starring Raquel Zimmermann in 14 outfits in 53 seconds, one of which is actually only a belt, a necklace, and a plushy carpet. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mWj-z2Lw1k&feature=related]

Style Crimes for NK Style Crimes Campaign by Andreas Sjodin

26 August 2011Fashion

Swedish retailer, NK Stockholm, enlists Andreas Sjodin for their latest campaign which takes strict fashion rules and breaks them with a bold elegance. With art direction by Garbergs, model Sara Blomqvist gets swathed in fall layers and cotton candy hues from the likes of Max Mara, Rodebjer, Nicole Farhi, Acne, Moschino and Jimmy Choo.