A first look at Saint Laurent‘s Fall 2014 ad campaign reveals new face Valery Kaufman as the star. The Russian model was photographed by the house’s creative director Hedi Slimane for the advertisements in his signature rock and roll glam style. The Muscovite appears in three images, featuring black leather jackets, a classic dress with oversized buttons, […]
In their latest project entitled Nouvelle Vague by Lancôme, the L’Oréal-owned label called on three Paris-based designers to each create a couture makeup bag. The designers, Simon Porte Jacquemus, Alexandre Vauthier and Yiqing Yin, were tasked to create a case– figuring the iconic Lancôme rose into their design– for three of Lancôme’s key products; L’Absolu […]
For the Christian Dior Fall 2014 Haute Couture collection, Raf Simons showed was fascinating in its foundation, and often beautifully rendered. “This collection is very historically inspired,” Simons said in a preview backstage. “It felt like a challenge to look further back in history and see how I could modernize certain aesthetics. That is my constant […]
The June/July capsule collection entitled Kowboy Karlie by Tamara Mellon goes way out west with supermodel Karlie Kloss in a cowboy-inspired short film featuring fashion, hats and the brand’s new Unchained Roper Boot. This is the model’s second campaign with the brand as she was also featured in theHigh Heels and Sharp Knives. Photographer Tom Craig captures Kloss in a […]
The Weimar influence of Prada‘s Fall 2014 collection is brought to the fore as an ambiguous relationship unravels in a bleak landscape of brutalist architecture. The Art Deco prints and the raw shearling play a contrast with the gray modernism of the concrete rounded surface and steel-gray glass window that reflect the surrounding landscape. The […]
Alexander Wang has a new Objects Collection featuring a selection of lifestyle leather-wrapped items in black and silver. The fifth collection from the brand, this season’s selection includes a water bottle, leather padlock, carabiner bottle opener, and leather mousepad. Aside from the embossed lizard leather mousepad, these extravagant accessories were built for the frequent traveler. These luxe […]
The look evokes the divine and iconic Marilyn, the atmosphere brings to mind the irresistible appeal of a first date. Rita Ora, the young protagonist of the advertising campaign for Roberto Cavalli Fall 2014, conveys through images the emotion of seduction. The aura of the British artist enchants the lens with strength, charisma and modern […]
The Lebanese designer Zuhair Murad Spring 2015 bridal collection is like a dream with its dramatically embellished fabrics and fairytale-inspired silhouettes. Each gown is form-fitting and nipped at the waist with full skirts cascading to the ground in sheer materials and tulle. Exclusively in shades of white, the colors may be traditional but the couture […]
“I just never found a place to do it,” Karl Lagerfeld said after the Chanel Fall 2104 Haute Couture show. Until now, of course, when the gigantic forest-planting, iceberg-importing, supermarket-building extravaganzas of Chanel shows past were scaled down to mimic the stark geometry of Corbu’s designs. But it wasn’t simply with the setting that Lagerfeld indulged his long-cherished […]
The footwear brand Stuart Weitzman has tapped Gisele Bündchen as the new face for Stuart Weitzman Fall 2014 ad campaign. Bündchen has replaced Kate Moss, who appeared in the brand’s previous three campaigns. “Gisele [is] such a seasoned professional,” said Stuart Weitzman. “She exemplifies the Stuart Weitzman woman with her zest of life, love and family.” The […]
After mastering perfume and make-up, Dolce & Gabbana continue to conquer the cosmetic world with the launch of two skincare lines that are set to shine. For Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana “beautiful skin creates an attractive aura”, which is why the pair decided, with the image of Italian beauties in mind, to create a […]
The Kenzo Fall 2014 ad campaign takes us on a mysterious journey to an unfamiliar world. A place where the ordinary is slightly distorted, mirrors lead to other dimensions, and the strange and beautiful coexist in singular harmony. Born of the inspirations for the Fall collections, David Lynch and his oeuvre, the advertising presents the Kenzo […]