Posts for September 18th 2012

i-D Magazine Role Model Issue Fall 2012 Covers
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Linda Evangelista, Gisele Bundchen, and Karen Elson Star on New i-D Covers

Everyone needs someone to look up to, so for the role-models-themed Fall 2012 issue of i-D Magazine, Daniele Duella and Iango Henzi photographed a litany of the industry's boldface names for a series of beautiful covers.
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i-D Magazine Role Model Issue Fall 2012 Covers

Everyone needs someone to look up to, so for the role-models-themed Fall 2012 issue of i-D Magazine, Daniele Duella and Iango Henzi photographed a litany of the industry's boldface names for a series of beautiful covers.

Gisele Bundchen is captured in black and white, surrounded by wavy tendrils of her own hair. Isabeli Fontana, made up like a classic '40s femme fatale, makes a neck brace look like the chicest, easiest-to-wear accessory there is, and Karen Elson's fiery hair is pushed into an extremely experimental shape.

A look at the rest of the models' hair — styled into tonsorial perfection by Luigi Murenu — here in the gallery.

Photos courtesy of i-D Magazine.

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Lana Del Rey H&M Behind-the-Scenes Video
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Watch: Behind the Scenes of Lana Del Rey's H&M Commercial

She may be singing "Blue Velvet," but Lana Del Rey doesn't wear any of that material in the much-anticipated spot for H&M's Fall 2012 campaign.
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She may be singing "Blue Velvet," but Lana Del Rey doesn't wear any of that material in the much-anticipated spot for H&M's Fall 2012 campaign. The singer does don plenty of clothes from the Swedish retailer while she's ferried around the set and in front of the camera of Johan Renck, who has created a universe for the ad that draws on the work of filmmaker David Lynch. The full ad is expected to be released on Sept. 20; for now, a sneak peek in the video below.

Burberry Rumored to Be Working With Adele on Plus Size Line
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Burberry's Adele Rumor, Karl Lagerfeld's Favorite Middleton, and Stephanie Seymour's Cover

Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.
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Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

  • Representatives for Burberry and Adele both have declined to comment on rumors that the singer has been tapped to design a "bespoke" capsule collection for the label's plus-size customers. [Vogue UK]

  • The newest cover of Vogue Hommes International has spurred women's rights groups, who say its imagery glamorizes domestic violence, to protest. The Terry Richardson-shot photo on the cover features model Marlon Teixeira standing behind Stephanie Seymour with his hand wrapped around her neck. [Fashion Etc.]

  • Karl Lagerfeld may have had some choice things to say about Pippa Middleton, but he's all smiles when it comes to her mother, Carole. "I think Carole is very sexy," he says. "I think the mother is sexier than the daughters." [Grazia]

  • Speaking of Lagerfeld, here's a pair of camellia-covered sneakers Chanel will be selling come next year. [Styleite]

  • Important question of the day: is social media ruining Fashion Week? [BuzzFeed Shift]

  • Related: Model Flaviana Matata, subject of a behind-the-scenes look at London Fashion Week, says she's very careful of what she posts to Twitter because of her career. "You might be doing well this season, but next season may be very different," she says.
    [Wall Street Journal]
Roksanda Ilincic Spring 2013 | Runway
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Roksanda Ilincic Spring 2013

While many of her contemporaries in London were focused on sweet embellishment and feminine shapes, Roksanda Ilincic drew inspiration from world-renowned artists to create a Spring 2013 collection with serious force.
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Roksanda Ilincic Spring 2013 | Runway

While many of her contemporaries in London were focused on sweet embellishment and feminine shapes, Roksanda Ilincic drew inspiration from world-renowned artists to create a Spring 2013 collection with serious force.

The color-splicing work of Niki de Saint Phalle and the palette of Josef Albers's canvases blended together to inform the way llincic blocked colors in this offering. While the combinations were visually interesting all around (the first exit was a black dress with a cobalt blue collar, white bishop's sleeves and generous orange cuffs), the technique really made an impact with Ilincic's cocktail dresses. Here there were undulating panels of black joined to cream, or pink shooting into black and blue. The effect of easy-to-wear, graphically astute garments like this, of course, means power dressing that doesn't sap any of the wearer's strength.

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Mulberry Spring 2013 | Runway
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Mulberry Spring 2013

It's hard not to call a collection inspired by ice pops sweet, and Emma Hill's Spring 2013 offering for Mulberry — what with its buttery leather, pastel-colored garments, and floral prints — definitely fits that sugary description.
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Mulberry Spring 2013 | Runway

It's hard not to call a collection inspired by ice pops sweet, and Emma Hill's Spring 2013 offering for Mulberry — what with its buttery leather, pastel-colored garments, and floral prints — definitely fits that sugary description.

The flowers helped tie the collection to another source of inspiration: an English country garden. The entrance to Hill's runway show on Tuesday was filled with garden gnomes and AstroTurf to reflect that feeling.

But the clothes themselves weren't what you'd call delicate. There was a strength in a number of leather pieces (even if they had flower-shaped metal buttons) and a definite toughness to the tweed biker jackets that came down the runway. And for all their flora, the '60s- and '70s-inspired suiting and dresses packed a bold visual appeal that wallflowers might shy away from. How else could they handle being walked down the runway with a couple of happy standard poodles?

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London Fashion Week Spring 2013 Day 3 Photos
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Our London Fashion Week Diary: Day 3

The last full day in London was a full-fledged whirlwind, starting with back-to-back early shows at the Topshop Show Space.
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London Fashion Week Spring 2013 Day 3 Photos

The last full day in London was a full-fledged whirlwind, starting with back-to-back early shows at the Topshop Show Space. Peter Pilotto and Michael van der Ham provided a jolt of energy in the form of bright colors and vivid prints, and there were plenty of stylish showgoers on hand to provide extra inspiration.

Afterwards it was on to Burberry, where we snapped the gorgeous backstage beauty looks and hung out with models Charlotte Wiggins and Herieth Paul. See all that, plus more from day three — including Dita Von Teese, Constance Jablonski, and Mark Fast's wild Spring 2013 show — here, in the final installment of our London Fashion Week diary.

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