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Preen Goes In With '90s Grunge, Comes Out with Neon Pink for Spring 2010

fashionologie — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:11 -0700

>> The rain is beastly today, but that didn't keep Trish Goff or Alexa Chung - who arrived with her hair soaked - from the front row; Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi's baby, too, had a front row seat atop a minder's lap. Anna Selezneva opened the '90s grunge-inspired show, which featured dresses in holographic prints, lots of texture in both the fabric and ruffled panels curving around skirts and pieced onto dresses, and a finale full of highlighter pink. Cut-out wedge sandals finished off every look. Now, the question becomes: who's going to dare to wear the metallic silver Barberella-esque bustier dress?

Calvin Klein Embraces Lyndsey Scott, Monika Jagaciak

fashionologie — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:31:36 -0800

>> A few seasons ago, Jourdan Dunn made headlines as the first model of color to walk Prada in ten years; Prada is carefully casted and a coup like that can make a model's career. The same goes for Calvin Klein, except that since CK is so early on in the season, it sets the tone for the rest of the three Fashion Weeks. This afternoon, Lyndsey Scott became one of the few models of color to land in the Calvin Klein lineup - Jourdan Dunn has done the honors in recent seasons. Monika "Jac" Jagaciak bounced back from her fall at Herve Leger to both open and close; Addison Gill, Bojana Reljic, and Louis Maselis round out the chosen ones as exclusives - expect to see much more from all.

Notably, former house face Toni Garrn and current face Anna Selezneva were missing in action, but enough about models - let's not forget Francisco Costa's turn to the darker side - burned out lace patterning and pops of chartreuse keep the collection right where we want it: coveted.
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fashionologie — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:50:42 -0800

>> THE MODELIZER - Calvin Klein starts shortly, so who are those exclusives? Not Ymre Stiekema - she didn't even come to New York, prompting questions as to whether she's a Prada exclusive again - but V Magazine/Supreme model search winner Addison Gill is one, and a girl from Click opening - a commenter says it's Lyndsey Scott, left, as the first ever black CK exclusive, but we'll just have to see . . . she's already done Bensoni and Malan Breton this season. [The Imagist]

UPDATE: Supposedly, commenters say, neither former Calvin Klein face Toni Garrn or current face Anna Selezneva are present.

Calvin Klein Brings Back Steamy Jeans Commercials

fashionologie — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:37:15 -0800

>> It's been a few years since Brooke Shields told us that nothing comes between her and her Calvins - almost two decades. Not since the early '80s, when those Calvin Klein Jeans commercials were running, has the brand tried to top them.

Enter 2009, the year the label finally gives it another go, with a grainy Steven Meisel-shot commercial featuring Anna Selezneva, Anna Maria Jagodzinska, and Natasha Poly greased up and writhing in nothing but their Calvins. The ads have already been banned from even late-night cable TV - nothing CK isn't used to, since the same thing happened last year with their Eva Mendes Secret Obsession commercial - but they plan on having this one actually make it on TV in the US. An edited version will air on American cable, and countries like Italy, France, Spain, and Germany will run the unedited version below.

The banned commercial (NSFW) »

Sexy Pinups Cover 2009 Vogue Paris Calendar

fashionologie — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:10:06 -0800

>> The 2009 Vogue Paris calendar - which comes as a supplement to the December/January issue - arrived a little early. Fourteen different girls are featured, photographed by Terry Richardson and styled by Carine Roitfeld as pinups in Louis Vuitton lingerie and shoes. Jourdan Dunn is a sexy nurse, Ali Michael a sexy cheerleader, Eniko Mihalik graces the cover as sexy kitten - Carine even included a spread for the solar months, with patrons saints Alber (Elbaz), Gareth (Pugh), Lara (Stone), and their ilk celebrated.

Gallery is NSFW.
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fashionologie — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:25:27 -0800

>> IN THE LOOKING GLASS -The too-racy-for-Vogue Italia Steven Meisel spread that got picked up by V Magazine? It has Anna Selezneva, Daul Kim, Iris Strubegger, and Naty Chabanenko participating in a little crotch-grabbing, a little voyeurism - it's definitely NSFW and is generally more tame than expected, based on the preview - see for yourself. [The Cut]

V Magazine Picks Up Vogue Italia's Rejected Sexy Editorial

fashionologie — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:31:17 -0800

>> It's not often that Vogue Italia will shy away from a boundary-pushing Steven Meisel editorial - together, they've covered race, terrorism, plastic surgery, drug abuse - but apparently it stops when it comes to sex.

Earlier this year, Meisel shot a sexually-charged series of photos based on the UK trend of "dogging," in which couples engage in explicit activities in parked cars, parks, or other public places. The project was supposedly set to be Vogue Italia's September 2008 cover story, complete with three-page foldout cover, but was pulled because it was "too much, too sexy, too over the top" according to a commenter on The Imagist.

Rumors swirled that the editorial was sentenced to limbo forever, and there was talk of W Magazine picking it up, but curious minds will be happy to know that it has landed in the new issue of V Magazine - 28 pages of model-filled images that mark Meisel's first - albeit inadvertent - shoot for the magazine. As for the featured models, Daul Kim, Iris Strubegger, Anna Maria Jagodzinska, and Anna Selezneva are all said to be included, with at least one more unnamed girl involved.
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fashionologie — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:38:45 -0700

>> ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL -She was a runway exclusive, was rumored to have the campaign, and now it's confirmed: Anna Selezneva will be the only girl for Calvin Klein Collection Spring 2009 - Carine Roitfeld, who uses her consistently, must be proud. I wonder if that means the rest of the rumor - that they asked Christy Turlington and Kate Moss, but both declined, is true, too? [TFS]

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fashionologie — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:24:01 -0700

>> ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL -Speaking of Spring 2009 campaigns, here's a fun, but totally unverified rumor circling around today: "For Calvin [Klein Collection] they originally wanted Kate Moss to do it, she obviously refused to wear those clothes. So then they asked Christie [sic] Turlington, she also refused. So they got Anna Selezneva to do it." Anna did have a Calvin Spring 2009 exclusive, and the campaign is supposed to be one girl . . . [TI]

Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi's First Ferre Collection: The Reviews Are In

fashionologie — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:49:47 -0700

>> Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi had a tall order to fill for Spring 2009. Before Gianfranco Ferre passed in 2007, his architectural-based label had ceased to become relevent - as Cathy Horyn put it, "It’s been a while since anyone [has] paid serious attention to the Ferre name." So could the newly tapped designers bring it back to the forefront?

The general consensus says yes. Nicole Phelps of Style.com was pleased: "They deserve high marks for this outing." Cathy Horyn of The New York Times, a Aquilano-Rimondi fan, loved the effort, with one caveat: "The designers distilled the essence of Ferre in a new, eye-catching way. Now to just refine the elements a bit more . . . " WWD felt the same: "Aquilano and Rimondi have the right ideas, but what they need now is a little restraint."

Suzy Menkes of the International Herald Tribune also echoed the same sentiment: "Not all the Ferré collection was approachable. Yet . . . the two designers created the clothes and the buzz that will bring fashion life back to Ferré." With another season under their belts, Aquilano and Rimondi could definitely hit the right stride at Ferre.
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