>> Spring 2010 may be a "safe" campaign season in the making, but not all designers are afraid to change things up. Word is up-and-coming photographer Josh Olins has breached the usually ad-shooting group of Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Mario Testino, Mario Sorrenti, David Sims, Steven Meisel, and Steven Klein, nabbing the Spring 2010 Giorgio Armani campaign as his own. And it's rumored Juergen Teller won't just be exclusive to Marc Jacobs image-making this season: apparently he's helping Phoebe Philo curate the new Celine image by photographing newcomer Valerija Kelava and Carmen Kass for her first ads for the brand.
As for Stefano Pilati, it sounds like he's sticking to his winning supermodel-Inez and Vinoodh formula, going on six seasons strong. Natalia Vodianova, WWD reports, is said to be next up.
Josh Olins
Spring 2010 Campaign Scuttlebutt: Armani, Yves Saint Laurent, and Celine
Kate Moss Missed Opportunity on Gossip Girl, About to Launch Eleventh Collection for Topshop
>> Kate Moss was supposed to be on Gossip Girl last season, Blake Lively told The Cut, "but it ended up not working out." That missed chance aside, Kate's collaboration with Topshop is still working out — her 11th collection comes out Aug. 31, and focuses on the grunge look, according to Kate: “This season’s grunge is all about being creative about how you put your look together, and not necessarily spending a fortune. It’s about being a little bit surprising and very creative. I love the glamour of adding some vintage to my look, and have done for years, as it keeps things original."
One of her favorite pieces from the collection, captured by Josh Olins below, is a black leather pencil skirt, she told the Times UK: “The shape is really lady, but the leather gives it a real grungy, cool, rock’n’roll feel, especially if you wear it with shredded tights and lived-in leather army boots."
>> INSIDER WIRE —The first preview of Katie Grand's new magazine Love, which makes its debut in just two short weeks — Feb. 19 — has hit the interwebs. We already have some idea of what to expect from the magazine — Beth Ditto on the cover, Darya Kurovska appearing in two editorials, Lara Stone photographed by Angelo Pennetta — and now a look at Agyness Deyn as the Queen, part of an "Icons" series Josh Olins shot for the magazine. Not that it was expected to be otherwise, but this is not your typical fashion magazine — Katie told Interview of the first issue: "It's very curvy. No one is a sample size in the whole issue, and it's not so retouched. I just wanted to take pictures of iconic people without redrawing them." [Fashionista]
Oh, the Colors!
But don't think too hard on it, the beauty of this set is not in the title, but rather the vividly saturated colors — they remind me of those you see in Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott's work, except not quite as airbrushed.
Photographed by Josh Olins, styled by Joanna Schlenzka.
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