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See All Eight of LOVE's New Covers, Featuring Lara Stone, Hailee Steinfeld, and More

fashionologie — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:50:05 PDT

>> LOVE's sixth edition boasts more covers than ever before: models Kristen McMenamy, Daphne Groeneveld, Nyasha Matonhodze, Lara Stone, Mariacarla Boscono, plus the young, 14-and-under starlets Hailee Steinfeld, Elle Fanning, and Chloe Moretz, "their faces free of makeup and streaked with tears," as alternatively styled by Grand, Panos Yiapanis, or Arianne Phillips. All eight were photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.

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Watch Naomi Campbell, Natalia Vodianova, and More Snarl for Givenchy's Fall 2011 Campaign

fashionologie — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:21:54 PDT

>> In tune with the roaring panther prints of Givenchy's Fall 2011 collection, the accompanying ad campaign sees Naomi Campbell, Natalia Vodianova, Kristen McMenamy, and house favorite Mariacarla Boscono each roaring for the lens of Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. Get a look behind-the-scenes at the shoot, for which Riccardo Tisci imagined the four new Givenchy faces as “dark 1950s pinups,” captured individually atop a printed cushion in a corner. [Style File, WWD]

Behind-the-Scenes at the Alberta Ferretti, Ralph Lauren Fall 2011 Campaign Shoots; Plus, Lanvin and Roberto Cavalli Cast Details

fashionologie — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:59:13 PDT

>> The Fall 2011 campaign parade continues: Arizona Muse was on set for Alberta Ferretti yesterday, as were Valentina Zeliaeva and Magdalena Frackowiak for Ralph Lauren (left).

Raquel Zimmermann recently confirmed: "I'll be in the Lanvin campaign which was shot by photographer Steven Meisel, but I can not describe how it was, total secrecy until the campaign out!" And Roberto Cavalli is reportedly employing Natasha Poly, Mariacarla Boscono, and Karen Elson to be shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott and styled by Panos Yiapanis.

After Gwyneth Paltrow was spotted leaving Coach headquarters recently with Reed Krakoff, meanwhile, rumors have been fanned that the actress might be a new face for either Coach or Krakoff's Coach-funded eponymous label.

Photos from the Ferretti and Ralph Lauren shoots in the gallery.

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Watch Prada Spring 2011 Faces Kinga Rajzak, Arizona Muse, Mariacarla Boscono, and Tati Cotliar Dance in a Lively Campaign Video

fashionologie — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:41:00 PST

>> In what may be the best campaign video in some time, Prada Spring 2011 faces Tati Cotliar, Kinga Rajzak, Arizona Muse, Mariacarla Boscono, and Zuzanna Bijoch don the collection's stripes and give their best dance to Ratatat’s 2008 song "Mirando." And don't forget to take a second look at those sunglasses - apparently Prada has decided to do a limited-edition 500-pair run, and they will be in stores starting next month.

See Crystal Renn for DSquared2, Leighton Meester for Missoni, Sarah Burton's First Alexander McQueen Ad, Plus More

fashionologie — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:43:19 PST

>> Crystal Renn is following up her Chanel and Jean Paul Gaultier campaigns last season with another campaign one-two punch for Spring 2011: Jimmy Choo and the newly-released DSquared2 set, in which she is joined by Anna Maria Jagodzinska, Sun Fei Fei, Hailey Clauson, and Monika Sawicka. Put that together with the new Missoni Spring 2011 ads, which feature the Missoni family along with Leighton Meester and social personalities like Tatiano Santo Domingo and Camilla Al Fayed, Freja Beha Erichsen's Valentino ads, a first look at Mariacarla Boscono for Loewe, and Sarah Burton's first Alexander McQueen campaign featuring Lindsey Wixson, and you've got the sum whole of the latest Spring 2011 ad campaigns.

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A Look at Givenchy's Spring 2011 Campaign Featuring an Albino Model; David Lauren and Lauren Bush Are Engaged

fashionologie — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:49:09 PST

Riccardo Tisci is following up his Fall 2010 campaign featuring the transsexual model Lea T. with a Spring 2011 ad campaign featuring albino model Stephen Thompson, shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott in black and white alongside Mariacarla Boscono, Daphne Groeneveld and Iris Strubegger; the idea came from a Robert Mapplethorpe photo of an alabaster Roman bust juxtaposed against leopard print fabric [WWD]
39-year-old David Lauren and 26-year-old Lauren Bush, who met at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala six years ago, got engaged Friday at the museum; she Tweeted today: "Thanks for everyone's warm wishes about our engagement! I am so happy, and really enjoying every minute of it! I am truly a lucky lady!" [NY Post, @LaurenBushTweet]
Conde Nast looks to be in shopping mode: its parent company just raised $500 million for mergers and acquisitions [All Things Digital]
Karolina Kurkova posted a teaser photo of her and androgynous model Andrej Pejic on the set of Jean Paul Gaultier's Spring 2011 ad campaign [Frockwriter]
Before The Sartorialist's Scott Schuman stops someone to ask to take their picture, he says, "I pretty much know where I'm going to stand, where I'm going to place them in relationship to the light, where in the street . . . so as soon as they say, 'Okay,' I'm pretty much ready to go." He continues: "I'm not much of a people person, I don't push to find out that much more [about his subjects]. I want to shoot them the way that I see them; as opposed to really creating a true essence of who they are, it's my idea of who they are." [NY Times]
Christian Louboutin, on how extremes have changed in his twenty years in the business: "When I started, I remember people saying, ‘Oh my God, I can’t walk in that!’ It was like, three inches - they look like kitten heels now. The low cleavage I was doing was considered too sexy, but now what I call a low cleavage is much lower. It’s really very much a mental shift. I remember doing very pointy lasts. People would say, ‘I like the shoe, but it’s too pointy.’ And then the year after, it’s fine." [Style File]
Marc Jacobs may bring his legendary holiday costume party - which hasn't happened since 2007 - back next year [The Cut]
Anna Dello Russo is evasive on how she affords her two apartments and thousands' worth of designer clothing; her only response: "Of course, I am journalist! Then I have discount, I am privileged!" [Guardian UK]
Peep Zac Posen's Pre-Fall 2011 lookbook, featuring "Zac-ettes" - his words (“They’re all women who have been significant for me this year”) - Hilary Rhoda, Crystal Renn, Anna Cleveland, and Leigh Lezark [Vogue]
Reiss is planning on reissuing the dress Kate Middleton wore in her engagement photos as part of their Spring 2011 collection [The Cut]
Former WWD Eye editor Emily Holt has been named fashion news editor at Vogue; she started last Monday [DFR]
Leighton Meester is rumored to be the new face of Missoni [InTouch]
Christian Lacroix is art directing and selecting the 150 Middle Eastern pieces to be featured in the Musee du Quai Branly's "The Orient of Women" exhibition, opening Feb. 8 [WWD]

Nina Garcia Welcomes Second Son; Juergen Teller Shoots Anna Dello Russo's Perfume Ad; Plus, More Spring 2011 Campaign Rumors

fashionologie — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:07:05 PST

Anna Dello Russo now has a perfume ad, shot by Juergen Teller, to go along with her promotional video [ADR, ADR]

Nina Garcia welcomed her second son over the weekend, she announced over Twitter: "Delighted to announce that over the wknd we welcomed 8lb13oz Alexander David Conrod into our home! Baby is doing great & Lucas [her oldest son] is thrilled!" [@ninagarcia]
Stella McCartney also reportedly welcomed her fourth child just before Thanksgiving last week; she just relaunched her website, with behind-the-scenes photos and videos, as well [The Cut, Style File]
40 percent of Vogue Italia's readers come from the United States, but Anna Wintour calls Franca Sozzani "magnificent" [WashPo]
Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott shot Laetitia Casta in London for the Spring 2011 Roberto Cavalli campaign [Laetita Casta]
More Spring 2011 campaign rumors: Iselin Steiro is said to be the face of Lanvin; Gisele Bundchen of Isabel Marant (by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin); Raquel Zimmermann of Louis Vuitton (by Steven Meisel); and Givenchy's group is said to be Daphne Groeneveld, Iris Strubegger, Mariacarla Boscono, and Natasha Poly [HoM, HoM, TFS]
Prada, which saw its profits triple in the last nine months, is now eyeing an initial public offering in 2011 rather than 2012 [WWD]

Early Spring 2011 Campaign Rumors - Gisele Bundchen for Balenciaga, Plus More!

fashionologie — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:19:08 PDT

>> It's early on in the Spring 2011 campaign race, but it seems that former (and current) Victoria's Secret Angels are still going strong when it comes to fronting luxury houses. Not only did Gisele Bundchen walk in Balenciaga's recent show, she's reportedly set to appear in the brand's upcoming Spring 2011 campaign, shot by Steven Meisel. No word on whether some of the other major faces who also walked - Amber Valletta, Carolyn Murphy among them - might also join.

Meanwhile, Izabel Goulart, who was a Spring 2011 Givenchy runway exclusive, is rumored to be appearing alongside Riccardo Tisci's close friend and muse Mariacarla Boscono in the upcoming Givenchy campaign. And Stefano Gabbana and Alessandra Ambrosio have been Tweeting up a storm back and forth, spurring rumors that she may appear in the Spring 2011 Dolce & Gabbana campaign - Gabbana has revealed upcoming Dolce faces via Twitter in the past. This all is fanned by the fact that at the end of a video Gabbana posted yesterday, the interviewer prompts Ambrosio with: "I think you may have a new job with the [Dolce & Gabbana] line," to which Ambrosio laughs and plays coy: "Let's see . . . let's see."

Sheer Gowns and Masks Aplenty at Vogue Paris's 90th Anniversary Ball

fashionologie — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:03:57 PDT

>> Carine Roitfeld's masquerade ball last night, celebrating 90 years of Vogue Paris and loosely Eyes Wide Shut-themed, meant lots of sheer gowns, and lots of show attendees preoccupied with finding a mask yesterday. Anna Dello Russo, inspired by Lady Gaga, paired a Gareth Pugh headpiece with her custom Emilio Pucci gown. Jean Paul Gaultier designed a metal mask for himself adorned with long feathers: "Yes, they're giant eyelashes, acting like hair -- since I'm missing some as you can see - so instead I've gone for this black plume."

Tyra Banks made do with cut up fishnets, Sasha Pivovarova got her mask "from a sex shop," and Lily Donaldson wore a red tulle veil to match her Christian Dior gown: “I made it myself. I went all the way up to the fabric district in Montmartre today.” Stephen Jones made Karlie Kloss's star spangled mask to go with her Christian Dior gown, and Riccardo Tisci did Mariacarla Boscono's over the top feathered hat, while he looked to Philip Treacy to custom make his mask.

While there was plenty of mask ogling, Carine Roitfeld was more preoccupied with other thoughts. “Oh my goodness, even the models are eating, it’s amazing!” she laughed, as Lily Donaldson took a leaf from a chocolate cabbage.

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Hilary Rhoda, Jourdan Dunn, Noemie Lenoir, and More to Return to the Catwalk for Spring 2011 New York Fashion Week?

fashionologie — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:28:10 PDT

>> A number of models who haven't walked New York Fashion Week in years are walking the Fashion's Night Out fashion show tonight - Gisele Bundchen and Naomi Campbell among them - but will some of them appear at other New York shows in the upcoming week? The presence of their New York showcards indicates maybe.

Among the potentials: Alessandra Ambrosio (who hasn't walked in New York since the Fall 2001 season, but is confirmed to be at the FNO fashion show), Ana Beatriz Barros (who hasn't walked New York since the Fall 2003 season), Jourdan Dunn (who last did New York in the Fall 2009 season, pre-baby), Izabel Goulart (who last walked for Miss Sixty in Spring 2009, and is walking the FNO fashion show), Mariacarla Boscono (who hasn't done New York since Anna Sui's Spring 2005 show), Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (who last appeared at Badgley Mischka's Fall 2007 show), Noemie Lenoir (who most recently walked Diane von Furstenberg's Fall 2002 show), and Hilary Rhoda, who most recently walked for Rag & Bone's Fall 2008 show and confirmed over the weekend that she would be walking in the FNO fashion show, adding, "Maybe a few [other] shows too??? Stay tuned...."

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