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Watch Raquel Zimmermann, Karen Elson, and Alber Elbaz Dance in the New Lanvin Video

fashionologie — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:23:34 PDT

>> Steven Meisel captured models dancing for Prada's Spring 2011 campaign video, and now he's done the same for Lanvin's Fall 2011 campaign video. Raquel Zimmermann and Karen Elson dance in sync to Pitbull's "I Know You Want Me" - and Alber Elbaz makes a dancing cameo at the end.

See the Full New Alexander McQueen Campaign Set; Plus - The McQueen Exhibit Sets a Record

fashionologie — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:34:21 PDT

>> Just as it has been announced that the Costume Institute's "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" set an attendance record over the weekend, the house's Fall 2011 ad campaign - featuring Raquel Zimmermann in her own kind of savage beauty, captured by David Sims - has dropped.

As of Sunday night, more than 582,000 people have seen the "Savage Beauty" show, surpassing the previous record - for a fashion exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - of 576,000, set by “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy” in 2008. The McQueen exhibit closes in a week on Aug. 7, and is expected by that time to rank among the Met's 20 most popular exhibitions, since the museum began tracking attendance 50 years ago.

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Karen Elson, Raquel Zimmermann Pair Up for Lanvin's Fall 2011 Campaign

fashionologie — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:55:56 PDT

>> There's no fighting in this season's Lanvin campaign - just Karen Elson and Raquel Zimmermann in the first image captured by Steven Meisel, sporting floppy hats and capes. [Models.com Facebook]

Alexander Wang's Gritty Fall 2011 Campaign Features Raquel Zimmermann

fashionologie — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:02:43 PDT

>> For his second-ever ad campaign, Alexander Wang chose Fabien Baron to shoot Raquel Zimmermann in an abandoned grain factory from the '20s in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Karl Templer, Wang's usual collaborator, was on styling duty. “We wanted something really gritty and raw to contrast with the polished richness of what we showed on fall runway,” Wang explained of the scene.

The accompanying campaign video, set to a soundtrack of SebastiAn’s “CTFO” featuring MIA, is going to be projected at several locations around Manhattan (Houston and McDougal, 14th and University, 14th Street and 8th Avenue) - starting around 9 pm tonight for six hours and continuing both tomorrow and Friday nights (July 13-July 15).

For those not in New York, the full video is below.

Models Untouched - See Natalia Vodianova, Raquel Zimmermann, and More Shot Without Retouching

fashionologie — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:02:01 PDT

>> To celebrate its official launch, London agency Viva Model Management has released a series of its talent - including Natalia Vodianova, Raquel Zimmermann, and Maryna Linchuk - captured without any makeup or hair styling, and sans any kind of retouching. Scott Trindle shot the collection of black and white images over the past year in his Dalston flat, when each model was visiting London.

"[Trindle's] images stood out because it was just so interesting and rare for us to see the girls like that; he shot them with no additional hair, make-up or styling," Viva's director Natalie Hand explained. "They were shot exactly as they were in person, exactly how they were when they walked through his door. And they looked really beautiful. The blemishes added to their charm. And you could definitely learn something about the model's real character from the pictures."

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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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The Latest Spring 2011 Ads - Joan Smalls and Malgosia Bela for Stella McCartney, Erin Wasson for Elie Saab, Plus More

fashionologie — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:56:54 PST

>> Stella McCartney is known for her quirky, even cartoony campaigns, and this time, she enlisted Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott to shoot Joan Smalls and Malgosia Bela for Spring 2011. The ads show Bela wearing nothing but a collage of blown-up images of McCartney's Spring fruit print or Smalls wearing a swimsuit-shaped collage of pastel-colored suit lapels. “I wanted to play with the purity and realism of the citrus print from summer 2011….exaggerating the scale and playing with the female form in its purest form, as nature intended,” McCartney told WWD. A look at that, plus Erin Wasson's minimalist turn for Elie Saab, Patricia van der Vliet's maximalist turn for Sonia Rykiel, and Raquel Zimmermann and Freja Beha Erichsen for H&M, all in the gallery.

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The Full Set of Two Colorful Spring 2011 Campaigns - Jil Sander and Louis Vuitton

fashionologie — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:42:37 PST

>> Two colorful campaigns for two colorful collections - but the approach for each is markedly different. The full Spring 2011 ad sets are out for both Jil Sander and Louis Vuitton; while Willy Vanderperre shot a pink-haired Daria Strokous against a washed-out white background, part of her face obscured in many of the images while the clothes take on a watercolored feel, Steven Meisel captured Kristen McMenamy, Raquel Zimmermann, and Freja Beha Erichsen in an environment of opulent excess.

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Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Tom Ford - All the New Spring 2011 Ads You Missed Over New Year's

fashionologie — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:55:21 PST

>> Spring may not be in the air just yet, but the Spring 2011 ad campaigns sure are: The new year brought the release of a bevy, including Abbey Lee Kershaw's Tom Ford eyewear campaign and a look at Louis Vuitton's latest trio - Raquel Zimmermann, Kristen McMenamy, and Freja Beha Erichsen. There's also a peek at Chanel and Burberry (minus faces Ines de la Fressange for Chanel and Jourdan Dunn for Burberry, whose images have yet to appear), plus Gucci and Roberto Cavalli, left, featuring Laetitia Casta and Malgosia Bela.

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Freja Beha Erichsen Cast in Both Louis Vuitton and Chanel Spring 2011 Campaigns; Fashion Design Copyright Act Headed to Senate

fashionologie — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:37:18 PST

Freja Beha Erichsen isn't just a Chanel face for Spring 2011 - she reportedly also posed for Louis Vuitton's Spring 2011 campaign, shot by Steven Meisel, alongside Raquel Zimmermann, and Kristen McMenamy [WWD]
The Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act, which aims to copyright fashion designs, was passed unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee and is headed for full Senate deliberation [WWD]
Proenza Schouler's mochila totes ($225) and wallets ($145) are now available on their website [Teen Vogue]
Missed the Alexa Chung for Madewell illustrated bat tee the first time around? It's back for sale online tomorrow, except this time, in tunic form ($58) [People StyleWatch]
Casting director and Tales of Endearment blogger Natalie Joos sounds like she has a television project in the works: "More on that soon" [Fashionista]
The sell-out J Brand Houlihan cargo pant was inspired by a vintage pair of army pants the brand's design director found in Japan [BoF]
Roland Mouret sunglasses are on the horizon - they're one of the exclusive products he'll test at his first store in London's Mayfair, opening in February [WWD]
Jewelry designers Ruby Kobo just launched their website, but won't do e-commerce - they prefer private appointments. They also hope to do a runway collaboration with Phillip Lim, Band of Outsiders, or Phoebe Philo [Fashionista]
A street artist applied a cartoon Karl Lagerfeld decal to a New York taxi [Refinery29]
The iPad inspiring print advertising: Vogue Russia's December 2010 issue has a video advertisement inside [Gawker]