style cravings

summertime with ellen von unwerth

I've always been a big fan of Ellen von Unwerth. Her playful sense of feminine sexuality is more present in this short film.

Wendybird starring Kirsten Dunst directed by Ellen von Unwerth for Erin Fetherston Autumn/Winter 2006.

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tom ford, naked as usual

That kiss is rather creepy!!

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V49 Previews

Christopher Bartley's peek previews into the next issue (49) of V has me longing for September 7th. Excerpts below:

"Photographer Mario Sorrenti's recent collaborations with the British stylist Jane How consistently seek out the new frontiers in fashion. V49 finds the team back at home, creating clothes and accessories out of everyday household appliances. How, along with the hairstylist Recine and prop stylist Philipp Haemmerle, has dreamed up looks composed of irons, televisions, whisks, spoons, boomboxes, tea kettles, hair dryers, and other assorted kitchen paraphernalia. In one picture, Dutch supermodel Lara Stone dons a hollowed-out television set as a helmet while sitting on the lap of her male model buddy—he himself stitched into a '70s-style mustard yellow reclining chair. You've got to see it to believe it. And soon you will.

Photography Mario Sorrenti

V49 Fall 2007 is on newsstands everywhere September 7th."

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"If fall fashion's about a return to extreme dressing, then surely there are no better sources of inspiration than the English eccentrics—Lady Amanda Harlech, Daphne Guinness, and the late Isabella Blow, among others. In V49, David Sims and stylist Karl Templer highlight the best of Fall 2007 as seen through the walk-in closets of these legendarily well-dressed women. The exuberant, mad-cap, and downright mad looks are testament to die-hard individualistic British style. And who better than hot Brit face of the moment Agyness Deyn to make it all come full circle.

Photography David Sims

V49 Fall 2007 is on newsstands everywhere September 7th."

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trailer blues

Photographed by Steven Klein.
Styled by Alex White.
W, Septemeber 2007 issue

Generally, I abhor the ubiquitous celebrity fashion shoot, but Steven Klein succeeded here by deglamorizing Gwynth Paltrow's yuppie girl-next-door looks. The incongruity of luxurious clothes in a dilapidated domestic setting invites interesting narrative questions.

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V: show stoppers

John Galliano for Dior  Fall 2007



Alexander McQueen  Fall 2007

Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton  Fall 2007

All Photography:  Simon Procter

Full editorial can be found in V48

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does fashion make you bleed, my dear?

Is Sisley looking to cash out in Kate Moss style? This image indulged my depraved sense of humor, but I can already hear the puritan shrills coming from the hoarse Save-the-Anorexic-Model crusaders.
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