Fashion Ad-dict
Scary Marc Jacobs Ads
Calvin Klein: The Original American Apparel
Yeah, American Apparel ads are sexualized and pornographic, but Calvin Klein was playing this the creepy lensman theme way before it was accepted. Check out these banned CK ads, imagine the camera man is Terry Richardson, and pray that CK is smart enough to hire him to make these ads happen again with some of todays models. Dirty, Dirty.
PS. Number 5 is Bijou Philips
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Kate Moss for Agent Provocateur
There are certain days when I completely and absolutely remember why I love fashion. It’s not the days when I get to sit front row at NY Fashion Week, or the days that packages arrive from designers trying to woo me with freebies (athough those days are nice. please send all packages and invites to the address listed at the bottom of this page. thank you). It’s all about the days when campaigns like Kate Moss’s for Agent Provocateur end up in my mailbox and for a few fleeting moments I realize that I am in a field where people will randomly ask me to examine the half-nude (sometimes fully nude) body of a supermodel.
Kate Moss shines in these ad shots for her recent campaign with Agent Provocateur. Her beauty is undeniable and the looks are a major step up for the lingerie brand, who famously dumped Kate for the less than spectacular Maggie Gyllenhall. Thank god Kate is back, cause these shots remind us why we love the aging, nearly over-the-hill model. It’s her drop dead gorgeous appeal and limitless sexual energy. Her ability to own each shot and remind you that she has what you want. Her pouty lips and sweet sounding British accent. Her in with nearly every dealer in London, NY, LA and Milan. Her …
Now, I’m going to close my computer and stop talking about Kate Moss, Rebecca looks like she’s ready to kick my ass if I say anything else about Ms.Moss … whose supple breast and soft skin speaks to me in these ads … what’s that Kate? You want me to kiss you? I don’t know if I can? Maybe just one … little … Rebecca proceeds to beat me over the head with her Mac book. (I’ll most likely be in the hospital this weekend. See you next week indies. And enjoy more Moss photos after the jump. Ow, I think I forgot what yellow looks like. Is that even possible?)
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Uniqlo Art?
It’s no secret that Uniqlo is one of my favorite fast retailers to date. The store is a gallery of some of the best t-shirts you can find in the city at a price that is hard to pass up. Of course, just cause it’s a gallery, doesn’t make it art?
To celebrate their UT Project, in which the released way too many t-shirts for the shopping public, Uniqlo is unveiling The UT Gallery: a one-off exhibition space filled with portraits showcasing the collection.
According to Vogue, the exhibition features some 200 works, which were shot by photographer Matt Irwin. Along with stylist Nicola Formichetti, he embarked on a grass-roots search for starring talent, spotting his subjects in places as diverse as the streets of London and New York to MySpace. The images show up-and-coming artists, models and designers wearing some of the 700 UT Project Ts, including those by Eighties artists Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
So the question still remains, is this really art or just a marketing ploy to sell more t-shirts? Where are the limits of commerce and art and if this is art, what is it’s message? Personally, I don’t see the enjoyment of having photos of hipster types in t-shirts on my wall, do you?
The UT Gallery opens in London at Unit 4 & 5, The Old Truman Brewery, Dray Walk, London E1; call 020 8247 9200 for further information. (April 30 2008, AM)
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Annie Made Me Do It
By now everyone and their grandmother has seen this non-controverisal, controversial Miley Cyrus photo, photographed by that smut-peddler Annie Leibovitz. It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a ‘real’ Inqusition post, but this incident has pulled me out of hibernation.
I couldn’t help but become irate that while watching my half-an-hour of real news, from 6:30-7, all they seemed to talk about was this photo. And then it went to the hour of entertainment shows, and it was all about the photos. And then the news at 10 and 11, and so on and so on.
Am I the only person seeing someone’s semi-emaciated back? I kept thinking a boob had popped out and I had just not noticed. But no. At a time when you can see Miley with her day-glow bra exposed all over the internet, that photo is controversial? If there was going to be a semi-nude photo of me on the internet I would rather it be taken by Annie Lebowitz any day.
And another thing, what’s the deal with blaming Annie Leibovitz? Is that really fooling anyone? From the press I’ve heard, you would have thought it was Terry Richardson taking the photo!
Does she realize that Leibovitz shots every other photoshoot that appears in magazines? In a few years when Cyrus will inevitably shot one those obligatory GAP Icons ads-who do you think is going to shoot it? Let’s just hope she doesn’t piss off Inez and Vindooh.
Why is this photo such a big deal? Because Miley does not own herself, no she is the property of The Walt Disney Corporation. She is their commodity and that commodity is innocence. And they are going to hold onto that till she marries her elementary sweetheart in Vegas for 52 hours and effectively loses all her fanbase with increasingly erratic behavior. It’s the tried and true Britney formula. And another thing she isn’t the first celebrity to mix her youth and innocence with risqué, suggestive photos.
Remember this?
(Britney photographed by David LaChapelle for Rolling Stone at 17)
Or the originator:
(Brooke Shields at 15 in those infamous Calvin Klein ads)
The truth is, this is such a none story. I don’t mind Billy Bush talking about this photo with the same gravity as if it’s the war in Iraq, because that’s his job-to talk about nothing as if it’s something. But when Charlie Gibson starts speaking about the scandal like it’s Iraq, we’ve got problems. So CNN, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, and FOX NEWS back off of the Miley Cyrus photo-semi-nude-back-gate and leave it to the professionals-us bloggers. Who else has nothing better to do than take an hour out of day to write about Miley Cyrus? Now if you don’t mind I’m going to watch me some CNN. And Miley, if you think that photos is embarrassing at least you haven’t posed for an American Apparel ad yet!
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Keith Richards Takes a Journey with Louis Vuitton
Remember that Keith Richards Louis Vuitton ad? Well this is the video for the much hyped ad campaign with the aging rock star. Enjoy and then try to figure out why the hell Louis Vuitton suddenly sucks and can only be relevant when hyping collections from past seasons in Brooklyn Art Museums. Get back on the needle Marc. We need some inspiring ad campaigns pronto.
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American Apparel Reminds us its “For Dov’s Eyes Only”
I think I may officially have a new hero. What Dov Charney sees can only be described as “porn-tastic” (Lauren’s word, not mine). Which reminds me, when will he start making some really “classy” 70’s inspired porn? I can see it now, “Debbie Does Dov”, where Debbie, dressed in head to toe GAP, goes on the search for the perfect pair of Metalic Gold Lycra leggings. And who leads her on this hipstatic (hipster + fantastic) journey? None other than AA CEO Charney, who sports major wood in two-tonal white piping lined briefs. Smells like two shakes from the herp tree to me.
(pict from back cover of Vice Magazine)
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Seriously though? Why?? Polos aren't even that hot anymore. I wrote an article about it, check it ...
eww @ lily donaldson's cadaver back! 
whoa I actually like it??? 
you fully swiped this from the english Sunday Times Style magazine right????? Love that shiz. 
