Hands down my favorite spread so far in this, the September issue season, Klein, Valletta and Edward Enninful envision an eternal heroine and her struggles over the course of a century, featuring looks by Chanel, John Galliano, Miu Miu, Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Tom Ford, Givenchy and Alexander McQueen.

“September 29, 1929: A month before the stock market’s Black Tuesday, our heroine’s opium-tinged 29th-birthday party in the Blue Room rolls on.”

Emmanuelle Alt © Garance Doré

Emmanuelle Alt is writing her own ticket for VOGUE Paris. I was not expecting a fundamental change in the Editorial Direction being that she has been the Fashion Director of the magazine for over ten years and collaborating with Carine Roitfeld. Thus the assumption that there would be little change from the status quo. However, the April 2011 issue of VOGUE Paris gives a clear new direction; bye bye porno chic, provocation, unjustified nudity, welcome softness, lifestyle, casual clothing. Emmanuelle’s approach is more consensual and obviously more commercial, which the fashion customer might find more accessible.

I want to show in French Vogue more and more a lot of clothes … It’s a different point of view, but nobody gave me a mission to change it or make it more commercial. she stressed in her WWD’s interview

Her vision of fashion is also conditioned by the choice of photographer she has decided to collaborate with and thus don’t expect any radical changes in those she has already worked with.

I want to keep the quality, the photographers we work with—David Sims, Mert and Marcus, Mario Testino, and Bruce Weber. I don’t think there should be radical changes. The magazine should still be chic and sophisticated. VOGUE.com interview

There has been one huge surprise however… The Return of Hans Feurer in VOGUE Paris is great news and a welcome change.

Hans Feurer ©DR

Hans Feurer’s style is easily recognizable:

• Outdoor shoots, long lenses, grainy film aspect, blurred background, sharp on the model (bokeh effect), sunrise or sunset light and often with the introduction of back light and flare.

This style was in “VOGUE” in the 70′s and 80′s and has come back in to fashion since certain internet bloggers started to photograph street fashion a few years ago. The styling often associated with his photography is ethnic, tribal in wildly natural spaces. However, he can express himself in a more urban environment as he did recently in French VOGUE with Supermodel Anja Rubik.

Anja Rubik by Hans Feurer for VOGUE Paris - April 2011

Feurer, a highly renowned fashion photographer in the 70s and 80s, is Swiss born and studied photography in London. In the ’60s, he became a photographer for British Vogue, Vogue Paris, US Vogue, Marie Claire, French Elle… He photographed most of the major supermodels from Claudia Schiffer to Laetitia Casta with Yasmeen Ghauri, Christy Turlington… He launched Amber Valletta in French Elle Magazine.

Who do you dream to photograph?

- I had the chance to work with the most beautiful women in the world from Pat Cleveland, Christy Turlington to Stephanie Seymour… Kate Moss is the only one that I haven’t photographed. Excerpt of his interview in the Contributor Section of French VOGUE April 2011.

I would add “so Far”… , but I have the feeling that with his statement in the Contributor Section of the magazine, this omission will be repaired quickly enough.

Some of his archives

In the early 60′s, he was assisted by French Photographer Patrick Demarchelier. Hans Feurer is also renowned for his collaboration with Kenzo for several of their Ad Campaigns in the 70′s and 80′s and was well known for his shooting of lingerie and swimsuits in a beach environment. In 1974, he directed the famous Pirelli Calendar.

Over the past few years Hans Feurer is back on track with magazines the likes of Numéro, I-D and VOGUE China, etc…

I really appreciate the fact that Emmanuelle Alt went for the original “Real Deal” photographer rather than one of the numerous copies amongst the younger fashion photographers emulating his and Eddy Kohli‘s style.

DIM Advertising © Eddy Kohli

Watch more photos from Hans Feurer in VOGUE Paris – April 2011

Here is the video of the 2005 edition of the International Fashion Photography Festival in Cannes, France with interviews of Hans Feurer, Jean-Daniel Lorieux, Benjamin Kanarek, amongst others.

The main difference between the spreads is the presence of Amber’s son, Auden, thus confirming the American belief that children ruin your life and leave you a husk of a human being. The Italians, the story tells me, romp around their empty home with bigger hair and more dramatic eye make-up, struggling with their addiction to wine and moody cinema.

Steven Klein brings Amber’s desperation to light for U.S. Vogue with the help of stylist Camilla Nickerson, while her ten-year-old son proves the fierce fruit does not fall far from the supermodel tree. Across the pond, Craig McDean lenses Amber solo, benefiting from Edward Enninful‘s routinely amazing styling.

The two spreads are different and strong enough to stand on their own, but with Gisele and Britt Maren appearing in the same dress on the covers of Vogue Paris and Germany, respectively, I can’t help but wonder…

Are there too many Vogues?

I mean, in honesty, I can do with only the following five: Vogue Italia (the best), Vogue Paris (giving Alt a chance), Vogue Nippon (amazing editorials), U.S. Vogue (the glue that holds the family together) and Vogue Russia (because of this).

The others can shutter for all I care. And yes, I am referring to British Vogue — I don’t really care for it, despite Kate Winslet‘s recent stunner of a cover.

Anyway, check out the editorials below, try to see any comparisons and catch the rest of the photos on Lookbooks!

Photos: Fashiontography

The clothes are classic Tom Ford: a glittery mix of sophisticated sex appeal and high-voltage glamor. But who can look at the clothes when the women modeling them are just as stunning?

Julianne Moore, Natalia Vodianova, Carolyn Murphy, Lauren Hutton, Karlie Kloss, Chanel Iman, Daphne Guinness, Rinko Kikuchi, Lakshmi Menon, Daria Werbowy, Rita Wilson, Stella Tennant, Lou Doillon, Amber Valletta, Liya Kebede, Du Juan, Anja Rubik, Abby Lee Kershaw, Edita Vilkeviciute, Joan Smalls, Liu Wen, Freja Beha Erichsen, Julia Reston-Roitfeld, Jac Jagaciak, and the Queen of World, Beyoncé all stomped and vamped their way down the runway, flanked by the Anna Wintours of the world to the tune of fellow hoofer Karen Elson‘s “Pretty Babies.”

Needless to say, it requires multiple viewings.

Watch Angela Lindvall, Freja Beha Erichsen, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Amber Valletta, Lara Stone, Joan Smalls, and Giedre Dukauskaite pose for the Shrink to Fit editorial.

LINK LOVE: Modelinia

See full gallery on Envy!

LINK LOVE: Rackk and Ruin

Eight models (Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Krsiten Stewart, Amber Valletta, Natalia Vodianova, Daria Werbowy, Jeneil Williams and Lara Stone) were featured on the cover of Love Magazine’s Issue #3. Check out the NSFW photos from the shoot by Mert and Marcus after the jump.

Find more photos like this on ENVY. THE FASHION NETWORK

Images Via Fashion Copious

First there was two, now there are eight. Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Daria Werbowy, Lara Stone, Janeil Williams, Natalia Vodianova, Kristen McMenamy, and Amber Valletta are the naked girls featured on the cover of the latest issue of Love Magazine. Apparently, this was done to prove a point: that all these girls have very different bodies, which is why they also printed their measurements. First of all, comparing Lara Stone’s body to that of 40 year old Naomi Campbell just seems unfair. Second, these ladies are models for a reason, they are all similar in proportions, tall, slender, long legged, with smaller breasts. Third, I might need to get my eyes checked, but in the above covers the girls seem very similar in shape…

What do you guys think?

Click here to see all eight.

Supermodel Amber Valletta is the new face of the Spring 2010 Nars ads. The collection is inspired by French actress Catherine Deneuve’s role as Lucille in the movie La Chamade.

LINK LOVE: NY Mag via Beauty Anonymous

Finally, magazines are going back to where they should: spreads that actually have models (okay, Amber Valletta is an actress too) and not celebrities. Thank you V!

Photos by Heidi Slimane, styling by Clare Richardson. See more on Cult

With September just around the corner, the big issues are coming out. Harper’s Bazaar (US) played with a lot of different things this season, even Aggy and Leighton Meester as cover pics. See more from these spreads on Cult.

(Photogs: CAMILLA AKRANS, PETER LINDBERGH. Models: KATIE FOGARTY & KENDRA SPEARS, AMBER VALLETTA, CINDY CRAWFORD, CLAUDIA SCHIFFER, HELENA CHRISTENSEN, KRISTEN MCMENAMY, NADJA AUERMANN, TATJANA PATITZ, SHALOM HARLOW)

LINK LOVE: Abdul Lagerfeld

The super model loving lives on, but airbrushing dies? Hmm… I’ll see that when I believe it. Harpers claims that there is no makeup or airbrushing used in this editorial, and I’m not sure about that either. Regardless the models, in their 30′s and 40′s look amazing. Another plus is the sharing of supermodel approved beauty tips, such as not to eat dairy because it can lead to break outs from Claudia Schiffer.

SOURCE: Fashion Gone Rogue

“If you have a really strong sense of style and people want to aspire to being like you, I can understand that,” he says. “But if you really are doing it just because you think of yourself as a brand and you haven’t had the training and you know nothing about clothes, it kind of demeans all the training that designers have had.”

Thanks NY Mag!

Thanks Fashion Week Daily!

Steven Klein’s much anticipated bathroom video staring Amber Valletta, titled ‘Clorox Blue,’ will go live today. She stars alongside two male models, Tyson Ballou and Ryan Snyder.

Pipeline called it “a racier, sexier, less traumatizing version of that men’s bathroom scene from American History X. And with better clothes.” Sounds HOT!!!

LINKAGE: The Pipeline

The S/S 09 ad campaign for Loewe is so fucking awesome I can barely stand it. As if the Spanish fashion house isn’t awesome enough, Steven Klein came in and took things to another level. No woman has ever looked so stylish lounging by the pool than Amber Valletta does in this set of photos. All of the garments, particularly the coats, look absolutely amazing. And the shot where model Garrett Neff is diving into the water over Valletta’s lounge chair with those gorgeous mountains in the background? Priceless. Summer, where the fuck are you?

GALLERY: Loewe S/S 09 Ad Campaign Shot by Steven Klein

Thanks to FashionChips for the photos.

Amber Valletta this shimmering Stella McCartney Spring 2009 jumpsuit with a dusty pink oversized blazer to the GQ Men of the Year Awards.

Honestly, when I saw this on the runway I didn’t like it, but in person (well, sitting here staring) it looks great. Love the blazer over it, perfect way to wear the jumpsuit…

Thanks Fabulousness for the pics

Chloe Sevigny in a French ELLE supplement, Very ELLE, a new biannual dedicated to “It” girls.

The issue also features Elettra Rossellini, Charlotte Gainsbourg, LeeLee Sobieski, inaugural cover girl Amber Valletta, and more.

Images from The Fashion Spot.

Fashion forward magazine, Pop, has created six amazing Fall issue covers.  Also similar to Italian Vogue, Pop features women of color. Each cover features a different iconic model: Jourdan Dunn, Naomi Campbell, Agyness Deyn, Oluchi Onweagba, Natalia Vodianova and Amber Valletta grace the covers, in Prada. The issue pays homage to the 80′s era and moreover the fabulousness of 80′s fashion culture. The culmination of stunning supermodels and love for Studio 54 should make this issue it’s best yet! Pick up a copy!    

Thanks to NY Mag for the pictures!