Annie Get Your Tod’s: Hathaway Hot for Handbags

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott teamed up once again with Hollywood stunner Anne Hathaway for the new Tod’s Signature Collection campaign.

Steven Klein Goes Down To Brazil

Edited by McArthur Joseph

As part of the fifth edition Iguatemi Photo Series, contemporary fashion photographer Steven Klein will exhibit a selection of 60 works at MuBE  in Brazil.

Carine Roitfeld, Unleashed

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Ex-Editrix-in-Chief of Vogue Paris, Carine Roitfeld took off the kid gloves and addressed the rumors surrounding her abrupt exit from Vogue, her relationship with Tom Ford, the Balenciaga controversy and the cold war between her and incoming replacement, Emmanuelle Alt. The self-proclaimed “Queen of Porno Chic” strips down.

THE TEN: Fashion Films of the Season

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

Fashion films was everywhere this season, here is a great list of everyone who is anyone with a fashion film.

Ad Appropriation or Stealing?

Edited by Lauren Garroni

When Tom Ford released the ad campaign for his mens’ fragrance some were shocked, others who know him-not so much. The ad, as seen below, was shot by Terry Richardson and shows a model naked from the waist down with a perfume bottle hiding her privates. When I first saw the ad I wondered to myself ‘How did he come up with that idea?!’

Well I found the answer! This morning I was going through some of Guy Bourdin’s photos and couldn’t help but notice this one that looked curiously similar to the Tom Ford ads.

Now most would call this stealing, but because ads are considered a form of art we call it appropriation. Oh Tom, thanks for getting rid of the bush in your ad! Totally different!

Vanessa Paradis Makes Awkward Look Good

Edited by Lilith Valsoe

After Miu Miu’s lack luster ad campaigns the past few seasons (*cough* Lindsay Lohan, Kristen Dunst!), they have rebounded with Vanessa Paradis. For those of you who do not know her, she is a French pop-star and actress, she is most famous however for be the mother of Johnny Depp’s kids and the envy of most women in the world. Miu Miu’s whole concept as a clothing line is awkward beauty and Vanessa Paradis embodies that. Take the spring collection that Miss Paradis is modeling it’s based on wet suits! The campaign was shot by Mert and Marcus, you can tell because the campaign looks like a Guy Bourdin photo.

This is what the corporate people at Miu Miu told WWD about the ads: “The impact and drama of the images continue the enduring dialogue of Mrs. Prada, a conversation concerning the subject of womanhood in our times. At once a deconstruction and a pure visual composition, the campaign addresses the exploration of beauty in conjunction with intellect, imagination and divergence.”

Really? All of that from one image?! Looks like this fashion brand takes themselves way too seriously! It’s a pretty image that looks like a piece of art. Nothing more. I don’t think that expensive leather bag and satin wetsuit is going to be solving the problem of sexism that women face in the work place. So lets enjoy it for what it is.

Here is the outfit Paradis is modeling. Notice that each suit is outfitted with the models initials.

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Feature Photographer: Guy Bourdin

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

Guy Bourdin takes surrealism to a whole new level. His shots break from reality and feature models in some of the most compromising positions.

For more info visit his website.