Tits on the Runway

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Vogues Paris and Italia have been no strangers to them, historically. American Vogue avoids them completely. Purple Mag masterfully exploits them. And New York Fashion Week is busting at the seams with them. We’re talking about boobs. Once relegated to the awkward nip slip, now the tits forward march dominates catwalk, and we love the sheer audacity. These are looks that may remind your man how sexy you can look in that see-thru floor length Yigal Azrouël, if only he buys it for you. Share your desire to replicate these runway looks at home alone with him, then layer into them when you step out in the big bad sadly non-nudist world. Because while you can’t see tits on the radio, you can see them on the runway. Happy Valentine’s Day. 

Helena Bonham Carter for Marc Jacobs, Kate Winslet for St. John

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Two actresses, two very different campaigns. Eternal pixie and best-dressed candidate Helena Bonham Carter stars in Marc Jacobs Fall 2011 campaign, shot, per usual, by Juergen Teller. Meanwhile, Oscar winner and non-model Kate Winslet‘s Craig McDean-lensed ads for St. John have finally made an appearance.

St. John Wants You to Know Kate Winslet Is Not a Model

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

St. John treated Oscar-winning leading lady Kate Winslet to a glamorous photoshoot with Craig McDean…at an old movie theater in Jersey City. Purportedly to play up the fact that she is a “real woman.”

MUSE OF THE WORLD: Sarah Burton Issues a Statement, January Jones Gets Knocked Up and Patti Lupone Comes to Glee

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- Alexander McQueen‘s Sarah Burton — whose wedding dress for Catherine, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge (I’m seriously only referring to her as that from now on) is (rightfully) a big, fat critical hit — issued a statement re: designing for the Royal Wedding, saying that it “has been the experience of a lifetime” and that she “enjoyed every moment of it.” Funny, so did I! [NYT]

WATCH: Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx Debuts Clothing Line

Edited by The Fashion Web

Pair Motley Crue’s co-founder Nikki Sixx with St. John’s creative director and sometime model Kelly Gray and what do you get? No, not a random sighting at a karaoke bar — though that we’d love to see — but a clothing collaboration called Royal Underground that’s not just a bunch of printed rock and roll tees. And guess what? It’s not a mess of splattered acid prints and cut-off, body tight crop tops, either!

In fact, Blabbermouth revealed the collaboration is a pleasant surprise. With the help and vision of Gray, whose work has given St. John’s a high position luxury sportswear, the pair sent an array of day and night pieces down the runway with attentive details of fur trims, metallic leather, dangling chains, and strategically shredded and acid washed jeans that’s more ’80s hair metal banger gone mature than a bar hopping has-been looking to relive the good ‘ol days.

The marriage of headbangers and fashion is not an unfamiliar one, and Sixx is certainly not the only one to send his love for the art down the runway. Heavy metal icon and Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford released his line of t-shirts called Metal God Apparel, which combined the artwork of classic metal albums with the tacky graphic formatting of Affliction tees — a disappointment to his fans who expected bike chains and leather from the man who made it chic. Another unlikelyrocker-turned-designer is Gorgoroth’s Gaahl, frontman of the Norwegian black metal band, who is set to release a women’s line called Wynjo.

With the latter’s release being indefinite, and with Halford’s products looking, well, not so good, we’ll have to give the award to Sixx. Watch the video below to see his winning collection of casual wear:

image via Royal Underground

CAMPAIGN: Karen Elson St. John Spring 2010

Edited by Randi Danielle

St. John Spring 2010 Campaign

Photography:  Greg Kadel

Model: Karen Elson

ADDICT: Karen Elson for St. John

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

Karen Elson has replaced St. Angie Jolie in the St. John campaign, reps apparently claim that she overshadowed the brand, not realizing that Karen’s hair overshadows everything in this image!

St. John Drops Angelina Jolie

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

Reported by WWD, St. John dropped Angie after her three year run as the brand’s spokesmodel.

“The campaign, using models who aren’t household names, departs from the black-and-white images of Jolie shot by Mario Testino under the direction of David Lipman. It consists of four color vignettes shot at night in New York City locations, including Times Square and Central Park. Each captures a specific color palette and group, from daywear to cocktail to evening. The ads (below) will launch in the August issue of Vanity Fair.”

“It was a great run we had with Mario Testino, David Lipman and, of course, Angelina Jolie,” chief executive officer Glenn McMahon said in an interview. “Three years is a long time to maintain any campaign, and we felt it was time to do something new and different. [The campaign] ties in nicely to our whole rebranding initiative.”