Instead of Kate Upton, who was rumored to be Vogue’s February cover girl, the fashion bible chose 2011 cover girl and fashion darling Rooney Mara for its second issue of 2013.
Prada has enlisted the blue steels of some legendary and up-and-coming actors for its spring campaign.
Forget the savage beauty or dark drama you might be used to associating with Alexander McQueen collections and the marketing around them. Instead, get ready to put on your metal virtual reality goggles and be transported to a trippy, futuristic, vaguely extra-terrestial world.
Sarah Burton‘s gorgeous, frothy fall 2012 dresses for Alexander McQueen in front of a brick wall probably could have made for an interesting enough campaign, but instead David Sims created a whole world around Burton’s futuristic collection and the result is pretty cool.
After nine seasons of glossy ad campaigns shot by Inez & Vindoodh, YSL’s Stefano Pilati has decided to go a different route for the Spring 2012 campaign–and with a different photographer too, reports WWD. Pilati tapped David Sims to shoot the moody campaign, featuring a punky-looking Mariacarla Boscono–a huge departure from last year’s colorful and Read more →
In the world of fashion there is a small yet consistent collection of photographers who get the majority of work for major publications and brands. In fact, many of them seem to have quite the monopoly on the fashion world. Legends like Richard Avedon and Irving Penn continued to work prolifically up until the time they passed away, and that seems to be what is so great about being behind the camera instead of in front of it. Top photographers are given the chance to work for years in an industry where most figures are in one day and out the next.
But how do we differentiate one top photographer from another? We’ll show you what to look for from visual style, what publications they regularly appear in, as well as recent ongoing collaborations with brands and models of some of the top working fashion photographers of today. Click through to get started!
Miu Miu’s fall 2011 ad campaign starring 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld were not entirely well-received. Even though we thought the Bruce Weber-lensed ads were tasteful and age-appropriate, many criticized Miu Miu for using a model that the brand’s adult money-spending customers can’t relate to. An image from the Miu Miu’s Resort 2012 campaign has just been Read more →
Storms, like the one that’s currently headed for New York and just cancelled my Montauk trip, can be scary and sometimes even dangerous, so everyone be careful this weekend! That being said, they can also make for intriguing backdrops and themes in fashion editorials and ad campaigns. You’d be hard-pressed to find an Annie Leibovitz-lensed photograph that takes place outdoors without some ominous-looking clouds. Somehow, they can make any subject look so much more captivating and dramatic.
So, on this rainy, gloomy day, we’ve decided to round up some of our favorite storm-inspired fashion photographs. Enjoy and please be safe!
We’re dying over the simple beauty of David Sims’ Chloe Spring 2011 adverts.
David Does Chloe: David Sims shot Chloe’s Spring 2011 ads. Now only if we could get our hands on a copy…. {WWD}
Dear Santa: Bryan Boy tells me what he wants to give–and get–for the holidays. {The Inside Source}
StellaTech: Ms. McCartney’s iPad app launches. Her iPad case, by the way, is also cuuute. {iTunes}
