For Numéro France’s March issue, Sebastian Kim photographed white model Ondria Hardin with darkened skin in an editorial called “African Queen.” Unsurprisingly, it pissed off a lot of people.
Numéro has since released a statement on its Facebook page apologizing and explaining its decision to create and publish this story.
Well, I’m not convinced.
Model Ondria Hardin can’t seem to stay away from controversy: Her “African Queen” spread for Numéro has many accusing the mag of using blackface. {HuffPo}
Can baring your lady parts make you more confident? The Large Labia Project thinks it will (yea, that’s a thing). {The Cut}
Shailene Woodley dyed her locks red for The Amazing Spiderman 2–guess who she’s playing? {US Weekly}
Kim Kardashian covers April’s Cosmopolitan and tells the glossy about her growing empire. {Cosmo}
Fashion is always looking for the next big thing–and that means photographers, models and magazines are continuously pushing themselves onwards and upwards. And boy did they take it to the next level in 2012. From elaborate sets with A-list celebs, to pared down shoots with models of the moment, the year produced some seriously inspiring Read more →
As dismayed as we were yesterday to see the massive amounts of retouching that went into removing Karlie Kloss’s ribs from her naked Numéro spread, it seems there was one person who was even more bothered by it: The photographer, Greg Kadel.
Talk about ‘playing god.’
We started to see a different side of Karlie Kloss when she stripped for Vogue Italia’s December issue (and ignited an internet shitstorm of eating disorder and photoshopping accusations). Now, she’s showing us even more of that side (both literally and figuratively) in the latest issue of Numero. (This is NSFW, by the way)
Yes, you read that correctly. International Cat Day is a thing and it’s today. And, we had to do something big–as you’ve probably noticed, unless you got to this by googling International Cat Day and it’s your first time on Fashionista, we dedicate an appropriately significant portion of our content to cats. Not because we’re Read more →
Karl and Karlie: a match made in heaven? It looks that way. Here’s Karlie Kloss, who, despite her absence from the runways this fashion month, hasn’t left our radar, on one of Numéro Paris’ March issue covers, or at least a blown-up poster version of it, which we kind of wish was hanging on our Read more →
It happens every year: Our ever-growing pile of fashion magazines inches higher with each passing month, and by the time December rolls around, we can barely sift through the hundreds of stylish images we bookmarked for inspiration. 2011 was no exception, and in a year that celebrated retro supermodels, androgyny, vivid colors, and plenty of experimentation in the beauty department, choosing our favorites was particularly difficult.
The best editorials of the year ran the gamut from huge ensemble casts of blue-chip models styled by greats like Katie Grand and Carine Roitfeld, to intimate, one-on-one portraits of our favorite girls like Lindsey Wixson and Daria Werbowy. The acid brights that dominated the spring collections allowed for some pretty trippy trend stories last season, but the fall glossies featured much moodier imagery, with a number of gorgeous spreads in black and white.
Here are the editorials from 2011 that will stay tacked up on our walls and fill our inspiration boards well into the new year—and beyond.
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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!
