Love magazine Issue #3

It seems to be one big nude issue this time. Here are the 8 covers with 8 super-models of all times on them:

Lara Stone

Janiel Williams

Kristen McMenamy

Daria Werbowy

Amber Valetta

Natalia Vodianova

Naomi Campbell

Kate Moss

Today we have Daria Werbowy's photoshoot for the magazine. No compromises I would say. For me it is a bit too blunt though. Waiting for more shoots to come.
Photographers are Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.

Stella McCartney Spring 2010 campaign

Natalia Vodianova has a busy season this time: besides YSL, Givenchy, Guerlain and Etam she is also the face for Stella McCartney's Spring 2010 advertising campaign.
At the center of her spring ad campaign Stella has put her pal: Lucky, the pet dalmatian her family had when she was growing up. The black-and-white image of Lucky — shot by Linda McCartney in 1976 — serves as the backdrop to the ads. The campaign, shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, was styled by McCartney and the art direction was done in house.
"I love the way it’s very graphic and soft at the same time, due to its double exposure," said McCartney of her mother’s photo. As for her choice of Mert and Marcus, McCartney said: "I have known Marcus since I was a teenager and Mert from when they first met, but we never had the chance to work together. I wanted to capture their high-glamour approach over my mum’s low-maintenance way of working."
Stella said the campaign images are "fashion meets reportage, mixing color, and black-and-white. A family animal with an outside atmosphere meets studio lights, camera, action! Opposites meeting in one image, illustrating the masculine and feminine sides of the Stella McCartney brand," she said.
I really like this campaign, Stella described it so accurate: the mix of studio and wild nature.

Grammy 2010

You must know that this past weekend the Grammy ceremony was held in the US. I have to admit, I was so unimpressed by the red carpet gowns most of the attendees wore that I didn't want to make a post about it. However, there are few who deserve to be mentioned as their looks were quite good.

Katy looked fabulous in Zac Posen, Keri Hilson was a fairytale mermaid, Melody Thornton's dress is divine agaisnt her skin, Jennifer Lopez was all glam in Versace, Celine Dion is very elegant in Aquilano.Rimondi, Fergie is her best self here, Lea Michele is very cute and playful in this dress.

There were so many outfits that could be considered worst that I would have to make a huge list, so I just picked the most ridiculous:

WFT is on Gaga??? That is too much even for her.
Britney? No comments.
Taylor, you look 50 in that dress.
Heidi look square.
Coco? Where are your dwarves?
Since when Rihanna is Father Frost?

Resort 2010 (Part 4: D)

Derek Lam

Like the colors and how they are combined here.

Diane von Furstenberg

What I love Diane for are vivd colors she uses in her clothes and happiness they bring. Looking at her collections you can hardly tell that they are made by a 60-something-years-old lady. She inspires me a lot, I admire her energy which you can feel through her clothes.

Donna Karan

Elegant sophistication at Donna Karan - as always.

Doo.Ri

Quite a new brand to me. Nice feminine daywear.

Resort 2010 (Part 3: C)

Calvin Klein

Very light, flawless collection. Very clean, I would say. I like the fabrics, I feel hot summer from these looks.

Chado Ralph Rucci

This brand is new to me. Such a great cute dresses! Love the volume of the skirts in 1st and 3rd dresses and like all the colors here.

Chanel

This collection was shown in Venice and was called "Coco on the Lido" (Mademoiselle Chanel used to visit Venice for nearly 10 years starting in 1919). We see the classic for Chanel sailor theme here, a perfect suit and several gorgeous evening dresses. The hair & make-up might be a little too extravagant and a bit distracting, but all together they form a complete look, very thirties. Love it.

Chloé

We see some sailor theme here at Chloé too - I think it is a universal thing any designer can use in his cruise collection. About the 2nd look with the jumpsuit - can't explain why, but I like it :) And I love the 3rd dress - though it might be a jumpsuit as well (the pants are so wide I can hardly tell if they are pants or skirt), that would be even more interesting.

Christian Dior

Classic Dior looks + crazy hair = funny, but classy and elegant :)

Collette Dinnigan

Mmm, a burst of color :) Nice shapes and fabrics + interesting details.

Costume National

Well this is purely a daywear - nearly anywhere and everywhere you can dressed up like this.

Chanel & Givenchy Haute Couture Spring 2010

Couture week is in a full swing right now and on Tuesday we had gorgeous shows by Chanel and Givenchy. Oh my goodness! A-MA-ZING!
You know, Karl Lagerfeld once told Valentino: "Compared to us, everyone is making rugs" and - most of the time - he is right (not always of course). But he indeed is very talented and has an amazing sence of time and what will be good now. Somehow Karl manages to create this "new classic" as I call it. And it really is new, fresh but still classic look. Marvelous.

At Givenchy Riccardo Tisci stayed true to his dark and gothical mood and created woman who looked like a dark princess. "I was scared of couture at the beginning, and reacted by staying away from looking at the past at all," he confessed before the show. "But now I'm more confident, I started looking into the archive, and found the idea of this strong, erotic phase of Parisian women I related to."

I loved it, in motion it is magical. But a bit dark and sexy magic, you know.

Hermès Spring 2010 campaign

Today we have an amazing ad campaign for Hermès by Paolo Roversi. I personally am always charmed by Hermès' ads and this one is no exception. The model is Karlie Kloss and she seems to fit the mood of the shoot perfectly.
See it yourself:

Haute Couture Spring 2010

Yesterday the week of Haute Couture shows started in Paris. And in started with the Christian Dior show by John Galliano. What can I say? Outstanding, as always. A bit complicated, but wonderful.
The inspiration for John was Charles James' gowns: "I was reading that, actually, it was Charles James who influenced Monsieur Dior to come up with the New Look," he said. "And then I was looking at a photo of Charles James doing a fitting—and on the wall behind him was a picture of women riding sidesaddle. And that was it!"
So obviously the collection is full of "riding" ensembles (of course, noone in the right mind will ever ride a horse in a Dior couture gown nowadays. Or maybe...) and monumental evening gows.
I've picked the most interesting for you, take a look:

Resort 2010 (Part 2: B)

Badgley Mischka

You can always rely on the duet of Mark Badgley and James Mischka if you need an evening gown. Nice fabrics and sexy looks.

Balenciaga

I absolutely love these looks by Balenciaga. They are not too freaky not too weird, just really cool and wearable looks I'd love to have.

Basso & Brooke

Interesting prints with vivid colors - perfect for spring, so yummy :)

BCBG Max Azria

I like these dresses, they look really soft and sexy. But I am quite annoyed by the model's face.

Bottega Veneta

Finally some colors at Bottega Veneta! I've been waiting for them for so long. The idea with rolling up the pants isn't really my cup of tea and I think too few women can actually wear pants like that and not look ridiculous (the picture is not here because I don't like it). But I like the red stripped pant suit - very stylish. And dresses are flawless.

Burberry Prorsum

The clothes is really really nice and seems to be very comfy. But again - the model. OMG. I mean, I like skinny girls, but that is waaaay too much. Just simply a stick, really. No offenses, but I am positive this particular girl should gain a couple of pounds.

Valentino: The Last Emperor

Yesterday I watched the movie about Valentino Garavani, that was made during 2007. I cried. I do not have enough words to express what I feel about Valentino, the best I can come up with is that he is an icon, he is THE best in what he is doing, he is the real couturier and - most likely - the last real one. I have always admired his works, his creations, his masterpieces, I would even say. I am positive you should watch this movie, it so much deserves to be watched. I miss his works enourmously and I really hope that Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli will be able to do the great brand justice.

Alena