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EMILY BLUNT’S YSL OPIUM CAMPAIGN, AND A SHORT HISTORY OF OPIUM

Published on 11.27.11

British actress Emily Blunt (of ubiquitous The Devil Wears Prada) joins the ranks of a number of lucky beauties who have starred in Yves St. Laurent’s now-notorious Opium fragrance campaign. Perhaps one of the most famous, if not infamous fragrances in the world, Opium has earned its reputation due to both its overpowering scent and [...]

GORGEOUS BCBG F/W ’11 CAMPAIGN LOOKS GORGEOUSLY LIKE PAST SEASON’S GIVENCHY

Published on 11.16.11

I can’t get over how languid and magnetic the clothes look in the F/W ’11 BCBG campaign, and how strong the colors are. The models, Suzie Bird and Theres Andersson, make a dynamic pair, awash in a technicolor dream. While I admit to fawning over this, it only took me a minute to realize that [...]

PLEASANTLY OVERCAST: PEJIC + GENEST ARE A WHOLE LOT OF MODEL

Published on 08.23.11

Ever since this video (Below) of the Auslander S/S ’12 shoot popped up on Made In Brazil in June, we’ve all been waiting to see the subsequent campaign. Genderless blonde beauty Andrej Pejic and human illustration Rick Genest are two of the buzziest outliers in the business, and casting them together was a brilliant idea [...]

NO THRILL FROM JIL: WHAT’S HAPPENING TO THE HEAVY HITTERS?

Published on 06.30.11

I’m finding difficulty feigning enthusiasm for Jil Sander’s A/W ’11 campaign, with Daria Strokous shot by Willy Vanderperre. The focused, adult minimalism of the collection usually gets an injection of childlike freshness via its presentation, but here (Below) I see no humanity, no wonder… Perhaps my expectations have been raised too high by the label’s [...]


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