Joan smalls becomes real life pop art in the “Girls from Mars” Missoni F/W 2014 Campaign. The sculptures make the campaign look so surreal. The rough Grecian setting really sets the mood so that the clothes really stand out. Between the strikingly bright clothes along with Joan smalls dark skin this is a win for Missoni and quite a striking look in the right direction for further campaigns.
Viviane Sassen (Photographer)
Joan Smalls (Model)
Client (Missoni)
COACH HITS THE RESET BUTTON: First came the clothes, and now, the campaign.
Coach under the creative direction of Stuart Vevers is definitely changing things up. The photos, which feature Vevers’ debut ready-to-wear collection, feature an “image-on-image” style, juxtaposing new portraits lensed by Steven Meisel against photos from Joel Sternfeld’s “Landscape With Path” series.
“It was important that it felt true to the spirit of the new Coach girl, but even more importantly was for people to sense a change,” said Vevers. “This is a reset.”
Vevers decided to feature up-and-coming models like Leona Binx Walton for the new look for Coach. “It’s about the next generation,” said Vevers. “To me, that also signaled a sense of change in newness and capturing these girls that feel fresh and new.”
“We’re not just a fashion brand,” he said. “We’re not just a brand with history. We’re a brand that has a very strong DNA as a house of quality, a house of leather and a house of craftsmanship. The photos represent who we are today and where we are going. It’s a youthful, Millennial consumer very much dressed in a modern expression of today’s workwear. And that’s how people globally are dressing.”
Male Model Onnys Aho in the latest Stone Island F/W14/15 Lookbook
Herieth Paul – Glamour_US August 2014
Africa’s Next Top Model, Cycle 1 winner Aamito Stacie Lagum for ELLE South Africa July 2014. In this ‘dark’ editorial Aamito looks elegant while the light catches her bronzed makeup for the shot.
Binx throws a knock-out punch for the Chanel Fall 2014 Ad Campaign. Photographed by Karl Lagerfeld the campaign was shot inside a boxing gym and takes you ringside into the house of Chanel
Credits include:
Karl Lagerfeld (Designer)
Karl Lagerfeld (Photographer)
FlashBlack Friday’s Sara Lou Harris Top Black Model
Born in 1926 in North Carolina Sara Lou Harris became a high fashion model breaking many racial barriers and paving the way for women of color that walked the runway after her. Sara Lou was able to change the perception of the African American woman from a servant to a glamour icon. She was signed by Branford Lovelies of the Branford Modeling Agency, the very first modeling agency for black women. She then went on to appear on widely popular magazines such as Ebony, Jet and Tan.
In 1959 she married John Carter. Carter worked as a barrister and in 1963 he was appointed as counsel of Queen Elisabeth II. Carter was then honored by the Queen who knighted him. Sara Lou Harris then became known as Lady Sara Lou. Now she was able to “help her own people” by now having this new platform.
I always wanted to make something of myself – to help my own people” said Sara Lou Harris in an interview for the New York Times in 1966
For The Ladies: Jeremy Scott for Moschino S/S 2015 Black Male Models
Models: Rob Evans, Jake Lockhart David Valensi, Chuck Achike, Joe Stevens, Kern Charles, Omari Dixon
Designer: Jeremy Scott
Malaika Firth attended the Vogue Paris Foundation Gala. The evening showcased the new acquisitions for the Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris fashion collections that have been collated with the help of the foundation.
What They Wore: Burberry Prorsum Resort 2015 plunging neckline dress.
Laís Ribeiro – Lui Magazine July/August 2014 Photographer: Mark Segal Fashion Editor: Anna Joseph Hair: Seb Bascle Make-up: William Bartel
