Natasha Poly by Hedi Slimane for Vogue Russia September 2011

After showing you Charlotte Gainsbourg photographed by Hedi Slimane a few posts earlier, I thought I would share with you some more of his photography..

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Charlotte Gainsbourg by Hedi Slimane, Vogue Paris December 2007/January 2008

I recently found this back issue of Vogue Paris, from December 2007/January 2008 issue with Charlotte Gainsbourg as the guest editor selected by Carine Roitfeld. Most notable is the portraits of Gainsbourg by Hedi Slimane, recently appointed designer for Yves Saint Laurent, replacing the outgoing Stefano Pilati. Slimane, previously head designer at Dior Homme, has been absent from fashion design since 2007, pursuing instead a successful career as a fashion photographer, evident in the black and white photographs here. 

 Images: of Vogue and of Gainsbourg by Slimane

Kate Moss at the Ritz shot by Tim Walker for US Vogue

Images: Vogue

It's Showtime: Prada A/W12 Milan Fashion Week

It's always interesting to see what Miuccia Prada has up her sleeve for her collections, especially with the hype of the recent Prada Menswear A/W12 where models were replaced by a cast of actors, the likes of Adrien Brody, Jamie Bell and Gary Oldman. For the womanswear, the setting was just as opulent; this time with a vibrant geometric purple carpet contrasted with modern neon lighting. The showspaces of a Prada catwalk are always something to talk about and often set the theme of the season's collection. Designed by Rem Koolhaas' AMO think tank (part of OMA), the show sets are experimental; previous shows have played with a sea of blue foam seats for the S/S 2012 menswear, and the A/W 2009 shows were placed on an archipelago of timber islands. The catwalk has become just as much a spectacle as the model's walking down it, and with so much of a collection now seen online, designers have to catch the attention of their audience, whose concentration span is fast declining. This collection certainly made the eye stray and wonder over the clothes; models sashayed down the catwalk first in a uniform of black, but steadily towards the end of the show in retro, geometric, colourful patterns. You can see that the plush carpet was somehow an enlargement of these shapes, a nod to the mosaic prints adorning the military trouser suits. 

Images: Vogue Paris

Previous showspaces by AMO/OMA as mentioned in the text above.

A/W 2012 Menswear

S/S 2012 Menswear

 S/S 2012 Womenswear

 A/W 2011 Womenswear

 S/S 2011 Menswear and Womenswear

S/S 2010 Menswear

S/S 2010 Womenswear

 S/S 2009 Menswear

 A/W 2008 Menswear

Wallpaper have a timeline of more images: see here Wallpaper