Effortless

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Another campaign I really like. Balmain is getting it right this season. 

Shot by David Sims and featuring 

Nadja Bender and Clement Chabernaud. 

Creative Director: Franck Durand.

White Heat

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Been meaning to post this forever. Photography by Mario Sorrenti, styling by Camilla Nickerson, location: Marfa, TX. From the February 2010 issue of W. Enough said.

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Cinched

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I really like the styling concept for this story. So simple. Plus I've been really into belts over everything lately for some reason, which makes this excellent personal sartorial inspiration.

"Violent Femmes" shot by Bruno Staub, 

featuring Yulia Kharlapanova and with styling by Anthony Unwin, 

for the April 2012 issue of Wonderland.

Image of the Day

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Bruce Weber, 1982. 

From a story that year in British Vogue,
featuring models 

Bruce Hulse and Talisa Soto

(styled by Grace Coddington). 

The story, "Under Weston Eyes," was inspired by the work of photographer Edward Weston, of whom Weber says:

He took things that were very personal to him and let us see into that world. I thought it would be interesting to do a series of pictures of my own imaginary family, living together in the dysfunctional, neurotic, beautiful way that families do.

Photos from the story are part of the exhibition "A Bellport Tale," at the Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society on Long Island. Through September 3; more at T Magazine.

Sleek

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Zuzanna Bijoch shot by Sebastian Kim, with styling by Charles Varenne, for Numéro #133.

via Fashion Gone Rogue

Life's What You Make It

 
  Our good friend April Johnson, quite an amazing stylist by trade, launched a new line this February for Fall 2012 called Alasdair. Much more info to come, stay tuned! See the first collection here.

Hard Romance

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Backstage at the McQ A/W 2012 show. Film by Sean Frank; styling by Camilla Nickerson.

Need vs. Want

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Lizzie Garrett Mettler, Tomboy Style: Beyond the Boundaries of Fashion (Rizzoli). Inspiration for days.

Documentary filmmaker Osa Johnson

Stylist Marina Muñoz

Ali McGraw

Nicki Bluhm

Susan Ford, washing her car outside the White House.

Need(ed).

Tomboy Style: Beyond the Boundaries of Fashion from pier pictures on Vimeo.

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How-To

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Meant to post this earlier, but now that the April issue has arrived I better hurry it up. I am obsessed with the styling for this story. It shouldn't all work together so seamlessly but it does; a perfect high-low mix. Jane How may just be my kindred spirit.

Karmen Pedaru shot by Mario Sorrenti
with styling by Jane How,
for the March 2012 issue of Vogue Paris.

Where Fashion Sits

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Photos above and immediately below are of Anja Rubik at the Ritz Paris, from a 2010 story shot by Hedi Slimane for Vogue Paris (styling by Emmanuelle Alt).

Today American Vogue posted a story from its April issue featuring a Grace Coddington-styled Kate Moss in the Spring 2012 Couture collections - also shot at the hotel, which is closing for a two-year renovation starting this year. See the story here, along with a selection of images from stories throughout the magazine's run that have used the Ritz as a backdrop.

Kate Moss in Chanel Haute Couture,
photographed by Tim Walker [click to enlarge].
Vogue, April 2012.