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.

Image of the Day

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Isabeli Fontana shot by David Sims, with styling by Emmanuelle Alt, for what looks to be a phenomenal April issue of Vogue Paris.

What's Real

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The smart lightness of this new Chloé campaign gives it a real-life feel – aspirational, but real. Once again, David Sims comes through.

Chloé has had some great campaigns over the years but this one ranks toward the top. More images here.

Fantastic

. The Gentlewoman is a new magazine about fantastic women from the founders and editors of Fantastic Man. Phoebe Philo (shot by my favorite fashion photographer, David Sims) is a smart choice for the cover of the first issue, which is out 3/22.

[ via Refinery 29 ]

Some things I got Emily for her birthday.

La Perla.

Requisite lighting-related gifts.
Silver-Dipped Light Bulbs (not real silver, that's just what they call them), and a Porcelain Owl Lamp which combines two of Emily's major obsessions: Owls; Various Forms of Muted Lighting.

Streetwise book
I had been looking for this book forever, and finally found it at Left Bank Books in the West Village (the owner is originally from Eugene, Oregon). Mary Ellen Mark was kind enough to sign it for me. More on Streetwise in a future post.

Black Pumps.

"About a Son" and "2001: A Space Odyssey" DVDs.
These covers go together pretty well—maybe they should package them together as a special edition.

Issey Miyake Pleats Please dress.
It's basically just a big piece of really intricately pleated fabric, and comes with a booklet showing sixty different ways you can wear it. (Photo of Racquel Zimmerman in Issey Miyake by David Sims, from Future Shock, in V45.)