Dior Secret Garden 2 – Versailles Ad Campaign

Quoted via WWD:

Can you still call it a “Secret Garden” after 24 million people have seen it on YouTube?

Encouraged by the response to the mini film and campaign by that name it launched a year ago, Dior is unleashing a second installment — another dreamy escapade filmed at Versailles, this time in a foggy forest not far from the Petit Trianon. Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin reunited with model Daria Strokous for “Secret Garden 2 — Versailles,” creating a surreal, fairy-tale atmosphere as women gather amidst barren trees, some cloaked in ivy. Christiaan Houtenbos did the hair and Lisa Butler the makeup.

The accompanying print campaign is slated to debut in Vogue China this weekend before rolling out to Italian Elle and Korean and French Vogue later in the month.

One image takes inspiration from Édouard Manet’s famous painting “The Luncheon on the Grass” — minus the nudity. The three protagonists are dressed in the fall Dior collection by Raf Simons, their picnic blanket is strewn with Diorissimo handbags, in addition to a basket of fruit. The one-minute film is slated for a June release on the Diormag Web site and dior.com.

Click here to view last year campaign images.

Images via TFS.

Louis Vuitton Alma Bag 2013 Ad Campaign

Steven Klein photographed the 2013 campaign images of Louis Vuitton Alma Bag featuring top modeling names Karlie Kloss, Iris Strubegger, Daria Strokous and Monika Jagaciak with hair by Julien d’Ys, makeup by Peter Philips and styling by Ludivine Poiblanc.

The four women wear looks from Vuitton’s pre-fall collection and carry bags in colors that are emblematic of the cities depicted: taxicab yellow for New York, French blue for Paris and lacquer red for China. A final nighttime image in Paris features a rainbow selection of Alma bags in Epi leather.

The dome-shaped bag was first created in 1934 (originally dubbed the Squire) and was rechristened Champs-Élysées before settling on its current name. Vuitton considers it an enduring symbol of elegance “à la française.”

Images via WWD.

Dior Birds of Paradise 2013 Summer 2013 Ad Campaign

Russian catwalker Daria Strokous is starring in Dior’s Bird of Paradise make up campaign for Summer 2013.

Images via TFS.

Daria Strokous for Vogue China Collections Spring Summer 2013

The top catwalker from Russia was photographed by Emma Summerton for the latest cover of Vogue China Collections, in Dior cocoon embroidered dress.

Image via TFS.

Four More Covers of Vogue Korea March 2013

Apparently Vogue Korea is celebrating their 200th issue by releasing four more covers featuring top models Doutzen Kroes, Daria Strokous, Joan Smalls, and Kati Nescher.

The girls (including the first released image with Saskia de Brauw) were all photographed by Daniele + Iango, styled by Ye Young Kim, with those fab hair done by Luigi Murenu and make up by Fulvia Farolfi.

Click here to view last year cover featuring Karlie Kloss, here for 2011 cover with Tang Wei and Hyun Bin, and here for 2010 cover with Kim Tae Hee.

Images via TFS.

Featured Article: Vogue Italia 2012 Covers Recap

If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. That’s how we put the collaboration between photographer Steven Meisel and Vogue Italia that has been going strong for more than 20 years and still counting.

Sometimes they created magic on the covers (i.e the April issue with models Aaron Vernon, Chrystal Copland, Ethan James, Lyle Lodwick, Thairine Garcia and Sojourner Morell; September issue with Carolyn Murphy, and December with Vanessa Axente and Marlon Teixeira), sometimes they created something that’s so dull even though they tapped a great cover star (we are looking at you Mrs. Isabella Rossellini). And they certainly really knows how to liven up the hype, as the current IT model Kate Upton landed one of the most coveted cover slots in the world of fashion publication.

Vogue Italia combined top famous names in modeling industry with the rising newbies as their 2012 cover girls. They mixed runway regulars and veterans Caroline Trentini, Daria Strokous, Joan Smalls, Linda Evangelista, Jamie Bochert, Meghan Collison with promising new crop of girls such as Laura Kampman, Mackenzie Drazan, and Vanessa Axente (she got the honor to be featured twice last year!).

Vogue Italia always came up with something different from the other Vogue editions, and we respect that. Especially the minimalist text on the cover. Franca Sozzani already made history this year as she chose Fei Fei Sun as the magazine’s first ever Asian cover girl! We are looking forward to see what Franca will bring in 2013.

Read our recap of the magazine’s 2011 line up, here and 2010 line up, here. Don’t forget to share which cover is your favourite from Vogue Italia in the comment box below.

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Belstaff Spring Summer 2013 Ad Campaign

UPDATED JANUARY 23rd 2013: Added new campaign images featuring Janis Ancens, Maud Welzen, Daria Strokous, Monika Jagaciak and Ben Hill.

The campaign featuring models Daria Strokous, Maud Welzen and Janis Ancens was photographed by Craig McDean with the styling by Karl Templer. Paul Hanlon and Mark Carrasquillo were responsible for the hair and make up of the models who was casted by Anita Bitton for The Establishment.

Click here to view last season campaign images.

Images via TFS.

Lanvin Spring Summer 2013 Ad Campaign

UPDATED JANUARY 21st 2013: Added new campaign images featuring Karlie Kloss, Saskia de Brauw and Daria Strokous.

Steven Meisel once again returning to shot the campaign of Lanvin, and this time he photographed male models Michael Lange, Christian Garcia and Kristoffer Hasslevall for the brand’s Spring Summer 2013 advertising images. We can wait until they released the womenswear campaign!

Click the links to view past campaign images of Lanvin: Fall Winter 2012, Spring Summer 2012, Fall Winter 2011, Spring Summer 2011, Fall Winter 2010, Spring Summer 2010 and Fall Winter 2009.

Images via TFS.

Christian Dior Spring Summer 2013 Ad Campaign

Daria Strokous, Anna Martynova, Diane Conterato, Nicole Pollard and Marie Piovesan were photographed by Willy Vanderperre for the Spring Summer 2013 campaign images of Christian Dior.

Raf Simons really brings his clean, minimalist and sleek aesthetics to these images. We are intrigued to see more from his vision for Dior.

Images via TFS.

Featured Article: Vogue Portugal 2012 Covers Recap

As usual, Vogue Portugal used lots of reprints from other Vogue editions as their cover. But, this year they combined it with their own photoshoot. From twelve set of images, four of them are originally produced by the magazine for the cover.

They listed top Portuguese model Sara Sampaio as the cover girl, twice. The 21 year old was photographed by Luis Monteiro for February issue, and by Pedro Ferreira for the magazine’s 10th anniversary in November. Vogue Portugal editors also fell in love with Poland born Patrcjya Gardygajlo, because they also gave her two slots this year. She was snapped consecutively by Marcin Tyszka for September and October issue. Amongst those four original cover photoshoots, we love the October and November images. Hopefully they will producing less and less reprints in the coming years.

The rest of the cover girls this year, are Aymeline Valade/January, Caroline Trentini/March, Bianca Balti/April, Arizona Muse/May (she is the model with the most Vogue covers this year, with 6 slots under her belt!), Snejana Onopka/June, Magdalena Frackowiak/July, Doutzen Kroes/August, and Daria Strokous/December.

You can read our recap from 2011, here and 2010, here. Do you have any favourite from Vogue Portugal this year? Share to us in the comment box below.

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