Andreas Ohlund for Elle Sweden pulls together all those 1940s looks that marched down the Fall catwalks…
Chloe Memisevic in Donna Karan by Yasunari Kikuma for Numéro Tokyo November 2011
I’ve been watching Camelot recently, and every episode it occurs to me that Eva Green has the most bewitching eyes I’ve ever seen. Here are those eyes on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar UK (June 2011).
Editorial entitled “Why Miss Jones!” shot by John Akehurst for Harper’s Bazaar UK, September 2011.
Military chic with a pinup edge for this jewellery editorial with model Marcelina Sowa…
I was looking through a bunch of old vintage shoe ads that I have collected over the years and have always wished that a pair of these, my favourite amazingly colourful shoes from the 1930s, would turn up on ebay. I have seen one or two pairs come up for auction in 12 years on ebay but they are so rare.
Then I came across these shoes by Prada from their summer collection, looking uncannily like the the shoes from the old Sears ad! They are a lot higher in the heel but definatley have a 1930s influence. Check them out!
Oh what a delicious editorial in this month’s Vanity Fair, shot by Tom Munro! The shoot is to promote the upcoming film W.E (directed by Madonna!) which will premiere at the Venice Film Festival in a few days. If you haven’t heard about it yet, W.E of course stands for Wallis and Edward, and the film will explore the story of the romance between Mrs Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne to marry the glamorous divorcee. Some stills have been released from the film, so I will post those as well – it’s going to be a Swing Fashionista’s dream come true, swoon!
LA-based photographer Giuliano Bekor shot this aviator themed editorial for Marie Claire, with model Angelika Kocheva paying tribute to Amelia Earhart visiting Tibet. Love the smokey brown eyes…
And enjoy the Fashion-TV behind-the-scenes video:
Oh, the plane is so beautiful….
Categories: In MagazinesModel Tati Cotliar brings some serious raciness to her sweet schoolgirl look. Shot by Benny Horne for Exit Magazine, Fall-Winter 2010.
From an editorial shot by Patrick Demarchelier for the US Vogue February edition, entitled “Love in the Trenches”. A kind of silly-nice idea, really. It is models with their real-life sweethearts, shot wearing trench coats from the Spring collections. Wasn’t too fond of the other shots, but I do like Aminata Niaria in this polka dot trench – a nice twist on the classic. Cute shoes, and the touch of red lippie too, a very nice clean look overall.
Seriously, are those really their names? I’ve missed this whole Kardashian revolution and have no idea who the “Kardashian Sisters”, oh famed tabloid darlings, really are. What do they do exactly? How many are there? Do all their names start with a K? Well anyway, these two have a vintage noir, femme fatale look going strong in this shoot for LOVE Magazine, shot by Patrick Demarchelier. Enjoy!
René Gruau was a fashion illustrator, most famous for his work in the 1940s and 1950s. He walked away from his father’s aristocratic heritage (his father was an Italian count), to pursue an artistic career in Paris in the twenties. As an illustrator his work was first published when he was only 14 years old, in the mid-1920s. He illustrated throughout the 1920s and 1930s, but during the Second World War, work was harder to find for artists, which is what led Gruau to illustrate for lesser known designers, including the then lesser-known Christian Dior. He became artistic director for advertising for Christian Dior in 1947. Gruau and Dior worked together to shape and market the New Look, and became close friends, hence why Gruau is most often associated with the house of Dior.
He didn’t only illustrate for Dior however, but for other designers and fashion houses including Pierre Balmain, Jacques Fath, Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli, Rochas, Lanvin, Elizabeth Arden, and Hubert de Givenchy, and for many magazines including Marie-Claire, Femina, Elle, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Flair, L’Officiel and Madame Figaro, not to mention those illustrations for The Moulin Rouge and Lido in Paris that you may recognise.
His illustrations shaped the path of Haute Couture, and influenced fashion itself, in a true life-imitating-art-imitating-life way. For me Gruau’s women are glamour and high-society, femininity and sensuality. When I see his illustrations I think of Paris, I think of Vogue, I think of champagne and the Moulin Rouge, and the French Riviera, of perfume and red lipstick. Gruau died at the age of 95 in 2004 – so recently! *sigh*
Visit the official Rene Gruau website here.
A forties/fifties blend with softly curled hair and a classic red pout. Lovely…
Very provocative, with a 1940s edge. As you know, I’m no Karl Lagerfeld (as a photographer) fan, but he’s so prolific that I do find myself liking a few of his editorials, here and there.
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Categories: Celebrities, In Magazines
Shot by Sølve Sundsbø, for New York Times Magazine, December 2010.
Categories: Celebrities, In MagazinesScarlett does Marilyn for Dolce & Gabbanna perfume and cosmetics. And pink pink pink…
I’ve posted one shot from this editorial before, but thought I should post the lot, since SwingFashionista seems to be something of a Steven Meisel portfolio. Ahh, love his work. The model is Guinevene Van Seenas.
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