Supermodels Are So Last Season

Landing yet another significant campaign, Crystal Renn has replaced Amber Valletta as the face of Jimmy Choo this season.

Congratulations to Crystal, can't wait to see the whole campaign.

[Photo: TheFashionSpot]

For Spring: January

The Spring/Summer 2011 Versace campaign stars the lovely January Jones and is shot by -- who else? -- Mario Testino.

Return of the Super: Amber Valletta for Jimmy Choo FW 2010

Looking like Diane Kruger's older, less German sister, Amber Valletta fronts Jimmy Choo's FW 2010 campaign.

Arched: Prada FW 10

Prada's FW 2010 campaign was front and center in my new Vogue and I was excited to see their "eyebrow" eyewear made the cut (on the left hand side).


Below, a peek back at their debut in the Prada Fall/Winter show held this February.

[Photo: Style.com]

The Dark Arts: Alexander McQueen and Tom Ford Campaigns

The most interesting eyewear campaigns for Fall 2010, in my opinion, are Alexander McQueen and Tom Ford's. Both border on the macabre. And both are successfully awesome because of it.

Freja Beha is as pretty as ever as the face of the Tom Ford campaign, which was shot by the designer and inspired by the Hitchcock classic The Birds.

I like these shots quite a bit, but if I'm honest, I could do without the nipple-biting raven one. Ow.

The Alexander McQueen ads, starring only a human skull, are pitch perfect. Well played.

Fall 2010: Red or Dead

FYI: smart money has all things red as a significant trend this fall. Don't believe me? Ask Dolce & Gabbana.

Their fall 2010 campaign features Vlada Roslyakova, Olga Sherer and Zuzana Gregorova in every shade of fluorescent leopard print imaginable and Carmen Miranda-worthy headgear. And red-framed sunglasses.

[Photo: dolcegabbana.com]

Fall Campaign Preview: Céline

Images from Céline's Fall 2010 campaign have emerged, featuring Sigrid Agren and Emma Balfour in supersized wayfarers and glammed-up retro cat-eyes. Just as last season, the ads were shot by Juergen Teller in his signature aesthetic: intentional overexposure with tons of white space.

[Photo: FashionGoneRogue]

You decide: Is the Teller campaign style overdone? Or do his raw shots allow the clothes to steal the show?

Fall 2010: Versace

The fall campaigns show a simpler, but still sexy, look for the house that Gianni built. Photographed by Mario Testino.

[Photo: Frillr]

The Freshest Face: Lindsey Wixson

The new face of the Spring 2010 Miu Miu campaign, Lindsey Wixson, has caused quite a stir. She's been shot by Steven Meisel for Italian Vogue, cast as the opener for Prada and profiled in W. And she's 15.

More than a little alarmed by her early entrance into modeling, but still kind of love what Miu Miu's doing with the eyewear ads.

[Photo: thefashionspot.com]

The Spring 2010 Missoni ad campaign, shot by Juergen Teller, brilliantly features the family in all their Italian villa glory.

Margherita looks absolutely gorgeous here.

Check out all the images on the Missoni website or on Vogue.co.uk.

Tom Ford: Spring 2010 Eyewear Campaign

Starring Carolyn Murphy and Nicholas Hoult (of Ford's "Single Man" fame).

[Source: TheFashionSpot]

Sexy.

Today in Twitter

Catching up on my Twitter today, I was stoked to come across a preview of Tory Burch's eyewear collection (scheduled to debut in November), which came straight from the source:

At our eyewear shoot in the meatpacking district. Our model Hana looks amazing! TB

[Photo: @toryburch]

Who says Twitter's a waste of time? Now, we'll have to keep an eye out for the campaign and update accordingly.

Lara Stone: Suddenly a Super

You've really got to hand it to Lara Stone, who is the cover model for and profiled in ("Fashion's It Girl") this month's W. Here in New York, she has been praised as "the anti-model" by Cathy Horyn, but she is perhaps best known for being the only model featured in the "all-Lara" February 2009 edition of French Vogue. In fact, editress Carine Roitfeld has described her as a muse, saying: “Sometimes a girl just touches you.”

That said, let's take a look back at some of Lara's flashier moments. Below, her campaign in 2007 as the face of Givenchy, where she made her major modeling debut.

[Photo: supermodels.nl]

On the left, Lara wore shades on the runway of Roberto Cavalli's Fall 2007 show. Below right, a moment backstage at Versace's Fall 2007 show.

[Photo: Style.com]

Meisel's Muse

This Lanvin campaign caught my eye everytime I came across it in print. It features Norwegian model Iselin Steiro, photographed by Steven Meisel.

Advert: Catherine McNeil for Louis Vuitton Cruise 2009

How 90s.

Here come the fall ad campaigns! Sunnies were featured in the Versace Jeans Couture ad on the lovely Maryna Linchuk. Lovely lovely, but is it maybe a little boring?

[Source: Frillr]

Bruna for Vera

hat happens when one of your favorite designers recruits one of your favorite models? Look no further: Bruna Tenorio for Vera Wang.

The spring eyewear campaign was photographed by Willy Vanderperre. I like the Nicole Richie-proportioned V97 sunglasses. Check them out for $150 at bestbuyeyeglasses.com.

Agyness for Giorgio

ehold Giorgio Armani's Spring Summer 2008 Eyewear campaign, featuring the incomparable Agyness Deyn.

She is wearing the Giorgio Armani GA 601. Try them on at Neiman Marcus.

If Your Future's Not So Bright, You Gotta Wear Shades

ow I don't know about your tax bracket, but in mine, $750 sunglasses are not the answer to economic recession. The New York Times, however, begs to differ.

"They Go Well With Falling Stocks
PERHAPS, like falling hemlines, it’s an indication of a slowed economy, but this season, sunglasses are looking like face shields. Bernhard Willhelm’s collaboration with Linda Farrow yielded space goggles; and for his first eyewear collection, Martin Margiela offers a solid strip of polycarbonate across the eyes and nose. These Calvin Klein frames, like Yoko Ono’s signature Porsche wraparounds, resemble safety glasses, and that’s exactly the appeal. The future may not be bright. You may want to wear these shades. Sunglasses, $750 at Calvin Klein."[Source: NYTimes]

Below, the sunglasses as seen on the SS 08 Calvin Klein ready-to-wear runway and as advertised.

Gemma Ward: Even More Bug-Eyed Than Usual for Dolce & Gabbana

f recent ad campaigns are to be believed, big is back. Was it ever really gone, though?


At right, Gemma Ward's SS08 campaign for Dolce & Gabbana, as photographed by Steven Klein.

Ms. Ward is wearing DG 6043, available for £172 on shop-com.co.uk.