After the majority of us were underwhelmed by the Spring 2015 mainline campaign, Louis Vuitton redeems itself with the release of the new “Spirit of Travel” fashion spots. Shot by Patrick Demarchelier on the idyllic shores of St. Barths, Julia Nobis, Maartje Verhoef and Liya Kebede were Nicolas Ghesquière’s models of choice for the picturesque images. Ghesquière and stylist Marie-Amélie Sauvé headed to the Caribbean island in a bid to showcase the brand’s revamped Alma and new Twist handbags, which are the focal point of the images (when ignoring the beauty of the island itself).
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Forum members raced to the thread to see what the fashion house had to offer this time around. “Ooooooooohhhhhhh! Pretty! And that’s not something I’d usually say about the new Ghesquière stuff,” hailed Street_a_Licious.
“So joyous and vibrant! This is miles better than the Spring campaign, it makes me long for summer, careless days on the beach and endless sunbathing. Liya also looks absolutely stunning!” Melancholybaby raved soon after.
Is Liya the standout beauty of the campaign? Forum member khyrk sure thinks so. “Liya looks amazing!” he observed.
Also showing much enthusiasm for Liya’s presence was Psylocke: “Oh wow, this is super gorgeous! Love Liya’s solo shots.”
Chanelcouture09 was also a fan and echoed, “Stunning… just stunning!” inside the thread.
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Check out more images from the campaign and add your own two cents here.
A$AP Ferg has released his “Dope Walk” music video and he’s tapped Cara Delevingne to star in the iPhone-shot video. “Imma have to show you how I shut down Fashion Week,” he tells the model via FaceTime before the two erupt into giggles. The video follows A$AP Ferg in his Fashion Week exploits; chatting with models backstage, hitting Kanye West’s fashion show, even teaching Jeremy Scott how to do the dance.
You’ll also find footage of him and his crew doing the dope walk — a dance, which as far as we can tell, is a kind of artful leaning, falling and stumbling, much like a dope fiend. Not gonna lie, it makes us feel pretty icky, but we guess making dances out of a problematic situation is what’s all the rage with the kids.
Watch the video above and see if A$AP Ferg’s walk is “meaner than Cara Delevingne’s.”
Giuliana Rancic got herself into quite a pot of hot water this week over her comments on Zendaya‘s locs at the Oscars during a broadcast of E!’s Fashion Police. After pissing off the Internet, sort of apologizing and then coming back to make a formal apology, more details are trickling out about patchouli- and weed-gate.
A source tells Us Weekly that Kelly Osbourne warned Giuliana about her comments while they were taping the show. “They did the Zendaya segment three times,” the source claims. “Three different takes. On the first two takes, Kelly said ‘Guys, we can’t say this. Zendaya is a friend of the show.'” In hindsight, we bet Giuliana wishes she’d heeded Kelly’s advice.
“Giuliana said the words ‘patchouli oil’ and ‘weed’ three times,” the insider said. E!, on the other hand, claims this simply isn’t true. “There was only one take of Giuliana’s comments. Kelly did let the group know Zendaya is a friend of hers.”
While we’re not sure about the rest of America, Zendaya has forgiven Giuliana for her words. “Giuliana, I appreciate your apology and I’m glad it was a learning experience for you and for the network,” she wrote in a statement posted to Instagram yesterday. “From a quote we all know by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.’ Let’s be that light and spread that love.”
Our forums sure move fast! It’s not even March and we’re already discussing the April covers. The latest to drop is the British edition of Harper’s Bazaar featuring Margot Robbie. David Slijper captures the Australian actress in the studio, wearing a dreamy Stella McCartney creation. Is it just us, or does it look like Margot just #wokeuplikethis?
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Our forum members sure think so. “Mid stretch pose,” slammed ThatGuyPaul soon after the cover surfaced.
“The color scheme.. nope. The pose.. nope. The sleepy facial expression.. nope. ‘It’s Balmain Baby… The Man Who Dresses Kim, Kanye & Kendall’ – haha, how tacky and cheesy can that tagline be,” added MON.
GIVENCHYlover voiced simply, “I feel nothing.” Is the cover really that bad?
Also not showing support for Bazaar‘s efforts this month was tigerrouge: “Absolute rubbish, considering what a beauty she is. I’d rather have had a cheesy pose where she swirls the floaty clothing around her, than this. What’s with the arms and legs? Am I about to see more than her armpits? Is there going to be an unfortunate breeze? Save it for that scene with Leo,” she commented.
Miss Dalloway sure wasn’t ecstatic, either: “This does nothing for me, she is one of those breathtakingly beautiful women on screen, yet in print it somehow does not translate. Similar to Kerry, imo.”
“Yeah, good call. The weird thing is she has a very 80s model type beauty, but her pictures are always a bit blah. I do enjoy her interviews though,” replied HeatherAnne in agreement.
Has the magazine missed an opportunity? SallyAlbright sure thought so when declaring, “Both her Marie Claire and Vogue Australia covers were better than this. How do you screw up a picture of such a beautiful girl?”
Here’s hoping Bazaar redeems itself with Margot’s cover story. Join the discussion here.
To the outside world, Donatella Versace seems like quite a tough cookie, but if you ask the designer, appearances aren’t always what they seem. Ms. Versace showed The New York Times through her office in Milan, letting us see inside her workspace, which is decorated with family photos and sketches of the late Gianni Versace done by Karl Lagerfeld.
In the clip, Versace muses on how it felt to lose her brother. “I was living my pain in public, and I couldn’t show my pain to anybody.” The designer also admits that she is “not a very secure person. I question everything I am.” As for her seemingly cold demeanor, Versace says that it’s all just a perception and that in reality, “no one is afraid of me. I mean not that I’m aware of, at least,” she adds with a chuckle.
Just when you thought you reached peak Kardashian fatigue, the reality TV family claps back and assures us that they won’t be going anywhere anytime soon.
Kris, Kendall, Kylie, Kim, Khloé and Kourtney have reportedly inked a $100 million deal with E! to continue their reality series for the next four years. It is said to be the highest amount a network has spent on a reality TV franchise. According to Page Six, the deal includes Keeping Up spin-offs as well as other projects under the E! umbrella. “You’ll be seeing a lot more of the Kardashian family,” a source says. “This is a huge deal, which will see their involvement with the network and its digital properties expand well into the future.”
And it looks like the investment is well worth it. Kim alone is reportedly worth $28 million, Kourtney and Khloé $20 million each, Kendall $3 million and Kylie reportedly $2 million (interesting, considering she spent $2.7 million on a mansion recently). Their social media following on Instagram and Twitter combined is around 172.36 million — a more than impressive reach for a family. Clearly, there is a lot of money to be made off these girls — including the youngest two, whose careers are only just starting to take off.
So whether we like it or not, we must submit to our Kardashian-Jenner overlords — at least for the next four years. May their reign be benevolent and fruitful.
