The 2012 Hollywood Issue cover of Vanity Fair — shot by Mario Testino — features 11 "starlets" shot in satin and feathers for a "'20s and '30s boudoir feel." The ladies on the power panel — the left third, aka the actual newsstand cover — are Rooney Mara, Mia Wasikowska, Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain. Pariah's…
Vogue's photos of Kate Moss's wedding are the centerpiece of the magazine's all-important September issue — but someone got a little over-zealous with the post-production manipulations. In Mario Testino's studio portrait of Moss and her daughter Lila Grace, several of the 8-year-old's fingers have been erased.
[On the set of a Lancôme ad directed by Mario Testino. Paris, March 15. Image via Splash.]
Last December, Condé Nast sued a fashion blogger
[London, December 11: One of two official engagement portraits of Prince William and his betrothed Kate Middleton released by the royal family looks a lot like an ad for a mall jewelry store. Image via Getty.]
Now that January ladymag covers are coming out, we can come to some scientific conclusions about the Vogues of 2010. Who made the most covers? Which designers were most favored? Which photographers? How old was the average Vogue cover subject?
At least, the Mario Testino shot of Anne Hathaway lolling about (a bit awkwardly) in burgundy looks a lot better than her last
"Is shyness fashion's dark secret?" demands the Guardian. Um, no.
[London, July 5. Kate Moss attends Mario Testino's exhibition "Kate Who?" at Philips De Pury]
According to one rumor, yes. The actress's cover was allegedly confirmed by sources inside the company.
[Paris, April 28. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
Consider the plight of Carine Roitfeld. In a time when every politician, sports pro, and dude-who-likes-Nazi-memorabilia is acting as if he's on a mission to show how tawdry and dumb sex can be, she still has to make sex sexy.
Fact: most celebrity profiles are boring. Fact: Lara Stone — the "curvy," "old" Dutch supermodel — is interesting. In this battle between medium and subject, who shall prevail? Clearly the one who's prepared to talk about alcoholism and breasts.
Neither Stephanie Seymour nor Peter Brant is talking to the media right now. That's what the obscenely wealthy ex-couple
It's back to the future indeterminate past this season at Vogue. The page-count is vintage 1991, the styling is vintage 40s, but the direct inspiration for most of the fashion spreads is...somewhat more recent. Let's trace the anxiety of influence!
