New REDValentino's F/W '11-'12 ADV video campaign by Tim Walker!

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Lady Gaga for FASHION MAG!

Lady Gaga for FASHION Mag wear a top and skirt by Irina Shaposhnikova, head sculptures and hair by Bob Recine, makeup by Billy B for Bridge Artists, manicure by Aya Fukada for Hair Room Service.

Photographed by Mariano Vivanco
Styled by Nicola Formichetti.

Get the White!

Credits of pic: Paolo Roldan photographed by Doug Inglish for "The Green Light", an editorial inspired by classic novel The Great Gatsby, Numéro Homme China. Styled/outfitted by Paul Mather.

Kate Moss & Terry Richardson for MANGO: The Great Escape.

Kate Moss and Terry Richardson team up for Mango’s fall 2011 campaign film entitled, The Great Escape.
Going on the run, the duo explores notable Parisian locations such as the Mini Palais, Place de la Concorde, Place de l’Alma, Champs Elysées and the Centre Pompidou.

Vesna Filipovic aka Fashionela

Malaan for FAINT's cover by Alexandre Dobois.

Malaan for Faint Magazine, 4th issue, phothograped by Alexandre Dubois. Make up art by Victoria Komis.
Get ready for another pack of stunning avant-garde photography with the 4th issue of Faint magazine ready to come out on the 10th of June as the The Colours & The Kids issue, this impressive cover is work of Alexandre Dubois.

New and the previous issue are available on magazine's in digital form for free.

Get the Denim!

Credits of pic: Siri Tollerød in "I Cykelverkstan" (The Bicycle Workshop) by Andreas Sjodin, ELLE Sweden, February issue 2010. Outfits by Calvin Klein, Wrangler, Levi's and Cheap Monday.

COLORBLOCKING for Numéro #124 by Greg Kedal.

Behind The Scenes Numero # 124 Daphne Groeneveld from Greg Kadel Studios on Vimeo.

COLORBLOCKING. Behind The Scenes Numéro #124 Daphne Groeneveld, photograpehd by Greg Kadel. Styled by Bill Mullen, with hairstyle and make up Duffy & Mariel Barrera.

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Numéro and Vogue Japan summer issue covers.

Abbey Lee Kershaw in Christian Dior Couture for Vogue Japan's cover, july issue 2011.


Daphne Groeneveld with a racoon eyes-make up for Numéro's cover, june-july issue 2011.

Gwen Stefani for ELLE Serbia's June issue 2011 cover. She's back!

Gwen Stefani on ELLE Serbia's cover - June issue 2011. Photographed by Dusan Reljin.
She's back!

Shu He for V magazine.

Shu He for V Mazagine #71, Asia summer issue 2011. Shot by Glen Luchford, styled by Beat Bollinger with Make up & hairstyle by Eugene Souleiman & Lucia Pieroni.

Get the Stripes!

Credits of pic: Annaleise Smith for ELLE US April issue 2011 "Everything on the Line". Shoot by Serge Leblon, styled by Samir Nasr.

Shoot and DIE: Diago Mariotta Mendez, promising talent!

I love to meet new artists. Yes, I love to know them and discover how they are working on, what they have to say and how they found a definition of their precise way to confront with reality and take it to their followers.
Photography, which we have devoted many posts, is certainly the most immediate and most modern vehicle to use, and this may have been the same thought of Diago Mariotta Mendez, who just 20 years may already be included in the short list of young and promising emerging photographers. I discovered him so easily, sifting through Twitter profiles and photo albums of the indie and glamourous milan disconights. Well, after watching some of his shots I was fascinated by them. He's very young but already fully aware of what great vehicle is the fashion photography (but not only), and he's learning to use it in the best way, according to his precise aesthetic ideal.

Born in Nigaragua, grew up in Switzerland and moved to Milan to get away from the static swiss-society, began to be known as DIE immortalizing fleeting moments of the alternative nightlife (that are so en vogue in fashionsystem) and giving a clear insight but keeping the chaotic and bohemian spirit at the same time.
He started from this kind of suggestions, has mixed his passion for the cosmopolitan Boombox's atmospheres of London with the feeling of his origins, with his fashion-image concept, and took out a personal and intimate photographic product.
His portfolio has also affected the Central Saint Martins School's Committee that has included Diago in its courses.

UP&DIE Magazine is his photo-blog/reportage, with whom he shares what drives him and hit him artistically. I like his work so much that I decided to share it on Fashilosophy.



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Adoro conoscere artisti nuovi. Si, amo conoscerli per scoprire come lavorano, cosa hanno da dire e come arrivano alla definizione di un loro precisono modo di confrontarsi con la realtà e riproporla a chi li segue. La fotografia, alla quale abbiamo dedicato molti posts, è sicuramente il mezzo più immediato e più moderno sul quale fare affidamento, e questo deve averlo pensato anche Diago Mariotta Mendez, che a soli 20 anni può già essere inserito nella rosa dei giovani e promettenti fotografi emergenti grazie al suo lavoro. L'ho scoperto per pura casualità, spulciando profili su twitter e gli album fotografici delle serate un po' indie un po' glamourous della movida milanese. Beh, dopo la visione di qualche suo scatto ne sono rimasto affascinato. E' giovanissimo ma già pienamente consapevole di quale grande mezzo sia la fotografia di moda (ma non solo), e sta imparando a servirsene nel migliore dei modi, secondo un suo preciso ideale estetico.

Nato in Nigaragua, cresciuto in Svizzera e trasferitosi a Milano per evadere dalla staticità elvetica, ha iniziato a farsi conoscere come DIE immortalando gli attimi della nightlife, delle notti alternative che sono tanto en vogue nel fashionsystem, dandone uno spaccato chiaro ma conservandone, allo stesso tempo, lo spirito caotico e un po' bohemienne. E' partito da questo tipo di suggestioni, le ha mixate alla sua passione per il cosmopolitismo alla Boombox londinese, al sentimento delle sue origini, al suo concept di fashion-image, e ne ha tirato fuori un prodotto fotografico personale e intimistico. Il suo portfolio ha colpito anche la Committee della Central Saint Martins School che da settembre lo ha inserito nel suo corso di studi.

UP&DIE Magazine è il suo photo-blog/reportage, con il quale condivide ciò che lo stimola e ciò che lo colpisce.
A me personalmente piace il suo lavoro, così tanto che ho deciso di condividerlo su Fashilosophy.

Is it interesting or not?!

Get the Pois!

Credits of pic: Aline Weber in Comme des Garçons for Numéro Tokyo, may issue '11.

Get the Flowers!

Credits of pic: Ilse de Boer wears Valentino Couture (S/S '11). Photographed by Buno Dayan for Tatler Russia, May 2011.

This creation is the most desired and photographed item of the latest Valentino Haute Couture's collection. It's the poetry of a new elegance.

Get the Embroidery!

Credits of Pic: Maria Carla Boscono shot by Steven Meisel for VOGUE Italia october issue 2010.

Style Icon of the month #7

Style Icon of the month: Kate Lanphear.
She's the style director of ELLE US and is originally from Virginia but started her career in fashion in Australia. The style editor is known for her strong sense of dress, platinum blonde locks and is often revered as a style icon by those in the industry. Kate has a huge cult following and has inspired numerous blogs that follow her punky style.

Previous to working in the United States, Kate worked for eight years in Sydney at Vogue AU and Harper's Bazaar AU. She then returned to the USA where she landed a role at Harper's Bazaar. It wasn't long before she was offered the role of senior fashion editor at Elle and then style director in 2008.

She was raised in a conservative Irish-Catholic family and was surrounded by stylish women. She says her own wardrobe is filled with studs, chains and black skinny jeans. Kate's style is both androgynous and glamourous. Although she thinks of herself as a fashion geek, claiming her style is more "potluck".

Although Kate herself has worked for years in fashion, she likes that there are fresh voices in fashion through blogging and the internet.
As for favorite designers, Kate says that she collects old Helmut Lang and Margiela.

She really rocks in fashion!

Get the Ruffles!

Credits of pic: Charlotte De Calypso for Dansk Magazine FW '10 issue in Valentino Couture. Shot by Bojana Tatarska, styled by Morgan Luka.

Get the Knitwear!

Credits of pic: Du Juan for Vogue Paris, August issue 2009.

Fashilosophy's Top 3 from Golden Globe red carpet.

Fashilosophy's Top 3: The celebrities Golden Globe Awards Night's outfits!

First Position: Sandra Bullock in a wonderful "vintage style" pink powder dress with a delicate crystals embroidery. She's looks amazing in this Jenny Packham.

Second Position: Scarlet Johansson in a evergreen of style nude effect dress by Elie Saab. Soft lines, narrow waist and mermaid tail.

Third Position: Leighton Meester, The Gossip Girl's Queen B, in a sleek and fluctuating dress by Burberry Prorsum. Very young and very promising.

Special Mention: Angelina Jolie, always gorgeous in a Versace Atelier's long-sleeved green dress. The lines of '30s make her look like a modern Marlene Dietrich.

Get the Smoking!

Credits of Pic: One of Kind by Hercules Mag. Styled by Miguel Arnau. Hairstyle by Gabriele Trezzi and MakeUp by Jessica Nedza.