Showing posts with label Lexi Boling. Show all posts
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Sunday, January 10, 2016

Prada Resort 2016 Advertising Campaign by Steven Meisel


Steven Meisel captures a series of informal portraits for Prada’s Resort 2016 advertising campaign. Pop decorativism is subverted by industrial minimalism, as his muses lock us in an authoritative gaze.


Lexi Boling, Meghan Collison, Ina Jensen, Lineisy Montero, Julia Nobis and Greta Varlese are bad girls turned good, or good girls turned bad, exuding a kind of unhinged innocence. The cool knowingness of their gaze is offset by expressive body language, hands on hips or folded across the body, arms swinging as if in dance.


The concept of post-modesty and luxury are investigated in a dialogue of contrasts and dichotomies. High impact pieces, with soft silhouettes, are based on the simple T-shirt. Paillette-covered coats, leather shifts and skin-tight printed sweaters are layered over extra-long striped sleeves. Multi-coloured bags in printed or perforated leathers and bold, oversize earrings are all part of the story. Decorativism, through the serial repetition of symbols recalls the concept of post-pop art. Simplicity becomes uniqueness.


An anonymous silver backdrop suggesting a post-industrial landscape jars with this sensual overload, suggesting the collection’s recurring rabbit motif is perhaps not as naive as it seems. Shadow falls across the images, reminding us darkness and light often come entwined. The gaze of the muses is both complex and seductive, warning anyone following them down this particular rabbit hole to expect the unexpected.

Photos © Prada / Steven Meisel.

I`m superloving Prada`s bunnies! The pixel- or xerox-effect and the arrows add a postmodern edge to it. Very cool! 

How do you like the ad campaign?

Friday, October 3, 2014

Backstage at Roberto Cavalli F/W 14/15

1 Roberto Cavalli FW 14-15 Backstage (43) Grace Mahary, Charlene Hoegger, Sophie Touchet

2 Roberto Cavalli FW 14-15 Backstage (40)
Irina Kravchenko

3 Roberto Cavalli Backstage Fw 14-15 (1)
Waleska Gorczevski, Leila Nda & Fei Fei Sun

4 Roberto Cavalli FW 14-15 Backstage (45)
Malaika Firth

5 Roberto Cavalli FW 14-15 Backstage
Manuela Frey & Muriel Beal

6 Roberto Cavalli FW 14-15 Backstage (72)
Bette Franke & Alana Zimmer

7 Roberto Cavalli FW 14-15 Backstage (63)
Lexi Boling, Ronja Furrer, Josephine van Delden

8 Roberto Cavalli FW 14-15 Backstage (80)
Fei Fei Sun

9 Roberto Cavalli FW 14-15 Backstage (64)
Kate Grigorieva, Binx Walton, Imaan Hammam

99 Roberto Cavalli FW 14-15 Backstage (54)
Bette Franke & Alana Zimmer
Pictures © Roberto Cavalli.

Amazing details! I`m loving the Art Deco-inspired prints, the ombre, fur collars, panther necklaces and smokey eyes.

What are your favourite details?