Couture Magic

These images just show that even the most haute of haute couture is never perfect. To me, total perfection is bland and boring, photography needs interest and the most beautiful things always has flaws, and these images are the proof. Without the smudging and stylized mess of the images, these wouldn't have caught my eyes.

Vogue Italia.

Performance

Vogue Italia September 09 presents...

Autumn is now upon us, dark nights are here, leaves are falling off the trees, and Christmas theatre plays are being advertised. Vogue Italia catches the season so perfectly in one of my favourite editorials yet!!

The colours are amazing, bright but yet so deep, sealing in the autumn atmosphere.

What are your thoughts on this editorial, and which front cover did you buy? Mine was the second one!

In The Mood

Inspired by World War 2. This editorial is stunning.

Publication: Vogue US Sept 2009. Photographer: Steven Meisel. Styling: Grace Coddington.

Credit to: http://wonderlandlondon.blogspot.com

Vogue Italia Patterns

I found these stunning images from Vogue Italia by photographer Steven Meisel. I think they're magnificently beautiful, and the mixture of pattern and illustration is balanced perfectly to give the overall image that hand made feel. The washed out use of limited complementary colours used within each image gives them each their own vintage look appeal. Having been heavily influenced by these copies, i'm going to try and re-create my own Vogue front cover using a similar technique.