Put on a Chic face

When Edward was announced as EIC of UK Vogue, everyone screamed "diversity! Finally!". They were excited to know that the British edition of Vogue (known for its lack of diversity) will stop being so out of touch on such an important topic. A couple of months later, on Edward's 6th issue, we got the diverse cover many were waiting for. As always, some people loved it and some despised it. The ones who didn't like it said things along the lines of how forced the cover feels, how forced the diversity feels. Despite wanting to see all types of men and women being represented (minus the ones wearing symbols that promote the oppression of men or women), I do feel it is slightly forced.  I also believe that diversity is more than just looks or race, but that's another story for another day. For 2 models featured in this cover, this certifies their status as the top new faces. Both Adut and Fran have now covered Uk Vogue and Italian Vogue. 2 out of the Big ...

Now that 95% of the ads are out, let's talk about the two models who killed it during this campaign season. I wanted to also include some honorable mentions for Bella (8 campaigns), Gigi Hadid and Taylor Hill (6 campaigns each) and Freja Beha, Grace Elizabeth & Birgit Kos. They all had outstanding seasons, but they didn't reach neither Faretta's nor the other model's (not telling you yet) level. If you had asked me who I thought will get most campaigns when the shows ended in March, I would have said Faretta. She already scored big campaigns for the SS 17 season, and her runway season was flawless despite skipping NYFW. However, despite getting 8 huge campaigns and working with different photographers, she didn't wowed me once. Her best campaign is probably Zara, the rest...still weak. She has to improve a lot. Zara, by Steven Meisel: Frame, by Erik Torstensson Sacai, by Craig McDean Lanvin, by Paolo Roversi Coach...

He's done it again. Meisel has transformed Zara into a luxury brand, just by shooting their campaign again. This (Dior inspired) collection is gorgeous and I want every piece shown on the pictures, but it is Meisel's touch that make all the outfits look much more expensive.  The cast and the photos are better than last season's, in my opinion. However, I think that Grace is a miscast. Even though I adore her, she looks very out of place in this ad. Her shots look like they belong to another campaign, and that's probably why she wasn't photographed with the rest of the models. Vittoria is the absolute star of the campaign, followed by Faretta. But I actually only like Faretta in her pictures with Vittoria, so... Their close-up that I've seen already on every Zara I've visited is everything. After this I'll talk about another campaign that I like and then I'll do my two posts about the two queens of the season. You might see Farett...

Final HC post and I end with streetstyle once again. We don't really get that many pictures during HC, but hopefully you'll find some inspiration on these. Última entrada sobre Alta Costura, y termino con el streetstyle una vez más. No tenemos muchas fotos durante la AC, pero con suerte encontraréis algo de inspiración en estas. Camille Hurel Faretta Grace Hartzel Greta Varlese Jess PW Kiki Willems, Selena Forrest, Vittoria Ceretti & Jess Lauren de Graaf Lex Herl Mariana Zaragoza Michelle Gutknecht & Mag Cysweska Natasha Poly Ola Rudnicka Roos Abels Samantha Gradoville Teddy Quinvilan Vittoria & Yasmin Wijnaldum Yasmin