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If I had these pieces, I would dress like this everyday, for every occasion, for no particular reason.

Photographer : David Sims

Styling : Emmanuelle Alt

Model: Iselin Steiro. She rocks the hell out of this shoot.

I’ve used this spread probably a hundred times since its release in the July 2006 issue of W Magazine. It will forever be one of my favorite references for texture and silhouettes. And I’m sure it is on the inspiration boards of fashion houses across the World. Brilliant!

EDITORIAL: Relax

MAGAZINE: W magazine July 2006

PHOTOGRAPHER: Michael Thompson

Mykromag Magazine featured “Forever Michael”, a nicely done tribute spread to the King and his fashion footprint  in their August issue of the magazine. These shots were all taken during the congregation of fans at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for Michael’s memorial service on July 7, 2009.

Photographer: Dutch photogs Petrovsky & Ramone

Stylist: Sonny Groo

Model: Aleks Rastovic 

Terry Richardson shot supermodel Agyness Deyn for a spread in Harper’s Bazaar September 2009 issue, paying tribute to the iconic style of Michael Jackson. It is amazing how so much of today’s fashion is inspired by his style. There are pieces featured in Lanvin’s most recent collections that are so reminiscent of Jackson’s style in the mid 80’s.  I will post his relevence today’s fashion in an upcoming post. For now, marvel these amazing jackets!

Here is a wonderful spread from Vogue’s December 2003 issue shot by Annie Leibovitz featuring Natalia Vodianova as Alice In Wonderland. It features a different designer and one of their runway pieces in each scene. Visually exhilarating…

EDITORIAL: Alice In Wonderland

MAGAZINE: Vogue December 2003

MODELS: Natalia Vodianova

PHOTOGRAPHER: Annie Leibovitz

Drink me! Drink me! Natalia Vodianova as oversized Alice in Helmut Lang

Tom Ford, as the Rabbit, for Yves Saint Laurent

Nicolas Ghesquière for Balenciaga

John Galliano, as the Queen, for Dior Haute Couture

Olivier Theyskens, in guise of Alice author Lewis Carroll, for Rochas

Marc Jacobs, as the Caterpillar, for Marc Jacobs

Pig & Pepper: Karl Lagerfeld,  in Chrome Hearts, for Chanel Haute Couture

Jean Paul Gautier,  as the Cheshire Cat, for Jean Paul Gautier

Viktor and Rolf,  as Tweedledee and Tweedledum, for Viktor and Rolf

Christian Lacroix, as guest to The Mad Tea Party, for Christian Lacroix

Donatella Versace, and Rupert Everett as the Mock Turtle, for Atelier Versace

You may remember Tilda Swinton most recently as the Russian swimming love interest of Brad Pitt in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. She is not the most obvious choice for glamour and beauty but I think she is absolutely captivating. She also knows exactly how to dress to support her look and accentuate her extremely distinct features , and I think shes a noteworthy muse. Here are some images of her cover and spread for Another Magazine for Spring/Summer 09. She can also be seen here in her Lanvin Oscar ensemble from last month, and here looking ferocious in a September 2008 spread for W Magazine.

Ps. Wouldn’t she be great for Lanvin’s next campaign?. . .Hmm.

Vogue’s fashion editor Carine Roitfeld teamed with famed fashion photographer Mario Testino in the October issue of Vogue Paris to shoot an amazing spread called “Afrodisiaque.” The statuesque models and illustrative silhouettes of this spread are pure genius! Not to mention that amazing record top by Belgian engineering genius Maison Martin Margiela.

Models: Lakshmi Menon and Yasmin Warsame

More photos from this spread here.

While flipping through the pages of New York Magazine’s 40th Anniversary Issue, I found myself inspired page after page by garments worn by musicians, stars, and artists in the party scene of New York from four decades ago. Matter of fact, I spotted a couple of pieces that are almost duplicates of pieces I own myself. It is true that fashion has projected itself forward through rethought-out designs and re conceptualization but some key pieces never seem to change. Have they been redesigned to come full circle, or have they been absent awaiting their triumphant return?

Cher and Bill Butler at a Casablanca Records party at Empire rink, 1979

American Apparel, 2008

Halston, Bianca Jagger, Jack Haley Jr., Liza Minnelli, and Michael Jackson at Studio 54, 1978

Grace Jones at a dinner party in her honor, 1986.

Janet Jackson in Dior’s metallic hooded dress by John Galliano, W magazine Oct 2006

Debbie Harry, 1981

Kate Moss, 2007

Marc Jacobs and Elizabeth Saltzman, disguised as Linda Evangelista, 1991.

American Apparel mesh top and shiny leggings, 2008