Playing it Safe

As the big name campaigns begin to emerge, it appears that designers are relying on established faces to draw in consumers. Gisele Bundchen flaunts her trademark sass appeal for Versace and Givenchy whilst fellow Brazilian turns it out in Haiti for Donna Karan. Natasha Poly is one of the boys for DSquared2 whilst iconic Italian model Maria Carla Boscono embodies the very spirit of Yves Saint Laurent and doubles up for Givenchy. Age and experience appear to be a major draw card with each of the aforementioned models having been in the modelling game for more than a decade. The exception to the rule is Prada who assemble an eclectic cast of recognisable faces alongside new recruits. Natasha Poly and blasts from the past - Elise Crombez and Meghan Collison, join newcomers Katryn Kruger and Kati Nescher for its gas guzzling hotrod themed campaign. 

Maria Carla Boscono
Yves Saint Laurent - S/S 2012
Photographer - David Sims

Maria Carla Boscono
Yves Saint Laurent - S/S 2012
Photographer - David Sims
Source - models.com

Adriana LIma
Donna Karan - S/S 2012
Photographer - Russell James
Source - nymag.com

Adriana Lima
Donna Karan - S/S 2012
Photographer - Russell James

Adriana Lima
Donna Karan - S/S 2012
Photographer - Russell James
Source - models.com

Gisele Bundchen
Versace-  S/S 2012
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Source - models.com

Chris Moore, Gisele Bundchen & Simone Nobili
Givenchy - S/S 2012
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Source - fashiongonerogue.com

Maria Carla Boscono, Simone Nobili & Chris Moore
Givenchy - S/S 2012
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Source - fashiongonerogue.com

Natasha Poly, Dmitriy Tanner, Matt Woodhouse,
Paolo Anchisi & Ton Heukels
DSquared2 - S/S 2012
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Source - models.com

Ymre Stiekema & Katryn Kruger
Prada - S/S 2012
Photographer - Steven Meisel

Kati Nescher & Meghan Collison
Prada - S/S 2012
Photographer - Steven Meisel

Natasha Poly & Elise Crombez
Prada - S/S 2012
Photographer - Steven Meisel
Source - fashiongonerogue.com

Super Natural Love

Love Magazine strikes editorial gold yet again in it's Supernatural issue. Lara Stone, Maria Carla Boscono, Daphne Groeneveld and Kristen McMenamy pose alongside stunning new face of the moment Nyasha Matonhodze in this riveting beauty portfolio. Photographers Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott team up with the styling genius of Katie Grand and Panos Yiapanis for this mesmerising editorial. The natural beauty of Stone, Matonhodze, McMenamy, Groeneveld and Boscono's tear streaked visages are enhanced by the minimalist make-up and visually arresting head pieces adorning each model's head. The incandescent beauty, raw emotion and vulnerability conveyed by Matonhodze et al. resonates with each turn of the page.

Nyasha Matonhodze

Lara Stone

Maria Carla Boscono

Daphne Groeneveld

Nyasha Matonhodze

Lara Stone

Daphne Groeneveld
LOVE Magazine - Issue 6
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Source - fashiongonerogue.com

Just Cavalli

During a recent trip to New York, I almost put my back out lugging home hand luggage brimming full of fashion magazines and coffee table books. One of the books that I picked up along the way was Roberto Cavalli's book celebrating his 40th year in fashion. The book photographed by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott features 84 decadent images of some of modelling's biggest names including Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss, Gisele Bundchen, Karolina Kurkova, Carolyn Murphy, Angela Lindvall, Heidi Klum, Maria Carla Boscono, Natasha Poly, Joan Smalls, Liu Wen, Lara Stone and Daria Werbowry. The retrospective of classic, rich Cavalli signature looks get the midas touch by stylist Marie-Amelie Sauve with art direction by Fabien Baron. In his foreword, Cavalli sums up the book's motif, "It is a journey into my world, and my way of seeing women. Women, for me, are undisputedly the focus of beauty and sensuality."

Cover Girl - Gisele Bundchen

Jac Jagaciak & Jessica Miller

Sigrid Agren

Maria Carla Boscono

Guinevere Van Seenus

Ming Xi

Natasha Poly

Anna Jagodzinska

Joan Smalls

Heidi Klum

Cindy Crawford

Alla Kostromichova

Joan Smalls

Karolina Kurkova
Roberto Cavalli - 40th Anniversary
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Source - thefashionspot.com

Maximum Exposure

Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott go for maximum exposure, shooting Fall/Winter campaigns for Roberto Cavalli, Versace and Dsquared2. Maria Carla Boscono, Natasha Poly and Karen Elson team up for the photographic duo in Roberto Cavalli's lush autumnal themed campaign. The trio of enchantresses cast a spell amidst a lush setting of fuschia pink flora and golden brown foliage. Versace's bold campaign features Saskia de Brauw and Sean O'Pry against a desert landscape with ominous dark clouds swirling on the horizon. Newcomers Emily Baker, Saskia de Brauw, Bo Develius and  Francisco Lachowski have gone back to the ranch for DSquared colonial inspired campaign. Stylist Katie Grand combines leather, denim, sequins, swarovski crystals, fur and bow ties, to bring new meaning to the term colonial chic.

Natasha Poly, Karen Elson & Maria Carla Boscono

Maria Carla Boscono, Karen Elson & Natasha Poly

Karen Elson, Natasha Poly & Maria Carla Boscono
Roberto Cavalli - F/W 2011
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Source - fashiongonerogue.com

Saskia de Brauw

Sean O'Pry

Saskia de Brauw

Sean O'Pry

Saskia de Brauw
Versace - F/W 2011
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Source - fashiongonerogue.com & fashionisto.com

Adrien Sahores

Emily Baker

Francisco Lachowski

Saskia de Brauw

Bo Develius
Dsquared2 - F/W 2011
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Source - models.com

Paradise Found

Riccardo Tisci delivers another stunning haute couture collection for Givenchy with ten looks inspired by Paradise. In his own words Tisci's focus for this collection were "Purity, lightness and fragility", hence the heavenly gowns constructed from silk tulle and gauzy lace, painstakingly embellished with hand curled feathers, tiger's eye pearls and silvery grey caviar beads.

Tisci's dreamy couture vision was projected by a celestial cast of models including Iselin Steiro, Kasia Struss, Joan Smalls, Izabel Goulart, Saskia de Brauw, Daphne Groeneveld, Zuzanna Bijoch, Maria Carla Boscono, Valeryia and Caroline Trentini. Tisci's eclectic mix of established faces and newly appointed stars of tomorrow will no doubt have a casting directors and magazine editors paying close attention.

Birds of Paradise

Joan Smalls

Iselin Steiro

Izabel Goulart

Daphne Groeneveld

Zuzanna Bijoch

Kasia Struss

Saskia de Brauw

Caroline Trentini

Maria Carla Boscono

Valeryia

Images courtesy of Givenchy
Source - fashiongonerogue.com