law and order: steven meisel

although i don't often delve into the personal - i've got to come clean. thanks to my friend kate, and a small business enterprise called netflix, i have developed an unsightly addiction to law and order: svu. at first i scoffed at kate's addiction, but then i discovered that EVERY season is an instant play on netflix and everything just sort of spiraled out of control. it's not even a guilty pleasure anymore. it's a disease.

so, because we should all come clean about what ails us, i'd like to thank steven meisel for "state of emergency" a sept. 2006 editorial from vogue italia that made me instantly think of svu when i saw fashion gone rogue's picture of the day today. as you all probably won't be putting yourself to sleep watching mariska hargitay, as detective olivia benson, fight new york city's most heinous sexual predators...consider this a guilty pleasure.

















images: cyanatrendland

silent

brandon and i sat down in the studio last weekend with a bottle of champagne and went through our favorite blogs and sharing our all-time favorite editorials, and she shared with me this steven meisel tribute to ysl, "silent," which was in vogue italia aug 2008.  considering my obsession with ysl, i was a little embarrassed that i'd never seen it.  shot exquisitely, it's a beautiful homage to one of fashion's most magnificent individuals.  

derelict

the new vogue italia cover, featuring sasha pivovarova and ash stymest, shot by steven meisel, is unbelievable. sometimes i wish anna wintour would take off her sunglasses, take a cue from her european contemporaries, and give us something more conceptual. i love charlize theron...as an actress. what she's doing on the fall cover of the september issue is still quite beyond me.

i love all the bold colors in this photo: sasha's eyemake is unbelievable, and the lettering of the vogue logo compliments the photo perfectly. sasha's scarf, the jewels on her fingerless glove, the orange border of ash's helmet...it's all so brilliantly and meticulously styled. i can't wait to see the actual editorial.

additional covers were shot, also (a trend, i'm seeing...)

anna jagodazinska

i love the all the character in this photo, a bit cheeky and wry. and anna's brocaded velvet gown is magnificent.

jamie bochert

just lovely. thanks, vogue italia.

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