The Rack and The Ram

My greatest apologies for not updating lately, blog friends! Went to Santa Barbara last weekend to see my old high school friend. Very fun and sunny, got me listening to a lot of Suede and Ride.



In that similar vein, allow me to show you something that I have been meaning to share. It's the Prada Fantasy Lookbook! Alexander Reichert and Fausto Frantinuoli illustrated over Phillip Meech's photography to create an interesting, disjointed collage of the fall collection. Perhaps you should play the video above while viewing...

























It's a nice Monday.

-Rack

Today my classmates and I discussed the most important ads we've ever seen. We came up with quite alot, these are the best:
Sophie Dahl for Opium by YSL. This was mine. Try. To. Stop. Looking. At. It. My teacher also had a way with words when describing it, he said it was a "touchy" subject and that the advertisers probably had to "tweak it" to make it racier for Tom Ford.
















Abbey Lee in her breakout role for Gucci 2008. There are so many variations on this one it's hard to pick. They just kept killing it every month.



















An art instillation in Marfa, Texas. This isn't an actual store which makes it all the more strange. Marfa is a popular area for UFOs so i'm sure no one batted an eye.














A flavorful Dolce & Gabbana campaign, 2007.































Dior Poison 2003, I hadn't seen this one before and it utterly blows you away. (*Idea totally stolen from The Damned's album cover in the seventies.)

















What campaigns shaped your love of fashion?

THE INDUSTRY can't stop obsessing over Prada's S/S 2010 collection. How can I tell? I have seen the bejeweled, chain-linked crystal dress in almost every editorial for the past month! Yes, it is beautiful, but damn, where are the bejeweled knock offs for me to enjoy? ;)


(Seen above on Freja Beha Erichsen by Emma Summerton for i-D Spring 2010)

SASHA WAS the face of Prada's fragrance, Infusion d'Iris, since 2007. Now, the new face for the ad campaign is Lara Stone. Love Lara, but there's something Sasha's always had that I just can't deny. What do you think?
Source: The Cut

Milan’s Spring 2010 collections know what women want and more importantly, what they will buy. Belts, shoes, bags, necklaces, bracelets, and scarves were piled on models at the Italian shows. The overlapping styles tell the trends of spring.

The Neck Up:

Headbands made multiple appearances in the Milan shows. Gold combs pulled back hair at Dolce & Gabbana, while simple white bands did the same at Bottega Veneta.

Silk scarves were wrapped around heads at Marni, and Roberto Cavalli used scarves as collars, branded tightly around the neck.

      

A terrible trend is popping up at the most important designer collections: Clogs were featured at both Chanel and Prada.