. . . and while on the topic of gold, if you happened to catch the closing ceremonies for the summer olympics the other night, you would have seen the magic of this editorial literally coming to life — kate in alexander mcqueen and georgia may in victoria beckham, and others, all in beautiful flashes of [olympic] gold . . .

[as always, so much more below] x

Photography : Nick Knight for Vogue UK, September 2012
Models : Kate Moss, Stella Tennant, Lily Cole, Karen Elson, Lily Donaldson,
Jourdan Dunn, David Gandy, Georgia May Jagger, and Naomi Campbell
Stylist : Lucinda Chambers
Hair : Sam McKnight
Make-up : Val Garland & Petros Petrohilos
Nails : Marian Newman