THE FIRST CHRISTIAN DIOR perfume ad that ever caught our attention was the 2008 Sofia Coppola-directed Miss Dior Cherie television commercial starring model Maryna Linchuk frolicking around Paris, bounding through boulevards, trying on sunglasses, and riding her bike to the strains of Brigitte Bardot’s “Moi, Je Joue”. Coppola has worked for a range of brands including Gap, Marc Jacobs and H&M, brands who were all looking to inject some of Coppola’s visually stunning, sensual style to their products. The director applied many of her signature filmmaking techniques to these commercials, including plenty of pastel colours, hip soundtracks and languid camera movements.
While August has only begun, magazine issues are overwhelmed by the most beautiful fall editorials, making us long for cool temperatures...
. . . italian label, liu jo‘s, fall – winter campaign, shot by inez van lamsweerde and vinoodh matadin in a notting hill villa, with its jeans and boots and coats and heels intermingled with columns and fret-work, gilded coffee table and extravagant blue velvet sofa, is the perfect mix of fashion and décor . . .
. . . wednesday already and how this week {and the summer!} are slipping by . . . and finally,...
. . . this weekend is windswept hair and toes in the sand, picnics on the beach and the city...
Balloons, balloons are everywhere, and happily so, as there are things to celebrate. Always delightful to receive parcels in the...