Just stumbled upon this Calvin Klein ad campaign from the 1980s starring 15-year old Brooke Shields. The whole thing was shot and directed by Richard Avedon. Funny to compare this to ads nowadays. This is so simple and cute and awkward.
It’s kind of magical when art and fashion meet. Eugenio Recuenco created a quite original, quirky fashion story as an homage to Picasso’s work. He directly references a number of paintings, including one of my personal favorites “Pierreuse with her hand on her shoulder” (the lady in red).
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There has been a lot of talk about the circus going on outside the fashion shows at fashion week. Suzy Menkes from T Magazine wrote a critical article about the peacocking attention seekers, the instagramming insiders, the photographing bloggers etc. (if you haven’t read Leandra Medine’s rebuttal to the article, read it now).
Since, I’ve never actually witnessed this chaos, I thought it was very interesting to see this documentary feature called “Take My Picture” by Garage magazine. It is nuts how many photographers hang out outside of the fashion shows. Tim Blanks, reporter for Style.com, talks about how everyone these days tries to take part in the circus that is fashion and rightly asks what’s next? I’m curious to see..
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I got my hopes up again. The weather has been teasing me the last couple of days and all I can do is think about the summer. Everyone is always telling me how great Amsterdam is when it’s warm and sunny and I can’t wait to experience it and wear all those crop tops I bought in anticipation.
Here is something I envision myself wearing this summer (in a perfect world). I must say I really love the result of the collaboration between Vans and Kenzo. 
Images via Weekday.com, Farfetch, Trendland, Shopbop
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