Steven Meisel creates a vision of androgynous beauty taking Freja Beha Erichsen, Iselin Steiro, Alla Kostromichova, Iris Strubegger, Andrej Pejic, Michael Tintiuc, Tomek Szczukiecki and shooting them in nothing but fur and leather selected by Karl Templer, the result is an elegant and simple story that showcases the beauty of the human form.

Image Credit | Z Fashion Blog

Notice how many of F/Ws fashion ads involve collaborations with contemporary artists? Stella McCartney enlists artist Barry Reigate to illustrate the otherwise minimalist ads starring Natalia Vodianova and shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott , the cartoonish style fits with McCartney’s quirky image and is slightly reminiscent of last seasons Disneyfied ads with Sigrid Agren.

Stella F/W 10

Barry Reigate, Real Special Very Painting, 2009

Bottega Venetta has Robert Longo all but recreate the look of his classic ‘Men In Cities’ series, only with Alla Kostromichova and Terron Wood doing all the movements.

Bottega F/W 10

Robert Longo, Men In Cities – Men Trapped In Ice, 1980

Not to be outdone, Missoni goes all out with a mini-film by experimental filmmaker, Kenneth Anger; the bold and trippy clip (watch it in its entirety here) features Margherita Missoni and a host of others.

Missoni F/W 10 by Kenneth Anger

Do you love all the current artist collaborations? Let us know which is your favorite!

Though it may just be June, Fall/Winter 10 campaign images are starting to materialize. Visually, black and white or a predominant black background seems to be the preferred choice for fall (unsurprisingly) and from these four images, it looks like the handsome man is favored for the upcoming season joining the sexy girl. What’s your favorite campaign so far?

Dsquared2 F/W 10 by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. Tyler Kenyon, Iris Strubegger, Alla Kostromichova .

Clement Chabernaud for Gianfranco Ferre F/W 10.

Roman Ivancic, Vladimir Ivanov, Bette Franke for Lacoste F/W 10

Jon Kortajarena, Alexa Chung, Gaspard Menier for Pepe Jeans F/W 10

David Sims breaks out his signature stark black and whites for W: the simple style of the photographs allows the talents of the whole team to shine. From Alex White‘s always impeccable styling, to Guido Palau‘s voluminous hairstyles and Alla Kostromichova, Patricia van der Vliet, Heidi Mount and Kamila Filipcikova edgy looks, each element works well together.

Made in Brazil posted beautiful shots shot by Victoria’s Secret favorite Emanuela de Paula backstage at a Brazilian fashion show of her fellow Brazilian bombshells. As he says, “You gotta love a model for taking really beautiful pictures as opposed to just snapping them on a blackberry or an iPhone and posting them on twitter.” We say, AMEN!
View more of Emanuela’s pictures here.

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Fashion news:
Raise your hand if you love uberstylist and editor Polly Mellen.

Julie Gilhart from Barney’s is Stylefile’s Future of Fashion interview part 5.

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and her friend, casting director Natalie Joos go through Julia’s closet.

We think this is Anna Dello Russo‘s blog because it is just too fabulous not to be.

If you STILL do not know who Malcolm Mclaren was (and you know who you are), go here to read about his importance to pop culture and fashion. Here’s Cathy Horyn’s tribute to him: call me crazy but doesn’t young Vivienne Westwood look like Lara Stone here?

We are big fans of Siki Im (look for our upcoming special shots from his F/W 10 show). The Nowness has an arresting video of his collection which was inspired by “American Psycho” (video from Wardenclyffe).

Modeling news:

Ponyryder interviews Dutch beauty Ymre Stiekema

Emme is a plus size model that we adore and is super inspiring.

Alla Kostromichova has won Elle’s Model of the Year award back in her hometown in the Ukraine.

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has a new baby, is revered in Brazil and post pregnancy… looks like this. Life sometimes is a tiny bit unfair, no?

Iman is iconic! The CFDA will honor one of our favorite faces EVER!

Check out Mike Z from Chosen Management. How gorgeous!

And Brazilian beauty Ramon from Made in Brazil.

i-D is always on the cutting edge when it comes to fashion: in the latest issue Alastair McKimm gives us a look at Melanie Ward‘s new Blouson Noir collection. In the simple yet chic editorial, Alla Kostromichova brings the clothes to life with her signature flair and Daniel Jackson captures it all against a stark white background. McKimm’s styling makes the unique ensembles really stand out, especially that one of a kind woven bustier.

Alla Kostromichova goes under the sea for Vogue Nippon, Solve Sundsbo and George Cortina transform Alla into a gilded sea creature, clad in shimmering McQueen and Balmain. Posing underwater requires special skill, but Alla pulls it all off perfectly.

Mikael Jansson turns out a beauty story for Vogue Nippon that highlights the individuality of the season’s freshest cosmetics looks and its most exciting girls. Ieva Laguna, Gwen Loos, Kelly Moreira, Patricia van der Vliet, Jacquelyn Jablonski, Jac Jagaciak, Frida Gustavsson, Mirte Maas and Alla Kostromicheva star in the dramatic story (cast by Ashley Brokaw), wearing daring makeup looks created by Mark Carrasquillo. The colorful makeup and George Cortina‘s expert styling, combine to create a series of looks tailor made for each girl – how great does Jacquelyn look with flame red hair or Alla with glossy purple lips and blue shadow?

Image Credit | Scans by a.t. @ tFS