The new issue of V lands on newsstands July 8th and the sexy body theme couldn’t be more evident once you look at Willy Vanderperre and Olivier Rizzo‘s ‘A Woman In Full’ editorial. Using shapely retro styling and some of the industry’s loveliest girls, Willy and Olivier turn the clock back, to the days of the hourglass figure; Karolina Kurkova, Jacquelyn Jablonski and Miranda Kerr have never looked better and the story is completely in line with fashion’s current curve obsession.

With the CFDA awards right around the corner, the tension is mounting. Who will win? Who will lose? What will they wear? The answers to all these questions will be revealed Monday night, but in the meantime the annual nominees portfolio only adds to the excitement. Shot by Solve Sundsbo and styled by Lori Goldstein, the images feature designers posing alongside models who represent the look of their brand; Jason Wu stands in awe of the statuesque Karlie Kloss, wearing one of his elegant fall creations, while Prabal Gurung lounges with Heidi Mount. Marc Jacobs may have missed the photoshoot but with a team of models led by Jacquelyn Jablonski and Paul Boche, wearing masks of the designer’s face you hardly notice his absence, Trey Laird‘s inventive creative direction, really makes these images shine.

The Marc Jacobs crew

Prabal and Heidi

Jason and Karlie
Check out even more of the CFDA portfolio at Fashionista

The sun is back and it’s that time of the year when our favorite magazines are pushing eyewear. These accessories are as essential as the clothes themselves with more and more campaigns dedicated especially to them. Here’s a peek at Nimue Smit for Giorgio Armani, Constance Jablonski for cK Calvin Klein, Freja Beha Erichsen for Chanel, Anna Jagodzinska for David Yurman, and of course Madonna in her eyewear capsule collection for D&G. My personal favorite for S/S10? The Tom Ford Nikita in tortoise shell shown on Jacquelyn Jablonski, by William Selden for Another Magazine S/S10. What’s your must have eyewear accessory of the season? (Story by Kristen Bolt)

Dolce & Gabbana: MDG

Giorgio Armani

Calvin Klein

Chanel/David Yurman

Tom Ford Nikita (Another Magazine)

Cinema has always been source material for fashion editorials and Anthony Maule looks to 80s dance flick ‘Flashdance’ for the inspiration of his latest editorial in Numero. Jacquelyn Jablonski re-enacts several classic scenes from the film and sports the lead character’s signature mop of curly hair, but do Maule and Jablonski pull it off? Are you loving this fashion flashback?

Image Credit | Fashion Gone Rogue

This season’s Self Service is packed with goodies from Ezra Petronio‘s polaroid vaults. Malgosia Bela and Carmen Kass star in dual covers snapped by Petronio and the accompanying editorial is an extensive gallery of his polaroids featuring models Jacquelyn Jablonski, Hannah Holman and Anna Selezneva.

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

Every season Thierry LeGoues picks a beautiful set of girls to grace the covers of French Revue de Modes and the beauties on the S/S issue are as lively and unique as the colorful collectable covers.

Tell us, which cover do you like best?

Yulia Vasiltosova

Anna de Rijk and Lyndsey Scott

Jacquelyn Jablonski

Tao Okamoto & Laura Blokhina

Hannah Holman

Coco Rocha & Emily DiDonato

Ranya Mordanova

Josefin Hedstrom & Chanel Iman

Image Credit | Fashion Gone Rogue

Jacquelyn Jablonski. Deutsch Magazine by David Roemer. (photo courtesy of Atelier Management)

The girl with the most NY shows (31) is especially clean and pristine on the cover of the new Deutsch.

Kristen McMenamy, Francisco Costa, Doutzen Kroes at last week’s Calvin party. Ph: Patrick McMullen courtesy of Calvin Klein.
Hey, any chance to post pictures of modeling legend, Kristen McNemany, I will take it. This photo is the exact reason why Calvin Klein will always be relevant. The embrace of the legendary (Kristen) with a modern day beauty (Doutzen) shows how the brand will always keep you guessing.

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A BIG bits & Bytes: some news is old, some is new, catching people up from fashion week!

Modeling info:

Our incredible Wayne Sterling expounds on the meaning of walking the runways of today.

Craig Arend sits down with Storm’s Sarah Doukas who discovered a young 14 year old lass named Kate Moss.

Looking for the new Black “IT” girl are Elite Models and Essence Magazine.

Missy Rayder, naked and beautiful for V Magazine’s video.

Benetton‘s next campaign face.. it could be you!

Coco Rocha, we adore you! Here she talks, uncensored about the NY Times/Daily News “stories” on her being considered “fat”.

Speaking of Coco, Hilary Rhoda interviews Coco, on Fashion Week Daily.

Ponyryder had 3 stellar interviews with the wonderful Amanda Norgaard, Love magazine cover star Jeneil Williams and Prada opener and closer, Samantha Gradoville.

Arlenis Sosa for Latina Magazine at a party sponsored by Lancome (see pic below). Kind of a big deal as past covergirls have been Jennifer Lopez and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayer. Arlenis talks about how black models need to stick together.

Male models should tremble. Zoolander 2 is in the works.

Another evil and unkind moment in the fashion industry. Frockwriter dissects the mess about Gemma Ward.

Photography:

How do you get started in fashion photography? Tips from the experts are right here.

For female photographers only, here is eye opening advice from A Photo Editor.

Fashionista talks to a Getty photographer.

Style.com shows that Trovata designer John Whitledge, takes a pretty mean picture as well… See his Fashion Week diary with Erin Wasson and Kirsten Dunst.

Fashion and miscellaneous:

LVMH-owned E Luxury is gone, only to be replaced by the Nowness. With that kind of backing, that website should be quite interesting.

One of our favorite casting directors, Daniel Peddle, was featured on the NY Times’ the Moment during Fashion Week (if you missed it!)

Also: if you missed from fashion week…. Incredible insights on Style.com from Cathy Horyn and Robert Duffy from Marc Jacobs on the state of the fashion industry.

Style.com‘s interview with Hedi Slimane. Does he go back to designing? Find out….

Vogue Italia, Vogue Black and Vogue Curvy. Yes, we wish they were one, but hey, at least the dialogue is starting. (The Cut via Jezebel).

Speaking of Vogue, Jezebel talks about how those cover lines are made up (edited out from the September issue). It’s pretty darn funny.

Fashion Week Daily has a deleted scene from the September Issue where Karl Lagerfeld separates us from them (my words not his). Another hilarous moment from Karl.

Lancome sponsored Latina Magazine party: Arlenis (in Alexander Wang) with fellow Dominicans, Kat De Luna and Julissa Bermudez. (Image: Patrick McMullen Co, courtesy of Lancome)