My Favourite Editorials in 2005 III -Glamorama

Another one of my favourite editorials this year is Glamorama (such a fabulous name!) from US Vogue Dec 2005. I LOVE how the models are in gorgeous dresses, doing laundry and doing random things like texting on mobile and sipping a soda. All the models look more like they were dressed and made up for a ball rather than the local laundry, but that's what makes it such a cool concept.

Another great thing about this Dec. editorial is that you can make out some of next season's trends from the shots, (and that is what Vogue is there for of course.) This editorial features models Gemma Ward, Lily Donaldson and Caroline Trentini, and was shot by photographer Stephen Meisel.

Again, the images are split into two posts. Thanks to style.com.

Glamorama II

My Favourite Editorials in 2005 II -Lily Takes a Trip

Remember back in June, I talked about the beautiful July 2005 issue of British Vogue? There was an amazing fashion spread in it called Lily Takes a Trip which features Lily Cole taking a trip to India in all sorts of gorgeous dresses. The shots turned out so well that one of the them even became the cover. The photos were taken by Tim Walker.

The scans here (thanks to the Lily Cole fan who scanned them) don't totally show how magnificent some of these photos were. For example, a lot of the background is cut off. Anyways, here it is: (there are so many images that I had to split the editorial into a few posts.)

Lily Takes a Trip II

My Favourite Editorials in 2005 I -Lily Story

It's almost the end of year, so I've decided to show you my three favourite fashion editorials published in 2005 in the next few days. After reading more fashion magazines this year (from ElleGirl and Teen Vogue to Cosmopolitan, Vogue and Glamour) than I have ever in my life, I've looked at a LOT of fashion spreads this year. It's a difficult choice but I managed to narrow my favourites down to three.

The first editorial is Lily Story from Vogue Italia Oct 2004 and shot by photographer, Stephane Sednaoui. (OK so I'm cheating and this editorial isn't from 2005, but it's so amazing I must show it!) I absolutely LOVE this shoot. Lily Donaldson looks like a perfect, REAL mannequin. If you didn't recognise Lily, then you wouldn't have guessed it was a human model! They even drew lines on her wrists to make her look like a mannequin! And the photography itself is amazing of course. Here it is: (sorry the images are so small.)

Aviator Shades

Having unconsciously lost my huge black BCBG shades some time during the quarter (I seriously do not know when. One day I was looking for my shades and they were GONE. Not to be found anywhere) I was naturally very upset. I've only had it for a few months! But maybe the loss of my huge black shades was a sign that I should move onto other styles of shades (I also have a pair of huge white shades).

Because, surprisingly, I ended up with the latest pair of Dior aviator shades. Its not exactly like this one, the glass on mine is two pieces, not one. But its close enought. I've never considered TRYING let alone BUYING a pair of aviator shades before. But the salesperson insisted and so I did. And lo and behold, I looked GOOD. The effect is different from a pair of huge shades, more. . . aviator period (whichever decade that was) and old hollywood-ish. Remember that movie Aviator with Leo in it?-THAT period of glam.

And it seems that our friends Marc and Karl agrees with John, judging from the latest shades from Marc Jacobs and Chanel above.

YSL and Fendi also make some great aviator shades. I love the purple of the YSL one, it makes it that much more feminine.

Other choices include Oliver Peoples and this $14 pair from Urban Outfitters on the right. Its about time we moved onto something new. The mystique huge shades are starting to get old.

Goyard

You know how a few years ago, Bottega Veneta, a brand that has been around for ages, just started to creep up everywhere? Well the latest age old brand to creep up on us is Goyard, a french brand that has a history all the way back to 1853.

This intricate logo and signature handpainted initials and stripes represents 150 years of serving exclusive clienteles such as the likes of kings, queens, maharajahs and movie stars.

Like Louis Vuitton, it all started with the mega expensive suitcases.

And like any good mercenaries, they proceeded to ladies hangbags. The cheapest of which, is the flimsy tote bag on the left, which costs a grand total of $845. I've seen them in real life and they so do not look or feel $845.

After developing the typical styles of handbags, naturally they moved onto colors. All their styles of handbags comes in the many colors above.

And the next step? Why, exclusivity of course. They cooperated with Barneys and viola- the Barneys exclusive white Goyard bags! But I must say, love this color. Its soo much more easy to match and young then the other colors.

Apart from Barneys, these bags can now be bought at Harvey Nichols, Takashimaya and various other upper class department stores around the globe. They are even in the process of opening a new flagship store in San Francisco, right below the Westin Hotel on Union Square. See what I mean by creeping in on us?