New Florals ~ How To Spend It Magazine

I am just completely beside myself over this one!

I always obsess over Damian Foxe's amazing editorials in the Financial Times' How To Spend It Magazine.

The pairing of Damian with photographer Andrew Yee 

is one of the most fascinating collaborations in 

contemporary editorials. 

They never ever fail to provide a visual banquet.

My July has been a mad work marathon of endless fashion editorials, ad campaigns and lifestyle shoots,

and today is my first chance all month to really take time to

catch up on the fabulous world of international editorials,

so am just now stumbling (deliriously) upon this work of art,

not only styled by Damian Foxe, but photographed by him too. 

I had no idea he was a lensman!

Foxe's brilliance lies in the fact that a story about summer floral fashion is essentially not exciting at all.

To a degree it's like an essay on kitten heels.

And yet. And yet.

In Foxe's hands it becomes mesmerizing.

Maddeningly so.

His casting of Anushka Stupakoff, Mariah Morrison and 

Lucy Gascoyne is brilliant. The addition of hair stylist 

Francome Painter and Makeup artist Marco Antonio

is the final perfect touch.

I beyond love this.

I can't stop looking at it.

And I never pay attention to florals...

New Florals

The Spiffy Fifties ~ How To Spend It Magazine

I love this!

The Spiffy Fifties, How To Spend It Magazine

Actually, I always love the combination 

of photographer Andrew Yee,

stylist Damian Foxe, 

and the Financial Times How To Spend It magazine.

They are always such an innovative and exciting combination,

creating the most edgy-fab-cool editorials.

In the new issue of How To Spend It they have created

a modern take on the 50's,giving the new season's fashions 

from the likes of Prada, Dior and Dolce and Gabbana

a gorgeous and spectacular retro spin 

with wigs and hairdos by Schlomi Mor,

and the most fabulous winged eyeliner 

by makeup artist Nives Riddles.

Model Samantha Gradoville gets right into character,

breathing life into the story

and looking absolutely beautiful in every frame.

The Spiffy Fifties

Believe The Stripe ~ How To Spend It

I absolutely love Damian Foxe's remarkable wardrobe styling.
In fact the main reason I check out How To Spend It magazine is to see what he has been up to.

Believe The Stripe, How To Spend It

Here with photographer Gustavo Zylbersztajn, he takes to the high seas in a story all about sailor stripes for summer.
It's magnificent.

Believe The Stripe

Believe The Stripe ~ How To Spend It

Believe The Stripe ~ How To Spend It

Believe The Stripe ~ How To Spend It

Believe The Stripe ~ How To Spend It

Believe The Stripe ~ How To Spend It

Believe The Stripe ~ How To Spend It

A La Mod ~ How To Spend It

Photographer Andrew Yee and stylist Karen Levitt

have created a truly defining moment

for the season in the new issue of How To Spend It.

 

A La Mod, How To Spend It

Many publications have toyed with 60's inspired shoots this season,

but after seeing this one I realize they were all

just part of the warm up round.

Yee's vibrancy is electrifying. 

He takes you on a Warholian pop-art ride,

where bold blocked color meets mod shapes,

and where his models fit so well with his backgrounds

they appear to be part of the art itself.

The models in question, Kamila Filipcikova and Karo Mrozkova,

slide straight into the posture of the 60's,

embodying the mod moment, validating the layout.

A La Mod, How To Spend It

Levitt brilliantly manages to take new season fashion 

from designers including Fendi, Dior, Courreges, Stella McCartney,Givenchy and Louis Vuitton

and meld it with the silhouette, colors and structure 

of the mod movement

in one of the most exciting stories I have seen in ages.      

I can't stop looking at these phenomenal images!

A La Mod

A La Mod, How To Spend It

A La Mod, How To Spend It

A La Mod, How To Spend It

A La Mod, How To Spend It

A La Mod, How To Spend It

A La Mod, How To Spend It

A La Mod, How To Spend It

Haute Culture ~ How To Spend It Magazine

In the new issue of How To Spend It magazine

fashion editor Damian Foxe does double duty,

both styling the shoot and photographing it. 

Haute Culture, How To Spend It

Costumed in both Haute Couture 

and Ready To Wear,

model Kamila Flipcikova enters Foxe's magic world

of moody clouds and fog,

enhanced of course, by his trademark spectacular styling.

Haute Culture

Haute Culture by Damian Foxe for How To Spend It

Ornate Expectations ~ How To Spend It Magazine

Is this not just magnificent???

Ornate Expectations, How To Spend It Magazine

Photographer Andrew Yee captures

one of fall's most interesting trends - baroque style -

in this sumptuous pictorial for How To Spend It Magazine.

Photographed in luxurious settings evocative of

Italian Renaissance artworks,

models Nina Porter, Laura O'Grady, Louisa Facchino-Stack, Mary Ballantyne, Sam Rollinson, Elenor Hayes, Edda Oscars and Kiera

get styled by the incredible Damian Foxe

in autumnal fashion from designers including

Balmain, Lanvin, Dolce and Gabbana and Valentino.

Divine makeup by James O'Reilly

Hair by Ernest Montenovo

Ornate Expectations 

How To Spend It, Ornate Expectations

Ornate Expectations by Andrew Yee

Ornate Expectations, How To Spend It