Kate Moss at the Ritz Paris for Vogue April 2012

The Ritz Paris is one of the most iconic hotels in the world.

Kate Moss is one of the most iconic

models in history.

A perfect pairing then by Vogue

to celebrate the Ritz closing its doors for the first time

in its elaborate and celebrated history,

for a two year renovation.

In honor of the hotel's fabulous fashion history

Vogue had photographer Tim Walker

photograph Kate Moss

in spectacular couture

from Alexander McQueen,  Dior

and Giambattista Valli amongst others,

bringing life to the vision 

of the world's most iconic stylist,

Grace Coddington.

Hair by Julien d'Ys

Makeup by Stephane Marais

Love.

"When I was with Johnny Depp, he always stayed there. 

I had an apartment in Paris at the time, but he said, 

'No, we're staying at the Ritz,' so he came by and swept me up to the Ritz 

— he didn't want to slum it in my apartment!"

Alison Nix For Marie Claire Italia

What to wear when you want to

look entirely fabulous as you

run through the streets of Italy

in the sweltering summer heat?

Fashion stylist Sabrina di Gennaro

puts model Alison Nix into a variety of black lace ensembles

from designers including Lanvin, Emilio Pucci,

Dior and Alberta Ferretti,

in a luscious, steamy story

lensed by Rennio Maifredi

for Marie Claire Italia April 2012.

Latina Lover

 

Regina Feoktistova for How To Spend It

These days it seems as though 

everyone wants to pack up some killer wardrobe,

a hot model or two,

and head out here to the desert

to shoot some amazing fashion stories.

This one is for How To Spend It.

Photographer Andrew Yee captures

model Regina Feoktiskova soaking up the desert sun

in classic Americana looks,

from designers including 

Erdem, Proenza Schouler, Prada and Louis Vuitton,

styled by Damian Foxe.

Makeup and hair respectively by Michelle Mungcal and Ian James

are fabulously on point.

Living The Americana Dream

Olivia Palermo for Elle Ukraine

How crazy beautiful is this???

Model/socialite Olivia Palermo 

covers the April 2012 issue

of Elle Ukraine.

Shot by Andoni and Arantxa

(who's lighting might I say, is beyond exquisite)

Palermo wears some fab spring pieces from designers including

Azzedine Alaia, Lanvin and Mango

styled by Natalia Osadchaya

But what kills me is the amazing makeup and hair.

Makeup by Megumi Itano and hair by Makiko Nara

- it just doesn't get more beautiful than this.

Heather Marks For Madame Figaro March 2 2012

Heather Marks is spectacular

in this editorial shot by Nico

for Madame Figaro March 2 2012 issue.

Wearing some of spring 2012's most striking pieces

from designers including

Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Dolce and Gabbana,

styled by Sophie Michaud.

Gorgeous way to start your week, non?

Portuguese Wall Art From Because I'm Addicted Blog

A friend of mine is really into graffiti art.

If not for the cool wall-art images

that he posts, I may have missed this one.

From the Because I'm Addicted blog

check out this post on wall art

by Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto.

Magnificent.

deconstructed wall art by alexandre farto aka vhils
 

Forget spray-paint and posters. For Portuguese artists, Alexandre Farto, it's all about acid, bleach, hammers, chisels, drills and stencils.

Rad or what? Here's what he has to say about it:

"The development of this line of work has essentially two bases: one is graffiti in its most destructive side, which I have been connected to for many years; the second is the stencil technique that I discovered while I was looking for new paths that allowed me to express a new way of communication. From the first one I picked up the concept of destruction as creative strength - based on this idea I developed a way of work that uses the removal, decomposition or destruction. The concept is the idea that we are made by a series of influences that shape us throughout historical layers, etc, that come from the environment where we grew up. In a very symbolic way I believe that if we remove some of these layers, showing other ones, we can bring to surface some of the stuff we left behind, forgotten things that are still part of what we are today.

Technology is changing things so quickly that we don't have enough time to think about what is changing (new layers), what is affecting us. I try to underline this process in general, my work can be seen as a kind of archeology that tries to understand what is hidden behind things. These ideas found expression when I started to experiment with the stencil technique and understood that I could revert the process to have more impact: instead of creating while adding layers, I explored the idea of creating by removing layers. I experimented with this process using several methods - cutting clusters of posters, corroding silkscreen ink with acid, etc. - and naturally things started to gain a brutal and raw shape.

When I passed the idea to walls it was natural to work with this removal concept, this negative field. The process itself can be brutal and violent, but the result in my opinion, is expressive and poetic. The result was visibly interesting and allowed to start to incorporate the wall as one of the physical components to the intervention, unlike what happened to the painting, where the wall was a base. From there, the usage of explosives was another step that evolved after a lot of research and tests. These testing stages are something really nice to do, it's actually a pleasure, and it usually results as a main part of my work." -Alexandre Farto

More of his work after the jump!
Sources and photos: Yatzer, Alexandre Farto & abduzeedo


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