Abbey Lee is a Bombshell in Alasdair McLellan's "American Pop"

"American Pop" by Photographer Alasdair McLellan
Model : Abbey Lee Kershaw
Vogue UK, March 2012
Stylist : Francesca Burns
Hair : Luke Hersheson at David Hersheson
Make-up : Aaron de Mey

Karlie's a Knock-Out in British Vogue

Photography by Terry Richardson
Vogue UK
Styled by Charlotte Plicher
Model Karlie Kloss

Couture in Editorials - The Illusionist by Mario Testino

UK Vogue November 2011
"The Illusionist"
Model: Saskia de Brauw
Photographer: Mario Testino
Stylist: Lucinda Chambers
Hair: Christiaan
Makeup: Val Garland
Nails: Lorraine Griffin
Set Designer: Michael Howells

Gemma Ward, "Indian Summer" by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue UK, September 2007

Gemma Ward, "The Girl From Oz" by Corinne Day, Vogue UK July 2006

"Lightly Worn" by Josh Olins

"Lightly Worn" by Josh OlinsVogue UK, September 2011
Styled by Kate Phelan
Model : Anja Rubik

"Master Class" by Mario Testino

"Master Class" by Mario Testino
Vogue UK, September 2011
Styled by Lucinda Chambers
Models : Cutest Couple Freja Beha Erichsen & Arizona Muse

Jourdan Dunn in Editorials, Part One

"You've Got The Look" by Alasdair McLellan
Vogue UK, August 2011
Model : Jourdan Dunn

"Wedding Belles" by Mario Testino

Karlie Kloss & Joan Smalls in "Mean Streets" by Nick Knight (2011)

"Mean Streets" by Photographer Nick KnightVogue UK, March 2011
Stylist : Kate Phelan; Set Designer : Michael Howells
Hair : Sam McKnight; Makeup : Val Garland; Nails : Marian Newman
Models : Karlie Kloss & Joan Smalls

Raymond Meier - When Commercial Becomes Art

"Dipping Below" by Raymond MeierVogue US, April 2010

Raymond Meier was born in Switzerland in 1957, and built his career taking industrial and corporate photographs from his small studio in Zurich at the tender age of twenty. His first love was architecture, and he became a celebrated photographer in that industry. When he moved to New York City in 1986 he began to make his name in fashion and advertising. His brilliance lies in his composition; fashion intersects with architecture. He links the ethereal and elusive ideals of fashion to the cold, hard details of reality, concrete, structure, and in doing so, draws out the beauty in both. His sets are more than backdrops, but equally as essential to the image as the model. In fact, the models often remain obscure, with the eye being drawn to the product and the setting. In this way, Meier has succeeded in the realm many photographers cannot. He makes commercial photography an art. Those sections in magazines we often skim over in our rush to get to the editorials -the accessories or the beauty section - become the main event when he's behind the lens. It's the creativity of his shoots. It's just unlike anything anyone else is doing. I wish I could explain it to you, but it's easier if you see it for yourself.

"Where The Wild Things Are" by Patrick Demarchelier (2008)

"Where the Wild Things Are" by Patrick Demarchelier
Vogue UK, December 2008
Fashion Editor : Lucinda Chambers
Model : Anja Rubik

"Flower Girl" by Patrick Demarchelier (1992)

"Flower Girl" by Patrick Demarchelier
Vogue UK, February 1992
Model : Christy Turlington

Haute Couture in "Let's Dance" by Patrick Demarchelier

Can you identify the couture in each shot? If you can correctly identify the designers in each shot, you get to choose which collection I feature on this Thursday's Ripped From The Runway.

"Let's Dance" by Patrick Demarchelier
Vogue UK, June 2011
Model : Arizona Muse
Styling : Lucinda Chambers

Freja in "Couture Stripped" by Javier Vallhonrat (2006)

"Couture Stripped" by Javier Vallhonrat
Vogue UK, May 2006
Model : Freja Beha Erichsen
Stylist : Lucinda Chambers

Freja in "Cyber Tribe" by Josh Olins (2010)

"Cyber Tribe" by Josh Olins
Vogue UK, March 2010
Model : Freja Beha Erichsen
Stylist : Lucinda Chambers
Hair : Shon; Makeup : Hannah Murray

Freja in "Enter the Dinner Dress" by Javier Vallhonrat (2009)

Freja Beha Erichsen is currently the second highest ranked working model according to models.com
Let's take a look at how she got there.

"Enter the Dinner Dress" by Javier Vallhonrat
Vogue UK, September 2009
Model : Freja Beha Erichsen
Stylist : Lucinda Chambers; Set Designer : Michael Howells
Hair : Sam McKnight; Makeup : Val Garland

It's Vintage Day! And so I bring you Vintage LOLcat!

I really hope that no cats were traumatized in the making of this editorial, but I laughed so hard.  And showed my cat and said "Cohen, why can't you be funny like this cat?"  And my roommate offered to be the photographer when Cohen and I recreate these shots.  Awesome.

Cover of Vogue UK, March 1967
Editorial Inside : "Twiggy and the Cat"
Model : Twiggy
Photographer : Helmut Newton