More S/S09 Ad Campaigns Rolling in (P3)

Bottega Veneta

Emma MacClaren by Larry Sultan.

Looks like Bottega's really experimenting with their photographers. After Anne Leibovitz, Sam Taylor-Wood, Nick Knight and Todd Eberle, Larry Sultan's the photographer for this campaign.

Everything that an ad campaign should be. Simple and straight to the point.

DKNY

Vlada Roslyakova by Mikael Jansson.

Same model and photographer as last season's campaign. Young and bright, with the right amount of sophistication. What DKNY is about, and both Vlada and Mikael's able to catch the right aura.

D&G

Anna Gushina, Ariel Meredith, Cato van Ee, Constance Jablonski, Imogen Morris-Clarke, Tanya Dziahileva, Zuzanna Gregorova by Mario Testino.

One of my most disliked collection from Spring 09 honestly, but I'm somehow feeling better with this ad. Though looked kinda badly photoshopped, but it's able to commercially looks appealing. Well, that's Testino anyway... so...

Chanel

After speculation of who's the mysterious model, with just a shoe ad preview, Heidi Mount eventually is the one who fronts Chanel, shot by Karl Lagerfeld himself.

How surprising? Of course I'm being sarcastic... It's obviously no secret that Heidi's Karl's muse.

But the campaign's still kinda boring for me. It's like, "Show off the bag Heidi!", and that's all. Nothing about the clothes.

Dolce & Gabbana

Karlie Kloss, Caroline Trentini & MariaCarla Boscono by Steven Klein.

Off the blonde dolls girls go, Dolce & Gabbana chose more exotic and spicy girls to replace Lily and Stam for this campaign. But still, I still preferred past campaign's movements. This looks, just posed. Well, it's still too early to say. Maybe klein might do something interesting with that camera? And of course, can't wait for the shots of the last few gowns in the show.

Chloe

Anna Jagodzinska & Toni Grann by Mikael Jansson.

Another one of my most disliked collection, Hannah MacGibbon first collection for Chloe. "Wind in the hair" campaign, nothing special... Love the lightings though, which is in my opinion, one of Jansson's strength.

Fendi

Toni Grann by Karl Lagerfeld.

Thought I would have to say the painting's kinda redundant and down-right random, I think Karl's photography skills here's really brilliant. The angle, the lighting, the shadow, perfect!

Gucci

Natasha Poly, Abbey Lee, and Lily Donaldson, shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.

Natasha's probably the only best thing this campaign has. Sadly. The guy looked lost, lily with the (n)ever-changing expression, and that poor abbey. Always overshadowed by miss donaldson.

Lanvin

Iselin Steiro by Steven Meisel.

So far, much better than last season's ad. And seems like Meisel's changing from last year's blurry image direction to this, can I say story-telling? It's almost like a movie screenshot.

Versace

Kate Moss and Gisele Bundchen by Mario Testino.

Loved the collection, both kate and gisele looked as gorgeous as always. But at the same time, it looked kinda lazy? It's like, find a seaview backdrop, pose, here you go. Oh well... It's testino again.. So... :)

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