Fashion Editorial: Inspiration

Star Girls by Mario Testino 

Vogue UK December 2010

Claudia Schiffer is channeling Veronica Lake, the epitome of classic beauty, in this fashion editorial shot by Mario Testino for Vogue UK's December issue.  I love her lightly waved hair, sultry stare, red nails and those amazing matte red lips!

See more of Testino's amazing photography and the rest of the Star Girls here.

Fashion Editorial: Inspiration

 Eliza Sys by Nikolay Biryukov for Elle Ukraine October 2010 

This editorial is sizzlin'!

I couldn't pass up that hat, her stare, the cranberry colored coat, red nails, the clutch purse....sizzlin'. 

Plus, red is such a great color - anyone can wear it.

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A Beauty Perspective: Smoking & Editorials

There sure is a lot of cigarette smoking in fashion magazines.

If you visit any fashion photography site or blog, you will see at least one beautiful photo, with a beautiful model, with a cigarette hanging out of their mouth ....backstage in-between shows, in editorials, on set.  

I find this to be the most boggling aspect of it all: the "cool" factor. 

When did smoking cigarettes begin to have a positive connotation and look appealing? 

Has the industry and Hollywood idolized models smoking as sexy and the cool thing to do?