the archive of an era: balenciaga by nicolas ghesquière

sam rollinson, linn arvidsson, gaia repossi, liya kebede, kremi otashliyska, julier bugge, sonia sieff, farida khelfa, camille miceli, delfine bafort, cécile winckler, marie-amélie sauvé, natacha ramsay-levi & grace coddington photographed by patrick demarchelier & styled by marie-amélie sauvé for system magazine #1.

cr fashion party

carine roitfeld

kate moss

carine roitfeld with jamie hince & kate moss

karl lagerfeld & farida khelfa

she still looks so amazing.

uncle karl

caroline de maigret

impossibly cool

fiona scarry

i'm in love with this dress

jessica chastain

izabel goulart

damn.

adrien brody

alexandra richards

gaia repossi

giovanna battaglia

arizona muse

karlie kloss

mariacarla boscono & hamish bowles

magdalena frackowiak

isabeli fontana

delfina delettrez fendi

to celebrate the second issue of cr fashion book, carine roitfeld threw a party at the shangri-la hotel in paris. opera singer marie-agnès gillot performed for the crowd.

i always find fashion parties so much more entertaining to look at as opposed to award shows.  très chic!

jean-paul goude

grace jones revised & updated, new york, 1978

wild things, naomi campbell, harper's bazaar, 2009 

42nd street, sex shop, 1978

miguel & friends, 1975

estella warren, french elle, 1996

georgette louison kala-lobe, paris, 1984

farida khelfa, paris, 1985

la blanche, grace jones, paris, 1983

carolina beaumont, new york, 1976

bjork, mixte magazine, 2007

béatrice dalle for azzedine alaïa, 1998

grace in a cage, roseland ballroom, new york, 1978

the hughes brothers, new york, 1975

azzedine et farida, 1984

wild things, naomi campbell, harper's bazaar, 2009

four ethnic groups: blacks, watts, 1975

four ethnic groups: gays, new york, 1975

hispanic chic: andy & paloma

imagine that most of this was done pre photoshop. back in the day when one had to be creative and inventive.  i miss those days.