this week's obsession - serge lutens

ca. 1965

1972

with photographer guy bourdin for paris vogue, 1970

serge lutens in morocco

the moroccan home of serge lutens

jun rope by serge lutens, 1978

photographer, filmmaker, hair stylist, make-up artist, perfumer, art director & fashion designer. what didn't serge lutens do? (and do extremely well) his images were such a huge influence on me growing up - they were so exotic & beautiful & well, weird & i loved them.  they were everything i was not & everything i aspired to be & do.  what's amazing is how well they have held up & how current & relevant they still are. love.love.love.

isadora

eva herzigova photographed by jan welters & styled by yann weber for antidote magazine, spring/summer 2012.

icon - emilie flöge

photo by madame d'ora

with gustave klimt

in summer dress, 1907

at lake atter, autochrome by lumiere, ca. 1910

vienna, photo by moriz nahr, ca. 1905

photo by madame d'ora

with gustave klimt

at attersee, autochrome by freidrich walker, 1910

emilie flöge was the life-long companion & muse of gustave klimt & one of vienna's most exclusive couturier's between 1904 & 1938. she established her salon, schwestern flöge, in 1904 with her sisters helene (married to ernst klimt) & eldest, pauline. the loose fitting, beltless style of dresses they designed encouraged greater freedom for the body. & yes, i want them ALL! swoon.

the stockholm affair

steven chevrin directed by francesco sourigoues & david vivirido for hercules universal.

deep south

maxine

sunny south

opelousas

ariel

birdie & ann

blue ridge

marquitta

st. paul's

tallapoosa

thomaston

all photographs by jennifer trausch using the 20 X 24 polaroid camera.

wet and wild

simon nessman directed by bruce weber for giorgio armani's acqua di giò essenza.

saint laurent paris

wwd is reporting that a spokeperson for yves saint laurent has confirmed a name change to the house.
the branding makeover is a look back to 1966 when the company first introduced its ready-to-wear under the name saint laurent rive gauche.  the full yves saint laurent name will continue to be used for institutional purposes and the logo will remain the same but the new name will be saint laurent paris.
the spokesperson said that the changes are "restoring the house to its truth, purity and essence - and taking it into a new era" while "respecting the original principles and ideals," according the wwd.

delicacy

sara blomqvist & ophelie rupp photographed by patrick demarchelier & styled by ludivine poiblanc for interview magazine,june/july 2012.