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Lara Stone Replaces Madonna as the Face of Louis Vuitton

Filed under: Apparel

Louis Vuitton is bidding adieu to aging pop chameleon Madonna and replacing her with model-of-the-moment Lara Stone, nearly 30 years her junior, in its upcoming ad campaigns. The Dutch stunner, who appears on the cover of the new British Vogue and has starred in numerous other high-profile ad campaigns, will bring a breath of fresh air to the famed French brand. Stone poses on a bed of moss and ferns surrounded by doves in the new ads, photographed by Steven Meisel, which will debut in Februrary fashion mags. "Because the collection loosely took its cues from the idea of the New Age traveler, we decided to create a green, outdoorsy set that would evoke a spirit of peace and love," Vuitton designer Marc Jacobs tells Vogue UK. "To model the clothes, we wanted a modern, iconic, sexy beauty... It had to be Lara Stone."

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Steven Meisel Limited Edition Puzzle

by Tracy Chait (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Art

Famed fashion photographer Steven Meisel has shot for all the biggies: American Vogue, Italian Vogue, W, as well as fashion campaigns for Prada, Calvin Klein, Versace. He's now collaborated with Art + Commerce to release a limited edition jigsaw puzzle featuring Meghan Collison as pin-up from his shoot for Italian Vogue.

Each 1000-piece puzzle is signed and numbered by Meisel and comes in a custom cloth box. Only 1000 were produced, and they're available through Art + Commerce or at Barneys NY, Colette or 10 Corso Como, Milan. Each puzzle is $750.

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Fashion Brands Still Sold on Supermodels for Fall

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel

Back in April we commented on the fact that several major fashion houses had chosen to bring back '90s supermodels such as Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell for their spring ad campaigns. We speculated at the time that the revival was no mere flash in the pan and would continue for subsequent seasons; the new crop of fall ad campaigns has now proved our prognostications correct. Top of the heap is Linda Evangelista's new series of ads for Prada shot by Steven Meisel (above), which rates as a major comeback for the ageless beauty.

In addition, both Chanel and Salvatore Ferragamo have kept Schiffer for their new fall campaigns, while Turlington returns for Escada as well. Elsewhere, Naomi Campbell appears for Yves Saint Laurent and Amber Valletta does the honors for DSquared, Iceberg and David Yurman; while as we mentioned previously Eva Herzigova and Kate Moss heat up the new Louis Vuitton and Just Cavalli campaigns respectively. See the gallery for more.

Gallery: More Supermodels for Spring