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Dolce & Gabbana Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Naomi Campbell's Career

Filed under: Apparel, Events, Charity, Celebrity Design

Italian fashion design duo Dolce & Gabbana are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Naomi Campbell's career with a limited edition t-shirt collection and launch event. The collection comprises 14 different designs displaying iconic images of the supermodel taken by the world's most famous fashion photographers, including Patrick Demarchelier, Steven Klein, David LaChapelle, Mario Testino, Ellen von Unwerth, Bruce Weber, Steven Meisel, Herb Ritts and Peter Lindbergh. The collection of 14 shirts will go on sale exclusively at Dolce & Gabbana boutiques in New York on September 10th, followed by London, Milan Paris, Moscow, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai throughout the fall.

Proceeds from the sale of the shirts will benefit Fashion for Relief, a charity founded by Campbell to raise funds in the fashion world in times and places of need. D&G will hold an exclusive launch party for the anniversary initiative in NYC on Sept. 10th. The designers describe Campbell as "An icon rather than a model," noting "Her peculiar way of walking down the runway marked an era of fashion history and has become a point of reference for many many girls. We have been lucky enough to have the chance to know the person behind the image and for this reason we are even happier to celebrate this anniversary with her."

Tags: David La Chapelle, Dolce and Gabbana, Dolce Gabbana, Ellen von Unsworth, Ellen von Unwerth, fashion, fashion designers, fashion photography, Mario Testino, Naomi Campbell, New York, Patrick Demarchelier, photography, Steven Meisel, supermodel, t-shirt

Definitely Not the Girls Next Door: Fraulein by Ellen von Unwerth

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Filed under: Books

Who better to capture the carnal beauty of some of the most stunning women around than Ellen von Unwerth . She has been one of the world's premier fashion photographers for many years and Taschen is publishing a collection of her photographs. A former model, before stepping behind the lens, she worked in front of it for 10 years and it shows in the sensuality she elicits from her own subjects. Her photos have been featured in the editorial pages of Vogue, Interview and Vanity Fair and she has been hired to create many advertising campaigns for some of the biggest names in fashion from Chanel to Guess and Victoria's Secret. Her work has also been shown in numerous exhibitions internationally including at MoMA in Queens.

This collector's edition features sexy photographs of Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Eva Mendes, Lindsay Lohan,and too many more to list. The images are in both black and white as well as color and present a very different impression of women as sensual beings than the stereotypical "men's" magazine. While the photographs often feature their subjects nude or in lingerie the women are never objectified but rather seem to be expressing some aspect of their own femininity. Many images are previously unpublished and have been part of the photographer's personal archive for the past 15 years.

The limited edition series of 1,500 numbered and signed copies is a 482 page hardcover book in a clam shell box and retails for $700. Taschen will also be releasing 100 Art Editions which include one of two silver gelatin photographic prints by Ellen von Unwerth and will retail for $1,800 each. Pictured above we see a sample of Ellen Von Unwerth's work featured in the book, a photograph of Claudia Schiffer, titled: TEDDY London 2006.

Gallery: Fraulein by Ellen von Unwerth

Cover Art for Fraulein by Ellen von Unwerth

Tags: Claudia Schiffer, ClaudiaSchiffer, Ellen Von Unwerth, EllenVonUnwerth, fashion photography, FashionPhotography, photography, photos, sexy, Taschen

Terry Richardson Shoots the 2010 Pirelli Calendar

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

For the past 40 years, Italian tire company Pirelli has issued a limited-edition calendar to a select list of VIPs - the kind who have fleets of Pirelli-shod Ferraris - featuring scores of nude supermodels. As we reported back in December, the 2009 Pirelli Calendar features an African theme and was shot in Botswana by famed photographer Peter Beard with models including the stunning Isabeli Fontana, Malgosia Bela, Daria Werbowy and Raquel Zimmermann (along with a fleet of agreeable elephants and not a lot of clothes).

The 2010 calendar was just shot by fashionably perverted lensman Terry Richardson in Brazil with a whole new crop of beauties, including stunning upper class British model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (above), who's said to be related to the Queen of England. Huntington-Whitely has sizzled before in campaigns for the likes of Agent Provocateur and Burberry. You can check out some video footage after the jump, but be forewarned - it's possibly NSFW and the running commentary is in Italian.

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Steven Meisel Limited Edition Puzzle

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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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An Intimate Look at the Legendary Coco Chanel

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Filed under: Books

In 1962, photographer Douglas Kirkland was sent to Paris on assignment for Look magazine to photograph the legendary couturier Coco Chanel. Kirkland, 27, ended up living with the elegant 79-year-old Chanel for three whole weeks, photographing her in public and private. The complete collection of never-before-seen photographs is being published this week in book form - Coco Chanel: Three Weeks / 1962 - by Glitterati to coincide with the 125th anniversary of Chanel's birth.

Included as well are Kirkland's reminiscences. He recalls for instance that as Chanel prepared for the show, omnipresent cigarette dangling from her lips, she snapped, "Fashion has become a joke. The designers have forgotten that there are women inside the dresses." In addition to the regular edition which costs $50, Glitterati will publish a deluxe limited edition of 100 in a slipcase with a signed and numbered Kirkland print for $500.

Tags: Chanel, Coco Chanel, CocoChanel, Douglas Kirkland, DouglasKirkland, Fashion photography, FashionPhotography, French fashion, FrenchFashion, Paris

Depp's Girlfriend Replaces Kirsten Dunst in Miu Miu Ads

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Filed under: Apparel

Johnny Depp's gorgeous longtime girlfriend, French model/singer/actress Vanessa Paradis, has been chosen to replace Kirsten Dunst as the face of Miuccia Prada's sporty Miu Miu diffusion line. Paradis will appear in the label's futuristic Fall/Winter ads (right) shot by sought-after fashion photog duo Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot in Los Angeles, Vogue UK reports.

"At once a deconstruction and a pure visual composition, the campaign addresses the exploration of beauty in conjunction with intellect, imagination, and divergence," a Miu Miu rep says. Paradis has previously appeared in several ads for Chanel. She and Depp have been together for 10 years and have two children. Last year my colleague Deirdre Woolard reported that Depp had bought her a vineyard near St. Tropez.

Gallery: La Belle Vanessa Paradis

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Gisele Bundchen Poses Topless (& Bottomless) in GQ

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Photo: Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin / GQ

Since our last post about nude photos of Brazilian bombshell Gisele Bundchen was such a hit, we thought we'd give you an exclusive preview of some new ones from the July issue of GQ hitting stands next week. The saucy snaps, by fashion photog duo Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, accompany a cover story on the world's richest and most beautiful supermodel. In the article Gisele discusses money - she reportedly earned $35 million last year; her football star boyfriend Tom Brady - he still hasn't proposed; and the no-nonsense attitude she takes vis-à-vis the fashion business - "When you are out there with the wolves, you gotta play with the wolves," she says. You can also watch a video of the shoot here.

Gallery: Gisele July GQ

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The Most Brilliant British Fashion Photographer
You've Never Heard Of

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Books

We look at lots of photo books in this line of work, but we've rarely been as impressed by one as much as teNeues' massive new Tim Walker monograph. The fact that the Brit fashion photographer's name is not as well known as that of some lesser talents must surely be corrected by the barrage of surreal, sublime images in Tim Walker: Pictures. A former assistant of Richard Avedon's, the 38-year-old obviously learned from the master, but he could hardly be called an Avedon imitator with his flair for elaborate, dreamlike tableaux. An exhibit of Walker's work opened in London last month, but for the $125 this vibrant volume costs you can be transported much further afield. No expense was spared for the extravagant British Vogue holiday shoot pictured above; the magazine even bought the vintage Rolls-Royce in case Walker had to destroy it in order to get the photo just right, as he never uses digital manipulation in his work. See the gallery for more.

[via Men.Style]

Gallery: Tim Walker's Wonderland