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ARE THESE DIOR IMAGES RACIST, ART, OR JUST FASHION?

by hurricanevanessa on September 6, 2010

But if you look closely, the Asian “extras” are one individual. duplicated over and over.
The photographer explained his intent to Lemondrop: “The mass-duplicated commoners don’t actually represent people at all: “I wanted to show the power of Chinese people standing together and a kind of socialism in Chinese history (only in Chinese history not China [...]

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KATY PERRY’S COSMO DRESS GETS AROUND

by hurricanevanessa on September 6, 2010

Luca Gadjus wears designer scents and the frocks that accompany them.
Shot by Jonas Bresnan.
For the improbably Yiddish-ly named Tush magazine.
And guess which frock gets a starring role?

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MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY IN THE PHOTOSHOP OF HORRORS

by hurricanevanessa on September 2, 2010

Does this dashing ad, for D& G look a little …odd, to you?
Firstly, you will have to (as I did) get over the shock of seeing MMcC with a shirt on, never mind rocking a dinner jacket.
Doesn’t he scrub up ….strangely?
There’s the small issue about the junction between his neck and head and his signature [...]

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Look at these four women. Would you say that one of them is “too big to wear designer clothes?”
In an interview in the latest issue of Vogue, Kim Cattrall reveals: ““I’m not a sample size like Sarah and Kristin. I couldn’t wear a lot of the clothes the young designers would send us. I’d wear [...]

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HEY, MODEL! WANT THE GOOD NEWS, OR THE BAD NEWS?

by hurricanevanessa on September 1, 2010

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This campaign, “Feel the romance of British Royalty” is currently running on billboards across China.
(The “romance of British Royalty?” As a tagline for an ad featuring poor dead Princess Di in knickers and bra? Oh, give me strength!)
To mark the anniversary of Diana’s death, on August the 31st, the company (Jealousy International) unveiled their newest [...]

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NAKED JULIANNE MOORE AD BANNED.

by hurricanevanessa on August 31, 2010

This ad (covered before on HV, here) has been banned in Venice.
Er. Um. Etc.
For what reason?
Could it be that:
1) The Mayor of Venice, Georgio Orsoni, believes that it is cruel to keep adorable little lion cubs in captivity and that the ad promotes the use of wild animals as high-end accessories?
2) The Mayor of Venice [...]

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KATE CUSACK MAKES MARIE ANTOINETTE WIGS. IN CLING FILM.

by hurricanevanessa on August 30, 2010

Close-ups, after the jump.

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WANT TO WAIST SOME MONEY?

by hurricanevanessa on August 30, 2010

From DDB Manila via Copyranter.

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Are you obsessed with zits, when you should be thinking breast cancer?

Do my breasts look big in this?

Hortense, from Jezebel, is “torn” about these ads, writing, “I’m always torn on things like this; on one hand, it does provide a clever and striking image, but on the other hand it turns a serious health issue [...]

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