Jemma Baines for Harper's Bazaar Australia

Photography: Luke Irons

Prada & Lanvin & Balenciaga & Miu Miu & Jil Sander, oh my! This has got to be one of my favorite editorials in a while! It is so simple, yet sophisticated and vastly rich, yet burnish. Luke Irons + Jemma Baines together = pure bliss. 

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Total Miss: Balenciaga Pre-Fall 2012

via wwd.com

Balenciaga's Pre-Fall 2012 collection has MISS written in capitalized words all over it! Hasn't Nicolas Ghesquière learned that the 80's has already been infused numerous times and should be given a rest? Even if this collection was 80's-inspired, could it be anymore literal? What happened to the cool, not-trying-too-hard, innovative look that Balenciaga is prominent and distinguished for? If this is any indication of how their F/W collection is going to look, then I'm a bit frightened (in other words: flabbergasted!) and immensely disappointed. 

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