(IN)DECOROUS TASTE harnesses in Vogue Italia!

Ooooooh I have news! Can you believe that the (IN)DECOROUS TASTE harnesses are adorning the heads of all of the models in the decadent "Wasted Luxury" shoot in Vogue Italia March 2011?  And they're on the cover, too! Lit up with glorious head-lights (...no, literally).  I'm excited!

Harnesses aside, it's a jaw droppingly gorgeous shoot.  Shot by Steven Meisel, styled by Panos Yiapanis.  Featuring models Julia Saner, Saskia de Brauw, and Milou van Groesen.

Featherbed

I'd like to sleep here tonight.

From "Animal Obsession," Casa Vogue n. 32. Photo by Tim Walker.

Lobster Light

Captivated by these interesting oddities/beauties from the April 2008 Casa VOGUE supplement. Why is it that VOGUE Italia always leaves me lamenting the fact that I can't read a damn word of Italian?

From "Wonder Light" Casa VOGUE April 2008

Magnificent Excess

Been thinking a lot about texture lately (clearly). These images from Craig McDean's editorial in the February Vogue Italia are especially appealing in that regard. A thousand textures, surfaces, and patterns do make the shots magnificently excessive. What's most impressive is that it's pulled off in a very spare black and white palette.

It's so easy to create excessive richness with color, and let a minimal palette lend itself to structural minimalism. This is infinitely much more interesting, no?

"Magnificent Excess" by Craig McDean, in Vogue Italia, February 2009
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