Beauty Goals at Alexander McQueen Spring 2010

While many remember Alexander McQueen's Spring 2010 show, Platos Atlantis, as the show where some models refused to walk in those huge Armadillo shoes, I remember it for the minimal beauty plastered on the faces on those who did chose to walk. Bare faces tied in with the subaquatic theme, with whited out eyebrows and lips creating an otherworldly and warped show. The elaborate hair, created by Guido Palau, felt very sci-fi, as did the prosthetic make up around the models' eyes and noses. McQueen also embraced the new, with a video of Raquel Zimmermann by Nick Knight heralding the beginning of the show, and the models every move being videoed for the world to see. Was he making a statement about where fashion was going? Was he suggesting that designers should embrace this new change in technology? I guess we'll never know.

Liu Wen, Sui He & Ming Xi by Daniel Jackson for Vogue China May 2012

Dancing in the Soul, Daniel Jackson photographs top Chinese Models Liu Wen, Sui He, and Ming Xi in an emotive and moving editorial alongside ballet dancer Justin Peck. Wearing clothes that look as light as air, Liu, Sui and Ming move with a sensual and balletic grace, with red lips and bare faces by Yadim and styling by Tiina Laakkonen.

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Editorial: Slave

I always love going through the Vogue Paris archive on thefashionspot because when I find gems like this editorial for it's September 2001 issue, it reminds me so much of why I love fashion much. Angela Lindvall  looks incredible in this editorial photographed by Bert Stern and styled by Anastasia Barbieri, with a hint of innocence in her baby doll eyes.

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Daphne Groeneveld and her two April Vogue covers

Daphne Groeneveld has always been one of my favourite new models, ever since her Vogue Paris cover with Tom Ford. For April, Daphne graces not only the cover of Vogue Russia, but also Vogue Korea. Snaps for Daphne y'all.

Film: The Kids Are All Right

I've always loved American Suburban Dramas. It first started with American Beauty, a movie that moves me now as it did when I first watched it nearly 10 years ago for the first time. It starred Annette Bening in one of her most coveted roles, as the mother whose control only thinly masked a veil of self-doubt and sadness. Annette reprises this role of controlling mother, to acclaim, in one of 2010's best pictures, and arguably one of the best pictures of the decade, The Kids Are All Right. She plays Nic, a wine-loving mother who lives in California with her wife, Jules and her two children, Joni and Laser. Their life seems like a perfect snapshot of American Suburbia, but all changes when the Laser and Joni bring their sperm donor into their lives. What differentiates this film from others and what makes me fall in love every time I watch is not only the beautifully crafted framing in every shot, or the wholesome love that emanates from the family, but is something much more real and tangible. Cholodenko creates a real sense of family, with an excellent script and amazing acting by all of the cast - notably Josh Hutcherson (Laser) who perfectly plays the role of a teenage boy struggling to find a masculine balance in his life. I feel myself becoming increasingly lost in their lives, and I'm just fine with that.

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