Steven Meisel is at it again

I really REALLY love the new Vogue Italia cover for their September 2012 issue. It is just perfect and with the perfect amount of tongue-in-cheek title "Multi Faceted Women". Carolyn Murphy has my sanity on her shoulders because if her editorial is bad, then, well, I don't think I'll be here for that.

Youth in revolt once more

Spring 2013 is only two weeks away, which is a timely reminder of the Menswear Spring 2013 shows that happened in June. My favourite was from my homeslice, Raf Simons. Forever concerned with youth culture, he took a step back and married this with what he's learnt as a designer, starting out in his eponymous label in 1995. This "looking back" provided all the necessary nostalgia of a Simons collection - shorts, a staple of his were shown once again, but this time with slits on the side that showed more leg than ever before. Not for the faint of heart. His most powerful ideas came in his interplay with art, with artist Brian Calvin provided prints that Simons used to emblazon on smocks, t-shirts, and dip dyed sweaters. A succession of printed floral-backed coats, some drawn by Simons himself, rounded out an introverted and nostalgic look into why he is one of the most memorable designers of the 21st Century.

As pure as anything

i-D magazine will forever be one of my favourite magazines ever. Even with my recent spell into not buying magazines too frequently, i-D (provided I get the cover I want, lookin' at you Arizona) is always on my radar. This editorial, aptly titled Pure, reminds me of why I love their content. It's not overstated, it's not contrived, it is what it is.