Prada takes detour for SS16 campaign

You can always rely on Prada to do something different every season and its ad campaigns are a good example of this. The company has moved away from the powerful silhouettes and clear, clean colours of its very product-focused AW15 campaign. This time the look is more laidback with the product feeling as though it’s…

SS16 ad campaign: Dolce & Gabbana continues Sicilian celebration

I’m always intrigued when each new Dolce & Gabbana ad campaign is released to see how the oh-so-Italian label will gently revamp its particular brand of luxe, sexy, southern Italian style. Just as the label’s collections are a continual reinvention of the same basic theme, so the ads recreate the dolce vita Sicilian sunshine lifestyle season-after-season.…

SS16 fashion ad campaigns: Marant polishes up

Bye-bye Natasha Poly, hello Raquel Zimmerman. Yes the Brazilian model has taken over from Poly as the face of Isabel Marant’s ad campaign for SS16. The differences don’t end there either. Although the brand is continuing its tendency to focus on silhouette and not necessarily care about promoting commercial looks, the feel here is quite…

SS16 fashion ad campaigns: Saint Laurent goes grunge

Hedi Slimane isn’t trying to win over any traditionalists with his SS16 ad campaign for Saint Laurent. The clothes may be ultra-expensive but the look and feel is grunge-meets-morning-after-the-night-before. The black and white images featuring models Signe Lund and Steffi Soede are seen with still life shots that say I’m-not-quite-sure-what (there’s bound to be some…

Anja Rubik & Kérastase’s miracle hair styler

Luxe salon haircare brand Kérastase has a fan base to envy and it could get even bigger if the new product it announced last week lives up to its claims.   Called L’Incroyable Blowdry, it’s a “reshapeable heat lotion that makes blowdrys last longer by providing optimal shapeability and infinite options to style and restyle,”…