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Chanel

Lindsey Wixson and Aymeline Valade Star in Chanel's Spring 2013 Video

Karl Lagerfeld must have gardens on the brain.



Karl Lagerfeld must have gardens on the brain. After re-creating a full-scale pine forest for his Spring 2013 Couture show on Tuesday, he also released a video of models frolicking in the gardens of Paris's Rodin Museum.

In the three-act story, entitled Public Garden, Lindsey Wixson and a fellow blond beauty alight on a bench in the gardens to examine recent purchases from Chanel's Spring 2013 ready-to-wear collection. After they watch model Aymeline Valade stroll by, Brad Kroening and his 4-year-old son Hudson — who's also Lagerfeld's godson — come and sit on the adjacent bench.

Wixson and her friend encounter Valade and both of the Kroenig men in each of the subsequent acts, finally learning how the three are connected at the end of the film. A look at the story — and the all the clothing — in the video below.

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Lanvin's Spring 2012 Video Ad Features Snakes at a Party

Lanvin created a Garden-of-Eden-inspired dinner party to feature their Spring 2012 collection, set to the beat of 18-year-old music artist Maxine Ashley's latest single, "Cookieman."

Lanvin created a Garden-of-Eden-inspired dinner party to feature their Spring 2012 collection, set to the beat of 18-year-old music artist Maxine Ashley's latest single, "Cookieman." The video, shot by Steven Meisel, has a similar energy and quirkiness as their Fall 2011 video, which featured Raquel Zimmermann and Karen Elson dancing in a house. That video went viral and spawned a fun fashion week version. This time, it's rising star model Aymeline Valade who looks ultra glamorous while draped in Lanvin's gorgeous dresses, as well as snakes — both real and in jeweled form. What do you think of the new ad? Addicting to watch or not as good as the last one?

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Spring 2012's Top Catwalkers

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Spring 2012 Top Models — Most In-Demand

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Photos by Greg Kessler

Carine Roitfeld

A Video Preview of Carine Roitfeld's 72-Page Elizabeth Taylor-Themed V Spread

>> Carine Roitfeld is making her first return to styling magazine editorials since leaving Vogue Paris for V's September issue.

>> Carine Roitfeld is making her first return to styling magazine editorials since leaving Vogue Paris for V's September issue. For those who can't wait until Sept. 8 — when the magazine hits newsstands — to see her 72-page, Elizabeth Taylor-themed collaboration with Mario Testino — featuring Aymeline Valade — a peek at the shoot in the video.

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Alexander Wang's Icy Spring '11 Ad — Love It or Hate It?

If you pick up Interview mag in March, or happen to be standing on the corner of Lafayette and Great Jones St. in Manhattan, then you'll see this exclusive ad that, according to WWD, Alexander Wang prefers to call an "image piece."

If you pick up Interview mag in March, or happen to be standing on the corner of Lafayette and Great Jones St. in Manhattan, then you'll see this exclusive ad that, according to WWD, Alexander Wang prefers to call an "image piece." Shot by Craig McDean, the ad features model Aymeline Valade looking pretty fierce against an icy blue background. What do you think of Wang's first print ad?

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A Trio of First Ever Print Ads, Including Alexander Wang's; Plus, The Full Spring 2011 Versace Set

>> A trio of first campaigns have popped up for Spring 2011: Shu Pei Qin's premiere ad as a Maybelline model; Peter Copping's first ever Nina Ricci ad image, featuring Malgosia Bela shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin at New York's Greenwich Hotel ("She looks contemporary, modern, sensual — all those things I see for the Ricci woman,” Copping explained); and Alexander Wang's first ever print ad, featuring Aymeline Valade shot by Craig McDean.

>> A trio of first campaigns have popped up for Spring 2011: Shu Pei Qin's premiere ad as a Maybelline model; Peter Copping's first ever Nina Ricci ad image, featuring Malgosia Bela shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin at New York's Greenwich Hotel ("She looks contemporary, modern, sensual — all those things I see for the Ricci woman,” Copping explained); and Alexander Wang's first ever print ad, featuring Aymeline Valade shot by Craig McDean. Although Wang doesn't like his four images, styled by his show stylist Karl Templer and creative directed by Fabien Baron, to be called a campaign. “We restrained from using those words, because you set yourself up for doing things in a systematic way — like rolling out ads in the magazines certain times of the year,” said the designer, who instead uses the term “image piece.” All those — and for good measure, the full Spring 2011 Versace campaign, featuring Abbey Lee Kershaw by Mario Testino — in the gallery.