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Fab Ad: Givenchy Spring '09
Givenchy's Spring '09 campaign isn't much different from its Fall one, but I say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Mariacarla Boscono, Lara Stone, Lakshmi Menon, and Natashy Poly return to claim their spots in the black and white ads, but we have a newcomer, too. One of my favorite late-'90s Brazilian models, Ana Claudia Michels, has made a comeback thanks to the house.
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How High Is Too High?
I can wear the highest of heels — bring it on.
Four inches, max.
Fab Ad: Givenchy Fall 2008
Ricardo Tisci describes his latest ads for Givenchy's Fall 2008 collection as "a family portrait," and a diverse family at that! The models he used — Lara Stone, Maria Carla Boscono, Lakshmi Menon, Natasha Poly, and Kristen Owen — are all very different. But all of them "represent elegance, femininity and masculinity with character," Tisci continued.
Fab Ad: Hermes Spring 2008
In a time when runways are hardly the picture of diversity, it's refreshing to see a well-known brand like Hermes herald a model of color — especially a gorgeous South Asian like Lakshmi Menon. The campaign is definitely a taste of something different: zillions of flower petals, brightly painted elephants holding luxurious handbags, and a very large foot trying to fit into a comparatively smaller shoe. I'm digging the label's efforts to try something new — are you?
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Biggest Headline of 2008: Model Diversity Takes Center Stage
The issue of model diversity, or lack thereof, thrived in 2008. Good! The first concern was raised in February when a survey concluded that out of 1,584 modeling slots at New York Fashion Week, only six percent went to black models, six percent went to Asians, and one percent went to Latinas.
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