Lights of Spring

Posted on Apr 30, 2009 in Fashion

Darlings, our ongoing quest to give you shiny things to look at has taken a turn for the literal today. The great Mario Testino photographed an editorial for V Magazine showcasing the spring ’09 metallics trend. The pics themselves are gorgeous, the clothes range from fabulous to ugly, and the styling is kinda bleh. The bored model with the JBF hair and a cigarette just seems so…nineties, y’know?

Balenciaga, Burberry Prorsum

Love both the jackets and sure, you can’t see them as well as you could on the runway, but they do look pretty fab in the pictures.

Love that skirt; LOVELOVELOVE those shoes. Those pants are HIDEOUS and pulling them up to tit-level isn’t exactly an improvement.

Ralph Lauren

It’s a fabulous dress and while we think the styling for the runway show may have been a bit on the cliched side, at least it wasn’t as disturbing as pairing it with a neck bandage.

Versace, Prada

Yes on the Versace; no on the Prada, although the latter does look better in the editorial than it did on the runway.

Both pieces look better in the editorial, but no matter how well it’s styled, we hate that Balmain dress, which was worn by Jennifer Connelly to her last film premier a couple months back.

Model: Natalia Vodianova
Photography: Mario Testino
Styling: Beat Bolliger

[Photos: Mario Testino/V Magazine/Style.com/NYMag.com]


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