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Craig Redman : Protagonist

Australian graphic artist Craig Redman’s pop art-inspired " Protagonist". An exhibition celebrating Italian fashion icons, both established and emerging in all fields. Featured figures include Valentino, Miuccoa Prada, Ana dello Russo, Stefano Gabbana, Rosita, Ottavio Missoni and Ricardo Tisci among others. Shown during Milan Fashion Week at Slam Jam (Milan).

N12 , the world’s first 3D-printed bikini

N12.bikini - Intro Video from Continuum Fashion on Vimeo.

N12 , the world’s first 3D-printed bikini created by designers Jenna Fizel and Mary Haung of Continuum Fashion , goes on sale.

The 3-D printed bikini has no stitching, no closure hooks and secures onto the body using circular components that easily snap together.

Of course, 3D printed bikinis are going to cost you a little more than the traditional ones. The N12 starts at $250 and goes up to $300 depending on your size.

Burberry: Animated GIFs for fashionistas

After the success of last season’s Tweetwalk, Burberry is sharing images of key looks with its followers on Twitter before the models hit the catwalk. Only this time some of those images will arrive in the form of animated GIFs.

Burberry has been looking into the technology behind cinemagraphs, looping animations on a still background like the one below by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burgh.

Great idea.

( Tip of the hat to Mashable.)

Victoria's Secret Swim 2012: Angels, islands and sexy suits

Bikini clad Victoria's Secret models frolicking on the beach at sunset. How's that for motivation to get to the gym and get into shape?

The strange thing about this TV commercial is that you can't see too much of the swimwear they're trying to sell. Maybe Victoria's Secret are branching out into sunscreen .

Behind the scenes of the girls shooting in Turks & Caicos.

Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima says, "Some of the bikinis are inspired by the Amazon" . "You really see the jungle through the bikini, also mixed with animal prints and vibrant colours," says Lima.

Others featured are Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge, Miranda Kerr, along with new faces Edita Vilkeviciut and Michaela Kocionova.

Louis Vuitton : Darcel Disappoints

The enigmatic cartoon character Darcel (of Darcel Disappoints) offers his champagne-blurred and typically wry impressions of his brush with fame and luxury at Louis Vuitton London Maison . The Maison is to retail what St Paul’s is to cathedrals, and rivals even Louis Vuitton’s Paris flagship for sheer extravagance.

Wonderbra : Bungee jumping : Hello girls

To launch the new Ultimate Plunge bra, Wonderbra projected a picture of their newest model, Adriana Cernanova, onto the side of Battersea Power Station in London.

Then they invited women to bungee jump down right into Adriana Cernanova's cleavage.

Victoria Joint, Heidi Speed and Kate Hassen won an online competition to be three of the first to take the plunge off the top of a crane placed infront of the image.

Research by Wonderbra found more than a quarter of women wanted to follow in the footsteps of Hollywood celebrities, but almost half said they lacked the confidence.

A giant leap for womankind this was not.

Lady Dior: Lady Grey London

In what some would consider to be cinematic excellence , director John Cameron Mitchell orchestrates an eight-minute short film for Christian Dior's Lady Dior during which French actress Marion Cotillard offers inspiration to a wheelchair bound Sir Ian McKellen and an artistically stifled painter, Russell Tovey. It's quite touching actually.

The film, called Lady Grey London, has Cotillard performing in front of a spellbound audience and driving men mad with desire. She invites one of her onlookers , a wheelchair-bound Sir Ian McKellen , to her dressing room where she works magic on his legs. And then but I don't want to spoil the end .

The film, called Lady Grey London, has Cotillard performing in front of a spellbound audience and driving men mad with desire. She invites one of her onlookers , a wheelchair-bound Sir Ian McKellen , to her dressing room where she works magic on his legs. And then but I don't want to spoil the end .

Lately I feel advertisers have made a concerted effort to blur the lines between advertising and film. The medium is the message. In this case the medium is film, or, to be more precise, the 'filmatorial'.
However, having said all that and after putting a lid on the cynic in me, I must say it is beautifully done from a cinematic perspective. It is also a tribute to great direction and writing as it relays a message in a matter of few minutes, without sacrificing the style factor or overshadow the brand by the celebrity . Isn’t that what fashion is all about?

(via Adrants )

Irving Penn: Photographing a cake can be art

The brilliant fashion photographer Irving Penn said, "Photographing a cake can be art." Much is made of the phrase 'a true genius' and is too often over used. In terms of the development of fashion photography, "true genius' rightly applies to Irving Penn. He changed the way we saw the world, and our perception of what is beautiful. He went on from black and white to color. Women to still life.

Irving Penn can single-handedly be credited with elevating fashion photography to an art form . His pictures often appeared in the pages of Vogue. And shooting up to his last days. Penn frequently stressed the ephemeral nature of life by bringing out interesting flaws and impurities in his subjects, such as wrinkles, hairs, or dirt, which would have gone unnoticed on cluttered, distraction , or ornate backgrounds. He said, "Sensitive people faced with the prospect of a camera portrait put on a face they think is one they would like to show the world. Very often what lies behind the facade is rare and more wonderful than the subject knows or dares to believe." Irving Penn, 1917-2009. RIP.