Burberry Fall/Winter 2012-13

Gabriella Wilde and Roo Panes for Burberry

English brand Burberry releases its latest Fall/Winter 2012-13 campaign starring models Gabriella Wilde and Roo Panes via a dozen different social networking sites, complete with video, and a song.

Burberry’s Autumn-Winter campaign celebrates once again the brand’s Britishness – the identity of the label has been tangled with London and the British tradition for more than a hundred years. It’s not just simple photos though. The campaign set in the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, with creative direction by Christopher Bailey and shot by Mario Testino, includes multimedia video content in black and white with short cinematic films to be unveiled on-line and off-line during the season.

"We wanted to play with everything that’s at the heart of the Burberry world” explained Bailey “Celebrating our brand and London through imagery, film, music, weather and our iconic outerwear all in a very poetic and British way".

Balenciaga Fall/Winter 2012-2013 Ad

Balenciaga’s Autumn/Winter 2012-13 campaign continues to maintain its feminine and pop appeal in an abstract and sophisticated approach. Staging a natural landscape with straws, wooden fences and sand, it sets a contrasts with the young women clad in uniforms inspired by formal office wear.

Indeed, the power of the images, conceptual yet approachable, with sharp silhouettes coupled with the striking chromatic choices of clothes and the set halfway between reality and fiction.

Photographed by Steven Meisel with models are Linn Arvidsson, Julier Bugge, Hirschy Hirschfelder, Juliet Ingleby and Anniek Kortleve.

Givenchy Fall/Winter 12-13

Givenchy's Fall/Winter 2012-2013 campaign depicts a clash between different dimensions, looks, and motion, shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott with the brand's creative director Riccardo Tisci. The campaign is intense and has a strong impact to anyone who sees it. 

The campaign,  styled by Carine Roitfeld, former director of Vogue Paris, stars Joan Smalls,Stella Tennant,Rodrigo Braga, Daniela Braga, Jarrod Scott,Simone Nobili and Stef van der Laan. Hair and make up by Lucia Pieroni and Luigi Murenu.

Winter's Unwithered Flowers

A touch of Spring also for Fall/Winter 2012-13 with romantic micro-patterns and abstract macro motifs

Saturated colors inspire the skirts by Burberry Prorsum to be paired with the patchwork-effect, 50s-style coat by Antonio Marras.

If you are dreaming of the sea in winter,Peter Pilotto chooses a tropical pattern in vibrant colors. The floral print top by Manoush is inspired by Brazilian flouncy dresses.

Don’t forget the more ethereal and natural version: the woman by Comme De Garcon is wrapped in her impalpable coat with flowers, worn with the necklace by Roberto Cavalli.

Peach-hued flowers are a favorite among designers: casual denim for the floral print pants by Goldesign, strapped shoes by Chie Mihara.

Diamond like flowers are also present, Corto Moliedo’s clutch bag and Bluegirl’s seablue belt adored with a shimmering bloom.

Insects

Fresh shapes inspired by the structure of insects: rigid armors and shiny textures dress women for Fall/Winter 2012-13.

JC de Castelbajac for their red and black leather coat seem to be inspired by the perfect geometrical structures of the ladybug that embrace the female body

Softer architectures follow the body's movements in the eggplant leather ensemble by Haider Ackermann inspired by insects’ wingspan.

The woman by Gareth Pugh daring to go with a leather dress that is reminiscent of a black beetle's shell. 

A more refined creation by Fendi, clad in her micro-textured fur little dress that recalls the nuances of the honey bee.

Hats for little armors, shielding the head: in black and beige leather by Super Duper, while Aurora Azma chooses to cover the head with lots of black and white toned scales.

Winter Diving

Thermo-insulating and semi-waterproof materials. Ergonomic shapes that wrap the body into geometric structures. The only feminine touch is provided by the long dresses inspired by mythological figures like the mermaids.

Femme Details, Masculine Shapes

For next winter womenswear is inspired by the guards' uniforms at Versailles. Femme details, masculine shapes. 

Rachel Zoe

Rachel Zoe designs a three-piece suit in Prince of Wales fabric with a velvet jacket to wear featuring a white poplin shirt by Aglini, while an outerwear by Salvatore Ferragamo: a double-breasted coat with distinct golden buttons.

Salvatore Ferragamo

Inspired by French uniforms a 3D-textured silk shirt by Salvatore: Ferragamo to match with, pants with tucks by Alysi and the tweed coat by Chloé. 

Suggested accessories: the flat leather riding boots by Fratelli Rossetti or the black crocodile model proposed by Givenchy with gaiters, to be paired with the long black  gloves by Roberto Cavalli.

Jeweled Gowns

The most sophisticated details for Fall/Winter 2012-13, Bibs or textures embroidered like true jewelry pieces. Now the key-accessory is a garment which shows off sequins, stones and diamonds, delicately married to haute couture textiles.

Jewel-like gowns for the red carpet: Alberta Ferretti chooses a long pleated dress that distantly recalls 19th century models with the collar and the neckline opulently overstated with stones and sequins, creating a trompe l’oeil, jewel-like effect. More austere, the orchid-colored dress by Au Jour Le Jour with embroidered bib and iris-colored crystal drops.

Christian Dior's
ethereal woman

Christian Dior puts forward an ethereal woman that stages impalpable fabrics falling delicately over the body, in distinction with the necklace with floral motif stitched on the dress. Shadows and lights for the dress by Roberto Cavalli which plays with dark hues and mirror image in matching tones over the whole dress, paired with a sequined short bolero jacket.

Gothic-inspired
Aquilano

Gothic-inspired, the lady of Aquilano.Rimondi houses a petrol-hued dress embroidered with golden accents and thin feathers, enriched with a bib featuring a Greek Cross that evoke that of the templars.

Fausto Puglisi
mini-dress

A belt with a golden shield and wings ornamenting the waist, while the neckline is enhanced by the verticality of the chainmail along the shoulders straps and a rock-and-roll soul for the mini-dress by Fausto Puglisi that features giant rhinestone and golden studs creating geometric patterns.

Lanvin
LBD

Lanvin choose instead to embellish a classic little black dress in silk satin with a cascade of colored stones, from amber to aquamarine green, featuring baroque-inspired details.

Cosmic Love

Untainted colors, geometric figures and voluminous structures: a woman becomes an elegant astronaut to revitalize the scenes of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the film by Stanley Kubrick.

The clothes evoke a 60s spacesuit: oversized volumes like in the jacket showcased by Peter Pilotto in London for A/W 2012/2013, with a more space-age spirit provided by the lame-effect fabric.

Mary Katrantzou chooses a dress with a geometric patterned mini-breast-plate, enhanced by an extremely rigid material.

Patterns are conceptual, like the wrap skirt by Leitmotiv or the jumpsuit with Korean collar, by Erdem.

An ample and capacious skirt for the metallic blue dress by Marc by Marc Jacobs and for the dress by Stella McCartney with patterns inspired by Starry Night, the painting by Van Gogh.

Starry Night

Effortless cuts adorned with jewel-like detailing, textures that redesign star maps. For  evening Autumn Winter 2012-13 women's wear dresses up, in a magical mood of starry nights.

John Galliano's multi-
layered silk chiffon dress

The color palette includes all nuances of blue: Chanel makes a shirt with a reflecting-effect, 3D appliqué along the seams, while John Galliano dresses an ethereal and feminine woman with a long, multi-layered silk chiffon dress. An ensemble inspired bymen’s pyjamas with micro-dot pattern by Paul and Joe worn with a blue velvet blazer.

Diane Von Furstenberg's
all total black outfit.

Diane Von Furstenberg was inspired by the night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, with her all black ensemble with white micro-dot pattern. A modern interpretation by  Antonio Berardi for his ensemble, jacket plus mini-skirt added with bronze sequins.

Python Heel by
Pollini for Manish

Focusing on glittering accessories: flat shoes by Bloch, black and gold peep-toe shoe-boots with python heel by Pollini for Manish.