Madonna Dolce & Gabbana Fall Winter 2010 Campaign

I trust you’ll remember we talked about this upcoming campaign a while back. I don’t expect you to recognize the celebs within, I had a really really hard time believing it was Madonna in those pictures. The ones that were just released by the D & G people as a teaser of their Fall Winter 2010 ad campaign.

The campaign is supposedly a family story or something similar. I just wish I could have recognized Madonna. That’s all. I mean take a look (after the jump) at the Dolce & Gabbana “officially released” Madonna and the one from the shooting set of this very campaign, a while back. Before the retouching team ripped everything Madonna off that shopped clone we’re staring at right now. Who are you, stranger? (via)

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We’ve been through so many Louis Vuitton things together, I couldn’t have kept this from you, no way! However, looking at this, I can’t even bring the Pulp Fiction liaison to mind, to make it all easier to digest. It’s just.. what it is.

A picture signed by Christopher Katke featuring a man wearing a gimp mask. Which wouldn’t shock anyone (or their dog) given the current direction fashion photography is taking. However, it’s a Louis Vuitton monogram Gimp Mask. How long till we see this in the pages of Vogue? (Christopher Katke via Mandi)

I’m sure there’s a solid reason for this. I actually think it’s a reminiscent of that yellow nails polish hot wave we all felt at one point or another. Sure, I don’t get the rat thing, but that seems to be so a la mode these days. (Melissa, anyone?)

I could even understand the yellow tips with no other complication. Now cheese tips? I don’t know, ladies… It looks odd, it feels odd and I surely don’t want to know how it tastes like! Anyone ready for the cheese nails? (via)

We finally had the chance to see (and by “we” I’m talking about us, the non-professionals of the holy airbrushing, the god of all beauty nowadays) a photo before and after the airbrushing. Chez Debenhams.

However, if you’ll take a good look at the images below and then you hit the jump and see the “changes” and the “non-retouched” image that can be seen in the store’s window, you’ll notice something’s wrong. It’s like that childhood (and more) game: spot the difference! Let’s count’em down and teach them how the Photoshop truth campaign should be played… (photos via 1, 2)

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What you see here is no ordinary shades design, no sireeee! They’re worthy of a spy’s gadgets case and I really mean it! The new Calvin Klein sunglasses collection innovates further than its shape, color or virtues.

The new Calvin Klein sunglasses collection actually brings something revolutionary: the USB key integrated in one of the sunglasses’ arms! It looks pretty to, you can’t see the difference but you’ll surely feel the utility. Would you go for the new gadget CK sunglasses? (via)

No further than last week, I was completely in awe about a certain Melissa collaboration. You might remember the strange ankle boots turning into sandals made in collaboration with the Italian architect Gaetano Pesce we talked about just before the weekend.

Well this one it’s again about Melissa. Only it’s not the same overwhelming aesthetic pleasure, it’s more like an eyebrow raising situation. A new sandals design is available from Melissa, made in collaboration with Lovefoxxx (a Brazilian singer from the band CSS Lovefoxxx who’s currently concentrating on her singing career but is a fashion designer by formation). Now where’s the trouble? The sandals, as magnificent as they may look, have a rat attached to them. Yep, a black tiny rat at your feet. All the time! Isn’t that something? (via)

If last year’s gorilla prints are still high in your praise and you feel that it’s still a must wear, you should read the following. Christopher Kane’s gorilla prints are sooooo last season!

This year, Christopher Kane is still going strong in prints, only this time, he’s gone all floral. Which really contrasts with the wilderness and the power of a once it-print screaming gorilla. Which you can wear anyway, if you care less about the trends and more about the statements. I guess we won’t be seeing Rihanna wearing orchid dresses any time soon, eh? (Christopher Kane dresses are available here for $860)

Melissa and I got acquainted a while back. And I must say (as you may have noticed), it was far from being a warm encounter. At first. As time went by, I began to warm up at Melissa’s charms and slowly, but surely gave into their plastic dreams.

With big names of fashion and architecture on their side, Melissa works on a dangerous combination of style and daring design, combination they’ve never took as far as this time. Working with Italian architect Gaetano Pesce, Melissa has released a very special plastic shoe. Made of interconnected plastic circles, the ankle boots can be highly customized. For it’s at the customer’s discretion that the interconnected circles can be cut off, releasing the sleeping seven different shapes in which the new Melissa shoes can be tamed into. Can you honestly close your eyes and refuse such a challenge? (via)

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