Louis Vuitton S/S 09 : Madonna by Steven Meisel

[ysljunkie]

eh....

[j'adorekapusta]

t really seems they tried to give this idea of an after-party in a café @ 5am with some dancer ... but everything is soooo controlled !

so true... there's nothing spontaneous about these images, the lighting goes the way it has to go, the hair is perfect, the leg is stuck in the air (and it feels like it's been there for ages), and then... the bag. it looks so perfect in its imperfect position on that blanket. that creates kind of ridiculous atmosphere of clinically recreated scene of mess. this is way too serious when it had to be ironic.

[helmut.newton]

I don't think ANYTHING in fashion photography is spontaneous, par the work of Jurgen Teller and Terry Richardson.

Vuitton is risking millions of dollars worth of sales and profit based on their ad campaigns and how they make people want to buy their products.

Everything has to be near perfect if they want people to buy into the luxury of their brand, no?

[j'adorekapusta]

predicted and static don't mean perfect and spontaneity isn't an antonym to perfection either. what you're talking about is this uber-commercialized way of thinking about consumers as a dumb crowd as if you put the bag 2 cm to the right, some lady from Miami won't buy it. come on! we're talking fashion here! not space technologies.

[le go garçon 84]

I like them a lot but I also like Madonna a lot, so maybe I'm not a good judge here. I just want to see the other photos, I hope they are even better, and I agree with the yoga poses she has already done them with Steven Klein a lot so I hope to see diferent things

[robster16]

A new picture, found on madonnafanzine.com. Not sure where they got it from though...

[Miss Dalloway]

^^Oh it looks like the other bit is missing, but i love that shot, thanks for posting.

[vogue28]

thats my favorite so far
thanks for posting

[surrealseven]

^ Me too, the first two doesnt really interest me.
If the remaining shots are something like this, might change my
perception of the whole campaign

[XavierRaphael]

I love the new Flapper look!

[XavierRaphael]

Would have rather see Marion Cotillard.

[Street_a_Licious]

^yeah, but she's with Dior now, another LVMH brand.

the last one posted is the most interesting of the bunch. the other 2 don't make me wanna BE there, live that moment. that's missing for me.

and isn't advertising making you wanna BE at that precise moment the pic was taken, to be the one photographed and then going out, buying a piece of that collection to mentally live yourself into that scene?

[Humperz]

Tres Chic i love the whole concept and Madonna is a great model!

[Blanche DuBois]

Love her!!!
Love the pics..
Im going to see her show tomorrow! here in BSAS!!!
and I love to see her doing high fashion

[jadabelle]

love love love !!! so cool . so sexy so relaxed . madonna looks beautiful and soft.
love the colors , anything bright would haved looked vulgar and cheap. and that
dress looks great on her , those pap pictures made it look bad. bravo meisel