I like this quite a bit. It was frustrating reading through the other posts a moment ago because a lot of what I wanted to say about the Roeg-ish contrast has already been said. I think it may go beyond the simple "android lands in suburbia" thing. If someone were to wear full outfits (or even single pieces) from this collection anywhere outside of the world's poshest locales, they'll be as at odds with their surroundings as this model is. For those of us who try to wear unique stuff outside of NYC/Paris/London/Tokyo etc. (and even those who do live in these fashion capitals) this is an accurate (if stylized) representation of how it can feel to be yourself in an environment that may not be hostile, but is certainly not completely accepting.
It's interesting to compare this with the recent D&G women's ad. Not that the collections are close to being comparable, but both dealt with a lot of non-natural looking materials. This ad is much more effective because, as someone (it won't let me read back far enough on this reply page to see who) mentioned, putting these clothes in a cold, futuristic, sci-fi environment is obvious and easy. So is cramming 2 pages with a bunch of models.
It's amusing that using two pages to compose the shot can be seen as wasting space or advertising dollars. It's just nice to know that there won't be space for another ad to clutter/detract from this one. Well, at least until you flip the page...
I don't like the models expression and it's too plain and boring. I think susie's got a very good point tho, but I still think they could've done this better...
That made me laugh.
