Swedish Elle October 2006 : Caitriona Balfe by Kjell Petersson
No cover up at elle.se yet, but I might be scanning it later. Not a great cover, but ok.
Ads:
Tommy Hilfiger with Jeisa
Armani Jeans with Cameron Russell
Lancôme Miracle forever with Shalom Harlow
Features:
- Article about Anna Ternheim
- A nice run through of the supermodels from 1913 (!) onwards. Very nice, actually.
- The return of the maid (about Japanese maids), very fitting considering the result of the elections yesterday

- Anne Hathaway by Gilles Bensimon
- The Trench turns 150.
- Rock'n'roll tea party: Must be a reprint, has a shot of Anita Pallenberg.
Editorials:
Jeans on the way - M: Michelle/Marilyn, Ph: Joachim Norvik, Stylist: Pertra Middlethon: Jeans editorial which gets the attitude right (sorta punkish, nice poses), but I think that the cropping and the lighting leaves something to be desired.
Svartvit Nostagi (B&W nostalgia) - M. Madeleine Blomqvist, Ph: Marcus Ohlsson, Stylist: Lisa Lindqwister. Madeleine sports short hair in a new wave sort of cut, like a slightly longer Billy Idol thing. Very nice poses, and a nice clash between classic photography (b&W, noir style photography) and less classic clothing (fishnet stockings etc).
Mönsterpassning (Pattern fitting
M: Tanya C/Elite, Ph: Jimmy Backius, Stylist: Robert Rydberg. This is a promising new model I haven't seen before. She might be a bit on the short side (at least that's how it looks) but she is a good poser. If I'd describe her I'd say she's a baby faced red head with a punkish attitude. She's actually terribly cute. This editorial is filled with leopard prints, stripes, gold, flower prints, just wild wild styling. Backius is my favourite Swedish photographer and this is no exception, although I find the styling a bit too wild actually. (see photo below, elle.se)
Formfynd (Form find
M: Elsa Hosk, Ph: Mattias Edwall, Stylist: jenny Fredriksson. Pretty blonde Patti Hansen look-alike Elsa is the star of this early 60s inspired editorial. Simple studio setting, rather attractive but some of these shots are not as good as they could have been.
Bittersöt (Bittersweet
M: Linn, Ph: Thomas Klementsson, Stylist: Karin Smeds. soft focus on this knit-centered ed. Average.
Shoppingyra! (Shoppingspree, maybe)..Just not very exciting.
Closing shot: Caitriona is featured in a pic promising a royalistic feature on the next issue of Swedish Elle.
OVERALL: Although none of the eds shine, this is one of the better issues this year.