Fendi F/W 2025.26 by Steven Meisel

[TomBlanksFullFatMiuMiu]

Exactly! Give me Mark Vanderloo and Garrett Neff for this, these boys are too young

 

[ivano]

Sang Woo it's not that new. He's being around more than a decade. I remember an Armani ad with Lara Mullen from fall 2015 and a Dolce & Gabbana group campaign for the same season. Glad he's a Meisel guy now!.

 

[Thefrenchy]

When something like this is described as amazing, you know it's time for tFSers to go on a summer break. Insanely dry, and the set design feels like one big VIC changing room.

 

[Creative]

When something like this is described as amazing, you know it's time for tFSers to go on a summer break. Insanely dry, and the set design feels like one big VIC changing room.

Lool sometimes I’m so surprised by how low have their standards these days.

This is like a cheap copy of the Valentino campaigns of the early 2000 but with zero glamour, presence… so, so, so flat and dry.

Screams cheap and wholesaler.

 

[niknak]

Lool sometimes I’m so surprised by how low have their standards these days.

This is like a cheap copy of the Valentino campaigns of the early 2000 but with zero glamour, presence… so, so, so flat and dry.

Screams cheap and wholesaler.

And funny enough, it was Steven Meisel who shot those Valentino ads.

 

[thiago:)]

Preview looked better than the actual shots... I find it very cheap looking too.

 

[fashionlov]

Personally, I wouldn't call it shoddy; in my opinion, the Balenciaga campaign is shoddy. This certainly isn't a bad campaign, but it's a bit flat, perhaps, and lacks a high level of glamour. However, this is still a rather high level compared to what we see around nowadays.

 

[Lola701]

It’s just a beautiful campaign. It won’t revolutionize anything.
There’s also this thing with Meisel. I find it ridiculous that some people expect « newness » from him at this stage of his career.
I’m personally happy when the campaign is good. My favorite Hermes campaign ever was the one shot by Avedon for Gaultier’s first season. It’s pure Avedon, nothing revolutionary but it was good.

I think Nick Knight’s campaign for Silvia’s last RTW show before Kim Jones was fabulous, even superior to this. But when you compare this campaign by Meisel to the campaigns under KJ, there’s a huge gap.

And also, another thing: This Fendi campaign will probably stand out among all the campaigns around, surely because it echoes a Valentino one.
When I look at all the campaigns released so far, this one is the most achieved.

 

[ivano]

I agree with Lola. It's silly to expect something like the best time for Meisel's career. People has the right to have their own opinion of everything, but to say "should go on vacation" you're talking about others opinions and not the photos, which are the main point here. We should learn to respect what people say without insulting, even this one is softer compared to worst things. Almost in the same line, people don't like anything because something or someone is popular, because being negative against something looks "cool". There's no argument, only aggressive comments. You could say "I don't like the pictures because these or that" without any form of disrespect to the rest that are only saying what they see and think.

 

[Avonlea]

I don't think anyone here is actually expecting anything new or revolutionary from Meisel (his work was never that to begin with). What some expect and can't find here is the quality and the attention to detail that were once synonymous with Steven. If you like this campaign, good for you, but I am not going to ignore how sloppy and lazy it actually is just because everything else is pure sh*t.

Corporations have been churning out the absolute lowest of the low imagery, and now that they have tried for once and done the bare minimum, I am supposed to eat it up?

 

[tigerrouge]

I look forward to magazines fumbling with how to present more grown-up clothing in their editorials, because they've spent the last four years dressing everyone down in sweatshirts and trainers, or encouraging us to believe that behaving like an eternal teenager is the pinnacle of existence.

 

[Fiercification]

I think it's a good campaign overall but doesn't quite build on the promise of the initial previews. As has already been mentioned, the composition is reminiscent of Louis Vuitton F/W 2013 but it lacks the distinctive storyline of that campaign which is where it falls down a bit.

This is not as phoned in as some of his latter day work but it does feel a little like Meisel was very much in the backseat for this one (if even hiding anywhere in the studio). The poses are there (Sora stands out in particular) but some of the close-ups, e.g. Vittoria's do feel a little...distant? She looks a little blank and it gives off the vibe he wasn't giving any direction. Maybe I'm looking too much into it! I don't feel like that with his output for Zara, but that very bland sheen was the same issue I had with last fall's Fendi campaign.

 

[Lola701]

Corporations have been churning out the absolute lowest of the low imagery, and now that they have tried for once and done the bare minimum, I am supposed to eat it up?

No you aren’t supposed to eat it up. But even with the level going lower, people can still find beauty in it.
We all agree about the fact that there’s a general decrease of standards. I think over consumption and production in every part of fashion is the cause of that.
I’m a bit uncomfortable with the idea that those who may like this or other things aren’t aware of that as it implies that it decrease of taste too…

Meisel at his peak delivered terrible Anna Sui campaigns too.

And at this stage of his career it’s almost inevitable to see him repeat himself.
He is probably still one of the few photographers who has a total creative control over his project.

It’s not that deep but it’s a recurrent discussion around Meisel particularly. He spoiled us but for me this work from him is not as terrible as the comments suggest. Can anybody ever top their own glorious past is another question maybe..

 

[ivano]

If think think he's work is s***, it's your opinion, but when you're talking about your forum partners here, it's another story. One recent past member never understood that and that person was kicked after being so rude with most of us.

 

[Avonlea]

No you aren’t supposed to eat it up. But even with the level going lower, people can still find beauty in it.
We all agree about the fact that there’s a general decrease of standards. I think over consumption and production in every part of fashion is the cause of that.
I’m a bit uncomfortable with the idea that those who may like this or other things aren’t aware of that as it implies that it decrease of taste too…

Meisel at his peak delivered terrible Anna Sui campaigns too.

And at this stage of his career it’s almost inevitable to see him repeat himself.
He is probably still one of the few photographers who has a total creative control over his project.

It’s not that deep but it’s a recurrent discussion around Meisel particularly. He spoiled us but for me this work from him is not as terrible as the comments suggest. Can anybody ever top their own glorious past is another question maybe..

But for me, the issue isn’t the repetition, it’s the quality. The Hermes campaign by Avedon wasn't groundbreaking, but it still upheld his usual standards in retouching, modeling, and composition.

This campaign is by no means terrible and I understand that some may find beauty in it, especially when everything else is so bland. I didn't mean to judge anyone who does.