French #7 FW05
[SIZE=-2]Posted on November 5, 2005 at 10:58:33 AM by
Sara[/SIZE]
Cover: Various by Thierry le Goues
Vlada, Alyssa, Crystal, Anja, Hye, Iselin, Jaunel, Inguna, Katja, Martha, Melanie, Mona, Natasha Poly, Polina, Solange, Valentina, Mikael and Anja (drawing). All by Thierry le Goues with a neon grafitti. I got the Vlada issue - which has an even more stunning back cover than front cover.
Editorials: B/W Crystal (naked) by Thierry le Goues. Well, she is an example of a beautiful 12-14 sz woman.
Lush: BW The cover shoot with some cover pix and some additionals.
Unremarkable: Inguna x2, Katja, Melanie, Jessian, Caroline W, Rosie
Pretty nice: Crystal, Iselin, Natasha Poly
Solange: Simply amazing solange with a black hat (Gucci+McCartney). She looks fantastic - stylish, beautiful, perfect.
"Little Drummer Girls" by Marc Hom with Lydia Heast and Sarah. Humourously militant drummer girls. Really pointless and not very nice to look at.
"Comedia" by Paul Rowland. Caroline Winberg and some cute guys lounging around. There is one stunning bw topless shot with a veiled Caroline, which droolers we all know will adore. I will say that that one is a very good shot, but in general this ed is only average.
"Coney Island Babes" by Thierry le Goues with Valentina and Katja. Valentina really proves herself as a not just drop dead model by this edgy NY-fetisch rave kid editorial. Don't like Katja too much, but Valentina looks the best she's ever done - TLG and the make-up artist (Dalila Daika) brings something new out in her.
"Geometrie Jolie" by Enrique Badulesque with Izabel@One. She's certianly perfect by the ed doesn't do much for me. Too artsy. BW/silverish with bif neon rectangles strategeically placed on the models body.
"Beauté Vernie" by Eric Traoré with Polina. You can't go wrong with a beauty ed with Polina.
"Dark Angel" by Paul Rowland with Iselin. She's certainly a fantastic poser and has a most fantastic body but her face is not exceptional. Pretty cool, though...still...
"Escort Girl" Eric Troaré with Linda V. Overexposed, blurred out shots of Linda sitting in a car. Just boring.
"Hiver Cha(r)nel" Thomas Nutzl with Victor@City - Experimental collage with this androgynous model that I've never heard of. Not my cuppa.
"Skinky" by Philippe Chanet with Carol and Marie-Louise from Ford. The models are wearing nothing but accessories and some neon drawings have been added to the shots. Ok, but nothing fantastic.
"Appartment model" Bruno Barbazan shoots Michaela@Elite. This girl really reminds me of JP. She's walking around in this sparsely furnished apartment dressed in Hitchcock gear. Not my thing, really.
"El boxeo Soy yo!" Mikael by Thierry Le Goues. Some cute boys...
"Plush" by Thierry le Goues. From the cover shots of course. Opening, very appropriately, with a close up of Anja (gorgeous), Caroline Trentini, Jaunel, Vlada (intense), Mona (BW doesn't work for her), Alyssa, Anja (even more gorgeous), Martha (with bandana, she's so cute), Hye, Polina (with hat, amazing) and Elyse Taylor.
OVERALL: The cover with Vlada that I bought is one of the best covers I've ever seen. Haunting, intense, beautiful - she is like a 20s movie star thrust into 2005. She's just amazing, and TLG brings this out to the fullest. And there are some more stunning pix by TLG in the mag. Further, the Valentina ed is very nice. But otherwise, this is a bit of a let down.