Lanvin F/W 12.13 by Steven Meisel

[JustABoy]

fashion has never been about embracing all different kinds of beauty, but it's nice a campaign can make people think so.

It's quotes like these and the one on the previous page about what Lanvin is "not" (bold original) that make TFS so tedious sometimes.

Neither fashion nor Lanvin are things you can so tidily sum up, and it's silly to talk about how isn't Lanvin this or how fashion isn't that in reaction to the very evidence that contradicts your point of view.

 

[Mchunu]

It's quotes like these and the one on the previous page about what Lanvin is "not" (bold original) that make TFS so tedious sometimes.

Neither fashion nor Lanvin are things you can so tidily sum up, and it's silly to talk about how isn't Lanvin this or how fashion isn't that in reaction to the very evidence that contradicts your point of view.

Why is it tedious? Because someone doesn't share your opinion?

I don't have a problem with someone interpreting this campaign as a "celebration" of beauty; if that is how you choose to see it, then fine. But there is nothing "silly" about countering this perspective of it being a "celebration" of beauty when this same industry we are talking about has manifested itself through defying itself of such a celebration.

 

[Frankie Youje]

I actually love the whole vide of this campaign.

 

[Deleted member 119799]

fashion has never been about embracing all different kinds of beauty, but it's nice a campaign can make people think so.

I must say, of the menswear I do like the one with the guy who has a high top fade. He's gorgeous

i never said that's what fashion is about (wish it was) but this ad clearly is though.

would be great if this isn't just a one season gimmick of alber, but it probably is.

 

[fashionista-ta]

fashion has never been about embracing all different kinds of beauty, but it's nice a campaign can make people think so.

I must say, of the menswear I do like the one with the guy who has a high top fade. He's gorgeous

I think it sometimes has been, including the heyday of black models in the 70s, and there are certainly echoes of that in this campaign--the casting is stunning.

I suspect it will never be possible to confuse a Lanvin with a Dove campaign in terms of 'real,' but I still completely love the range of this campaign. It also amply illustrates that models' personality and uniqueness adds something to strong clothes and accessories rather than taking away. Clothes hangers are boring. Maybe designers who want clothes hangers are insecure, afraid they just don't have that much to offer

 

[JustABoy]

Why is it tedious? Because someone doesn't share your opinion?

I don't have a problem with someone interpreting this campaign as a "celebration" of beauty; if that is how you choose to see it, then fine. But there is nothing "silly" about countering this perspective of it being a "celebration" of beauty when this same industry we are talking about has manifested itself through defying itself of such a celebration.

No, my boredom has nothing to do your opinion about these images -- if you have a different interpretation of these images, I would be interested in hearing it, honest, be it that this is genius casting or that the casting is an empty gesture, whatever.

What I find tedious is that you don't seem to HAVE an opinion about these images--you just have stated your opinion about the fashion industry, which you needn't have looked at these images to form, and which you state without reference to the images even though this is obviously not typical casting.

I think there is absolutely room for an interesting discussion about casting and norms; but i don't think that generalizations about "the fashion industry" (whatever that means!) advance it in any way.

There is a way of discussing subjective matters -- what a casting means or doesn't mean, what a brand isn't -- that doesn't rely on you just stating your opinion but requires you to discuss the objective aspects of a situation (i.e, the use of non-professional models--and that's the way that's actually interesting. At least to me.

 

[Mchunu]

^What? Are you kidding me? You can't have a DISCUSSION without the other party listening (your reading has been selective, thus far, clearly). I answered every thing you addressed in my previous posts-perhaps not to the extent that you would like, but I did.

If you want to have a debate, there is room for it...and i'm open to it. But dont' tell me that I don't have an opinion about these images (when you have disregarded it just to suit your case) and that I have "just" stated my opinion about the fashion industry (and nothing else), when that's clearly not true..

If you want to know what I think, it's here for your own reference. Search button is up there^

 

[lepetitcouturier]

^seems **** went down.


Anyways, I think this is a great campaign. The clothes look amazing! CNN wrote an article on it that I'm reading right now.

 

[Flashbang]

 

[anlabe32]

like like like like you know you know like like you know like like you know like

That old lady!

 

[GERGIN]

^
Omg I was rolling my eyes and asking myself "Does this guy think he's cool or is he too shy to speak proper vocabulary"

 

[ForChicSake]

great video... and like the like the like, you know like and like like like, like like. gosh i've never heard anyone say like that much the old lady is all class from head to toe.

the old black man EPIC 01:30: I would like to be like like ehh ehhh ehhh ehhh eh ehh ehh... 01:37: like ehh how you say like eh James Bond. Best ad campaign of the season and second best season video EVER! (after Prada)

 

[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

^
Omg I was rolling my eyes and asking myself "Does this guy think he's cool or is he too shy to speak proper vocabulary"

it seemed as though he and the other young girl used it a lot. A lot of kids my age say like a lot when describing things when they're nervous or are talking really fast

 

[Deleted member 116819]

Hey guys! I found this great campaign in super great quality!!! Enjoy!
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