T The NYTimes Style Magazine Women's Fashion Fall 2015: Cate Blanchett by Karim Sadli

[LastNight]

The Inez and Vinoodh story is incredible! I adore their work and this is no exception.

 

[Melancholybaby]

I love the gothic mood in the I&V editorial and Joe's styling is perefct, but the photography looks kind of weird. Like Edie was shot in a studio and copy-pasted onto the backgrounds.

 

[Phuel]

I&V editioral is exquisite, every element coming together -- the results are flawless. I almost want to say its my favorite story this year. The lamb is not needed as mentioned above.

Luchford edit is bit jaded, didn't we just see this in VP with Natalie? I guess Binx lives upstairs. But I love the cinematic way Glen shots and the styling splendid. Overall I'm impressed with the whole issue!

LOL

Yeah-- I guess Binx does live upstairs and has an odd Single White Female-type obsession with Natalie. Glen's work is usually outstanding and I really adore his Gucci campaign, but this is unnecessary, even lazy to me. HE seems to be just on auto-pilot because it's what editors want from him since his hit with the Gucci campaign. He's really better than this.

Karim is such a non-entity and doesn't contribute anything at all to to high fashion photography. He's so catalogue. Cate looks good here, even great-- but this so fresh so clean look is just lazy to me. She, like Tilda can become so otherworldly, and so easily. People that shoot them just need to make a small effort. And there's no effort here. Just playing it safe.

Highland Gothic is such a darkhorse to me, and undeniably the strongest and best edit of the September issues. I've long written off I&V, but the imagery here is stunning: Eerie, spooky, surreal, fairy tail-ish and modern, and still lush and inventive-- just so effortless. I think Edie is digitally placed into the environment, but the concept is so refreshing, so haunting, so beautiful and straddles technology with a timeless eye for high fashion silhouettes, I'm sold. And, even Edie works.

Thanks Melancholybaby for the HQ posts!

 

[anlabe32]

I love the gothic mood in the I&V editorial and Joe's styling is perefct, but the photography looks kind of weird. Like Edie was shot in a studio and copy-pasted onto the backgrounds.

That's what I noticed as well when I took a second look. The lighting on her suggests studio even though I think it's just the weird hair/make up.

 

[tigerrouge]

Real or otherwise, I find the cut-and-paste "effect" to be too visually jarring to enjoy that editorial.

 

[russianelf]

Highland Gothic is superb! The reflection of blue on black clothing is mesmerizing.
Perhaps the cut-paste effect is caused by the direct lighting on Edie? It really looks like it was shot on location after all.

 

[tigerrouge]

Yes, I think it's lighting and perhaps a bit of post-production - and I can appreciate the otherworldly feel they were going for - but it just offends my eyes, because it spoils the natural sense of depth perception.