Vogue Japan March 2017 : Irina Shayk by Luigi & Iango

[mistress_f]

Yes, you are right Benn. This story was inspired by Slavic folklore. It was shot in Slovakia (Pudelka's homecountry) in a lovely village called Čičmany famous for wooden houses with typical pattern on them. You can see it on the houses as well as on Bara's face in the last picture of my post. Traditional Slovak folklore costumes were mixed with new collection pieces. He also used only slovak and czech models. Same as you I'm still surprised why he's not used more in high fashion I'm so proud of Michal and how he managed to showcase my beautiful country in the pages of Vogue even though people in Slovakia are complaining about the editorial that it doesn't do justice to the traditional folklore pieces. I guess they just didn't get the memo that it's a fashion magazine and not a folklore festival. Maybe it's because folklore patterns are finding their way back to the public, there are tattoos, smartphone cases even last years official olympic clothing of Slovakia had folklore patterns.

Sorry, for such a long post, I'm just very passionate when it comes to my country and I love Michal's work (he went to the same school as my friend) so I may be a little bit biased Anyway, here are some outtakes of the shot

I guess you're the right person to ask: are those red dresses in the second shot traditional pieces?

 

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It reminds me of that Vogue Italia cover just recently...

It's a gorgeous cover regardless. Guess they ditched the white background for the beige one. I like it. Hope they stick with this art direction

Katrin Thormann and Toni Garrn?

 

[Lausanne]

I guess you're the right person to ask: are those red dresses in the second shot traditional pieces?

No, they're not. It looks like those dresses are made of leather and they are too modern (e.g. those black things on the arms) and reaveling. The only thing that looks traditional is a skirt underneath the dress the girl on the right is wearing.