It’s her kooky personality that’s made her as much a celebrity as a model, but for their June 2013 issue Vogue China decided to highlight another of Cara Delevingne‘s strenghts: her versatility. The editorial inside the issue takes the name The Transformer, and goes from a shot of Cara as her baseball-cap wearing tomboy self, to impersonator of 1960s fashion icons Twiggy, Edie Sedgwick, Jean…

Some days you want to look bright and sunny, others – dark and vampish. A modern Gothic style look doesn’t have to equate to blindingly white skin and black eyeshadow, in fact the best way to channel the trend is to make it deep and dark yet utterly romantic. Your ultimate tool: dark lipstick, be it burgundy, ruby red or plum. It doesn’t have to…

For Cruise 2014, Karl Lagerfeld jetted the Chanel brand to Singapore. Cricket outfits and Colonialism were the order of the day, the lightweight black, white and beige outfits featuring bold stripes or sometimes floaty feathers – given a punkish modern update with bold makeup, a faux fringed hairstyle, and asymmetrical earrings. After the break, you can watch the full runway video plus backstage video of…

A strange being lands on earth, rising up from the smoking crater of where a crashed ship must be. THE LANDING is a fashion film and shoot by Paco Matteo Li Calzi, with avant garde styling by Alexia Mingarelli used to reflect the fact that this girl is not of our world but another. Paco’s choppy editing and jumpy cuts are the kind that hit…

Clothing label Raven are purveyors of all things dark and alternative, but then with gothic styling making a revival into high fashion, dark and alternative are two qualities in strong demand. To shoot pieces from Raven’s autumn 2013 collection, Peter Coulson was certifiably the man for the job, pairing up with model Rebecca again and turning her into something of a raven-haired Alice in a…

Hedi Slimane’s campaigns are the kind that do well to create a mood rather than any glossy depiction of the clothing. His pre-fall 2013 campaign for Saint Laurent is very much in line with that trademark style: moody, black and white, and styled for a rock-chic vibe with Freja Beha Erichsen sporting her still popular 2013 hairstyle of messy waves and bangs along with the…

Looking a little like the glamorous side of summer incarnate, Karmen Pedaru covers Vogue Germany’s June 2013 issue. Pink lipstick, bronzed skin, a huge hibiscus flower and a crown braid give her a gorgeous and exotic vibe.

The sandy desert tones, leopard scarf and bronzed skin give this model a look that speaks less of having stepped off a runway, and more of heading off on safari. Which, incidentally, works particularly well with the post-show double braids and natural, glowing makeup.

Either people haven’t read The Great Gatsby, don’t get it, or just don’t care: the contradictory nature of all those opulent themed Gatsby parties being thrown right now. Plus, Audrey Hepburn’s much admired street style, and – post Met Gala – the question of punk-as-fashion. After the break, your round-up of things to see, do, read (and maybe even drink) this weekend.

Picture an evening gown with plunging neckline and floor-sweeping hem. Now add some tough accessories: an upper-ear cuff, a spiked tiara, a studded clutch, a sharp talon ring… any of these things can change the mood of the look instantly and completely. And yet, they maintain a luxuriousness, adding an edge rather than necessarily taking over. This is punk as fashion statement, not as subculture.…