Spiked belts dripping with chains evoke a sense of the bondage/fetish trend, while feathered skirts and elegant winter jackets add a softer touch. But it's the over-the-knee boots trend that really grabs us in Vogue Paris' June/July 2009 issue.
A pair sitting more to the quirky side of the equation, the boots feature a large houndstooth pattern, and come from Alexander McQueen's Autumn(Fall)/Winter - 2009/2010 Collection.
[ Click to read 'McQueen's thigh-high boots in Vogue Paris' ]
Lingerie as outerwear is a trend that's growing at a phenomenal rate. Magazine editorials are certainly helping to push the trend along, with Natasha Poly and Anja Rubik donning it in Paris Vogue's A Toutes Jambes.
Poly poses out in the street in exposed stay-ups in one of the feature's shots, and naturally looks amazing doing it.
[ Click to read 'Exposed stay-ups in Paris Vogue, June/July 2009' ]
By the time fashion photo shoots hit the Internet we normally know most everything about them; the whos, the whats, the whys, and the wheres. Today comes something a little bit different: a shoot featuring Daisy Lowe, lensed by Mariano Vivanco, but one that we haven't the foggiest as to where it'll go to print.
[ Click to read 'Daisy Lowe photographed by Mariano Vivanco' ]
Donning plenty of leather and a spiked cuff or two, Isabeli Fontana stars in the June 2009 issue of L'Officiel Brazil, in a shoot titled Dominatrix. It's not as harsh as it sounds though; while darkly themed, the styling is a feminised take on the fetish trend, giving it a soft edge.
[ Click to read 'Dominatrix: the fetish trend in L'Officiel Brazil' ]
Heidi Klum is still looking as fabulous as ever. Photographed by Claudia Knoepfel & Stefan Indlekofer for Vogue Germany, June 2009, Klum stars in a shoot titled Rodeo Drive.
I'm particularly loving the accentuated shoulders on the voluminous number above, and the red paillette-covered fish scale Versace dress which Klum also sports in one of the shots.
[ Click to read 'Heidi Klum: Rodeo Drive, Vogue Germany June 2009' ]
Still looking for some inspiration for your 2009 bikini? Then you will definitely get something out of Lara Stone's photo shoot, Oceans Blue, for Vogue UK.
[ Click to read 'Lara Stone gives you some bikini choices' ]
Here is a trend that we're sure by now needs no introduction; you guessed it, nudity. And if you need evidence of this being a growing trend, it was only last month that we saw Tiiu Kuik completely naked for Marie Claire Italia - and now again in the very next issue of the same magazine, the same model, again naked.
[ Click to read 'Tiiu Kuik naked for Marie Claire Italia - again' ]
With the trend towards all things ethnic still going strong, it's no big surprise that Vogue UK chose to shoot on location in India for their June 2009 issue. Daria Werbowy, who I'm so glad to see back in the spotlight, brings her ubiquitous and indefinable cool-factor to the shoot, titled Indian Summer.
[ Click to read 'Daria Werbowy for Vogue UK, June 2009' ]
Here's a different take on the lingerie as outerwear fashion trend courtesy of Vogue Brazil.

[ Click to read 'Stay-ups on top of jeans: lingerie as outerwear' ]
We've seen various manifestations of the tribal/ethnic trend of Spring/Summer 2009 - most recently with Kate Moss' 2009 MET gala outfit. More 2009 editorials themed around the trend have been popping up in our fashion pictures diary of late, including this one from the May 2009 issue of Vogue Italia.
[ Click to read 'Moroccan Holiday: ethnic trend in Vogue Italia' ]