Fashion photo shoots.

She set herself apart from the very early stages of her modeling career, owning a strong look that some even dared define as eerie, but even they meant it as the best compliment possible. Kelly Mittendorf’s enigmatic beauty is what keeps the fashion industry in an awe. Unwrapping the mystery surrounding her name, photographer Michael Donovan captured Kelly’s sexier side for Umno Magazine.

Pulsating with real energy, Brazil is made of all things exotic, fun and seductive. Following its enticing rhythms, Brazilian beauty Samira Carvalho switches from channeling Josephine Baker’s art deco style, to mirroring the striking tribal queen in the fascinating black and white editorial photographed by Leandro Ramos. Bold and ready to make one statement after another, her garments are envisioned to tell stories.

History plays its games, its Chinese Whispers; as time passes it fills the factual gaps with fiction and nostalgia and dreams. Between the 1920s and now it’s hard to know exactly which vision was the real one. Was it as F. Scott Fitzgerald described, a vibrant facade screening a corrupted, shallow interior; or a genuine Golden Age of beauty and liberated ideals? Most likely, somewhere…

Supermodel Cindy Crawford poses for a Hollywood glamour themed photo shoot for Spanish Harper’s Bazaar. Draped in an Ellie Saab black and white dress as styled by Juan Cebrián & Kristen Ingersoll and with her brushed back long wet look hairstyle, Cindy definitely looks like a classic Hollywood beauty.

Somewhere between exoticism and raw beauty lies Danielle Hayes, the model who’s stunning features and sun kissed face truly set her apart in a world that seems keen on erasing any signs of what makes us unique, different. Witnessing how effortlessly she turns freckles into a beauty statement kind of makes you wish for women to embrace more of their true nature, because nothing is…

In the light of one of the most enigmatic murder mysteries in American history Fenia Labropoulou creates a fashion shoot in line with the graceful and feminine fashion of the 1940’s. There is something slightly harrowing about the tale of Elizabeth Short, from the mystery surrounding her disappearance to the mystery surrounding her death’s motives. Labropoulou and stylist, Katerina Gouma, create a classical and seamlessly…

When faced with extraordinary beauty, it’s easy to play out the ocean of fantasies, for each time they will feel intriguing and new. Innocence, rebellion, temptation or edginess, there is no limit to what a series of strong portraits can evoke and inspire. Bringing a sense of fantasy to reality, or blurring the line between worlds all together, photographer Dusan Jaukovic turned Sofi into the…

For some gentlemen following the trends religiously feels just like second nature, whilst for others the true challenge consists in building a timeless style, one that aspires to take the best of the past and build it into something everlasting. Each decade gave men plenty of memorable looks to hold onto, as a dashing and luxurious appearance can still hide under many facets. And Leroy…

Remember Cara Delevingne’s ’60s icons shoot for Vogue China? Well, there’s a video for that. There’s also a video of Aline Weber doing her fierce model thing out in the sand dunes for Vogue Italia, a beachside film showing Hopeless Lingerie’s latest collection, and two films that take on Blow Up style photographer characters shooting their gorgeous model subjects: one sexy (shot by Ellen Von…

Nature doesn’t blossom its way into the man-made surrounds of Manuela Iodice’s shoot, A Silver Lining. But amidst the sparse modern architecture of steel and glass, model Anne Christine is the beauty – the silver lining. Iodice’s fresh feeling portrait makes use of the natural light that washes in over the model and her equally fresh outfits. Styled by Reka Pasztor Turak, she wears clean…