One of the challenges for a Fashion Editor is picking up the same pieces from a particular season that have been used countless times in countless shoots, and coming up with a new way to style them. While Western inspired shoots aren’t exactly new, Katie Mossman does a commendable job of working in unexpected pieces in ways that feel like they were somehow made to…

The concept is so simple it should almost fail. But a bed covered in rose petals doesn’t have to sink into romantic cliches; not when Aline Weber is your muse and styling by Irina Marie brings a different kind of romance that’s feminine without being frou-frou. Lace and crochet the colour of clotted cream have a feeling of summer idylls, espeically when paired with a…

She was the second model I’d seen running this Paris fashion week. The first was Anna Selezneva leaving Balmain’s fall 2012 showing – Anna ran away from the street style photographers as fast as her immaculately toned legs would carry her. Aline Weber was the second.

If there was a way to look like a mermaid in winter, Aline Weber has found it. And she didn’t require any sequins, or starfish prints, or fish scales. Just a long velvet skirt that tails out, subtly, that shimmers, even more subtly… and hair worn out with a centre part for a flowing, Siren-like feel. But the best magic trick of all is making…

How many different ways can you braid hair? Or, more importantly to this shoot, how many different moods can you create by braiding hair in different ways? While no doubt there are many others out there, Vogue Paris’ February 2012 issue hits upon four: a punkish braided fauxhawk, a Rapunzel side braid, a braided fringe, and, a seemingly undying favourite, the milkmaid braid.

Sometimes wearing a single item of clothing that’s perfectly elegant and understated, one that skims the body rather than clings to it, is almost akin to nakedness. Not in the sense of being revealing; in the sense that it’s not the person wearing the clothing, or the clothing wearing the person, but the two being one. This shoot by Camilla Akrans may be themed around…

Aline. You proved your ’60s sex kitten credentials after being cast by Tom Ford in A Single Man and now, as 70s and 60s fashion overlap into a mashed bowl of complimentary trends, we’re reminded that you’re the girl for the job. It’s not just part of your repertoire – it’s your forte. The colours, the textures, the retro glamour that relies less on the…

A good shoot it may be, but Blade Runner it is not. Vogue Spain’s title had me anticipating Philip K Dickian dystopian worlds where clear plastic raincoats are the outerwear of choice, and eras collide into Sean Young style uber-cool outfits. Alas doing that kind of justice to Dick was a bit of an ask. Instead it’s a very loosely Blade Runner based venture into…

One might imagine that milkmaid braids would be pushed completely overboard into costume territory when paired with elements of lederhosen and dirndls and folkish embroidery. But it must be handed to Sissy Vian and Camilla Akrans, who styled and photographed this shoot respectively: Aline Weber may look a little Heidi, but we don’t expect to find her herding goats. Instead there’s actually some practical styling…

Ellus’ mostly black and white fall 2011 look book is an eclectic affair. Aline Weber sits, smokes, strips, and poses in a wide-ranging collection of things from rock-chic biker jackets and denim shorts through to cute minidresses, dandy blouses and a classic trenchcoat. But amoungst the sketchy storyline one piece stands out: a pair of tailored pants with a high waist and just the right…