You can’t blame models for wearing lots of black, lots of fur and the odd quilted puffer jacket during the cold that is Paris fashion week. They make pretty much anything look good, after all. And that’s what makes off-duty model style so fun to keep watch of. Whether it’s an elegantly simple outfit of all-black, balancing skinny pants with a voluminous fur, or a…

Pierre Balmain’s spring / summer 2013 collection takes the sexy sophistication of the main line and injects it with a youthfulness that’s perfectly embodied by Anna Selezneva, and by her slicked-back wet look hair and softly smokey eyes. Full skirts are given a Balmain touch by way of leather motorcycle jackets; jeans are skinny, coats sheath-like and feminine, tuxedo jackets boyishly charming.

Brisk, repeated loops of footage played against a rhythmic, mystery-invoking soundtrack make this spring 2013 video from Pierre Balmain oddly captivating. Anna Selezneva stars with an anonymous male figure – a hand here, a shadow against the swimming pool there – perhaps it’s his eyes we’re seeing through. Either way Selezneva is the center of attention in a micro-mini skirt and pointed stiletto pumps, running…

View the Sets autumn (fall) / winter 2012 look book.

With the fall 2012 fashion season looming, many old media titles are putting their print versions of runway photos on newsstands. Seldom are runway photos enough for the cover, however. For their August 2012 catwalk supplement, Vogue Russia have turned to a banged Anna Selezneva.

Hunkydory’s company philosophy of “always looking for a new angle, ever changing but keeping the style and being recognizable” is one that nestles easily into the concept of Scandinavian design. The Swedish brand’s autumn / winter 2012 campaign shows a collection that brims with the kind of youthful, effortless yet still detailed aesthetic they adhere to. It doesn’t revolutionise though – there’s nothing particularly new…

View the Mango autumn (fall) / winter 2012 look book.

The differences between Spanish retailers Mango and Zara have been something of a mini-theme for us of late, and we can now add another element into the discussion: Mango’s autumn / fall 2012 campaign.

Yesterday we looked Mango’s spring / summer 2012 look book and, from a perspective of the success of Zara versus Mango, focussed on why Zara gets the buzz and Mango little love. You can add another element to the equation today: inconsistency.

The number one way to console ourselves when we make a permanent dent in our own exterior is to convince ourselves that people aren’t really all that dissimilar to rustic furniture; a few character marks actually make us more interesting. But often as a model such things as scars – even birthmarks, moles, character lines – get the once-over with the the kind of healing…