Beauty amidst decay, that theme that always resurfaces; the opposing poles of what is and what will inevitably be. Melodie Dagault stands amidst what looks to be an abandoned power station, ghosts of light flickering in its now empty halls, the knobs and switches of its control panels long unused. Who isn’t fascinated by the haunted, forlorn emptiness of abandoned buildings? They have an eerie…

There’s nothing to anchor this shoot to 2011; no modern twists, no giveaway backdrops, just the clothing itself which all hails from Dior‘s spring 2011 haute couture collection. And, like the collection which is vintage-inspired down to the last, these shots might well just have been taken in the 1950s. Melodie Dagault and Anastasiya Bondarenko are made up to be those impeccable vintage belles that…

Featuring the unmistakable strappy leather bondage/fetish piece from Bordelle lingerie Autumn(Fall)/Winter 2009 comes a shoot in the latest issue of Numero magazine titled ‘Best Friends’. Hussein Chalayan’s thigh high boots also feature, as does a substantial dose of nudity.