Cinematic, in a word. Jil Sander’s spring 2012 campaign puts dark edges on a clean, bright collection; Hitchcock-like in its cracked drama. Each of Natasha Poly, Clément Chabernaud, Aiden Andrews and Daria Strokous peers out from a circle of broken glass and descends a dark staircase. The vintage-inspired shapes and faux bobbed hair of the collection’s styling only strengthen the air of mystery in Willy…

It’s the little things. You notice them and you notice this is a well thought-out campaign. It travels the path set by Proenza Schouler in their spring 2012 show, riffing on the 1950s with the tropical prints and retro colours, topping things off with a toned-down version of the messy rockabilly hairstyle that traversed the runway. Then there’s the shadowy edges and the cropped corners…

The cool, perfected beauty of the retro faux bob. If you haven’t already attempted this sculpted 2012 hairstyle, you can follow the steps at that link. You’ll find the style is surprisingly simple to create. If you want more inspiration, however, on suiting the look to your own hair type and colouring, it’s worthwhile seeing how it was applied to the various models in Jil…

It’s almost become a bigger calendar-related event than the new year which dictates the needs for a new calendar to begin with. So it is that we spend most of the year talking about the ins and outs of a sole calendar, pondering who’ll photograph it and how they’ll go about it, before passing around rumours as to the models who’ll actually feature in it.…

Vogue Paris may feel like it’s struggling a little to find its place now that Carine Roitfeld has moved on; with the internet being awash with sentiments that it’s simply failing to amaze or move forwards. For Emmanuelle Alt, it’s a tough balance between keeping her own style and meeting expectations. Thankfully for Alt, it’s hard to go too wrong for a beauty shoot when…

Doesn’t matter what you think of them – tacky, attractive, ineffective or just unnecessary – fashion and beauty advertisements are special. Especially when big names get together on the same creative platform. Think Mario Testino and Kate Moss – that kind of special. These are the kind that’ll look flashy on beautifully scented pages of a glossy magazine, but when they are bookmarked and filed…

Pierced, attitude-laden grunge girl. Serious, suited-up sophisticate. Elegant ’50s belle. Fetish queen who doesn’t take no for an answer. In a single word: chameleon. Go back far enough through the plethora of Fashionising.com articles, and you’ll find many an example of us waxing lyrical about Natasha Poly‘s ability to be a blank canvas. Some models fit perfectly into a particular look or genre; but Natasha…

Believe it or not, there are trends in nudity much as there are trends in clothing. We talk about nudity in fashion, the use of the naked body to convey a sense of the fashionable, or to sell (ironically) clothing. And in watching the trend we’ve seen it go from raw sexuality to soft sensuality, and of late a move back to the naked body…

This isn’t news: Natasha Poly doesn’t need an extravagant set to make for a prominent photo shoot. She strikes all the right chords when it comes to creating an aura for herself whilst exhibiting the finest collections. In the Fall/Winter 2011 issue of Vogue Collections China, things aren’t different. Poly has her confidence and witty sensuality down pat without taking the spotlight away from the…

If there could be a stronger way to cement the return of the ‘roaring’ 1920s fashion than to have it grace the Gucci runway, it doesn’t spring to mind. For spring 2012 Frida Giannini was inspired by “the opulence of the era of hedonism” – and opulence there is. But these pieces are also infused right through with the heat of Gucci glamour, from sharp…