There are a few elements that – collectively – make this shoot of model Marine a powerful and visually stunning one. There’s the hair and makeup by Chisato Arai, with looks that highlight first a blushing cheek, then a dramatic smudge of kohl, and finally a darkly romantic burgundy lip. Then there’s the styling by Marianne Malafosse that dresses Marine in clouds of black tulle…

The Mercedes Benz Athens Xclusive Designers Week (AXDW) is coming up in a few hours and AXDW has released the schedule of the different shows that feature established brands, new and international designers. The autumn / winter 2013-2014 collections will be shown from March 29, 2013 to April 1, 2013 at Ethniki Conference Center in Athens and you can read on after the break for…

In a surreal space furnished by cubes and spikes, model Anastacia seems at once an alternative future vision and a throwback to the hapless damsels of 1920′s black and white horror flicks. Katya Tsyganova’s grainy, desaturated images – with their shadows and black billowy veils and ghostly double-exposures – have a cinematic quality that’s heightened by the unnerving, lethal-looking, fetishist spiked designs by Victoria Prokhorova.

That Andrew Fearman’s shoot Coastal Contours was shot at Bondi Beach couldn’t be more fitting: everything about model Joanie Del Santo gives off that Bondi Girl vibe of too-cool-to-care insouciance, tomboyish glamour, the sunkissed look of loving the outdoors. Stylist Basilia Dulawan mixes crop tops and short summery skirts, high waisted denim wedged sneakers, creating the perfect blend of beachside casual cool that makes even…

From the subtly seductive to the daringly exposed, cutaway clothes continue to enthral and excite. As for how you wear them? That comes down to exposing just the right amount of skin, depending on what works for you.

View all the look book pictures from the Victoria's Secret Swim spring / summer 2013 collection. Read the article to see the full gallery.

“The white blouse can be light and floating, impeccable and austere, sumptuous and all-enveloping, tight and close-fitting. It rises up to frame the face. It sculpts the body by transforming itself into a second skin. Imputed with glamour and poetry, freedom and impetuousness, the prim white shirt turns out to have a thousand identities…” After reading Gianfranco Ferre’s beautiful quote, one can easily understand how…

View all the photos of the beauty & make-up at the Victoria by Victoria Beckham autumn (fall) / winter 2013 showing at New York fashion week. Read the article to see the full gallery.

View all the detailed photos of the Victoria by Victoria Beckham autumn (fall) / winter 2013 showing at New York fashion week. Read the article to see the full gallery.

View all the catwalk photos of the Victoria by Victoria Beckham autumn (fall) / winter 2013 showing at New York fashion week. Read the article to see the full gallery.