Harper's Bazaar December 2011 Editorial: Toni Garrn, ph: Alexi Lubomirskim, stylist: Brana Wolf

Harper's Bazaar December 2011 Editorial

Model: Toni Garrn

Photographer: Alexi Lubomirski
Stylist: Brana Wolf
Makeup: Tyron Machhausen
Hair: Esther Langham

April 2011 Harper's Bazaar editorial: Toni Garrn, ph: Camilla Akrans, stylist: Brana Wolf

Camilla Akrans photographed Toni Garrn for the April 2011 issue of Harper's Bazaar on November 3-4, 2011 in Los Angeles with stylist Brana Wolf.

April 2011 Harper's Bazaar Editorial
Model: Toni Garrn
Photographer: Camilla Akrans
Stylist: Brana Wolf
Makeup: Wendy Rowe
Hair: Franco Gobbi

Harper's Bazaar November 2010 Editorial: Rianne ten Haken, ph: Nick Haymes, stylist: Brana Wolf

Nick Haymes photographed Rianne ten Haken for Harper's Bazaar on June 22-23, 2010 in Rochester, New York with stylist Brana Wolf.

Harper's Bazaar November 2010 Editorial
Model: Rianne ten Haken
Photographer: Nick Haymes
Stylist: Brana Wolf
Makeup: Kaori Yanagida
Hair: Rudi Lewis

September 2010 Harper's Bazaar editorial - Carmen Kass, ph: Daniel Jackson, stylist: Brana Wolf

Daniel Jackson photographed Carmen Kass for Harper's Bazaar on April 3-4, 2010 in Los Angeles with stylist Brana Wolf.

Harper's Bazaar September 2010 Editorial
Model: Carmen Kass
Photographer: Daniel Jackson
Stylist: Brana Wolf
Makeup Artist: Tom Pecheux
Hair: Shon
Manicure: Jenna Hip
Production: Jeremy McGuire for GE-Projects

Michael Kors fall 2009 campaign preview: Carmen Kass, Photo: Mario Testino

Michael Kors fall 2009 campaign
Model: Carmen Kass
Photographer: Mario Testino
Stylist: Brana Wolf
Hair: Bob Recine
Makeup: Tom Pecheux



RETURN ENGAGEMENT: Michael Kors has had a long run with models Carmen Kass and Noah Mills in his ad campaigns and on his runway, and he’s bringing the duo back for fall. After shooting past campaigns on private jets, chauffeured cars and yachts around the globe, the fall campaign was shot in New York City to reflect the urban nature of the season. Mario Testino photographed Kass and Mills entering and leaving a Broadway theater. “Michael is an avid fan of the theater and has been attending Broadway shows since the tender age of five,” said a spokesman, who added the media spend is flat compared to last year. The ads will break in the August issues of American, British, Russian and Italian Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and W.

Very Hollywood Michael Kors fragrance campaign - Carmen Kass, Photo: Mario Testino

Mario Testino photographed Carmen Kass for Michael Kors Very Hollywood fragrance campaign on October 22, 2008 at the Santa Monica Airport, Hanger 8 with stylist Brana Wolf.

Michael Kors Very Hollywood fragrance campaign
Model: Carmen Kass
Photographer: Mario Testino
Stylist: Brana Wolf
Hair: Orlando Pita
Makeup: Tom Pecheux



Michael Kors’ success on the small screen with “Project Runway” has fueled an even more lofty goal: a fragrance franchise inspired by Tinseltown’s movie heritage.

“Hollywood glamour is the ultimate escape,” said the designer during an interview at his Manhattan showroom Tuesday. “It is an emotional pull, no matter what your age — which gave us the idea for this fragrance. Everyone needs a little escape these days.”

The scent, dubbed Very Hollywood Michael Kors, is slated to be launched in September and is the third primary fragrance franchise for Kors.

As for Very Hollywood, “this is the indulgence. This is the gold dress!” But, he hastens to add, it’s not necessarily a nighttime fragrance. “It’s more of a mood,” he said. “This is definitely not the customer’s sporty moment.”

Very Hollywood, concocted by Kors and the Estée Lauder Cos. Inc.’s Evelyn Lauder and Trudi Loren in cooperation with International Flavors & Fragrances, is a sophisticated floral. Top notes are of mandarin and iced bergamot; the heart is of wet jasmine, ylang-ylang, raspberry and gardenia, and the drydown is of Italian orris, creamy amber, soft white moss and vetiver. “This is the most glamorous, indulgent scent we’ve ever done,” said Kors, adding that he thinks the sunny Southern California landscape adds optimism to the mix.

The bottle is glass molded to suggest the flashbulbs of Fifties and Sixties photography. Outer packaging is a rich coral with a shagreen texture and a gold border; the Very Hollywood moniker (in a font inspired by the Beverly Hills Hotel) is also in gold. “I want women to have that boudoir moment,” he said. “The texture of the packaging, the bottle — they’re all very opulent and glam, with an architectural edge.”

Print and TV advertising are planned for Very Hollywood, both featuring models Carmen Kass and Noah Mills and with creative direction by Mario Testino. “Carmen has been my muse for quite some time,” said Kors. “She’s such a chameleon — we can shoot her in a guy’s T-shirt or dripping in Fred Leighton jewels, and she looks fantastic in both.” The print campaign is expected to break in October fashion, beauty, lifestyle and entertainment magazines. One version, a multipage concept for entertainment magazines only, is intended to look like a tabloid section, while fashion, beauty and lifestyle books will get more traditional single- and double-page spreads (some scented) featuring the couple. Sampling vehicles include scented ribbons with gold-toned, charm-sized replicas of the fragrance bottle, in addition to the traditional vials on card and scented strips. Upward of 60 million scented impressions are being targeted.

TV plans are still being determined, although the expectation is that the bulk of the ads will run in November and December for holiday sales.

Californian optimism and a fifties look characterises the floral fragrance featuring notes of mandarin, bergamot, jasmine, ylang-ylang and gardenia, with creamy amber and vetiver.

Michael Kors Very Hollywood will be available in 30, 50 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum and 30 ml Parfum; the bottle is meant to evoke old-fashioned flashbulbs. There will also be a ballpoint pen with scented ink, a cocktail ring with solid perfume, and a matching body lotion.

Post America - Steven Meisel in 032c

The New York Times has a fascinating preview of Alex de Looz' interview with Steven Meisel from the "Post-America" issue of 032c Magazine.

the magazine has "a 14-page fold-out section that kept the production quality high: when you hold this issue in your hands, and when you pull out this colorful, fold-out archive of two decades’ worth of Vogue Italia covers — all shot by Meisel — you experience a lush, compact moment of “Print crisis? What print crisis?” It’s a Technicolor Vogue accordion, but it also has a certain grace, which is very much in line with 032c’s changing from what T Magazine itself once called the “new ugly” and channeling that into our own kind of energetic classicism."

Seen in the fold out is one of the original WOMEN women: Shana Zadrick. While at Women, Shana had four Italian Vogue covers in a row: September, October, November and December 1991.

Isabeli- Versace fall 2008 campaign, ph: Mario Testino

Mario Testino photographed Isabeli Fontana for the Fall 2008 Versace campaign at Pier 59 Studios, Stage C, on March 19-21. Stylist: Brana Wolf, Hair:Orlando Pita, Makeup: Linda Cantello .