Top Editorials Of All Time | The Libertine

December 13, 2010

Dreaming West | Alyssa Miller By Jock Sturges For Marie Claire Italia | April 2009

Aaaaaa…This is my kind of shoot. I want to live in it. I linger over each image and fight the compulsion to slip out of my shoes and clothes, tuck feathers into my hair and streak through the wind toward open plains and endless sky; scour cliffs and valleys, bath in the sea, and slumber amidst tall grass. Thank you to these artists who create journeys for my heart.

Magazine: Marie Claire, April 2009, Italy

Model: Alyssa Miller

Photographer: Jock Sturges

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November 4, 2010

Natalia Knighted

Magazine: Harpers Bazaar, December, 2010,United Kingdom

Model: Natalia Vodianova

Photographer: Michelangelo Di Battista

Stylist: Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou

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May 27, 2010

Polar Expedition

I find these images to be exceptionally beautiful. The sheer magnitude of the location is quite impressive to begin with. Then the sweeping colors bathe the terrific expanse, creating a majestic wonderland where understated fashion with meticulous detailing can simply overwhelm. I adore the billowing fabrics, the cascading hair, and hardly least of all… the innocence.

Magazine: VOGUE China, March 2008

Photographer: Will Davidson

Styling: Alistair McKimm
Models: Han Hye-Jin, Eugenia Mandzhieva, Stephanie Shiu

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May 18, 2010

Sins Of The Flesh

Here she is…doing it like only she can: Edita Vilkevicuite. Smoking hott!!! I’m not sure what the crying while groping herself is about (catholic guilt maybe) but I like it!

I tracked this editorial down to complete my Top 10 for the moment. I will be altering the list as new candidates come up! ‘Till then, enjoy!

‘Le Peche’

client: Numero
source: numero-magazine.com
published: September 2008

Camilla Akrans – Photographer

Edita Vilkeviciute – Model

Franck Benhamou – Fashion Editor/Stylist

Wendy Rowe – Makeup Artist

Ed Moelands – Hair Stylist

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May 18, 2010

To Surf Or Not To Surf

This is the other old favorite that I referenced this morning. I think that for several years it’s been shoots like these, and my need for other people to see them/experience their power, that has nagged at the corners of my mind; sewing the seeds of a blog. I can remember so clearly how the pages of my Vogue wafted open to reveal the rich jewel tone of this editorial. As if biting into an exquisite truffle, I forced myself to turn each image slowly, savoring the magical mood of a distant and exotic desert oasis; in awe of the flawless enchantress, worshiped by bronzed, gleaming Adonises. Before my heart came to adore fashion, it loved fairytale… Well, this spread marked a significant marriage of the two for me.

Magazine: Vogue – July 2007 (7-2007) Spain

Model: Linda Vojtova

Photographer: Ralph Wenig

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May 7, 2010

False Idols

OH MY GOSH!!! This editorial makes me feel like a small child…Giddy and awe-struck all at once. I knew the moment I saw this girls face that she was meant for greatness, but I could never have envisioned such perfection as this. From one shot to the next, I could be heard proclaiming: yes…Yes…YES (as opposed to my regular: Yes!…oh, um….well, so-so…yikes….hm, nice…etc). From beginning to end, I am just blown away. The hair and make-up are sweet perfection, the poses are strong in the right places and soft in the right places, the wardrobe in is dream-like and ethereal, and the location…nothing short of a temple. Ok, I will stop gushing (on here that is…probably not in person). Give yourself 5 minutes today to be transported by this shoot. Take your time. Linger. This caliber of work rarely comes down the pipe…

Photographer Signe Vilstrup

Magazine: Tush Spring 2010

Model: Bregje Heinen

Styled: Wiebke Bredehorst

Designers: Versace, D&G, Dior and others

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April 13, 2010

Watercolored Natalia

Model: Natalia Vodianova

Magazine: Vogue – May 2010, China

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March 16, 2010

Sophie Vlaming In Dossier Journal

Sophie Vlaming by Anuschka Blommers & Niels Schumm:

This dainty mongoose eyed model drapes across lush floral paintings like so many carefully placed splashes of oil. In her latest work, Dossier Journal, Photographed by Anuschka Blommers and Niels Schumm, Sophie lends her dreamy elegance to regal ensembles created by stylist Haidee Findlay-Levin. The series evokes fantasies of lingering in a musty cellar amongst one’s private collection of Goya’s and Ingres’… Enjoy!

Magazine: Dossier – Issue #4 of 2010

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March 1, 2010

All Time Favorite Shoot: Elle UK April 2009

I feel like I’ve been given an amazing gift. Somehow, some way, the universe has heard my prayers and sent me the perfect shoot: my favorite model, wardrobe I could have hand-picked myself, messy messy hair, natural face, and flawless photography!!! I just don’t know what I did to deserve it;) This is officially my new favorite shoot of all time (although the DANZ shoot is still a close second).

I had just been thinking the last few weeks; ‘Michaela should be showing up in a lot more places than she seems to be…’ I am so pleased to see her breaking through and showing that her incredible beauty is second to none! Yay!

Magazine: ELLE, April 2009, UK/Czech Republic

Model: Michaela Kocianova

Photographer: Jan Welters

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February 17, 2010

DANZE by Mark Pillai

This editorial completely made my day! It fills me with peace and awe. The mood and the movement are soft, graceful, delicate beauty. I was unfamiliar with this photographer before today, but these images have me rooting out more of his work. I hope these will make you feel as blissful as I do…

Magazine: AMICA, March 2010, Italy

Model: Masha Kirsanova

Photographer: Mark Pillai