Must Buy ELLE

Here are three excellent reasons why you must buy the September issue of SA ELLE.

ONE: It's the perfect intro to the new season. All the best trends, clothes and accessories are in here. There's no edit like an ELLE edit.

TWO: Suri's mom is on the cover.

THREE: Yours truly was a fashion intern on the entire issue.

 

 

These are my favourite shots from the three main fashion stories (all of which I had the honour of witnessing while they were being created). That's SA supermodel Katryn Kruger on the left and Spud actress/ former ELLE cover girl Charlbi Dean Kriek at the top right.

Want more? Go buy the issue NOW NOW NOW!

David Beckham - Now A Statue

Just when you thought Beckham fashion/world domination couldn't get any more serious... The football player/husband of Queen Victoria has expanded his H&M body-wear range and celebrated with a new campaign...

But that's not all. To celebrate the launch of the new range, H&M posted a statue of Beckham outside their biggest stores. Yes, a statue.

Here's one in New York City...

 

One must ask: what next?

If they bring out a Victoria Beckham doll, you heard it here first.

 

In other campaign news, the Michael Phelps for Louis Vuitton was cancelled because it didn't fit in with the theme of the campaign. Too bad.

 

Gaga and Victoria: Video Girls

The above pictures represent the two fashion videos you simply must watch this week.

Click HERE to see US VOGUE's behind the scenes video of their September Lady Gaga cover. You'll love watching her bring the most dramatic AW12 collections (Marc Jacobs above and Alexander McQueen below) to life.

And HERE to see the Spice Girls perform at the Olympics closing ceremony. Victoria Beckham is by far the most stylish spice - the trail on that dress only ads to her fierceness,

Enjoy.

Dark Campaigns

Even though I'm beginning to wonder if the UK ELLE distributers have forgotten about South Africa, I am intensely enjoying the September issue of UK VOGE. One of the many great things about a September issue is that it's a directory for just about every AW campaign worth knowing about. I flipped through the issue last night and picked my favourite ones for the season.

Except for one or two exceptions, each campaign brings out the darker side of the new season in a creative makes-your-eyes-happy kind of way. So here they are. What's your favourite?

 

Gucci

 

Versace

 

Paul Smith

 

Givenchy

 

Stella McCartney

 

Diane Von Furstenberg

 

Etro

 

DSquared²

 

Mulberry

 

Jitrois

 

H&M

 

Maje

Phelps For Vuitton

The Olympics may have ended last night with a Spice Girls performance I have yet to YouTube, but Louis Vuitton is still riding the golden wave. You're looking at one of the first-released pictures from Michael Phelp's Vuitton campaign - shot by Annie Liebovitz. The point of the campaign is still unclear (Does LV make Speedos? It's probably just the bags then.) but it's something to talk about on a Monday morning...

 

What's this? A picture of Chris Colfer and Lea Michele shooting Glee in New York City yesterday? How did that get in there?

Images: JustJared