From the Very Very Hard To Find image archives, Allegra Doherty appears naked on the cover of GQ Italy from May 2001, and in a supplementary image from the shoot. If someone can help me with better and larger images I’d really appreciate it. Apparently her grandmother was not impressed with the shoot, so I [...]

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It’s a bit difficult to look a photo of five seated, naked, female models and not automatically draw a comparison to the famous Herb Ritts “supers” photo, especially when there have been SO many interpretations of the idea over the years.  Maybe any image of 5 nude models in a photo will always evoke Ritts, unless [...]

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BODY LANGUAGE, AVANTGARDE NL, OCT/NOV 2011

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Netherlands publication Avantgarde Magazine has been using larger models in interesting high fashion editorials for some time and it is refreshing to see a redhead for a change. In this lingerie editorial, the usual shaper garments are given a new vision with an aloof model attitude and quirky-cool styling.

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EVANS COLLECTION, A/W 2011

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I have always really liked the retro colour wash treatments used on the photography for TopShop campaigns, and I was happy to see it applied on this series of campaign images for sister company Evans‘ new capsule collection for Autumn/Winter 2011.

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VOGUE AUSTRALIA’S BELLE CURVE, SEPT 2011

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Vogue Australia has been issuing since August 1959, but it has taken 52 years for an editor to finally commission a shoot using a model larger than a size 8 for an editorial.  To be clear – plus size models have appeared in the magazine before now, in both editorial* and advertising** but this is [...]

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CLAIRE FRANCE IS SO FFINE, F/W 2011

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It’s rare these days to find a retailer who isn’t using the internet as a hype-heavy marketing tool – rather, they create interesting photos and let the images do the work for them.  Case in point: Claire France, a chain of stores in Quebec province, the French-speaking part of Canada.

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GLAMOUR HUNGARY’S ‘BEACH’ ISSUE, JUNE 2011

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Glamour Magazine has many international incarnations, especially within Europe.  The Hungarian edition has quietly been favouring the use of larger models for some time, and for the June 2011 the editors decided to use one of their favourite girls for their Beach issue cover.

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