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Elle Italia‘s May 2010 issue features a series of portraits of women by Amanda de Cadenet, who also shot a recent Crystal Renn image for V Magazine #64.  De Cadenet is known for being a late adopter to digital camera technology, therefore also for her “I don’t want to have to retouch” approach to setting up [...]

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Elena Miro celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and has released this whimsical illustrated postcard set excerpted from their full set of collection images to keep their advertising presence ticking over until the next big runway show in Milan.

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Italy’s La Repubblica‘s fashion magazine offshoot “D del Donna” paired up Christophe Kutner and Tara Lynn for this challenging editorial, called Extra.  I know some people won’t get it because it’s not really about clothes, but that is why I like it.  Still scratching my head on the comparison of Tara to Beth Ditto in [...]

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The 17 Feburary 2010 issue of Italy’s Vanity Fair featured a tribute to Anna-Nicole Smith, marking the 3rd anniversary of her death with photos of Crystal Renn with blonde hair, shot by Ruven Afanador.

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This television commercial for Elena Miro launching their charitable Dona L’Usato program was filmed over February 13-14, 2010 in Barcelona.  Customers can bring in their used clothing and receive a discount towards their new purchase of items from the Elena Miro 25th Anniversary collection.

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Elena Miro launched its Fall/Winter 2010 line (as usual) during the first show scheduled of the Milano Moda Donna fashion week on February 24, 2010.  Rich jewel tones in silk and taffeta, metallic wool and laser-cut suiting, buttery-soft leather boots, devore velvets and recurring motifs in accessories evoke an Orientalist/1940s feeling.

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LOOKBOOK: ELENA MIRO SS/09

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The following images are from the Elena Miro Spring/Summer 2009 lookbook, shot on location on the island of Cape Verde.  My gratitude goes to the wonderful people at Miroglio Group for supplying them to this archive. Photographer: Fiorenzo Borghi Models: Anja Geyer, Milina Huckova, Inga Eiriksdottir (in order of appearance)

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SPRING IS SPRUNG

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Marina Rinaldi’s MR Giorno collection for Spring 2010 has been launched, arriving in northern hemisphere stores very soon if not already there…a bit hard to imagine wearing floaty dresses while the snow keeps falling! Model: Kate Dillon Photographer: Max Cardelli

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WANT MIRÒ?

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Sorry, couldn’t resist an art pun in the title  Elena Mirò are keeping up a fairly high advertising output despite the financial times; all the better to keep us looking snappy in sizzling neon and jewel tones during the long harsh winter – well, those of us in the northern hemisphere at least!

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COOL LOOKS FROM ELENA MIRO

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Elena Mirò enlisted photographers Attilio Capra, Andrew Dunn, Andrea Gandini, and Agnes Spaak to shoot their lookbook of Fall Winter 2008 covering a variety of locations and styles.  I’m personally a big fan of surrounding a model with handsome men!

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FAIR VANITY

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Italy‘s edition of Vanity Fair is all energy and color via luxe accessories in the issue of 7th October, 2009.  Yes, who says that larger sizes should only be dressed in black???

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ELENA MIRÒ S/S 2010

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These are the official videos released by Elena Mirò. Due to ongoing permissions and royalties issues with music on YouTube, these videos are silent.  Might I suggest, to fill the awkward silence, that you listen to the smoove groove of Maiysha Simpson singing her version of Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer *?

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SHARKS VS. JETS

It’s pretty sweet to be the only gal cast with a bunch of fellas in men’s fashion magazine…Crystal Renn rocks retro hair and styling at NY’s Coney Island for L’Uomo Vogue (Vogue Italia‘s men’s edition) March 2006. Model: Crystal Renn Photographer: Carter Smith images sourced from tFS

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