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‘If 2010 smelled like Lady Gaga, what will 2011 taste like?’

Lady Gaga shot from behind by fashion photographer Nick Knight. For her upcoming album Born This Way. Info here.

Below, unfinished Gaga portrait by Anastasia Chebacheva:

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‘white paint, reinterpretation and raw materials’

(Untitled) fragrance by Martin Margiela. Package design by Fabien Baron.

About here. Website here.

Found via Nina Stössinger

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Tom Ford Spring/Summer 2011. Backed by Karen Elson’s Pretty Babies. And if you blink, you’ll miss 70s icon Lauren Hutton.

Articles here and here.

Found via Nick Verreos

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I love Italian Vogue.

The mix of refined typography with sumptuous photography always blows me away.

The latest (above) features newcomer Arizona Muse with Freja Beha Erichson, shot by Steven Meisel. Article here.

Below: A cover gallery in video form. More covers here.

Found via Nick Verreos

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‘Mellon was also intimately involved in the fragrance’s advertising, in both concept and subject, which was shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin’

Ad campaign premieres this month: Jimmy Choo co-founder (and one time Terry Richardson subject) Tamara Mellon shows off Choo’s new scent.

Found via Fashionista

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‘Finally, you can wear your favorite people! These pins are hyper-detailed  . . .  look smashing and are imbued with lots of good luck for the wearer’

David Lynchpin, MJ, Etta, Orwell, Reagan, Depp, Handel, Selleck, BP Tony Lynchpin and many more.

The work of Ian Eckert. Limited edition pins. Get em here.

Found via Carolyn Kurr Wardle

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Poster design for by Josef Flejsar for the National Theater of Prague.

From 1964.

Ray Conniff: Melody from Mozart

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Just arrived this morning: New Years card from from the great Marko Davidovic.

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Handlettering for Ballade en France compilation album by Maricor Maricar.

The album features Carla Bruni’s L’Amoureuse. Video below.

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Another one down: Many noo yîrs greetings from steve and jeanne mehallo.

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Download a free, printer-friendly PDF of the above illustration. [file size: 1.5 megs]

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Photo by Colin Sokol, Rumi Neely. More here.

Warpaint: Shadows

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