Marc Jacobs stays switching it up when it comes to enlisting photographers for his various different advertising campaigns. Over recent seasons, everyone from Tyler Mitchell and Tyrone Levon to Juergen Teller and Harley Weir have been commissioned to lens campaign imagery for the designer’s eponymous brand. Added to the list with the unveiling of Jacobs’ latest is Carin Backoff. Shining a spotlight upon ‘The Sack Bag’ for Summer 2024, Jacobs endorses a whole plethora of personalities as the face and embodiment of the handbag that launched earlier this year. Sabrina Carpenter, Vittoria Ceretti, Irina Shayk, Anok Yai, Charli XCX and Gabriette make appearances throughout the vibrant and splashy campaign, each styled by Alastair McKimm and captured against a gray backdrop within Backoff’s photographic studio.

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“Vittoria and Irina look great! Not sure about the panties, tho,” voiced justaguy.

“Love the photographs! Beautiful and minimal with a pop of hot, bright colors!” MModa admired.

Also very much a fan was vogue28: “The strongest Marc Jacobs campaign in what feels like forever! There’s a sense of life here, feels more… sultry and alive than recent Marc Jacobs campaigns. The casting is great, but would’ve just left it at Vittoria Ceretti, Irina Shayk and Anok Yai. Nevertheless, a thumbs up from me!”

“The girls look great but the products are not desirable…” scoffed forum member thiago.

KoV agreed, exclaiming: “Imagine getting this cast together just to hawk that bag!”

See more from Marc Jacobs’ Summer 2024 handbag advertising campaign and join the conversation, here.

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Last night, stars from the world of fashion, film, music and entertainment were out in full force to celebrate the opening of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” exhibit.

Naturally, the most buzz-worthy spectacle on the fashion calendar generated a vast amount of show-stopping fashion moments for us to sit back and fawn over. The “The Garden of Time” dress code, inspired by a short story from 1962 of the same title by J.G. Ballard could have perhaps been interpreted in a variety of different ways. As expected, however, a whole multitude of archival magic was unearthed and florals for spring actually proved to be somewhat… groundbreaking.

Kim Kardashian requested Maison Margiela’s John Galliano create a haute couture look composed of a pale grey cashmere cardigan, a corset rewoven from antique silver brocade and a skirt in tooled silver metal evoking lace and florals. A staggering 98,000 crystals later and Anok Yai hit the famed steps of the 2024 Met Gala in a custom Swarovski creation while South African singer required a little help up the stairs, essentially donning a Balmain sand sculpture. Zendaya opted for not one but two breathtaking looks. This year’s Met Gala co-host first descended upon the event showcasing a striking ocean-blue gown by John Galliano for Maison Margiela that included a dramatic matching headpiece. The undisputed style icon later ventured up the steps again in a black archival look from Givenchy’s Spring 1996 haute couture collection (designed by the late Alexander McQueen). Inspired by a Richard Avedon photograph, Nicole Kidman asked Balenciaga’s Denma to breath new life into an original monochromatic Cristóbal Balenciaga creation from 1951 while Demi Moore hit all the right notes in a Harris Reed confection.

Needless to say, the 2024 Met Gala did not disappoint. Right here on theFashionSpot, we’ve rounded up 60+ of the most must-see looks. Scroll further for the most show-stopping fashion moments of the night:

Zendaya:

Teyana Taylor:

Jessica Biel:

Kendall Jenner:

Sarah Paulson:

Amanda Seyfried:

Tyla:

Brie Larson:

Keke Palmer:

Amelia Gray:

Naomi Campbell:

Doja Cat:

Lizzo:

Irina Shayk:

Imaan Hammam:

Kaia Gerber:

Nicki Minaj:

Adwoa Aboah:

Kylie Minogue:

Gigi Hadid:

Rita Ora:

Riley Keough:

Aya Nakamura:

Nicole Kidman:

Chloë Sevigny:

Janelle Monáe:

Georgina Chapman:

Taylor Russell:

Mindy Kaling:

Kim Kardashian:

Lana Del Rey:

FKA Twigs:

Demi Lovato:

Quannah Chasinghorse:

Sarah Jessica Parker:

Rosalía:

Zendaya… again:

Jennifer Lopez:

Penélope Cruz:

Dua Lipa:

Taraji P. Henson:

Greta Lee:

Demi Moore:

Kylie Jenner:

Michelle Yeoh:

Paloma Elsesser:

Sydney Sweeney:

Anok Yai:

Ayo Edebiri:

Ashley Graham:

Gwendoline Christie:

Cynthia Erivo:

Ariana Grande:

Pamela Anderson:

Elle Fanning:

Shakira:

Serena Williams:

Jodie Turner-Smith:

Linda Evangelista:

Uma Thurman

Naomi Watts:

Sabrina Carpenter:

Elizabeth Debicki:

Cardi B:

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Vogue Italia is one of those fashion magazines with an immense legacy (all thanks to the sheer brilliance of the late great Franca Sozzani). Since Sozzani’s passing, the Italian fashion bible has underwent some significant changes and is undoubtedly a shadow of its former self. From 2017 to 2021, Emanuele Farneti served as editor-in-chief, who was ultimately replaced with Francesca Ragazzi (the magazine’s current head of editorial content). Covers throughout Ragazzi’s reign have been extremely hit and miss – with last month’s Bella Hadid offering feeling like a total missed opportunity. For May 2024, Ragazzi welcomes Irina Shayk as cover girl, marking the Russian beauty’s third since 2017. The industry fave takes it to the racetrack, to the home of Ferrari in the Italian commune of Maranello to be exact. Irina shoots a look over her shoulder clad in Dolce & Gabbana, shot by photographer Theo Liu and styled by Anastasia Barbieri.

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“I miss those days when I would see the cover and get really intrigued by the image, analyzing the backstory etc. All I see now is just an average-looking cover that will be forgotten. Sad,” sighed NicholasII.

“Horrible. That traffic light thing totally ruins the shot,” mikel instantly pointed out.

In agreement was Cocteau Stone: “From her head down to the coat there is a nice 70’s cinematic look. Then, from the head up, with that obstructive light system it quickly heads into corny 80s film territory!”

“Theo Liu’s photography is amateur beyond belief and I’m dumbstruck over how underwhelming Anastasia Barbieri’s styling is. The cover shot itself is hideous, far too zoomed out for my taste. This could’ve been fierce but it’s a FLOP,” chimed in vogue28.

Not everyone, however, was left so dissatisfied with the outcome. “It has a 70s cinematic allure, pretty Italian,” admired ivano.

“Love the cover and great to see Irina. She is beautiful,” enthused MModa.

“Feels refreshing in a way,” said Petrus.

See more of Irina Shayk as Vogue Italia’s April 2024 cover girl and share your own thoughts, here.

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It has now been one whole year since Giovanna Battaglia made the brilliant upon brilliant decision to enlist Steven Meisel as Swarovski’s campaign photographer. Meisel’s bedazzling imagery for the Austrian jewelry company has left us completely enchanted, season after season, campaign after campaign. Thankfully, Battaglia welcomes back the master American lensman for his fourth consecutive Swarovski campaign, with the unveiling of the flawless Spring 2024 campaign installment. Inspired by the archetype of Venus, models Irina Shayk, Karlie Kloss, Fei Fei Sun, Imaan Hammam and Abby Champion morph into mythical creatures from the sea, each dripping in layers of layers of Hyperbola jewelry and multi-faceted Millenia crystals in the undeniably stunning and utterly spectacular portrait images.

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“Stunning campaign!” heralded justaguy.

“Stunning campaign!” echoed MModa. “Beautiful imagery. Shayk is a great addition and Kloss looks fierce and in charge!”

“Irina and Karlie DELIVERED,” applauded VogueDisciple93.

Ihhbl was in complete agreement, commenting: “Wow, Irina and Karlie look GORGEOUS! Powerful eye contact, which is what a miss nowadays and these ladies delivered! Fei Fei also looks lovely!”

Also in love with the end result was vogue28: “Another FLAWLESS Swarovski campaign from Steven Meisel. The styling, again, is genius. Every single piece of Swarovski looks desirable and gorgeous here. I love the whole mermaid vibe, and how polished and poised the girls are.”

“Gorgeous! I love them all,” Salvatore enthused.

See more from Swarovski’s Steven Meisel-shot Spring 2024 advertising campaign and join the conversation over on theFashionSpot forums, here.

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We’ve started to loose count of how many times Irina Shayk has graced the cover of Vogue. Subsequent to the Russian beauty’s very first in 2013 for Vogue Spain, the industry fave has covered editions of Vogue from around the world including the likes of Vogue Turkey, Vogue Mexico, Vogue Japan, Vogue Arabia, Vogue Germany and Vogue Thailand – often on more than one occasion. Added to Shayk’s impressive rooster of magazine cover appearances this month, is Vogue Netherlands. Captured in sharp black and white on location within a back alley in New York City, Irina is reunited with photographic duo Luigi & Iango. Styled by Dutch Vogue‘s fashion director Linda Gumus Gerritsen, Irina poses in a mashup of pieces from Givenchy, Gucci, Marc Jacobs, Wolford and Orlov jewelry in the strong and commanding April 2024 cover shot.

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“A standard Luigi & Iango studio portrait would’ve sufficed. The names involved got me very excited, but the result leaves me cold. It would work fine as an editorial image, but a cover it is not,” critiqued aracic.

“There is too much going on around Shayk. The setting is unappealing and distracting,” MModa chimed in.

Ivano said: “Old Vogue Italia in a bad day. Reminds me of to the early [Emanuele] Farneti covers.”

“What a suffocating cover! Just awful!” shrieked an unimpressed Srdjan.

Also quick to disapprove of the end result was Simera, commenting: “Irina is one of my all-time favorite models ever, but this isn’t it.”

“I love Irina Shayk, I love Luigi & Iango and I love them together. However, the outcome here leaves a whole lot to be desired. The cover image is far too busy and I’m not overly fond of Irina’s pose,” added vogue28.

Care to see more of Irina Shayk as Vogue Netherlands’ April 2024 cover girl? Head over to theFashionSpot forums and join the conversation, here.

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It has been a never-ending guessing game over on theFashionSpot forums for months. Speculating, just as to who might crop up on the cover of Edward Enninful’s final issue of British Vogue. Since June 2023, upon the news of Enninful departing the British fashion bible after a rather remarkable 7-year stint, names like Beyoncé were thrown around with regards to his final cover star. Needless to say, we didn’t see this one coming…

Forgoing just the one cover star, Enninful called upon a whopping 40 of his chosenVogue icons for his concluding cover. As a result, Karen Elson, Irina Shayk, Laverne Cox, Anya Taylor-Joy, Serena Williams, Rina Sawayama, Karlie Kloss, Jourdan Dunn, Cindy Crawford, Amber Valletta, Precious Lee, Jodie Comer, Gemma Chan, Adut Akech, Vittoria Ceretti, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Cata Delevingne, Jane Fonda, Gigi Hadid, Linda Evangelista, Adwoa Aboah, Miley Cyrus, Paloma Elsesser, Iman, Victoria Beckham, Ariana DeBose, Jameela Jamil, Oprah, Selma Hayek, Christy Turlington, Salma Blair, Maya Jama, Kate Moss, Cynthia Erivo, Simone Ashley, Lila Moss, Anok Yai, Kaia Gerber, Naomi Campbell and Dua Lipa grace the cover. The women flocked together in New York, and assemble for a group photograph before the lens of Steven Meisel.

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“Thank you, Edward. Thank you fashion gods! It’s a very interesting mix of cover subjects, some greats, some less than greats. Everyone looks fantastic, not a single woman looks unflattering here and that’s exactly what you want in a group cover, ” approved aracic.

LastNight was of the same mind, echoing: “I really like it! I think it’s quite striking and impressive to get all those people together.”

“I mean it’s a nice flex for him to have all these names on his last issue, but the composition is awful,” chimed in Marc10.

Thiago commented: “The Photoshop is terrible but that’s a proper farewell – Steven Meisel and legends!”

“It’s insane that they managed to actually get everyone there and still made it look like it’s a completely fake, Photoshopped group picture,” exclaimed lookatme.

“The cover isn’t groundbreaking enough, but you can’t make me hate it. Edward is such a mastermind, and I will surely miss his Vogue era,” shared forum member crmsn.

Caioherreo most definitely wasn’t all too impressed, describing the cover as “super boring” but do you agree?

Share your own thoughts on British Vogue‘s March 2024 cover, here.

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Nina Garcia’s ELLE is the gift that keeps on giving – officially. Throughout 2023 alone, the editor of the Hearst-owned American fashion glossy has bestowed upon us a whole plethora of ultra-fabulous covers. Those covers have given us Kaia Gerber, Gigi Hadid, Jenna Ortega, Megan Thee Stallion, Karol G, Imaan Hamman, Zendaya and we fell completely head over heels with last month’s Phoebe Dynevor offering.

The cover of the magazine’s November 2023 issue goes to Irina Shayk, who fresh from the cover of British Vogue poses before the lens of photographer Daniel Jackson. The Russian beauty proves less is always more in the minimalist and crisp cover image, kneeling on the floor of Jackson’s photographic studio, with stylist Alex White dressing the current face of Versace in head-to-toe Ferragamo, with a pair of Van Cleef & Arpels earrings and watch completing the cover look.

We’ll race you down to the newsstand for this one. “This is going to pop on the newsstands. I haven’t purchased a copy of American ELLE in ages but will be picking this up when I see it,” said Velasco.

“Love the cover and editorial. Irina looks HOT. Getting this issue for sure!” MModa echoed.

“American ELLE continues to eat Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar up. I really love how simple yet striking this is. Beautiful editorial as well,” raved crmsn.

In complete agreement was vogue28: “A 10/10 from me, and in all honesty I am not able go praise this cover enough. It was love at first sight. What a roll American ELLE has been on lately, this is just the icing on the cake and far outshines Harper’s Bazaar.”

“Typically not a big Irina fan, but I’m into this,” forum member KoV confessed.

“Fashion models on the covers of American fashion mags! Such a dream,” favored ivano.

See more of Irina Shayk as ELLE‘s November 2023 cover star and share your own thoughts, here.

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Edward Enninful continues to throw us curve balls as he rounds out his tenure as editor of British Vogue. Last month was the surprise of all surprises, as Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio became the magazine’s cover stars, which ultimately, fell extremely short and devoid of fashion (bizarre, we know). This month, Enninful drops us another series of surprise cover stars, as he pays homage to the place in which the magazine has been created for the last 65 years: Vogue House. Condé Nast is saying goodbye to the landmark Hanover Square, Mayfair location in 2024 (in favor of The Adelphi on Thames Embankment) and UK Vogue is going ALL out to celebrate the historic building with a trio of celebratory covers.
Cover one shows models Emily Ratajkowski and Adwoa Aboah atop the building’s revolving door, cover two sees Irina Shayk and Adut Akech posing outside the loading bay while the third cover shows Karen Elson and Mona Tougaard (sat perched on top a Royal Mail postbox) outside of Vogue House, with the facade of the 1950s office building as the backdrop. Each cover has been captured by photographer Sean Thomas, complete with styling from Dena Giannini.

Per usual, the all-important question remained: were our forum members impressed? “Finally, a set of British Vogue covers this year that don’t look dreary and sad!” heralded crmsn.
Vogue28 said: “The first cover is truly the only one which should’ve been printed/made. The other two are absolutely naff and are a complete non-event, in comparison to the first cover which I’m actually rather fond of. The cover feels celebratory, fashion-y and pays homage to Vogue House perfectly, IMO.”
“The idea is nice, but the execution is terrible,” immediately complained Ivanity86.
“This concept is so… stupid to me,” laughed blueorchid.
“This is terrible. Pure trash,” exclaimed a far from impressed caioherrero.
Forum member liberty33r1b wasn’t exactly jumping for joy either, adding: “I can only laugh at these covers, just tragic!”
“They could’ve at least called Tim Walker…” cried out Conbothsides.

See more from British Vogue‘s November 2023 issue and join the conversation, here.

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Since 2017, we have been forever indebted to Marta Ortega Pérez, chair of Inditex, who has blessed us with Steven Meisel as Zara’s campaign photographer for the brand’s main womenswear fashion advertising campaigns. Season after season, campaign after campaign, the partnership has been a joy to witness and here at theFashionSpot we are always sat in anticipation as to what’s next.
Seven years later and the bond between Zara and Meisel remains as strong as ever, with the masterful American photographer having now collaborated on a whole entire collection with the Spanish retailer, titled ‘Steven Meisel New York’ which will be available for purchase on Zara’s website September 18.
For the accompanying advertising campaign, Meisel called upon his muses from past and present, including Irina Shayk, Lexi Boling, Ash Stymest, Amber Valletta, Eva Herzigova, Kit Butler, Liya Kebede, Angelina Kendall, Alton Mason, Kaia Gerber, Avanti Nagrath, Leon Dame, Sora Choi, Scott Barnhill, Loulou Westlake, Jackson Jarrell, Alberth Johnson, Gigi Hadid, Elio Berenett, Wali Deutsch, Gendai Funato, Akbar Shamji, Penelope Tree, Gray Eberley, Nyawurh Chuol and Linda Evangelista. The impressive lineup of A-list talent of course don pieces from the upcoming collection, posing in Meisel’s photographic studio and captured in black and white.

Unsurprisingly, members of our forums were left in complete awe. “It looks like a long Vogue Italia editorial, and I love it! Brings me back to the great times of fashion magazines. The cast is superb,” raved ivano.
“The images are FAB! Meisel’s work for Zara has never missed once,” enthused fenty.
“No one does portraits like him. He really brings out the best in whoever he photographs,” wrote GivenchyHomme.
Vogue28 was also in awe, commenting: “All of this is enough to make me go weak at the knees, it’s all just so heavenly and divine. It goes without saying that Steven Meisel is a master at his craft, an absolute gift to us all. The whole entire cast here look utterly sensational, so lovely to see the likes of Linda, Amber, Eva, Penelope… I could go on and on. OBSESSED!”
“Perfectly executed and divine! The sheer size of this portfolio is utterly impressive! I am blown away by the portraits, which I find absolutely incredible. The images could definitely be compiled into a sublime issue of Vogue Italia some eight years ago,” noted aracic.

See more from the mammoth Zara x Steven Meisel advertising campaign and join the standing ovation, here.

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Ever since the tech-inspired Spring 2020 campaign which saw Jennifer Lopez outshine Kendall Jenner, photographers Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott have remained firm faves of Donatella Versace when it comes to lensing Versace’s mainline fashion advertising campaigns.
Following a solo Emily Ratajkowski as the face and embodiment of the ultimate Versace woman last season, multi-girl casting is back (with a vengeance) for Fall 2023 as Donatella welcomes a whole host of faces for the luxury Italian fashion house’s latest campaign proposal. Models Angelina Kendall, Diane Chiu, Gigi Hadid, Irina Shayk, Karolina Spakowski, Sava Suvacarov, Liu Wen and Anok Yai join forces for the occasion, coming together in M&M’s photographic studio to roam a stark white set while showcasing Donatella’s impeccably tailored and structured collection which simply come alive throughout the series of crisp and monochromatic black and white campaign images.

Ultimately, Versace’s latest was not exactly well received by our unfiltered forum members. “Already a NO for me. Where is creativity these days?” asked DK92.
“Atrocious. These clothes look so undesirable,” noted Nimsay.
“My immediate thought upon seeing this was ‘boring AF’ and I’m standing by it… because this just ain’t it. Not even a Richard Avedon reference is enough for me this time around – it’s all just so dull, flat, lifeless and rather depressing,” an unforgiving vogue28 commented.
Also far from enthralled was avonlea002, questioning: “Is it that hard to compose a photograph these days? It just always feels like they let the models walk around and randomly take photos. M&M just got so lazy. Most of the established creatives got lazy. This industry needs a shake up because the state it’s in right now is pathetic.”
Await more from Versace’s Fall 2023 campaign and be sure to join the conversation, here.

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