An answer to the question "What does a stylist do, anyway?"
Dazed & Confused November 2009 Styled by Kate Shillingford Photographed by William Selden Hair: Raphael Salley Makeup: Anami Nishimura Model: Katlin Aas
Kate Shillingford styled this editorial for the November issue of London-based Dazed & Confused and managed to offer a stunning riposte to the idea that stylists are somehow less important in the world of fashion than their designing betters. Anyone who can take pieces from such of-the-moment, avant garde designers as Watanabe, Galliano, McQueen, and Westwood and reimagine them as costumes for Elizabethan-style portraiture is someone who's earned every penny they're paying her. These pictures are absolutely gorgeous and somehow get you to believe that a pair of Nina Ricci heel-less silver platform boots would look right at home in the court of the Virgin Queen.
Enjoy the beauty, kittens. We did.
Alexander McQueen Fall 2009 Collection Model: Magdalena Frackowiak
John Galliano Fall 2009 Collection/D&G Fall 2009 Collection Models: Chanel Iman/Regina Feoktistova
Ruff: Chanel - Dress: Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci
D&G Fall 2009 Collection/Vivienne Westwood Fall 2009 Collection [Shoes: Nina Ricci Fall 2009 Collection] Model: Diana Farkhullina/Ekat Kiseleva
Junya Watanabe Fall 2009 Collection [Dress: D&G Fall 2009 Collection] Model: Viviane Orth
D&G Fall 2009 Collection Model: Diana Farkhullina/Iris Strubegger
D&G Fall 2009 Collection [Leggings: Atsuko Kudo - Shoes: John Galliano Fall 2009]
Model: Yulia Kharlaponova
Burberry Prorsum Fall 2009 Collection Model: Anabela Belikova