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The new ad campaign for Coca Cola delivery trailers

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Talk about a fashionable ride! Many thanks to Fellow Fashionista and Artist Fifi Flowers, who recently sent CC the following prize – a set of lovely note card prints of eight Fifi Originals, complete with CC’s fave, a gorgeously rendered bicycle in front of a clothing shoppe (see top left). Yay for winning fabulous artwork with a transportation/fashion theme! Be sure to visit Fifi Flowers Design Decor here.
A curious combo or a match made in heaven? Fashion advertising is heavily dependent these days on transportation, it seems. From the Jet Set glam of Michael Kors to Jil Sander’s Subway Chic, fashion is in motion!
Bicycles even made their way onto the runway at Agnes B. (right, via nymag.com)
At left, vintage Calvin Klein ad courtesy Fellow Fashionista Wendy Brandes
Crash test dummies join models in this DSquared2 ad
Subway and tube provide a surprisingly glamorous backdrop (Jil Sander, left and Topshop, below).

Kors isn’t the only one cashing in on the glitzy lifestyle: Jimmy Choo ad via photobucket.com.
Editorials have taken to using cars and motorcycles as props, as in this "Love/Hate" spread in W, featuring Alexander McQueen.

Vena Cava in U.S. Vogue
One can almost hear a train in the distance upon seeing this photo, courtesy Fellow Fashionista Key of La Bruja del Cuento.
Miansai Biplane necklace at baseworld.com
Last Look: a UK Bazaar editorial courtesy Fellow Fashionista Fashion Moment.

This seems an excellent opportunity also to pass on an award CC recently received from the lovely Miranda of Sparkle Dust Fantasy. The Fabulosity Award goes to the aforementioned blogger Ana, whose blog, Fashion Moment, is one of the most exquisite (and undervisited) in the couture world – visit here asap!

xoxox,

CC

Architecture is in Fashion

Literally! Why are architecture and fashion so indelibly linked? Perhaps it is because we creative types tend to stick together. CC is willing to wager that a hefty cross-section of Vogue subscribers also receive Architectural Digest!
At right: Bottega Veneta and Frank Gehry team up in Italian Vogue
I heart NY
The Manhattan skyline makes a captivating backdrop. See this Brooks Brothers ad;
a recent Bottega Veneta ad; and
Sue Stemp’s recent rooftop show.
Even semi-demolished New York architecture finds itself aligned with fashion, as in this New York Times Style Magazine editorial, shot at the Plaza Hotel. Christian Lacroix Haute Couture, via nytimes.com.
Landmark Status
Last year, J. Crew featured Richard Neutra’s Kauffman House in its catalog. Image via metropolismag.com.
This autumn, another iconic modernist house is the backdrop for chic casual wear: Seven for All Mankind shot its Autumn/Winter 2008 ad campaign at Philip Johnson’s Glass House in New Canaan, CT. The Glass House website is a worth a visit so you can see a video narrated by the house’s current curator.
Column Work:
D&G chose classical architecture as the backdrop for its fall print ads.
Kate Moss in a Turkish bath, in W.
Lanvin silk taffeta top and wool skirt in W's Istanbul spread. Note the columns and then look at the next photo...
Shoes often have architectural details: Celine column heel patent peep toe, pictured via Vogue Italia.
Once in a great while, a building is shaped like a shoe! This house in Hellam, Pennsylvania gives new meaning to that old nursery rhyme…
Talk about an architectonic handbag! A Louis Vuitton storefront, via chinadaily.com.
Fall fashion displayed in a decidedly postmodern doorway, courtesy wwd.com. The architecture in this shoot reminds CC of Michael Graves' style!
Basso & Brooke offer a Deco inspired print.
CC loves when architecture and design elements find their way into fashion!
At left: Roberto Cavalli "tiles" on the runway, pictured via style.com.
An Artistic Tile ad
Hayden Harnett's tile-inspired Lido mini bag. Visit haydenharnett.com
Marc by Marc Jacobs Cloisonné (an ancient metalworking technique, finding its textile expression here!) mohair jacket, at shopbop.com
Last look: make your home inside Zaha Hadid’s Chanel 2.55 Mobile Art Pavilion!