The FiFi Report 258

  • Heidi Klum guest edits the June issue of German Vogue in a special 140-page spread entitled “Heidi by Vogue”.
  • Julianne Moore is on the cover of British Vogue July issue.
  • British Vogue also photographed model Angela Lindvall at her cool home for the July 2009 issue.
  • Check out the fabulous video on Modelinia: The History of Models I: Society Girls & Hollywood Glamour and here you can see The History of Models IV: The Rise & Fall of the Supermodel.’
  • While you are at Modelinia checkout Inès de la Fressange and Gilles Bensimon chatting like old pals.
  • ‘So What Do You Do, Laura Brown, Features & Special Projects Director, Harper’s Bazaar? She sent The Simpsons to Paris to meet Donatella Versace and Marc Jacobs, brokered a kiss and make-up session between Courtney Love and Karl Lagerfeld after the rocker riled up the designer by wearing fake Chanel, and convinced waifish stylist Rachel Zoe to pack on prosthetic pounds for some of Harper’s Bazaar’s most memorable photo shoots. It’s heady stuff for the Aussie who grew up on a farm in Sydney and moved to New York “to be where things happened.” Read it here.
  • ‘Although early rumors had it that the economic crisis would turn the opening of this year’s Venice Biennale into a seriously unglamorous, penny-pinching affair, the rumors were proved very wrong yesterday, before the event even started. “Is that Naomi Campbell?” asked Lynn Forester de Rothschild at the Hotel Cipriani, where Eli Broad was hosting a lunch for Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. (It was indeed Campbell, mingling with everyone from John Baldessari to Darren Star.) By nightfall there were still no Paris Hilton sightings on the Grand Canal, but several parties were humming.” says W Magazine
  • ‘Carine Roitfeld dedicated the entire February 2009 issue of Vogue Paris to Lara Stone, and now it sounds like an upcoming issue of Vogue Paris will be dedicated to Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin - they are photographing the entire thing, cover to cover’ says Fasionologie
  • ‘The 2009 CFDA Journal showcases the work of the nominees for this year’s CFDA Awards. But instead of using models, photographer Craig McDean and stylist Karl Templer decided to have the designers pose wearing their own stuff. Swarovski womenswear award nominee Jason Wu wears a dress over his suit and Louis Vuitton designer Marc Jacobs wore his Vuitton bunny ears. ‘Reports The New York Magazine.
  • ‘The handbag had landed. Louis Vuitton will announce a high-profile new ad campaign featuring 79-year-old astronaut Buzz Aldrin and fellow space travellers Sally Ride and Jim Lovell. Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969. Now he and the others will appear in photos shot by Annie Leibovitz, The ads will hit magazines’ July issues in a couple of weeks. And there will, of course, be a website.” reports WWD
  • “Visit the enchanting ancient city of Damascus in Syria with British photographer Tom Craig and aristo-model Stella Tennant for UK Vogue’s May issue.
  • Johnny Depp is on the cover of Vanity Fair.