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Nastia Liukin is showing off her gymnastic gold body, but where’s her face? To be honest, unless you had prior knowledge of the Liukin/Azria match-up, you wouldn’t know who was the model under all that hair and draping.

Photo Credit: People StyleWatch

Dear Loves,

I’ll be back in a week. I might update a couple times if I get the chance. Until then, fawn over my favorite ad and maybe even collection of the season, Blumarine.

Grosse Bisse,
Chelsea Rae

p.s. T -18 days until fashion week. Get excited, or stressed, whichever comes first!

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Model: Natasha Poly
Photographer: Craig McDean

Photo Credit: The Fashion Spot

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“Spotted. Robomodels Stam, Trentini, & Lily D parading up and down the Upper East Side in random Dolce & Gabbana wears, while photog SK snaps away. Where’s little Gem, ladies?” If anyone asks, that’s what the Dolce & Gabbana ad feels like. They’re all about the android socialites who prance around Manhattan and feign indifference or anger when the paps are intent on getting their picture. The thing the paparazzi and the socialites don’t realize, no one truly cares! But what about the ads?

The clothes are gorgeous and the Steve Klein’s photography is wonderful as usual. I like how magical the city looks at night, though I’m not sure it was actually photographed at night— it could just be the wonders of photo retouching. I also like how spectral the models look, as if they’re just floating through their lives with no ambition or raison d’être.

I’m smitten with the wintery ball gowns in the photo above, they make me wish I had a big party to attend on New Years Eve. Also, I’m not a big tweed fan, but the tweed suit, oxford pumps, and newsboy cap outfit Lily D has on looks very chic— however, I think it only looks great on her because she’s a tall skinny model. I also happen to love the plaid, slightly cropped skinnies and plaid shirt combo. The clashing plaids are a bit off-putting, but I like things that are a tad kooky.

On the other hand, I’m not quite sure if I like the Stam, Lily D, Caroline Trentini match-up more than I like the Stam, Lily D, Gemma grouping in the Spring Summer ‘08 ads.

What do you think about the new Dolce & Gabbana ads and the Gemma/Caroline switch-a-roo?

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I don’t usually talk about men’s fashion on PRC, but today I have to. Why? Because since I heard Josh Hartnett was going to be in the new Emporio Armani ‘Diamonds for Men’ fragrance ad, I’ve been stoked— stoked is actually an understatement. However, now that I’ve seen the ad, thanks to Fashionista.com, I’m sort of underwhelmed (said in my best Michael Kors impression).

I’m not disappointed because Josh Hartnett is in the ad. I think he’s gorgeous, at least in my eyes. He has this slightly annoying, yet still endearing hipster grizzly-mountain-man thing going on all the time. His facial hair gets a bit patchy and his eyebrows are unkept, but I learned to deal with that years ago— I’ll even go as far as saying I appreciate the quirky wildness of it all. The culmination of those things, and much more, make him a lovable, awkward mess, but in the Armani ads, he’s none of that.

Though considering the queen of bling, Beyonce, was (is?) the face of Armani’s ‘Diamonds for Women’ fragrance, I understand why they had to doll Josh up a bit, but is this too much?

I know I can’t expect him to be rocking a ratty hat and geek-chic glasses in this ad, but I feel like he’s too clean cut for his own good.

This brings me to my question: What are the the trends/styles you find most attractive on guys? Do you like them Thom Browne or Tom Ford, Soulja Boi or Fall Out Boy, or something totally different?

p.s. The girl on the right keeps distracting me with her “OH EM GEE!” face!

Remember when you were trying to figure out why Mikhail Gorbachev was in the Louis Vuitton ads, but in all actuality, you didn’t really care enough to go look it up, or was that just me? Well, I’ve finally been inspired to figure out why there are a bunch of ultra famous figures in the LV luggage ads. Apparently, it’s part of their “Core Values” campaign photographed by Annie Leibovitz. What was my inspiration to make such a discovery? Keith Richards!

The aging Stone and his axe are the newest models for the LV campaign, and I have to say it’s really hot. I don’t know what it is about old, drug worn rockers but I always seem to be drawn to them in a strange probably not so PC way. Plus, his eyes are sort of haunting, like you want to know what fantasias he’s seen during his life time— I’m sure they’re be surreal.

For some reason I’m really excited to see these ads in magazines. I think I’d rather look at Richard’s weathered face than see another 10 tons of ads splattered with the perfection that is Kate Moss (as much as I do love her).

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