I woke up an hour ago, groggy and bleary eyed but unable to sleep anymore and logged onto TFS, to find - tada! The much-awaited, much-anticipated (if not in excitement then in bemusement) S/S Miu Miu ad campaign starring Lindsay Lohan and shot by Mert & Marcus - yes, an image has finally surfaced! Just to be clear, I absolutely love the concept of the ad, the styling, the ambiance and as Fashionologie has pointed out, the Guy Bourdin-esque qualities of the shot are commendable rather than derivatative. However, I'm not sure if it's the post sleep stupor that I'm in or the amount of Panedol I'm on, but that's a whole lot of Photoshopping going on there. If it's not Photoshop, then it's the image programme called the Incredible Long Limb Stretcher and Waist Cincher v2.0. All very well making a few 'aspirational' nip tucks, but then why not cast a model who actually has the Incredibly Long Limbs and Small Waist. This is only the first to emerge from the ad set but with this particular image, I feel Lindsay Lohan's face is really quite disposable....
....if Miu Miu can be a bit liberal with the body stretching, then I can be a bit liberal with the face as well....
....how about Karen Elson....
....or Lily Cole......
....or Lily Donaldson......
....or Jessica Stam.......
.....or anyone else really?
(Please excuse crude PS skills!)
