Sunday, July 19, 2009

NEW MIU...

I don't get particularly hot and bothered about the release of new ad campaigns these days. Too celebrity driven, too retouched, too shiny. But I was happy to see that after years of famous faces, Miu Miu has chosen relatively unknown models for autumn/winter 09 and has ditched the strong colours that have dominated the campaigns shot by Mert & Marcus for the past few years. As with the new Prada lookbook everyone's talking about, I'm glad to see ol' Miuccia still isn't afraid to change tack in uncertain times.

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Here are some ancient ones, before glossy perfection took hold. (I am also ancient it seems, as I remember/owned most of these clothes.)


Audrey Marnay FW 97, Chloe Sevigny (post Kids so not really that famous then) SS 96, edit: Sara Daykin (thanks Alex!) FW 98, Zora Star SS 98.

{first image via Fashionologie, others via Miu Miu}

3 comments:

Alex said...

Hello,
The girl in Fall 98 is Sara Daykin. The first collection I bought Miu Miu from. Sigh. I ripped out every early ad and have them safely filed.

Sneaky Magpie said...

It's very refreshing to have a new face in Miu Miu campaign. I've had enough of Lindsey, Katie and Scarlett everywhere. All the campaigns seems to have either a celebrity or an ex supermodel.

BTW I absolutely love the coat...

Claire said...

Alex: very methodical! I have random lookbooks and odds and ends of things but nothing so impressive...I do still have my Miu Miu pencil though.

Sneaky Magpie: me too - I love the models they cast too, the fact you haven't really seen them anywhere else yet.