Lonchamp Fall Winter 2009 : Behind the Scenes Video

Longchamp has finally released its behind the scenes video, of the making of the Longchamp Fall/Winter 2009 campaign with Kate and Daria. Looking back, I was apprehensive of the supposedly odd pairing of Daria and Kate. Both have such different dyamics when considering their modeling resumes.

However, this campaign turned out to be very visually striking, and one of the best of the year. Though the pairing is still not the best, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot's highly stylized images make up for whats lacking in model chemistry. With the large play of chiaroscuro and the reference to the eighties in their images, this campaign was one of the few of the season that made me stop and look in magazines. You can see the video here

Longchamp Fall Winter 2009 Campaign

I've found a higher quality image of the fall Longchamp campaign. I really love the use of color in these images, and hopefully we will see more soon! Credit goes to pedestrian.tv - they also did a small shout out to The Daria Files. So awesome!

Lonchamp Fall Winter 2009
Kate Moss by Mert and Marcus

Longchamp Fall Winter 2009

Finally, a new campaign! Daria and Kate Moss are the faces of the Fall 2009 Longchamp campaign. Shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot the ad features high contrasted, richly colored images of the two in front of a group of sailors. Like Mert and Marcus's previous work, the ads are very 80's influenced with strong poses, and the decade defining heavy makeup.

This is not the first time that Kate and Daria have worked together. They've been shot either together or for the same campaign numerous times, such as Louis Vuitton, David Yurman, Roberto Cavalli, Versace, and Gloria Vanderbilt.

Longchamp Fall Winter 2009 campaign by Mert & Marcus

However, and I don't know if this is just me, but I never think that the two are properly paired. They are both great models in their own right, but I feel that they have such different dynamics. Hopefully, we will have more than a few pictures in this campaign, and better yet a making of video (I remember Longchamp releasing one for the campaign with French actor Gaspard Ulliel and Moss). For now though, here is the just released image.