Good Things Come In Twos

I'm about two weeks too late but here are the scanned pages of Daria in the June 2010 issue of US Vogue. Oh well, better late than never? Its the thought that counts? OK enough idioms, on to the photos.

Daria has two pages in the June issue, both were images accompanying articles in the beauty section. Both are outtakes from the Go West editorial in the January 2010 issue of Vogue US! I love the black and white photo in the sand. It's so beautiful and abstract and I love how they allowed Daria's tattoo to be shown. If Vogue keeps producing beautiful images like this then I won't mind these little article photos in lieu of longer editorials.

source: scanned by me, please credit The Daria Files if sharing :)

Movers and Shakers

Making a surprise apperance in the April issue of W, Daria has an editorial after almost two years of absence in the magazine. This time around it's Daria in a fifteen page editorial photographed by Italian Mario Sorrenti.

Movers and ShakersDaria Werbowy by Mario Sorrenti
W US April 2010

Long time no post, but I've been holding out for HQ scans of Daria's editorial in W. And thanks to Rrose at frejabeha.blogspot.com, we have perfect images!

First glance at this editorial and I was taken back to Daria's old modeling days, back to 2005 - 2006. There is something about this editorial that feels a little dated but Daria more than makes up for it with her brilliant posing. Maybe it can be attributed to this odd tan that Daria has been sporting as of late, and the fact that Sorrenti is the photographer. The attention to detail is great though - it seems like every hair, accesory and movement is perfect in its placement. Its great to see such vivid motion as opposed to static poses we often see in magazines.

Interesting that Daria has a sixteen page editorial just around the time that news of a big shuffle at W Magazine. If you've been following industry news Stefano Tonchi has been appointed editor-in-chief, Camilla Nickerson (stylist of this editorial and the one responsible for this brilliance) has left W and so has fashion director Alex White. Only time, and a few issues, how this will all affect this magazine. But hopefully the new editors are partial to putting Daria on the cover again ...

image credits: Rrose Sélavy at frejabeha.blogspot.com

The Cat Lady

I just picked up the March issue of Vogue and it holds quite a few surprises. Daria is in two editorials, The Warrior Way and Straight From The Hip, and along with those there is a cute candid and another shot from The Warrior Way. I've always wondered if they were going to feature Daria in one of the Contributors pages - she's appeared in quite a lot of editorials to warrant a mention!

If you pay enough attention you can see Daria a few more times throughout the magazine which brings more excitement to those rumors about a model gracing the cover of the April issue of Vogue ... maybe its just hopefulness on my part, and trust me I know the chances of a model appearing on the cover are slim, but I'm hoping that it could be Daria!

image credits: scanned by me

The Warrior Way

Scans of Daria's first of two editorials in Vogue's March issue have been posted.

The Warrior Way
Vogue US March 2010
Daria Werbowy by David Sims

Isn't this so refreshing? Its great to see a large publication like American Vogue take on such a big theme in pop culture right now. What is even more refreshing is the fact that it is a beautifully inspired editorial. This could have gone the way of Harper's Bazaar, and could have been cheesy and over the top. I think this is one of the instances where David Sims photography really works in a natural setting. These pictures are a such a natural and somber impression of James Cameron's Avatar world. Not only that but the second picture is impressing - I never realized how much Daria resembles a Na'vi creature before that photo! Imagine how beautiful this will look in print ...

I thought it would be interesting to see a line up all of the runway looks (runway photos only make it on to this blog once a year!) versus how they're styled in the editorial. Grace Coddington did a great job of combining dresses from the Spring Summer 2010 runway season. It's not her usual style but its so great to see the geometric prints and angular cuts of the spring season in print. The Rodarte war paint inspired war paint is so at place as well. And the Alexander McQueen armadillo boots! I don't think they could have found a better place than this editorial ... Avatar couldn't have come out at a better time for the fashion world!

image credits: scanned by mchunu at tFS forums ; runway photos via style.com

Body Conscience

Daria makes an appearance in the third issue of LOVE magazine in an editorial shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.

Fashion Icons: Body ConscienceLOVE Magazine Issue Three
Daria Werbowy by Mert and Marcus

Do you like your body? No.
Do you love it? Yes! It's a love/hate thing.
Your body is a ... ? Tool. A 12-piece Black & Decker set.
Would you change it? Ask me when I'm 50.
How do you feel about being naked in LOVE? One should always be naked when in love!

Its taken me a while to form an opinion on these images but after much time, sorry for the delayed posting everyone!, I have come to the conclusion that these images are truly gorgeous. There is no doubt in my mind that Daria has the strongest editorial of all in this issue (click here for the others).
I have to say, I am certainly surprised that Daria went along with this editorial. I never would have pictured her as the model willing to do a complete nude but after last years In Love editorial I guess anything is possible. I am also surprised that photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott managed to produce such a spectacular editorial as this. I can't help noting the difference between this editorial and their most recent works with Daria (Point Break and The Deep End) the former being so robotic and devoid of any real tension or expression. But these images are so great in expressing a connection established between subject and photographer, model and lens. The photos are stripped of any embellishments or distractions and an intimate relationship is forged.
Yes, there is a Helmut Newton reference but I don't think that is suffice to describe these images  - Mert and Marcus prove that they can truly hold their own. Particularily in the second last shot, which happens to be my favourite of the editorial. It is so abstract and rarely the type of image we see in fashion magazines these days. It is provocative but only in the fact that it is so unexpected - not because of the nudity, which by now is fair game in fashion and such a natural aspect of life. Tom Ford said it best - "With a more natural relationship to nudity, we might also be freed up to find each other a lot more fascinating. There's an equality to being naked; the fewer clothes and accessories a person wears the less you judge them, and the more you notice their truest traits, like their eyes or their charisma, their great hands or their one-of-a-kind hair or, most importantly, their personality and character." It is so true, that this editorial really focuses the viewer on the person rather than the clothing, the setting, the accessories. Its why I am so shocked that a large publication fashion magazine would have the guts to print this! I'm in awe at the level of modeling that Daria projects through this. She truly proves herself capable of anything ... this was a surprise from a publication like LOVE, a surprise from Mert and Marcus but I think that beautiful images such as these have come to be expected of Daria. I can't wait to see if anything tops this in 2010!

It's hard to put in words but the images speak for themselves ... I'd love to hear your opinions though!

image credits: scanned by fearless123 at theFashionSpot.com

The Met Costume Ball

Flipping through my latest issue of Vogue I happened upon a picture of Daria at the Met Ball. I love candid shots, so it was even more surprising to see Daria with another one of my favourite models Liya Kebede. If anyone is interested its in the July 2009 issue of Vogue.

source: my scan