The Paostian Deal

Grabbed those from Stylehive. They're pegs from an ad campaign by Belgian fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg who became American in 2002, a year after she married media Goliath Barry Diller. I don't know her, but supposedly it's her grand comeback after the re-launch of her clothing line in 1997. The images simply looks pretty, especially on the white space here. Joining her in the campaign--which can be called cost-cutting when discussed here in Manila--are French artist François-Marie Banier, Russian model Natalia Vodianova and American advertiser David Lipman whose comment on the DVF-Banier project I find so anti-Adobe but nice altogether:

"In this world of plastic surgery, with so many images in magazines that are so retouched, to go in the opposite direction and show the soul of a woman is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my career. It's aggressive and strong in the most elegant way."

After a writer's strike, that can potentially spark a... make-HOLD-up. (Boink!) Imagine the extra space in photoshoots... and three more pizza boxes!

Click on any pic to see more preview of DVF's campaign. (I'd LOVE to write with a paintbrush.) And don't miss the video! It has a strangely-nice track like a mix of Amelie, Poltergeist and The Others that's somewhere between haunting and calming.