Levitating models in Harper’s Bazaar, 1965

While we’ve all likely encountered the daily levitation portraits of Natsumi Hayashi – such is the viral nature of the Internet – you might also recall that such concepts were not uncommon back in the 1960s. Remember the girl in the bubble?
Well here’s another original levitation photo concept courtesy of Harper’s Bazaar, 1965. Titled simply Fly it was also photographed by Melvin Sokolsky.

Click on the thumbnails above for the full ‘Fly’ photoshoot.
Hat tip to Retronaut.
Written by Tania Braukämper.
Some people's wardrobes are about a small selection of pieces that all fit within one aesthetic - Tania Braukamper isn't such a person. With a wardrobe that spans three different rooms, her approach to fashion is a mixture of current-season key pieces mixed with vintage finds she's sourced on innumerous shopping trips around the world's more cultured capitals. Despite a disparate approach to shopping, Tania is adamant that the key to mixing vintage with new season is to stick to key looks and colours that work for oneself. And it's a theory that she works into her writing for Fashionising.com, where she serves as the publication's Editor.

Timeless futurism from Jean Pierre Braganza

With a name like ‘Praxis’, it came as no surprise that Canadian designer Jean-Pierre Braganza’s collection was an almost scientific dissection of traditionally male tailoring. Shoulders were padded into sharp points, and dresses were made out of reconstructed suit jackets. The soft greys, beiges and dramatic monochrome palettes were broken up with splashes of bright coral pink. A series of striking digital red and black prints ended the show in floorlength dresses and silk shirts.
It was both futuristic and timeless, as we have come to expect from the young designer who has been showing at London Fashion Week since 2008. But the show demonstrated that key Braganza trait perfectly, too: a seamless blending of tough-girl style and a delicate appreciation of the female form.

A freelance journalist with an obsession with ethical fashion and a love of food and music, Sophie Caldecott writes on a wide range of style-related topics. You can follow her on twitter at @SophieCaldecott and read more of her writings over at Style And Then Some, where she blogs regularly.

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From Abbey Lee Kershaw: ManiaMania S/S ’11 ’12
All new galleries after the breakWritten by Daniel P Dykes.
Late one Oxford night Daniel P Dykes set about creating a fashion publication that would go someway to being an arbiter on fashion as it appeals to the emerging power generations: those who don't remember a world without the Internet and for whom work plays second fiddle to pleasure. And so Fashionising.com was born as a publication for those who were focussed not just on fashion's trends, but on society's too, and how those trends could all go to heighten the art of living. Hence, Daniel sees a future where, for those young at heart, both fashion and style are grounded in traditional quality, but with a youthful, sensualised edge. Daniel is Fashionising.com's Editor in Chief and Chairman.

Youth and the city: DKNY

It didn’t take complex props or the expensive interior of a key city location for DKNY to perfectly convey the mood of their spring 2012 collection. All that was done by way of a sidewalk and a parked taxi; proof, if ever there was any, that getting a show setting right doesn’t necessarily require a huge budget.
But what does a sidewalk and a taxi convey, exactly? It could say many things but in this case the message was unambiguous and strong. As a backdrop to the DKNY-clad models, it meant youthful city chic.

There’s no room for restrictive pencil skirts or fussy hairstyles in DKNY’s youthful world. This girl may be young but her social life keeps her busy, so she wants to be able to change outfits while the taxi meter is still running. Skirts that flow (but naturally sit shorter at the front) or effortlessly skim the thigh are in order. Jackets are unbuttoned, sleeves on relaxed tops are carelessly a little too long, and prints are bold and flirtatious. And there’s one thing that caps off and seals in this DKNY girl’s penchant for understated city glamour: a big, floppy hat.
For the full DKNY spring / summer 2012 collection click on the thumbnails above.
Written by Tania Braukämper.
Some people's wardrobes are about a small selection of pieces that all fit within one aesthetic - Tania Braukamper isn't such a person. With a wardrobe that spans three different rooms, her approach to fashion is a mixture of current-season key pieces mixed with vintage finds she's sourced on innumerous shopping trips around the world's more cultured capitals. Despite a disparate approach to shopping, Tania is adamant that the key to mixing vintage with new season is to stick to key looks and colours that work for oneself. And it's a theory that she works into her writing for Fashionising.com, where she serves as the publication's Editor.