love ::

i love V magazine. love. and their website is impressive and jam packed. you should check it out here if you know what's good for you. here's some pieces in particular...

:: Mario Testino shoots cover girl Natalie Portman. :: go behind the scenes here.

:: interview with Alexa Chung. although her voice has the effect (in my ears) of say fingernails on a chalkboard (?), i love her style. her red leopard Dolce & Gabanna dress is fire. read the interview here.

:: Hedi Slimane shoots "Rock Couture" editorial. classic.

kate x hedi ::

more Kate, via Hedi Slimane's Fashion Diary.

view more images here.

Hedi Slimane, ma vie ::

mens creative director at Dior Homme for Christian Dior, Hedi Slimane was named 2002's international designer of the year. Leaving the fashion house in 2007 and turning down countless job offers since in fear of losing rights to his identity and name, he has made that name notorious by his own fashion lines, art shows, and *sigh* his photography.

inspirational b&w images below. 

Courtney Love never looked so good.