When we set out to tell the story of 2011 by the numbers, one loomed especially large: 661,509, the record-breaking number of visitors who lined up, often for hours at a time, to see the Costume Institute’s Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (left) at the Met.But it wasn’t just a banner year for the Met and [...]

Yves Saint Laurent switched things up for its Spring 2012 ad campaign, enlisting David Sims to shoot it instead of Inez and Vinoodh, who have shot the label’s ads for the past nine seasons. The campaign stars Mariacarla Boscono wearing two looks from the collection. [
n_1160126.html?ref=style ">HuffPo]Bill Cunningham will be receiving the Carnegie Hall Medal [...]

In a new series, Style.com sits down with the best in the field of contemporary fashion photography to talk about both the process and the product. First up: the husband-and-wife Dutch shooters Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.

At exactly 34 characters long, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin easily have the longest photo credit in [...]

BLK DNM’s cross-platform plan for world domination continues. Johan Lindeberg’s men’s and women’s label, which puts out a printed gazette and a series of videos in addition to clothes and accessories—and, during fashion week, opened the doors of its first store—recently launched its own blog, BLKDNMcloseup.com. The journal offers a look behind the scenes at [...]

“Is that what we’re calling it these days?” asked a colleague as I rattled off my day’s schedule. No, no, not Balmain. Pierre Balmain—as in the younger diffusion line sibling of the bling-ed out and be-shouldered über-babe’s fave label. World, meet Pierre.Actually, PB, which debuted yesterday in Paris in a presentation, is supremely low-key and [...]

Lady Gaga has just surprised her Little Monsters with the first of her video collaborations with Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. After photographing Gaga for V’s Asian issue this summer, the powerhouse duo has joined forces with the pop star again. Here’s “You and I: Nymph,” featuring an uncharacteristically, minimally dressed Gaga. We almost [...]

The CFDA Awards aren’t until June, but the first shots from the Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin-shot CFDA Journal, which profiles the nominees and honorees, debuted today. For the fourth year running, Trey Laird designed the journal, overseeing the photographers’ black-and-white shots of the likes of Marc Jacobs (Womenswear Designer of the Year nominee [...]

Memorial Day approaches, and with it, an official encouragement to wear white. And while we do, admittedly, wear white during the winter months, summer is the true season for it—and judging from its dominance on the red carpets in Cannes, Hollywood, and New York lately, it’s looking to be the shade this summer. No better [...]

There’s no stopping Arizona Muse. The model is making a good claim for the “super” to be appended to her name, with campaign appearances now joining catwalk stardom. She’s already the face of YSL’s Spring ‘11 print ads, and now she’s the moving body, too: Inez and Vinoodh, under the creative direction of house designer [...]

First Balenciaga, now Isabel Marant. Gisele’s sweep of Spring’s ad campaigns continues. Say au revoir, Kate Moss. [Fashionologie]
And in other campaign buzz, Peter Copping’s first ad for Nina Ricci, shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, had its sneak preview today. If you dig the disco feel, cross your fingers for more sequins [...]