This time, however, I won’t try to convince you about anything, the following stands by itself to prove that Vs. is, with any doubt, not your average magazine. And their upcoming issue, with Claudia Schiffer, Vanessa Paradis, Bar Refaeli and Claire Danes is set to amaze your aesthetics. (don’t miss the rest of the story and the images right after the jump! Click here for the gallery!)

Four covers are ready for the Vs. SS 2010 issue. One more beautiful than the other, each with a strong personality and message. I’ll take Claudia and concentrate on her part in this Vs. Magazine issue: she’s impersonating Miss Julie (yes, Strindberg’s Fröken Julie), something quite different and new from her previous, boring Brigitte Bardot-esques pictorials you can find in so many other magazines.

If you’re slightly familiar with the play’s story, you’ll know that Miss Julie’s tragic, contradictory self isn’t easy to portray. Nevertheless, with a little help from Kayt Jones photographic skills, Claudia manages a wonderful, both fashionable and artistic visual moment. A dreamer, a woman, yet with such hautain-ish, aristocratic gestures and strong postures, Claudia’s Miss Julie isn’t something I’d want to miss! There’s also a short film on Vs. site, a short film with scenes from the shooting itself plus vintage frames building the atmosphere. That and Massive Attack’s Angel really make this Kayt Jones directed film striking and as noir as every Miss Julie act should be. So I’m graciously encouraging you to watch it on Vs ‘ site!

Claudia Schiffer, Vanessa Paradis, Bar Refaeli, Claire Danes Do Vs. Spring Summer 2010

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This is one of the most amazing songs I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening glorifying this world’s women. Shaggy. Yes, Shaggy! His Strength of a Woman uplifts me no matter what I’m doing or how cloudy the skies decide to be that day! (or night!) Thank you for this most amazing week, again! For your great and insightful comments, I hope you’re ready for the greatest weekend yet! Enjoy Shaggy’s Strength Of A Woman! (more info right after the jump!)

There’s little out on in the Internet about this great song from Shaggy. Besides the well-known fact that it was released in 2002 on the “Lucky Day” album, the Strength of a Woman didn’t seem to impress much the Internet population as to produce something notable from the under/grounds of this piece. Which is a crying shame since the song really comes as optimistic and energetic for a woman’s spirit.

Recognition, true recognition, especially in the media/entertainment comes rarely for women. True women, not the Gaga kind, not the fabricated breed. (not that I would have anything against Gaga/ism. By all means, love Gaga! She surely shows us what the strength of a woman means – especially in that last telephone stint – poison, Baby Bee, that’s all it takes for a strong woman!) Oh well, let me listen to Shaggy one more time, wipe that Gaga thing off my retina! (oh, if you’re curious, the phone thing – you can see it here)

Shaggy Strength Of A Woman

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On the outside, it’s a simple bottle looking like it’s been dipped in white paint, round-ish and minimal. On the inside it’s a raw floral woody green fragrances with tones of Galbanum, box green, lentiscus, incence, bitter orange. Available in Maison Martin Margiela boutiques worldwide and in perfumeries from April 2010, the new fragrance from Maison Martin Margiela comes with a disturbed/disturbing ad (you can see it right after the jump!). I doubt that’ll stand in the way of hipsters emptying those perfumeries shelves! Would it?

(untitled) By Maison Martin Margiela, Perfume For Women

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I’m an open spirit, you know I am! And I’m addicted to music. Really. Even when I write my articles, I have to have music playing in my ears. Friday after Friday (and more) I’ve been proving my musicality. Now I’m really trying to see beyond Lady Rouge’s Dior-ism and get the musical parallel in The Eyes of Mars. All I’m getting is betrayal. Fashion – betrayal. Betrayal – fashion… What slips my logic there?

Lady Dior Lady Rouge And Franz Ferdinand The Eyes Of Mars

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The style front these days is pretty crowded so if you’re an aspiring blogger slash street photographer, you must be armed and ready! It’s war out there! (also, if you’re a very stylish fille ou garcon, put on your best shades, flashes comin’ your way!) (photo via)

Street Style Photographers, The New Paparazzi

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To keep it short: there’s a new packaging at the eco-horizon: the banana leaves! The idea was showcased at a design competition and its author, Tal Marco, really brings something old however strikingly new to the concept of packaging. We are talking about food packaging, not handbags or jewelry. Though… What do you think? Would you wrap your sandwich in a banana leaf? (via)

Packaging Style: Banana Leaves

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This unairbrushed cutie with frizzy hair is a real dog. A winning one, actually! He just won a very important competition recently so let’s be happy for him! Happy enough to make this Hump Day a Happy one! (well, if you insist: this is Rascal. He’s seven, he’s an African Sand Dog and contrary to what you might think, he’s just been awarded with the title “World’s Ugliest Dog”! How unfair is that? Look at him! Just look at that face!) (photo via)

Bad Dog Hair Day!

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Remember Domestic Bliss? With Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie? It was the coming out for them. Somewhat. What’s this W April 2010 supposed to be? (Yes, sure I know about the Bounty Hunter and that’s soon to be released, yet, one cannot hold back the imminent suppositions and speculations. Gossip, baby, it’s all about gossip. And magazines sales: don’t miss the two photos from the pictorial right after the jump!) (photos via)

Jennifer Aniston And Gerard Butler Do W Magazine April 2010

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What you’re about to see next is a rectangular structure in the shape of a cube with a discreet logo on the side: Cheap Monday. It doesn’t have anything to do with jeans, except that Cheap Monday success is based on jeans, this object is a Bracelet! Yes, the kind you put on your wrist and follow your daily routine. Or not. (in case you were wondering: it’s for men, it costs $30 and it’s currently sold out!) (via)

Cheap Monday Bracelet

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If you’re a sensitive soul, like I know you are, brace yourself. The images don’t make you feel the joy of “hanging on” but mostly the hurt of “everybody hurts”. I know “We are the world” was pretty offbeat and too loud, but you have to agree this is one masterpiece (even with Miley on!). Isn’t it?

Everybody Hurts. For Haiti

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