Subsequent to joining Gucci as creative director in early 2023, Sabato De Sarno has been unable to catch a break. Under the Italian designer’s direction (in addition to declining sales), the luxury Italian fashion house’s advertising campaign imagery has seen better days. Not even campaigns lensed by David Sims and Mario Sorrenti (often starring a bevy of fresh-faced talents) have sufficed. Umpteen campaigns later, there are zero signs of improvement with chapter one of the Gucci Gift 2024 campaign for the festive holiday season ahead. In an attempt to generate buzz, De Sarno brought back Kendall Jenner as the face of Gucci, who is joined by Jessica Chastain, Hiandra Martínez, Lineisy Montero, and Ni Ni. The cast poses for Anthony Seklaoui, with the campaign opening up in a tribute to The Savoy in London (a nod to the hotel where founder Guccio Gucci worked as a porter).

The 2024 Gucci Gift Campaign:

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“Tragic! Kendall Jenner for Gucci is so LAME. Don’t get me started on the artistic direction which is giving mid-range US department store. And Kering wonders why their brand keeps sinking,” Frederic01 voiced.

“Gucci believe they’re at a luxury level, but they’re so hungry for those seasonal profits, they’re willing to advertise on the level of Kate Spade or Michael Kors,” tigerrouge chimed in.

Yasouss stated: “I’ve seen better holiday ads from Tommy Hilfiger!”

“The setting looks really cheap,” noted forum member MDNA.

Hchloe wasn’t best impressed either. “God this is so depressing,” they shared.

“This is wrong. So, so wrong,” GivenchyHomme exclaimed.

“This campaign shows an astonishing lack of creativity. It feels so uninspired that even a department store would pass on it,” shrieked ah ah.

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After Giovanna Battaglia Engelbert became Swarovski creative director in 2020, the brand’s advertising campaigns have garnered our attention here at theFashionSpot to no end. After all, Giovanna has made the brilliant decision to enlist the likes of photographic duo Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott and the legendary lensman that is Steven Meisel as campaign photographers. In June it was reported Ariana Grande had been appointed as Swarovski global brand ambassador. The American singer-songwriter and actress’ first gig as ambassador arrives in the form of “The Party of Dreams” Swarovski Holiday 2024 campaign. Grande poses for Mert & Marcus throughout the glitzy campaign offering, dialing up the glamour tenfold for a festive and celebratory gathering like no other.

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“Why did they blow out the highlights with the flash? Makes her look like a pale ghost,” shrieked br3ncon1 the moment the campaign struck.

“The ghost of Christmas present,” tigerrouge voiced.

“Ariana Grande is one of those celebrities who always photographs in a horrible way,” DK92 chimed in.

KoV appreciated: “I’m just thrilled Ariana Grande is not in a Wicked costume or styled like the character!”

“Massively into how glitzy, festive, and glamorous this is,” shared vogue28. “I don’t mind the print campaign imagery whatsoever. Love that shade of pink, the overload of jewelry, and the styling on Ariana Grande here. She does seem a little… pale and washed out but I’m into how striking the result is!”

“I really like the video. The models are living!” enthused Ihhbl.

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You’re no doubt completely and fully aware that Anthony Vaccarello likes himself some Juergen Teller as Saint Laurent campaign photographer. Vaccarello has called upon the famed German photographer to lens the historic French fashion house’s campaign imagery on umpteen occasions throughout his tenure as creative director. More recently, Teller photographed Chloë Sevigny for the Fall 2024 campaign offering. For the Saint Laurent Winter 2024 installment, Juergen Teller is back to capture a handful of Vaccarello’s muses. Those muses include Kate Moss, Charlotte Rampling, Ajus Samuel, Anja Rubik, Binx Walton, Awar Odhiang, and Penelope Ternes. The ladies pose within the surroundings of a stylish Art Deco Parisian brasserie in looks from Vaccarello’s chic Saint Laurent collection unveiled in February during Paris Fashion Week.

The Winter 2024 Saint Laurent Campaign:

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“So good! I just can’t get enough of Saint Laurent campaigns,” shared fruitbasedsnack.

“Binx! I would have been fine with just Charlotte Rampling and Kate Moss. I don’t mind the other women though. Good campaign, very Louis Vuitton with Madonna by Meisel in the spirit,” Lola701 noted.

“Charlotte, Kate, Anja and Awar were enough for me. Charlotte is definitely the star,” commented GivenchyAddict.

Also in love with the casting was audace: “Kate, Anja and Charlotte Rampling? This casting is perfect!”

Yet not everyone was impressed. “No soul. Aseptic. Lifeless. Empty. Some pictures are just pretty, but there’s nothing behind them. No warmth, no feelings, no passion, no nothing. I don’t know why that is. There’s no soul at all,” Creative critiqued.

“Depressing, and not in a cool way,” chimed in 90sFan.

See more from the Saint Laurent Winter 2024 advertising campaign and join the conversation, here.

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Marta Ortega Pérez made the brilliant upon brilliant move to enlist Steven Meisel as Zara campaign photographer. Campaigns subsequent to the first Meisel-shot offering for the Spring 2017 season have been nothing short of spectacular. Meisel’s 16th consecutive campaign last season resulted in a series of melancholic and cinematic images, featuring a handful of models of the moment. This season, for Fall 2024, the legendary American photographer is once again reunited with stylist Karl Templer and creative director Fabien Baron for his 17th Zara Studio campaign offering. Meisel points his lens toward models Mona Tougaard, Penelope Ternes, Lulu Tenney, Haojie Qi, and Sascha Rajasalu. The beauties are captured in crisp black and white, and later hoisted up upon giant billboards.

The Fall 2024 Zara Studio Campaign by Steven Meisel:

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“They f*cking ATE and left no crumbs,” heralded helmutnotdead the moment the campaign struck.

“It’s a beautiful campaign! It’s stunning. I think the Meisel/Zara collaboration is as interesting as the Prada/Meisel, Versace/Meisel, Dolce & Gabbana/Meisel, Loewe/Meisel, and Max Mara/Meisel. I think it’s always on point in terms of art direction and it elevates the clothes and the overall allure of the brand,” praised Lola701.

“The campaign is stunning! Love a few of the fashion photographs by Meisel and wish that I could see them without being imposed on the billboards. In addition, all the colors, casting, and styling (love the shapes) are fabulous,” favored MModa.

Sharing the same sentiments was aracic: “Another fantastic season from Meisel, Templer and Zara. I love the concept and I love the execution of it, but I’m slightly disappointed that we’ll likely never get to enjoy some of these stunning photographs outside of this layout.”

“This feels like the good old Vogue Italia that we will never have again,” sighed Royal-Galliano.

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Here at theFashionSpot, you won’t ever hear us complaining over the sight of the supermodels from the 90s. Whether it’s Linda Evangelista helping out with the launch of Dust Magazine China or Naomi Campbell lighting up the Paris skyline via the cover of Harper’s Bazaar – we wholeheartedly accept. Therefore, you can imagine our delight to see Claudia Schiffer become the face of Rhode for 2024. Over the past ten months, the German beauty has been enjoying somewhat of a resurgence. After all, Schiffer has become the face of Versace and Ermanno Scervino while gracing the covers of Vogue Germany, Vogue Arabia, and POP. The ultimate bombshell fronts the Rhode (the beauty brand launched by Hailey Bieber in 2022) Barrier Butter campaign, via the lens of Drew Vickers and photographed in crisp black and white.

Claudia Schiffer for the Rhode Barrier Butter Campaign:

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“Thought it was Kaia Gerbe with blonde hair for a hot second,” noted Thefrenchy.

“Great to see Claudia Schiffer and I do like the results. She looks gorgeous,” MModa admired.

“Time has treated Claudia Schiffer well,” complimented Gonzalo.

Vogue28 replied: “Time has indeed treated Claudia Schiffer well. She looks fantastic here, although it’s quite an impossible task to make Claudia look bad. Could have done without the sunglasses but I’m not complaining…”

“Love Claudia, but black and white photography and sunglasses covering half the face is not it for a skincare ad in my opinion,” voiced EDEN21.

See more of Claudia Schiffer for the Rhode Barrier Beauty campaign and join the conversation, here.

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The fashion world continues to hold its breath for Chanel to appoint a creative director, following the abrupt departure of Virginie Viard in June. The fabled French fashion house continues to bring a sense of familiarity with its advertising campaigns. The powers that be at Chanel HQ endorse Loli Bahia as the face of the Coco Neige collection for 2024. The Coco Neige line was first introduced in 2018 by the late Karl Lagerfeld, dedicated to winter sports, the snow, and après-ski. Faces of the Coco Neige collection have since included Margot Robbie, Jennie (of Blackpink), and Lily-Rose Depp. Bahia, who already has umpteen Chanel advertising campaigns under her belt, poses for famed German photographer Juergen Teller. The French beauty of Algerian descent who has previously fronted the Pre-Fall 2022, Cruise 2023, Fall 2023, and Pre-Fall 2024 campaign installments, poses within the surroundings of Gabrielle Chanel’s decadent apartment at 31, Rue Cambon in Paris.

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“As current Chanel campaigns go, I kinda like the adolescent arrogance of slouching around a room full of expensive antiques and putting your clumpy sports shoes in places where they shouldn’t be,” shared tigerrouge.

“I kind of like it,” confessed helmutnotdead.

“Loli Bahia looks bored, sick, and tired,” critiqued guimon.

“It’s dreadful. I like the beige ensemble but Loli Bahia looks like she just woke up. Sometimes, a white background is just enough,” voiced Lola701.

Also majorly underwhelmed was Ihhbl. “College students could have done better! Awful and uninspiring clothes/model/photos/location,” they complained.

See more of Loli Bahia for the Chanel Coco Neige 2024 advertising campaign and join the conversation, here.

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Right now, Chanel remains without a creative director, following the abrupt exit of Virginie Viard in June. The show, however, must go on, and the fabled French fashion house continues to release collections and campaigns without an official designer at the helm. For the sake of familiarity, Viard favorites Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin remain on the books as campaign photographers. The Dutch creative twosome were ultimately commissioned to lens the Chanel Eyewear campaign for the Fall 2024 season, starring model of the moment Ella McCutcheon. The Australian beauty poses solo throughout the series of portrait campaign images, reclining in each of the shots on a cream leather couch.

The Fall 2024 Chanel Eyewear Campaign with Ella McCutcheon:

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“I can’t wait for the I&V era to be done,” Lola701 cried out.

“This is the cheapest and most amateur eyewear campaign I’ve seen from a luxury brand. Model looks like your average girl with zero effort and skill. Photography is nonexistent. Everything looks dirty, especially that leather couch,” chimed in audace.

“These photos are so lifeless,” critiqued Ihhbl.

Urban Stylin commented: “I love the 70s vibe but this doesn’t feel Chanel.”

“Slap the Gucci logo on these, and they’d fit right up into the Alessandro Michele tenure. These just simply do not feel Chanel enough, whatsoever,” vogue28 echoed.

“Depressing and so damn beige,” disapproved forum member Cocteau Stone.

See more from the Chanel Eyewear Fall 2024 campaign with Ella McCutcheon and join the conversation, here.

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You’re no doubt fully aware that Hedi Slimane has departed Celine as creative director (with Michael Rider already announced as his replacement). Slimane surprised the fashion world in late September by unveiling his Spring 2025 collection for the French fashion house founded in 1945, amidst the frenzy of Paris Fashion Week while notorious for showing off-schedule. The collection and accompanying advertising campaign was ultimately the French designer’s last as Celine creative director. Slimane, who joined Celine in 2018, ventured one hour outside Paris to the commune of Compiègne for one portion of the Spring 2025 campaign. Models Ana Clara, Senna Vet, Polina Levin, Evelyn Nagy, Dana Smith, and Fatihat Afolabi roam the historic Château de Compiègne. The second half of the campaign sees Lila Moss join the girls, captured in crisp black and white.

The Spring 2025 Celine Campaign:

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“J’adore! One of Slimane’s best campaigns ever! It’s just amazing,” exclaimed Creative.

“Wonderful photography, as always. Particularly love the studio images as they look different and fresh,” chimed in an equally as impressed MModa.

“Hedi said, ‘I’m leaving, so I’m going to shoot the hell outta this campaign’,” voiced jeremydante.

Sharing the same attitude toward the campaign was vogue28. “Slimane undoubtedly went out on a high with this campaign. Flawless from start to finish. Fresh, modern, elegant, and refined. It’s perfection, love the casting, the location, the styling, and mixture of color and black and white photography,” he applauded.

See more from the Celine Spring 2025 campaign from Hedi Slimane and join the conversation, here.

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Last month, it was reported Margot Robbie was to become the face and embodiment of Chanel No.5. Robbie replaces the French actress Marion Cotillard as the face of the iconic scent originally launched on May 5, 1921. Previous ambassadors of the legendary fragrance include Catherine Deneuve, Carole Bouquet, Nicole Kidman, and Gisele Bündchen. The wait for the official print campaign and Luca Guadagnino-directed video is finally over. In the flawless portrait shot, the Aussie beauty gazes down the lens of Chanel regular Karim Sadli. Robbie poses alongside an oversized bottle of the floral aldehyde scent, dressed in a tweed look designed by former Chanel creative director Virginie Viard. In the commercial, the Barbie actress is joined by fellow Australian Jacob Elordi. Throughout the 2-minute See You at 5 film, Margot and Jacob play the role of a pair of lovers, attempting to meet each other at 5 o’clock.

Margot Robbie for Chanel No.5:

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“Margot Robbie is gorgeous and looks like a supermodel. She is perfect as the face for the Chanel No.5 fragrance. The photo is perfection,” heralded MModa.

“I really like it. Margot looks stunning as always, and there’s a welcome freshness here because No.5 always been a very dusty old timey fragrance for me,” Marc10 shared.

“It looks good! Simple, timeless, chic and it evokes the ads of Carole Bouquet! At least she doesn’t look like an AI,” appreciated forum member Lola701.

Also very much a fan was Urban Stylin. “Love it. The pop of color and simple styling reminds me of 90s ads with supermodels,” he noted.

“The print campaign imagery just seems so beautiful in its simplicity, that I cannot help but to fall instantly in love with this. I love the white background, the warmth from the lighting, the beauty styling on Margot Robbie, and the red tweed two-piece suit. Very much indeed reminiscent of the Chanel No.5 campaign from the late 80s with Carole Bouquet,” voiced vogue28.

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The relationship between Miley Cyrus and Dolce & Gabbana continues to grow stronger. The iconic Italian design duo first cemented their relationship by welcoming Miley as the face of their Spring 2024 Dolce & Gabbnna eyewear campaign. More recently, the American singer-songwriter was appointed the face of the brand’s Fall 2024 collection. As a result, Cyrus posed before the lens of legendary photographer Steven Meisel and dialed the old-Hollywood glamour up tenfold. It should therefore come as zero surprise to see Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana welcome back Miley for her third consecutive advertising campaign, this time for the Fall 2024 eyewear campaign installment. The Flowers chart-topper reunites with male model Matthew Noszka for the occasion, and take a ride around Los Angeles as nightfall. The pair pose in the back of a luxurious motor throughout the campaign series, lensed by Mert Alas and styled by Emmanuelle Alt.

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“That mouth… JESUS!” exclaimed forum member DK92 the moment the campaign dropped.

“All I see is teeth and a fat buccal removal. It’s a pity for an eyewear campaign,” Lola701 chimed in.

“Geez, enough with the mouth comments. I don’t know why people get so caught up on that. Miley looks stunning, the images are amazing,” defended guimon.

Urban Stylin commented: “I wish she wasn’t pouting but this is amazing photography. They will look great on billboards and in-store!”

“Absolutely loving this, just as much as I did Miley Cyrus for Dolce & Gabbana campaign last season and the current Fall 2024 campaign offering. She’s working it here, and I love the glamour and sultriness of it all. Very rarely do we see this type of fierce glamour in fashion campaigns nowadays, so I have nothing but praise for this!” vogue28 raved.

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