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Steven Meisel photographed Christina Kruse, Caroline Trentini, Mirte Maas & Daria Strokous for American Vogue on June 2, 2010, with stylist Marie-Amélie Sauvé. American Vogue August 2010 Editorial Models: Christina Kruse, Caroline Trentini, Mirte Maas & Daria Strokous Photographer: Steven Meisel Stylist: Marie-Amélie Sauvé Hair: Guido Palau Makeup: Pat McGrath

Photo: Brent Murray From style.com : While the rest of us are spending millions on keratin treatments, turbo-powered flat irons, silicone drops, and all manner of defrizzing gel, model Agyness Deyn has craftily one-upped us all with the ultimate guaranteed-good-hair-day summer cut. She just shaved it all off. The initial buzzing happened this past April, after a spell spent with a mussed, inky black Billie Joe Armstrong–ish crop that hung punkily in her eyes. “You can hide behind hair and I felt I’d had enough,” says Deyn. Of her new low-to-no-maintenance cut, she says, “It’s fun and easy, and I wanted something new.” Plus, she was headed to the Coachella music festival in the Southern Californian desert, where temperatures can soar into the triple digits. So she went to Freemans’ F.S.C. Barber — the old-school men’s barber/haberdasher stylishly tucked away in an alley on the Lower East Side—and pulled up a chair. “They were like, ‘Agyness, we only do guys’ cuts,’ ” she remembers. “I s...

Patrick Demarchelier photographed Caroline Trentini for American Vogue on March 29, 2010 in New York at the St. James Theater with stylist Grace Coddington. American Vogue June 2010 Editorial Model: Caroline Trentini Photographer: Patrick Demarchelier Stylist: grace Coddington Makeup: Gucci Westman Hair: Didier Malige

David Sims photographed Kasia Struss for a January 2010 American Vogue editorial on October 25, 2009 at Milk Studios, Studio #1 & 2 with stylist Tonne Goodman . January 2010 American Vogue Editorial Model: Kasia Struss Photographer: David Sims Stylist: Tonne Goodman Hair: Guido Palau Makeup: Diane Kendal

Daniel Jackson photographed Ana Mihajlovic for an American Vogue December 2009 editorial on October 6, 2009 with stylist Kathryn Neale Shaffer . American Vogue December 2009 editorial Model: Ana Mihajlovic Photographer: Daniel Jackson Stylist: Kathryn Neale Shaffer Hair: Kevin Ryan Makeup: Lisa Houghton

From The New York Times : Irving Penn, Fashion Photographer, Is Dead at 92 By ANDY GRUNDBERG Irving Penn, one of the 20th century’s most prolific and influential photographers of fashion and the famous, whose signature blend of classical elegance and cool minimalism was recognizable to magazine readers and museumgoers worldwide, died Wednesday morning at his home in Manhattan. He was 92. His death was announced by Peter MacGill, his friend and representative. Mr. Penn’s talent for picturing his subjects with compositional clarity and economy earned him the widespread admiration of readers of Vogue during his long association with the magazine, beginning in 1943. It also brought him recognition in the art world; his photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries and are prized by collectors. His long career at Vogue spanned a number of radical transformations in fashion and its depiction, but his style remained remarkably constant. Imbued with calm and decorum, his photographs...

Salvatore Ferragamo is very pleased to announce our participation in Fashion’s Night Out with a cocktail reception to premiere the unique photography exhibition “Intimate Portrait of Fashion Week Backstage” by fashion model Daria Strokous. This special event is being co-hosted by Vogue Photography Director, Ivan Shaw and the exhibition’s photographer Daria Strokous. The store will remain open for shoppers during the event and visual has planned a special fashion presentation from our runway collections in our Fifth Avenue windows. We invite you and a guest to join us for cocktails and light hors d’oeuvres from 7-9pm in our New York Flagship store to preview the exhibition. 100% of all sales from the exhibition will be donated to the Art of Elysium’s Kids Clicking Kids program, promoting photography to children in hospitals. http://www.theartofelysium.org/ The exhibition will be in-store through September 19th. Salvatore Ferragamo 655 Fifth Avenue (at East 52nd Street) New York City, NY...

My vacation starts tonight.... I plan on spending as much time as possible in the water: Tobay Beach, Jones Beach, Cedar Beach, and Ocean Beach Maryland. Will be back on Monday, August 24th. Until then, I won't have regular access to a computer, but will do my best to keep in touch. Enjoy the rest of the summer! Veruschka, American Vogue: