marc and lorenzo sitting in a tree

katie grand's love magazine just released these screenshot from a video of marc jacobs and lorenzo martone in rio de janeiro to celebrate marc's much-awaited break from his busy schedule and their recently announced engagement. tres bien, so adorable!

maghagging: v spring 2009

here are some highlights from the incredible (and incredibly thick) v magazine spring 2009 issue. great photographers (mario testino, sølve sundsbø, richard avedon), models (natalia vodianova makes a resurgence!) and designers (icluding the iconographic ad campaign by comme des garçons in the 80's). i'm pretty sure this issue's 80's-conscious theme is intended to coincide with all the 80's madness we saw on the runway this spring, which translated into fall quite seamlessly, as marc jacobs and alexander mcqueen have proven to us.

pick it up on newsstands, it's worth the $8.50, or just see the whole thing online for zilch.

a small timeline of timeless and avant-garde lbd's.

new designers to watch (you can view some of their collections on this very blog).