After weeks of speculation, the first images of the Prada Spring 2011 campaign surfaced yesterday. Rumors that Mariacarla Boscono would appear were spot-on, with models Arizona Muse, Kinga Razjak, Zuzanna Bijoch, and Tati Cotliar joining her in the Steven Meisel-shot ads. And while we all saw images of the colorful collection on the Milan runway, we were never too sure if the campaign would turn out more baroque or retro.

Rumors were right: the voluptuous Lara Stone has been handpicked to follow in Madonna's footsteps as the face of Louis Vuitton SS10. The two newly released ads are nearly identical. Shot by Steven Meisel, they capture Stone laid out in a grassy field, limbs splayed in different directions. The only difference: one features a slightly more animated series of three doves and each highlights a different outfit. The choice of size 4 Stone is surely noteworthy, not to mention the fact that Marc Jacobs opted for a model as opposed to a celebrity (as he did with Marc Jacobs' SS10 ads as well -- these feature model Jamie Bochert). But the most shocking thing about these images is how familiar they are.

Despite the fact that Lara Stone may see her curvaceous, size-4 frame as "fat" when compared with her stick-thin runway mannequin counterparts, the model's rapidly rising star is showing no signs of slowing. Having opened numerous high-profile shows, an entire issue of Paris Vogue dedicated to her (not to mention reappearing recently in the rag sporting blackface and spawning loads of controversy), and gracing an enviable collection of magazine covers, Stone has now caught the eye of Marc Jacobs. According to Women's Wear Daily, Stone will be following in Madonna's footsteps and appearing in the next series of ads for Louis Vuitton.

Calvin Klein has been stirring up a fair bit of controversy recently thanks to a particularly salacious billboard on Houston Street. The image is from a Steven Meisel-shot ad campaign that debuted in January as an especially racy (and subsequently banned) television commercial, which can best be described as a denim-clad orgy. While tut-tutting New Yorkers have filed complaints against the advertisement, Calvin Klein's own designers think the racy billboard should stay put.

Every sartorial sign of late seems to be inscribed with the same set of directions -- in times of recession, stick with what you know. Dior did it, channeling its most theatrical, classical self on a Paris catwalk earlier this week. Then there’s the recent resurfacing of trends from decades past -- from the 80s (a bandwagon carrying everyone from Beth Ditto to Topshop) to Hollywood’s golden age and the Joan of Arc. Not to mention supermodels are back and bigger than ever. Now you can ad Calvin Klein to the "new nostalgia" bandwagon.

Vogue Italia is far from your mother’s fashion magazine. Helmed by Franca Sozzani, the rag isn’t afraid to push some buttons (the all-black issue for example, and a fashion editorial inspired by plastic surgery). Nor does it shy away from nudity. So when the magazine refused to run “Steven Meisel’s recent shoot inspired by ‘dogging’, the British term for engaging in sexually explicit acts in semi-public places, like cars or movie theaters,” says New York Magazine, it immediately became obvious this spread was bound to raise some eyebrows (among other appendages). Fortunately, rather than be lost to Meisel’s archive, V Magazine will debut the titillating shots in its upcoming issue. And, even more auspiciously, NYM has a sneak peek at the racy spread (“pseudo-cunnilingus shot included!”). See for yourself, here.