Golden Retrievers Pant for Shiny Moncler Jackets

Cutest ad I've seen in a while, but probably the most expensive coat your dog would ever wear.

They're custom made for a Moncler campaign shot by Bruce Weber, which also features a self-portrait of Weber himself, along with his other fetish — a cadre of shirtless male models in a Sisyphean exercise.

 

The NYT's Cathy Horyn writes: "The shoot was done at Golden Beach, Florida, where Mr. Weber and his partner Nan Bush have a home. As charming as the self-portrait is, with Mr. Weber appearing to snooze amid the tools of his trade, I liked how he incorporated his sense of play into the images. He had Moncler down jackets made for his golden retrievers, and he had a giant ball made from a bunch of coats, which some guys are seen pushing up a gravel pile. At the same time, the absence of an overt fashion message is interesting, and, of course, effective."

First Look: Bruce Weber for Vman Summer 2009

Our friends at Vman wanted Towleroad readers to get a first look at "greeting cards for all occasions" from their upcoming Summer 2009 issue #14, photographed by Bruce Weber.

The issue hits newsstands on Thursday, May 14.

Check it out, AFTER THE JUMP...

Bruce Weber's Miami Vision

Yesterday I posted some shots of actor Javier Bardem in a pink bathrobe that were part of a huge portfolio tribute to Miami shot by Bruce Weber in the new issue of L'Uomo Vogue.

Another peek at the issue, here, and AFTER THE JUMP (some possibly NSFW)...

Javier Bardem is Pretty in Pink for L'Uomo Vogue

Bruce Weber shoots Javier Bardem in and out of a pink bathrobe for the new issue of L'Uomo Vogue. The issue features a 100-page portfolio on Weber's vision of life in Miami.

Said Italian Vogue editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani to WWD: "L’Uomo Vogue is not exactly what you call a fashion magazine anymore. Basically, I am more free than anyone else because I don’t think that you sell clothes through a [fashion] credit. I think that you go through an image, that you sell a dream, and [then] the clothes. I think that Javier Bardem in a pink bathrobe is more a fashion statement than to have something with a big logo on his shoulder."

More shots of Bardem, AFTER THE JUMP...

Garrett Neff Next in Line in the Calvin Klein Brief Brotherhood

Garrett Neff has been chosen to show off new Calvin Klein's Body and Body Stretch underwear in magazines and on billboards this fall.

DNR reports: "Shot on location in Miami by renowned photographer Bruce Weber, who shot Calvin Klein Underwear’s first ad campaign 25 years ago, the sexy black-and-white images epitomize the very clean yet sensual aesthetic that Calvin Klein has become so well known for. Neff, who is the face of the company’s fragrance, Calvin Klein Man, was featured alongside Kate Bosworth in the spring ad campaign for Calvin Klein Jeans. He succeeds Academy Award–nominated actor Djimon Hounsou as Calvin Klein’s latest body."

Here are two images from the campaign. The third follows AFTER THE JUMP...

Sportrait: Paul Bester

Meet Paul "Pretty Boy" Bester, a 19-year-old rugby player from South Africa now living in Georgia. He was discovered by Bruce Weber while playing rugby. Weber shoots him for this spread in August's L'Uomo Vogue.

More shots, AFTER THE JUMP...