EXCLUSIVE: Edie Campbell Stars in Bottega Veneta’s David Sims-Lensed Fall Campaign

Tomas Maier understands the strength in patterns. Each season, the designer teams up with a different photographer for “The Art of Collaboration,” Bottega Veneta’s series of seasonal advertising campaigns. With past collaborators including David Armstrong, Collier Schorr, and Pieter Hugo, each campaign is lensed with a completely unique perspective. For Fall ’14, Maier tapped British photographer David Sims, best known for his striking, minimal images.

“I am a great admirer of David’s photographs,” Maier told Style.com. “We thought that his stark, pared-down aesthetic would be a natural fit with the graphic elements of this collection. The result is very impactful, and I was extremely pleased with the collaboration.” Maier cast muse-of-the-moment (and frequent Bottega Veneta catwalker) Edie Campbell to model the colorful, energetic collection. A first look at the campaign debuts exclusively here. A behind-the-scenes film will go live on bottegaveneta.com later this summer.

Monica Vinader and Caroline Issa Seize the Day

“These new pieces are inspired by my mom’s collection of 1930s jewelry and my love of Art Deco—but I’ve put my own little spin on it,” said Monica Vinader last night at Berners Tavern in The London Edition hotel. “I also wanted to keep the price point reasonable because every woman, after all, deserves diamonds.” Given the brisk business Vinader does, it seems many appreciate it, especially her It Brit fans like the Delevingne sisters, Sienna Miller, Ellie Goulding, and Suki Waterhouse—the latter wore Monica Vinader earrings on date night in February with Bradley Cooper to the White House.

Vinader unveiled new pieces in her top-selling Baja collection, including earrings and rings with blue sapphires and emeralds hand-cut by the designer herself, as well as a new bracelet adorned with pavé set diamonds and what is fast becoming her signature: rose-gold vermeil. Cohosted by Tank magazine’s Caroline Issa, the event also celebrated the forthcoming expansion of Vinader’s shop-in-shop at Harrods, as well as the impending opening of a 2,000-square-foot store on Sloane Street. “Business was going so well in Harrods, they asked me if I would consider expanding my space, and it is rather lovely to be asked,” said the designer to the assembled guests. “And I was in the new Sloane Street location yesterday with the architect, and I had to take a big breath. It is so vast and special. I still am having trouble believing it.”

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Wu Brings Back His Supermodel Supper Club for Fall

Since Spring ’13, Jason Wu has enlisted Inez & Vinoodh to lens his recurring installments of Supermodel Supper Club (a phrase, he told me, he somewhat ingeniously came up with while at the dentist yesterday morning). His campaigns have featured mega models posing at iconic New York eateries—Stephanie Seymour was snapped at La Grenouille, Christy Turlington at Mr. Chow, and last season Wu took Karen Elson to enduring hot spot Indochine. Swanky, no? But the designer’s Fall ’14 ads, starring show-opener Adriana Lima at the storied Four Seasons, might just take the proverbial cake. “Fall is all about a power woman, and I chose the Four Seasons because all the powerest of power lunches happen there,” offered Wu over the phone. “I felt it was really glamorous.” The campaign debuts exclusively here.

Wu recalled that his first experience at the uptown haunt was one such lunch about seven years ago. “It was when I first got into the industry, and I was meeting an editor. When I walked in there, everyone looked so important! I felt like a little kid. But I’ve been going there ever since.”

So why was Lima Wu’s Fall ’14 supe of choice? “She’s sexy, and there’s this feline-esque prowess that felt appropriate for the clothes. And she’s got those eyes! She’s like our own Bianca Jagger,” he said. “Adriana is a new take on the supermodel—she’s from a different era. At the end of the day, these ads are about the women and the sexiness, and I continue to choose women who inspire me.”

Naturally, I wondered if Wu would be making his signature campaign cameo this season—and don’t fret, he is. “Inez always insists,” he laughed. He apparently played a bit of dress-up on set, too, admitting that he tried on a few of hairstylist Shay Ashual’s wigs. “Maybe I’ll be the model for the next Supermodel Supper Club,” he joked. “In all seriousness, could you imagine me sending that to you? The nerve!” Full disclosure, Mr. Wu, I would absolutely love it.