Vongola Editorials

...in which Rune pretends to be a fashion illustration expert and has a go at Hitman Reborn slash fashion photography. Also, I am sucky at taglines which is why no one will catch me doing copywriting for a living.

Note:

- The spreads are not 100% accurate renditions of the existing fashion due to many factors such as a) teeny tiny reference pictures in low resolutions b) details that would require an ungodly amount of hours to pull off, or c) details that are obscured by some object/body part in reference pictures.

- I like to play favourites and it will show.

 

- The screentoning for all screentoned spreads except the first two are by Ferrum <3.

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Chrome Dokuro wears Armani Collezioni jacket and skirt.

Her pose was referenced from Richard Warren's photography. And my friends all know that Chrome is my muse <3 and naturally I would also think of her as a model. Despite being slightly petite in stature (read: short) at least she has the right cup-size? Hahaha. I love her dollish image, by which I mean she doesn't look like a full-fledged woman but not quite a child, either. I really like Gemma Ward for the same reason, I suppose.

Kyoya Hibari wears Issey Miyake jacket and shirt, KENZO belt and Levi's jeans.

The original Issey Miyake jacket lining has a gradation that goes from white (top) to gray (bottom) with pink and blue Chinoise flowers... IF I saw it correctly. The reference picture was smaaaaall. But for Hibari I applied a Japanese kimono pattern of cranes =D. Hibari feels like a crane rather than a skylark in my head.

Fuuta del Stella wears Bottega Veneta.

I wasn't going to include him in my shortlist of models but Ferrum's sexy DinoxFuuta webcomic persuaded me to do so XDDD. In any case, instead of Italian he looks more British, no? The prep schoolboy type. I can imagine him doing Burberry or the like. And the rainy season image definitely suits him.

Bianchi wears Bottega Veneta (except belt).

Victoria Beckham wore this same ensemble and that is where the belt comes from. I would be embarrassed to come across a woman in that low a bodice in real life... which is why I thought Amano's modestly-breasted women would do allright in it.

Mukuro wears DSQUARED2.

What I'd give to be able to see Mukuro pick up a book and actually read it in canon <3. But so far Gokudera is the only mafioso I've seen with a book. Much too bad. Also, his pose here was referenced from a stylish Zegna ad except for the hand with the book. The tagline was given to me by Dhieta and I was surprised to see how it kind of fit with the image.

I could've called it Etro and no one would tell the difference x__x. I noticed that fashion photography doesn't have to provide clear shots of the clothes given the theme. Ahh, "pairing x" for "fashion house x" sounds like a joke, doesn't it? XDD But I like it. This wasn't going to be the only pairingy spread in the set; in fact, I had a Dino/Bianchi spread which failed to make it to the final cut. I got tired...

Hibakuro's pose was inspired (not referenced from) by an Aquascutum ad starring Giselle Bundchen, which is why it may seem familiar but with modifications. The first version looked all sorts of wrong what with Chrome straddling Hibari and hence looking like something else. Luckily, Ferrum pointed it out before I published it *was horrified*.

As it says. Also, the cardigan is supposed to be print but there was no way to find a similar-looking screentone and I wasn't going to do it all by hand. The jacket and slacks are supposed to be dark brown. And I don't know why so many of my friends put it down as their favourite since I got pretty lazy doing this. TYL!Dino has only one expression in canon and I find that uninteresting x___x.

Hibari e Mukuro per Ermenegildo Zegna

...I'm kind of proud of the tagline; shush you. Also, the bride is someone else's, not Hibari's or Mukuro's. I've had... people asking me if Chrome is the bride and if Hibari happens to tolerate Mukuro just for the day since he's the bride's father and all *ducks from tomatoes*. I must be the only loud Hibakuro shipper in their flists @__@.

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So there you have it. It was just something to relieve my fashion obsession by. Now that I've got this out of the way, I can focus on my doujin...