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Grace Jones wearing Philip Treacy. Photo...

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Grace Jones wearing Philip Treacy. Photo Kevin Davies GIFted by iamnotadesigneur

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I have seen a lot of great Moschino F/W 2014 illustrations in the recent weeks, but no piece is as sexy as this one.

Courtesy of António Soares

This illustration is done by António Soares and as you know, his illustrated girls are always so elegant, beautiful and sexy. This one is no exception and the most interesting part is he has paired this lady with a fun SpongeBob SquarePants piece to create the contrast. In my opinion, I just cannot hate an illustration with this cartoon character in it!

What do you think?

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Illustration.Files: Moschino F/W 2014 by António Soares

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I have seen a lot of great Moschino F/W 2014 illustrations in the recent weeks, but no piece is as sexy as this one. Courtesy of António Soares This illustration is done by António Soares and as you know, his illustrated girls are always so elegant, beautiful and sexy.

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Cinema graphs are still photographs in which a minor and repeated movement occurs.

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The committee-driven and regulated world of advertising photography can be a constraining force on the creative mind. After moving to New York and picking up ad work, Romain Laurent was itching for a more spontaneous outlet. He started One Loop Portrait a Week as a way to satisfy his urge to improvise and get a break from the second-guessing that creeps into even personal projects as they get "serious."

"Early in my photography days, it was just about taking a photo, and by the evening I had it done and it was online," he says. "So my idea with this project was to try to find that spark again, the kind of creative rhythm or energy that you have when you're younger."

Featuring mostly friends and acquaintances, many of the portraits are built as Cinemagram-style combinations of still and animated elements within the same image. Choosing a base image from the filmed sequence, he then carefully overlays the animated elements from the rest of the video so that they seamlessly move in the still picture.

Next he painstakingly cleans up the frames between the areas of stillness and motion, and uses tricks like reversing loops so that an obvious recycle point doesn't break the illusion. Certain textures like water can make the task especially challenging.

"In all my work I like to play with people's 'wait, what?' moment." he says. "I feel this is a perfect medium to be silly."

The GIF (we at Raw File cannot bring ourselves to say ' JIF') is often seen as a throwaway format, reserved for cute cats doing un-catly things. But the wave upon wave of the same sequence of images invites viewers to read between the frames. This makes them an ideal format for economical-yet-compelling portraits.

"It's a portrait where you actually get something out of the person through their movement," says Laurent.

Last month, WIRED got a chance to participate in the GIF portraiture process at Laurent's Brooklyn studio. Keeping the shoots lean and quick, Laurent begins with the simplest seed of an idea, and indulges any notion that crosses his or his subject's mind, until it either produces an interesting image or falls flat. He experiments with different angles, lighting, and variations on the portrait's concept until there is a minute or two of usable footage to work with. It's then a short hop to the computer where he begins picking at it to find an intriguing three to five-second snippet. On this visit, Laurent's recent interest in learning new tricks with post-production software meant the portrait would feature a spooky trailing effect (slide 7 in the gallery above).

Key to the process is the lack of a formal structure or plan, and the resulting freedom from worrying about a "perfected" final product. "It's just going along with what goes through my mind and doing it, and not caring about the scale of the project," he says.

As his first ongoing effort now more than two months running, Laurent encourages his subjects to add their own creative ideas, helping to produce a unique portrait every time. The rapid-fire exchange of ideas yields a variety of distinct film snippets which he can scour for loop-worthy moments - it also means he doesn't know what he'll get before he sees it.

"With that I keep some kind of 'dangerous' side to it, which is letting it happen - maybe it will or maybe it won't," he says, adding that the improvisational nature of the process often gets both sides excited. "It makes me happy, I have to say."

Laurent's personal projects are generally more involved, and although free of the demands of advertising clients, they still require long hours of detailed review before they're finished and released for posterity.

"With the other ones, I think about it a lot, then I talk to several people who will work on it with me, then I shoot it over two or three days, and then retouch it. With this one, I just put myself out there and I let people react, and allow myself the risk of being influenced, or to be excited about the feedback."

Before the final click, Laurent tries to choose a funny caption to round out each portrait, taking inspiration from Far Side mastermind Gary Larson. After that, the project marches on.

"I have no right to go back to it, even if nobody will say anything if I delete it - in my mind, its done if it's posted online," he says. "I put it out just to have closure with it, to not dwell on it and move on to the next one."

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Quirky GIF Portraits Indulge a Photographer's Need for Spontaneity

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The committee-driven and regulated world of advertising photography can be a constraining force on the creative mind. After moving to New York and picking up ad work, Romain Laurent was itching for a more spontaneous outlet.

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Our pick of the best reference-laden collections from Paris menswear

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"A blog exhibiting new trends within fashion, technology, luxury, and culture"

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GIFing you more flashing round-ups from our fave Menswear Fashion Week shows in Milano

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This gif has been created by picking a background that reflects the garment. The colours all relate to each other, and the patterns and texture are very feminine and pretty. The video would be fairly easy to recreate, however I am hoping to make my own film more original than this.

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From romance at Simone Rocha to Meadham Kirchhoff's psychedelic garage rave vibes - see our favourite picks from London interpreted into GIFs

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From Prada's pastel princesses to Gucci's new romanticism - revisit Milan in movement

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One-night-only Club

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This weekend, Miu Miu kicked off couture week with a triple threat fragrance launch, Resort show and party, building their own club in Paris for one night only. This is everything you need to know - from the models to the music.

THE CLUB

Considering France's modernist architectural history, constructing an industrial nightclub in the circular, Art Deco walls of Paris's Palais d'Iéna might seem like a strange choice. But then again, if there was one word to take away from Miu Miu's offerings this weekend, it was contradiction. The Miu Miu Club, a spectacular space where silver scaffolding, neon strip lights and hanging curtains of thick, construction site plastic sprung up in the centre of Auguste Perret's historic building, saw the sweeping, distinctly 1930s staircase lit with Argento-esque red and blue lights, sofas and stools transformed with tactile, fuzzy carpet and specially designed Miu Miu Club matchbooks litter the smoking area.

THE COLLECTION

"I've got the power!" So blasted the hook from Snap!'s 1990 chart smash in Frédéric Sanchez's show mix, and you really did believe it of the gang that emerged in the new Croisière collection. Walking on a runway built around the edges of the space and literally elevated above the audience, they marched purposefully in reimagined archive prints, PVC layers, graphic slashes of black and yellow that implied danger and trailing foxtails. The club-ready blue and red stripes of the clothes were echoed as a motif in the space, while patched across jackets, skirts and dresses was the same Miu Miu Club print that appeared on disco-flyer style invitations. For the finale, the troupe charged down the centre of the dance floor, making their way through the cheering crowd.

THE CASTING

For an occasion like this, you bring out the big guns. Casting director Ashley Brokaw hit a home run with a team of top girls - Mica Arganaraz kicked off proceedings followed shortly after by Brit superstar Edie Campbell, making a surprising debut for the house. Also spotted: Prada AW15 campaign girl Lineisy Montero, Balmain army member Ysaunny Brito, Saint Laurent star Kiki Willems, and other heavyweights including Lindsey Wixson, Lexi Boling, Binx Walton, and Hanne Gaby Odiele, who was kicking it in a pair of baby pink cat-decorated cowboy boots. Borrowing the Miu Miu Club t-shirts worn by the waiters, after the show the models scattered into the party to let their hair down (metaphorically speaking for some, who chose to keep their punky up-dos as they hit the dance floor).

THE CREW

It wasn't just the young blood models that put in an appearance; a gang of Supers (the kind you only need to refer to by first name) were out in full force, including Kate Moss in a dress from Prada's hot-off-the-runway Resort collection, shown just two weeks ago in Milan, Naomi Campbell and Amber Valletta. Fragrance face Stacy Martin led the gang of actresses in attendance, from the legends (Maggie Gyllenhaal) to the rising stars (Dazed 100's Kiernan Shipka, Elizabeth Olsen). Also spotted: Miuccia herself making her way through the crowds, Marc Jacobs hanging out with the queens of Drag Race, and industry icons like editor Grace Coddington, make-up legend Pat McGrath and hair artist Guido Palau.

THE CAUSE

This is what it was all for. After 22 years, the time was finally right for Miu Miu to release their first fragrance, a scent inspired by the rule-breaking women the house epitomises (specifically, the "intelligently frivolous, fearlessly fun, seriously lighthearted, feminine feminists"). First announced back in May, Nymphomanic actress Stacy Martin is the perfume's face, appearing in the just-revealed Steven Meisel-lensed campaign with a super-sized quilted bottle (the colours of which were echoed throughout the club) and even, in one shot, facing off with a kitten.

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What happened at Miu Miu's one-night-only club

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This weekend, Miu Miu kicked off couture week with a triple threat fragrance launch, Resort show and party, building their own club in Paris for one night only. This is everything you need to know - from the models to the music.

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Saint Laurent's SoCal surfers and Givenchy's good Catholic boys - revisit the standout collections from SS16

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Pop Artists

This video reflects pop art perfectly, in terms of graphic patterns, colour palette and the models hair and make up.

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Trip out with these psychedelic GIFs from NYFW

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From the paintings of the Pop artists to the glamour of old Hollywood, NYFW's dominant trends get animated

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The best of Haute Couture AW15

When creating this GIF the idea of Haute Couture has been take into account completely. The backgrounds and garments represent class and sophistication, and the over all feel is very rich and

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Chanel's casino, Dior's garden of earthly delights and Versace's parade of modern day supermodels get GIF'd

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The themes of LFW SS16

The London Fashion Week GIF, is all about the pattern and texture. The format loses the silhouette of the dresses and keeps attention firmly on the patterns. The cropped head defines the fact the florals are infact clothing from the catwalk.

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Trip out with these London Fashion Week GIFs

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From Balkan folk textiles to toxic jungle, the major themes of LFW SS16 get GIF'd

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Prada to Versace...

The colour palette and sharp edged background on this gif, reminds me of cartoon Superheros, i.e. Superman. This results in a consistent fun theme. This makes the video bold, bright and eye catching.

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The trends of the Milan runway you didn't see coming

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From Prada's nod to 70s interiors to Versace's incorporation of the reptilian - here's your GIF guide to the week's shows

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Dazed Digital - The Best of Paris Fashion Week

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Dazed Digital - The Best of Paris Fashion Week

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Deconstruct the most unexpected references

This GIF's main focus is the various patterns that feature from the clothing and backgrounds. The film moves very quickly, which makes it a quirky mashup of a small insight into Paris Fashion Week. The various cut outs draw me to the make up on the models, which adds more detail and focal points. The dark backgrounds make the over all look edgy.

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Go on a glitchy trip through the best of Paris fashion

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Blade Runner, the occult and pixellated PCs - as Fashion Week draws to a close, we deconstruct the most unexpected references from the standout city

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This video has simple effects, such as the yellow paint on top of the original imagery. I really like this touch as it takes a basic fashion photo, to an artistic piece of work. This technique will be easy to try out myself, using photoshop/illustrator.

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OverExclusive for Sicky MagazinePhotography & Illustration - Sara PellegrinoModel - Korlan Madi @Your Way ManagementHair & Make Up - Sofía Álvarez CarreñoGif: Mario Rossi @ BehanceSpecial tnx LEAM.com