Marine Ganio, Caroline Robert, Aubane Philbert and Bleuenn Battistoni in Swan Lake

Pairs in Paris, by Caroline Robert, high-end leather unisex trainers, Fall/winter 2015/16 collection.

Baskets en cuir mixtes aut-de-gamme.

SOURCE: http://pairsinparis.fr

Arcade Fire’s third album artwork was an ambitious project. Beyond deluxe and DVD edition, designer Caroline Robert was responsible for 8 front covers and back covers for The Suburbs. All images show details of a same suburban house, seen from the point of view of a parked car.

Arcade Fire's 8 different back cover arts

The Suburbs Deluxe Edition (2011)

Arcade Fire Reflektor album cover

"For REFLEKTOR, the band fell in love with Rodin's sculpture Orphée et Eurydice (that we have on the album cover). Orpheus' myth inspired them while writing some of their songs. They were also talking a lot about the influence of Caribbean culture on their music and their desire to bring back carnival energy into live performances. They wanted to create a clash between those 2 worlds: super classic and beautiful (Rodin's sculpure, black an white) versus raw and spontaneous (Haitian raw art, voodoo, carnival, textures and colors). A tension that is very strong in their music.

The death of CD, the end of an era (reflective age) was also frequently in the discussions. They wanted to use old CDs as reflectors during live performance (collage on congas) but also on artwork. Once again, a clash between the fact that this shinny and multicolor object is at the same time the symbol of obsolescence or death."