Lori Goldstein: Style Is Instinct

A stunning anthology of the work of visionary stylist Lori Goldstein, whose interpretations of fashion and beauty have produced some of the most groundbreaking and iconic images in fashion and popular culture. This striking volume captures Goldstein's personal credo, which has come to define her work—"everything goes with anything"—and displays her signature style, from her unique way of mixing and matching print and color to how she uses clothes to create images that go beyond glamour to the metaphysical, spiritual, and natural worlds.

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Juicy Couture Spring 2011 Campaign: Viktoriya Sasonkina and Daria Strokous, Photo: Steven Meisel, Stylist: Lori Goldstein

Steven Meisel photographed Viktoriya Sasonkina and Daria Strokous for the spring 2011 Juicy Couture campaign on November 15, 2010.

Juicy Couture Spring 2011 Campaign
Models: Viktoriya Sasonkina and Daria Strokous
Photographer: Steven Meisel
Stylist: Lori Goldstein
Hair: Orlando Pita
Makeup: Pat McGrath

Addiction by Ayako Spring 2011 Campaign - Daria Strokous, Photo: Steven Meisel, Stylist: Lori Goldstein

Steven Meisel photographed Daria Strokous for the spring 2011 Addiction by Ayako campaign in New York on September 17, 2010.

Addiction by Ayako Spring 2011 Campaign
Model: Daria Strokous
Photographer: Steven Meisel
Stylist: Lori Goldstein
Hair: Guido Palau
Makeup: Ayako

Spur Magazine Interview: Rianne ten Haken + Wayne Sterling

Wayne Sterling of The Imagist & Models.Com interviewed Rianne ten Haken for Spur Magazine at Women NYC on November 17,2009 :



Rianne Ten Haken, the 23 year old Dutch beauty currently igniting a major buzz in the fashion industry is the interesting case of a girl whose career started immediately from the top. In her very first season in September of 2003 Rianne opened the SS 2004 Marc Jacobs show on the recommendation of the show's power stylist Venecia Scott. Immediately there was a bidding war with Versace quickly nabbing the fresh faced newcomer to be the face of the label for Spring 2004. Italian Vogue and Numero covers followed quickly as well as assignments for Chanel. All seemed aligned to assure that the luscious beauty of Rianne was to follow the path of the traditional supermodel. But suddenly work slowed to a trickle even though her perfect proportions kept earning Rianne sporadic runway gigs like a cameo on the Vuitton Spring 2008 "Nurse" intro where she walked in the section of the show reserved for icons like Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer. It was interesting then when Miss Ten Haken re-entered the Steven Meisel orbit in 2009 with back to back covers of Vogue Italia (Oct and Nov) proving that this powerfully glamorous girl has serious staying power with some of the most demanding photographers and designers in the business. Already the leverage of those two covers have earned Rianne a massive Only Girl story in Self-Service magazine as well as an interesting conversation about the return of image of strong women in magazine editorials. In her first post-comeback interview, Rianne sat down with Spur to explain what she had been doing in her "off duty" years, her views on femininity and sexuality in fashion and her thoughts on the increasingly fast turn over on new models. This was her strong perspective.

WS: Two Italian Vogue covers later everybody 's buzzing about you Rianne. You took a little time off. Tell us what you were doing during that off duty phase
RTH:
I was still working. I was doing some commercial work. I was living in Europe having a nice life…finishing my school and you know just enjoying the moment …not anything major but just going on with my life

WS: What were you studying in school?
RTH: It was business school which was a little bit boring but I had to get it out of the way. I'm done with school. I graduated in July . I'm enjoying the moment right now of not doing anything. I'm finally having the time to read the books that I want to read. And not always having that weight on your shoulders of having to do assignments

WS: What made you decide to come back to NY and plunge back into the industry?
RTH: I was living in Paris for 3 years. it was beautiful city and a beautiful life but at certain point you had done everything you can in Europe and you're ready for a change again. Because I used to live here in New York so I was kind of missing New York so I decided to give it another shot. It is such an easy city to live and the energy and the people make you feel like everything is possible.

WS:As opposed to Paris…
RTH: Paris is a little bit more mellow . It is definitely a better quality of life in some ways but if you want to work and make the most of your career you definitely have to come back to New York.

WS: Upon coming back did you find things different or essentially the same
RTH: I think you grow up and you look at it in a different way. Whereas when you were younger you just don't really know what's going on you just run around and people tell you to go here and go there and you just do it. I guess now that I have more life experience ..you form your own personality.. so you look at it in different way and you're not the youngest one anymore. That is what has really changed. People are not any more like "Oh you're a baby!" But you appreciate it more. You realize how lucky you are. You know who people are . The first season I came here I was like…Marc who? You have no idea who people are ..you don't understand the politics of the game . Now is better

WS: Do you feel like things in fashion are moving faster?
RTH: Well definitely. If I only look model-wise, I think in the last 3 or 4 years so many models pass through it . After 1 or 2 seasons of fame you never hear from them again. Whereas when I started I felt like there were more girls who were around for a longer period of time. Today you're big for one or two or three seasons and also I find the look of the models to be very different. Before it was more of a classic beauty whereas today it is like the girls look alike. Longish hair, pale skin. They work together on the runway. If you look at the fashion shows there is not much individuality.

WS: Speaking of individuality…your hair...
RTH: I know..I'm standing out. You couldn't miss me. After the Italian Vogue cover came out I thought let me just wait and see what the response is. We can always go back to a different color.

WS: Off duty from modeling what's fun for you?
RTH: I' m very much a homebody. I have very really beautiful house in Holland so I like to do some work on it in Holland. I like to read. I like to be in nature. I grew up no farm so I like to be outside. I like going out to dinners and to the movies. Music wise I like tacky 80's music.

WS: What would you say your career goals right now are
RTH: My goal is just about sticking around as long as I can. It is hard now to set certain goals to tell yourself like… I want to be on the cover of Vogue Paris. It is not up to you no matter how beautiful you are or how great a personality you have. I just take it as it comes and I hope I can do some great work still.

WS: There's a big surge of girls from Holland right now...
RTH: There is! There's Mirte… Patricia…I don't know all of them because they're really young girls . I think there's always a trend going on. There was the Russians for a while…the same thing for the Brazilians. There was a time when the Belgian girls were really hot.

WS:What quality would you say best describes a cool Dutch girl?
RTH: I think that if you look at Holland as a country you find that life is good there so models from Holland tend to be more laid back and relaxed because they know they can always go back to a stable life. So girls take modeling as something to enjoy as opposed to coming from a really poor country. There's a tradition of putting things in perspective. In Holland no-one asks me if I'm a model or what labels I'm wearing.

WS: There's something to be said also for a woman looking like woman in fashion shoot. How do you feel about this?
RTH: I also think it is different from what I remember from the past. I think it is different from the past three years in that the girls are very child-like. If you really look a woman then fashion is not so interested. People are very afraid of sexuality in the fashion industry. French magazines like Self-Service don't mind a very beautiful woman. But I think some people feel like it takes the focus off the clothes. Which is why people like the girls who are more like anonymous clothes hangers as opposed to attracting attention in and of themselves.

WS: Could you see yourself as being a star in the supermodel mould?
RTH:I don't think you can choose to be that . If it happens it happens but it is difficult to be in that position because nobody tells you the truth anymore. People just want to be your friend at any cost. Being a public figure is very difficult because you live under a microscope. Everything you say or do is being judged a million different ways. I love being able to go back to Holland and having my two feet on the ground.

WS: Well thank you so much Rianne for sharing your interesting perspective on the industry.
RTH: Thank you so much Wayne!

October 2009 Italian Vogue - Rianne ten Haken and Kasia Struss, Photo: Steven Meisel

Steven Meisel photographed Rianne ten Haken and Kasia Struss for Italian Vogue on June 10-11, 2009 with stylist Lori Goldstein.

Italian Vogue October 2009 cover
Model: Rianne ten Haken
Photographer: Steven Meisel
Stylist: Lori Goldstein
Hair: Julien D'Ys
Makeup: Pat McGrath

October 2009 Italian Vogue video preview

Steven Meisel photographed Rianne ten Haken, Dorothea Barth Jorgensen, and Kasia Struss
for Italian Vogue on June 10-11, 2009 with stylist Lori Goldstein.

Italian Vogue October 2009 cover
Models: Rianne ten Haken, Dorothea Barth Jorgensen, and Kasia Struss
Photographer: Steven Meisel
Stylist: Lori Goldstein
Hair: Julien D'Ys
Makeup: Pat McGrath

October 2009 Italian Vogue cover: Rianne ten Haken, Photo: Steven Meisel

Steven Meisel photographed Rianne ten Haken for Italian Vogue on June 10-11, 2009 with stylist Lori Goldstein.

Italian Vogue October 2009 cover
Model: Rianne ten Haken
Photographer: Steven Meisel
Stylist: Lori Goldstein
Hair: Julien D'Ys
Makeup: Pat McGrath

Lori Goldstein - October Italian Vogue preview

Lori Goldstein, Photo: Steven Meisel


Interview with Style.Com's Meenal Mistry:

Meenal Mistry: We love the dream at Tony Duquette’s house.

Lori Goldstein: That was my favorite.

MM: Mine too. Of course, along with the Versace Jackie Susann campaign.

LG: What can you say? Those were the days.

MM: Are there certain images that stay with you the most? Or that get commented on the most?

LG: Well, the Versace ads are something that people always refer to. I could talk about that all day long because it was just everything that I live for. It was a moment where it all converged. I started working with Steven [Meisel] again. I had worked for Allure so we hadn’t been working together. It just kind of happened. The thought process is never, “How can we make this happen?” I’m really of the school of “Let’s just go for it.” That was just this magical convergence of Donatella asking me to work with her, Steven doing the campaign, us starting to work for Italian Vogue again and me being obsessed with Jacqueline Susann again. I had been obsessed with her since the seventh grade in Ohio.....

MM: Have you worked with Steven Meisel recently?

LG: I just did a story with Steven for the October issue of Italian Vogue. All I can say is that I live for him, I love him. There’s no one like him. He’s just unbelievable. I’m so inspired when I work with him I want to pull in every single piece of everything, find every new young designer. He just loves to see what young people are doing, what talented people are doing. We just marvel at every little piece that I bring in. He’s like, ‘Where did you find that?’ And I love that. I love being inspired like that.

MM: What’s the story about?

LG: It’s just a Steven and Lori story, a bakookle Steven and Lori story. We just did fashion and there’s really no theme. We’re in a club but it’s just the piling-on, the bakookleness, the great girls that we love.

Jones New York fall 2009 campaign: Isabeli Fontana, Photo: Steven Meisel

Steven Meisel photographed Isabeli Fontana for the fall 2009 Jones New York campaign on April 30, 2009 with stylist Lori Goldstein.

Fall 2009 Jones New York campaign
Model: Isabeli Fontana
Photographer: Steven Meisel
Stylist: Lori Goldstein
Hair: Garren
Makeup: Pat McGrath

Jourdan Dunn - Italian Vogue July 2008 cover - ph: Steven Meisel

Jourdan Dunn - July 2008 Italian Vogue Cover

Steven Meisel photographed Jourdan Dunn for the cover of Italian Vogue on April 28, 2008 at Pier 59 Studios (studio 6 & 7) in New York.