Paris: Rock of Ages
By Cathy Horyn
Balmain was this afternoon. Christophe Decarnin did Sgt. Pepper jackets with peaked shoulders (sort of like Margiela’s) with ripped, acid-washed jeans and sparkly high heels. Dresses made you think of early bondage Versace, mixed with a bit of Alaia. I liked the cut of the jackets — the way they fell at the front — and I suppose there is a certain similarity to McQueen, but Decarnin has a way of identifying all the most interesting bits in the fashion cosmos and putting them together at the right moment. A London retailer told me her store recently sold two of his party dresses, for about $14,000 each, online.
Natasha Poly
Mariacarla Boscono
Isabeli Fontana
Natasha Poly
Isabeli Fontana
Mariacarla Boscono
Natasha Poly
Monday, September 29, 2008
Balmain Spring 2009
Friday, September 26, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Closing Music from Jil Sander
The closing music for Jil Sander spring 2009 was “Camille’s Theme” from the film “Le Mepris.”
Monday, September 22, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Donna Karan Spring 2009
Vlada Roslyakova
Natasha Poly
Viktoriya Sasonkina
Vlada Roslyakova
Natasha Poly
Viktoriya Sasonkina
Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Viktoriya - September Italian Vogue Cover - ph: Steven Meisel
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Bette Davis Eyes
Music video tribute to Bette Davis filmed with Super 8 camera with Kim Carnes hit "Bette Davis Eyes" :
Bette Davis is a cinematic icon and a personal hero of mine. As a child I first saw Bette in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane". In this psychological drama Bette plays Baby Jane Hudson, an alcoholic former child star who feels feels responsinsible for putting her more successful sister, Blanche, in a wheelchair. The two sisters live alone in a large gothic home in Hollywood. Jane resents her sister for having success as an adult actress, and for the burden of taking care of her. She starves her sister as an outlet for her envy. Her rage was palpable. At the time I was frightened by her sadism, yet still empathized with her running unfettered through all the stages of oncoming insanity.
In the 6th grade, for Women's History Month (March) my class had to do book reports & oral presentations on Women who were our heros. I chose Bette Davis. For my presentation I used a shoe box to recreate the scene where Baby Jane buries her dehydrated sister in the sand at the beach - to die. Bread crumbs glued to the shoe box simulated sand, and I drew my own Baby Jane & Blanche Hudson paper dolls. I got an A.
Bette Davis as baby Jane Hudson in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?":
Carmen, Alison, Kasia & Mariacarla - ph: Anna Bauer
Anna Bauer photographed backstage at the f/w '08 shows for Interview Magazine. She shoots with an immense large-format camera that uses 4-by-5 inch sheets of black and white Polaroid film. The setup requires that her subjects remain perfectly still. Anna says: "I try for that one calm moment. I really need them to focus on me and my camera."
