I’m sure everyone remembers the famous line in Breakfast at Tiffany’s when Holly Golightly talks of the ‘mean reds’. When you’re afraid and you don’t know what of. Having just recently been promoted at work, it seems ‘with great power, comes great responsibility’….and also the bummer of added drama and stress. So an overwhelming fear… Continue reading Fighting the Mean Reds
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Life of a Model during Fashion Week
Take a young and innocent model put her in the whirlwind of the four fashion weeks and the resulting pictures just makes you envy her. Jalouse’s editorial of Cristina Cosio during the course of all four fashion weeks brings out the green eyed monster in me. New York Fashion Week (Photographed by Benjamin Nitot, Styled… Continue reading Life of a Model during Fashion Week
Edie and Andy at the age of 5
I know I keep harping on about kids in editorials but I really do find the idea ludicrous, weirdly cute and very odd to look at. It’s slightly disconcerting how highly styled these kids are in this Citizen K shoot entitled ‘Vernis-Sages’ (shot by Louis Decamps). This Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgewick styling is so… Continue reading Edie and Andy at the age of 5
Suffering for the Art of Fashion
Walking the catwalk isn’t a walk in the park – especially if you are working for visionaries like McQueen. Here is an excerpt from Justine Picardie’s book ‘My Mother’s Wedding Dress – The Life and Afterlife of Clothes’ where she recounts two tales of catwalk torture as told to her by the model Erin O’Connor. … Continue reading Suffering for the Art of Fashion