A/ W 2011
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Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Stiaan Louw
Styling Margot Robinson
Photography Natasja Maria Fourie
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The designer's blog
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Inspired by Her
More and more often, I come across fashion editorials in which a male model is paying a tribute to a female iconic figure. Wait, let's clarify: I'm not talking about female impersonators, i.e. males who attempt to "copy" as closely as possible the features and behaviours of a certain diva, often with humoristic intentions.
(I still fail to see what's so funny about a man dressing like a woman... such a comedian still has to work hard to draw a laugh from me: being in drag is not enough. After all, that's what I do all the time, according to some outdated criteria)
I'm talking about honest homages to a female celebrity in which a man, without pretending to look like a woman or to appear "exactly" like the lady he's styled after, shows his esteem by drawing inspiration for his whole outfit, his accessories, even his makeup, from those of the diva of choice.
For instance, Grace Jones, having been a charismatic performer, and herself quite androgynous in her looks, has been a frequent recipient such tributes.
Jean Paul Paula's haircut, fur coat and lipstick evidence the source of his inspiration. The pic appeared in Candy Magazine.
Andrej Pejic's styling here was inspired by the looks of the almighty Frida Giannini, creative Director for Gucci. (Andrej looks prettier than his role model, one should point out). Now the team lead by photographers Matthew Berthemy and and Paul Kemler pay their homage to Donatella Versace, the heiress of the Versace empire, by styling their model after her.
May I add that, once again, the ever-so-cute Charles Guislain looks way more beautiful than the original?
Donatella Tribute
Photography Mathieu Berthemy and Paul Kemler
Models Charles Guislain
Hair styling Rémy Pilot
Make-up Cédric Jolivet
Backstage Pictures
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
007 Revisited
Andrej Pejic
The beautiful Serbian male model recently showed up at Jean Paul Gualtier's show in Paris wearing what, by conventional standards, wouldn't be considered a very masculine getup (he was carrying a gun, though). High-heels, golden tights and a sleeve-less fur overcoat completed his -some would call them- "androgynous" looks.
Did he turn up "in drag"? Well, that depends on your own conception of the term.
For me, clothing in itself is genderless, so, as long as long as he was not essaying to "pass" as a woman he was not "cross-dressing" at all. As the press has pointed out once and again, he could perfectly do that without any effort.
(If he were, I wouldn't have any problem with that either!)
In any case, he was, once again, pushing the envelope really hard:
James Bond was the theme of the exhibit.
And even though Gaultier's secret agent did occasionally wear skirts, Andrej looks, which closed the show, for many brought to mind some of the film female leads rather than the celebrated spy.
Here he is greeting the designer himself:
Some images shot "behind the scenes":
A vid of the complete runway and a brief interview with the couturier (in French) can be seen on YouTube:
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Paris Modes (YouTube Channel)
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