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Julien Dys cuts Linda Evangelista’s hair, photographed by Peter Lindbergh, 1989.
I love how this amazing haircut was documented.
Showing posts with label Behind the Scenes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Behind the Scenes. Show all posts
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Jan 11, 2014
Observe!
I love to see the insides of a final product! So, needless to say, I am utterly amazed at this eight hour behind-the-scenes SHOWstudio production of a full work-day on the set of W Magazine's October 2012 editorial "Sweet Escape". Also, I am totally fascinated with this simple observational style of cinéma vérité.
It's refreshing to see a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the fashion world without all the stupid vanity and frenetic post-production riffs, soundbites, and quick cuts. I am interested in fashion culture well enough, but what I most appreciate is its craft. Editorials are vast appreciations of clothing as art. This is what I love about fashion: the ways that we present, admire, and wear clothes.
It's refreshing to see a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the fashion world without all the stupid vanity and frenetic post-production riffs, soundbites, and quick cuts. I am interested in fashion culture well enough, but what I most appreciate is its craft. Editorials are vast appreciations of clothing as art. This is what I love about fashion: the ways that we present, admire, and wear clothes.
(via SHOWstudio):
"Karlie Kloss dies an elegant death in Nick Knight and Edward Enninful's arresting couture editorial for W Magazine. The pair drew inspiration from the kind of macabre, nightmarish illustrations that litter childhood fiction, offering up a vision which is part Grimm's fairy tale part mature Parisian opulence. The final images - which see Kloss clad in the best haute couture from A/W 2012, including pieces by Dior, Givenchy, Chanel and Iris Van Herpen - straddle dark and light, combining symbolism that is both sweet and sinister.
Continuing his exploration of contrasts, Knight juxtaposes the delicate vintage-look images with pithy modern 'death app' films that see Kloss suffer various violent deaths, all while clad in couture. The striking images in this editorial mark of the start of Knight's investigation into fashion illustration."
Feb 18, 2013
And Everything Nice
☺Sugar and Spice! This is an awesome behind-the-scenes photo of the Spice Girls on the set of their music video "Say You'll Be There". Also, how awesome is the harmonica solo in the middle of this song? I'm not even kidding... To just, like, totally nerd out on the 90's right now - lazy harmonica seemed to be everywhere - and it expecially reminds me of the soundtrack of one of my favorite video games of all time: The Legend of Dragoon (1999).
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| ↑ The Spice Girls on set, Mojave Desert - Sept. 1996 via Spice Freak Out |
Also? There's this little beauty. I've always loved this picture. What is the deal? While searching for this photo's back-story, I ran across this lovingly (creepily?) compiled and fascinatingly thorough Female Celebrity Smoking List. I do love a great archive. Especially a totally weird one.
Who is your favorite Spice Girl?
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Dec 14, 2012
Björk
Here she is, the queen of Iceland! Björk Guðmundsdóttir! When the days are so dark and short up here on the island I start eating lots of gjetost and lighting candles all the time.
Björk's 1992 MTV Cribs house-tour of her Icelandic nest is awesome. She has this enormous and beautifully modern chandelier with blue taper candles in her living-room. As she lights the candles for the camera she chirrps and trills:
Björk's 1992 MTV Cribs house-tour of her Icelandic nest is awesome. She has this enormous and beautifully modern chandelier with blue taper candles in her living-room. As she lights the candles for the camera she chirrps and trills:
I love how her possessions have been curated. Everything is special!"I think this big room definitely needs a center-point, you know? And a light in the middle... I think chandelier is a heart of every home and in the winter its, like, dark - It's dark almost twenty hours a day. It's quite amazing how these candles can - they actually [light] up the whole flat and in a nice kind of way."
Nov 15, 2012
Goldfinger Brownjohn
Simplistic in concept and artfully minimal in design, artistic director Robert Brownjohn's title sequence for Goldfinger (1964) is perfectly executed. What a brilliant idea to project sequences from the film onto the gilded body of glorious 'glamour-girl' Margaret Nolan! A simple/cheeky idea, meticulously executed + perfect typography + the velvet rumble of Shirley Bassey = quintessentially sexy spy-junk history! His piece is not only timelessly modern and sophisticated, but stands alone as one of the most iconic pieces of 1960's design and cinema.
SPEAKING of which... One of the MoMA's exciting recent acquisitions is none other than a series of photographs by Herbert Spencer which document Robert Brownjohn's preparatory studies for the Goldfinger title sequence! NYC friends, this collection is being presented in conjunction with the film exhibition 50 Years of James Bond and is on display until March 18th, 2013. The following are just a few of the photographs on exhibition. So beautiful:
SPEAKING of which... One of the MoMA's exciting recent acquisitions is none other than a series of photographs by Herbert Spencer which document Robert Brownjohn's preparatory studies for the Goldfinger title sequence! NYC friends, this collection is being presented in conjunction with the film exhibition 50 Years of James Bond and is on display until March 18th, 2013. The following are just a few of the photographs on exhibition. So beautiful:
Sep 22, 2012
Honey Ryder
Nikki van der Zyl is a German voice actress famous known for lending countless Bond Girls of the 60's and 70's their seductive purr, darling. Her work for the franchise began with Guy Flemming's Dr. No. (1962) as the voice of Ursula Andress' Honey Ryder. (Nikki performed all of the female dialogue in the film apart from that of Lois Maxwell's Moneypenny.)
Nikki on voicing Honey Ryder:
Since her days as the self-proclaimed "First Lady Of Bond", Nikki has practiced law, gone skydiving, appeared on antiques roadshow, and found a deep fondness for opals. Her autobiography, "For Your Ears Only" is due out next month.
These days, you can catch up with Lady Bond on her vast labyrinth of a website. Nikki continues to seek recognition for her role in the history of the Bond franchise. With the world "celebrating 50 years of Bond" this year, maybe she'll finally get a little nod? (Now if only that pesky Shirley Eaton would kick the bucket.)
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| ↑ Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in Dr. No. (1962) |
"The problem with Ursula Andress was that not only did she have a strong Swiss-German accent, but she tended to put the emphasis of a word on the wrong syllable. They felt her accent might be too difficult for the American audience to understand and, in any case, it wasn’t sexy enough."Nikki has not been acknowledged in the credits of any of the Bond films she's done and, over the years, the lack of recognition for her work has lent her a bitterness. Who wouldn't be miffed?
"Many of the Bond girls built their careers on their performances in the films, which in part was due to my voice"
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| ↑ Nikki on the set of Dr. No |
During her work across a decade of spy junk, Nikki loaned a little extra velvet to the dialogue of many a Bond Girl:
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These days, you can catch up with Lady Bond on her vast labyrinth of a website. Nikki continues to seek recognition for her role in the history of the Bond franchise. With the world "celebrating 50 years of Bond" this year, maybe she'll finally get a little nod? (Now if only that pesky Shirley Eaton would kick the bucket.)
Sep 12, 2012
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