Stylish quote

“Photoshop has destroyed photography. Today our image of beauty is over sleek and over retouched. All the drama has gone, it’s just brainless.”

Peter Lindbergh

Photo source: Natalia Semanova photographed by Peter Lindbergh for Vogue Italia May 1997

Christy Turlington in the Catwalk documentary

I found this documentary last weekend after a series of attempts to get the actual video. Truly precious, the movie is a story filmed during a fashion season while cameras are following Christy Turlington in New York, Milan and Paris capturing her life both on the catwalk and during a few seldom moments of peace and quiet. Enjoy and savour.

P.S. You may notice that part 7 is missing here. Unfortunately, I cannot watch or use it in the UK, however you may be able to see it directly on youtube – just use “watch it on youtube” button after you finish part 6.

Photo source: Vogue UK January 1990

Summer time

Carefree, sun-melting, joy-bursting, skin-glowing summer. Turquoise sky without limit. Heat-trembling air filled with fragrant molecules of cypress, honey and flowers. Crystal drops of spring water, each – its own rainbow Universe.

Summer… Much anticipated. Never long lasting. Always full of memories.

Photo source: Harper’s Bazaar June 1995

Stylish quote

“Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.”

Chanel

Photo source: Vogue China May 2010

Supermodels bare it all

Photo source: Vogue US September 1994, Vogue US September 1996, Harper’s Bazaar US 2009

Kristen Mcmenamy on body image

At first, I wanted to write something similar myself, but then came across this story from Love magazine and thought that hearing it from Kristen Mcmenamy a supermodel, a true legend, would make the message more powerful and even more meaningful.

The body you're given, the mind you're given, the morality and hang ups you're given, they're yours. Deal with it. That's the way it is - that's what you realise when you get older. You think "one day I'll be this, one day I'll be a Buddha Zen and I'll weigh five pounds less..." and then it doesn't happen. One day never comes and you realise you're getting older and you think "God, OK, accept, accept!"

I have to say though, I like my body more than my face. I never liked my face, it was always not right. Sometimes it looks good in a picture.

We're all the same. I can have a fat month and I can feel totally horrible in my skinny jeans, then the next month I can be four pounds less and I'll feel great. I think all women have that, and it's just that your body fluctuates.

You see a picture of a model and you think it's static, you think that's the way that person always is, but it's not true. You have fat days too! I hate the fat days! No! It's not good. I know people will hate me saying that - I'm a model - but the way you feel in your mind is the same. In your head it's a fat day.

And I look at people who are curvy and I'm crazy with jealousy over them.

The truth is that even I'm fooled by magazines. I look at Heat or something like that and I think "they're all so gorgeous, they have perfect wardrobes and perfect bodies and blah, blah, blah!" And here I am a model! I still fall for it. I put down Heat and I hate my face. So if I can be fooled, every one can be fooled.

 

Photo source: Vogue Italy September 2009

Linda Evangelista in Vogue Italia

A precious editorial from the October issue of Italian Vogue that takes my breath away. You live a story full of emotions just by looking at those photos of Linda taken by Peter Lindbergh. In one word – super.

P.S. Don’t you just love the natural, almost free from retouching, photo finish?

Photo source: Vogue Italia October 1989

Linda Evangelista in Harper’s Bazaar April 1995

Another Linda moment today. This editorial is just a month apart away from the story I posted last week, but it’s a perfect example of chameleon appearance Linda was famous for. All gone the blonde locks replaced by a super short brunette hair cut. Just brilliant.

Photo source: Harper’s Bazaar April 1995