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I've never been a fan of Jeff Koons, but I like this editorial 
source: nytimes.com
source: nytimes.com
March 12, 2006
Style
Gretchen Mol
Portfolio by JEFF KOONS
Introduction by ALIX BROWNE
The actress Gretchen Mol was plucked from a New York City coat check, proclaimed to be the next big thing and put on the cover of Vanity Fair, only to be unceremoniously tossed by the very machinery that scooped her up in the first place.
It is somehow fitting, then, that she makes her decidedly brilliant comeback next month in Mary Harron's biopic, "The Notorious Bettie Page," wolfishly disguised in a black wig with bangs but otherwise naked as the day she was born. Page, the girl next door who became America's favorite B-movie pinup, apparently never lost her innocence (a curious state of being that also happens to be fashion's current obsession). In a particularly telling moment in the film, Page, at the height of her notoriety, spits a hard rubber ball out of her mouth to take a moment to talk to a photographer about Jesus.
Her talent is a gift, she says with wide-eyed sincerity, her arms strapped into a gesture that unsubtly alludes to the moral burden she would come to bear. While the statement might have been over the photographer's head, the artist Jeff Koons was appropriately charmed. On these pages, Koons, whose Pop aesthetic straddles pool toys and p*rn stars with equal glee, reimagines Mol's — and Page's — transformation. Only this time around, Mol is a star.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, San Serif][SIZE=-1]The artist Jeff Koons transforms the actress Gretchen Mol.
[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, San Serif][SIZE=-1]Oscar de la Renta overdress, sold with bustier dress (not shown), $6,450. At Oscar de la Renta, 772 Madison Avenue. Saks Fifth Avenue. Costume National bra, $726, and bloomers, $551. At Costume National stores. Oscar de la Renta shoes.
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[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, San Serif][SIZE=-1]Derek Lam dress, $3,900. At Barneys New York. Carolina Amato gloves. Phi shoes.
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[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, San Serif][SIZE=-1]Dior by John Galliano bra, $205. At Dior boutiques. Marc Jacobs skirt, $750. At Marc Jacobs stores. Carolina Amato gloves. Wolford stockings. Boots from the film ‘‘The Notorious Bettie Page.’’
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[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, San Serif][SIZE=-1]Agent Provocateur bra, $110, garters, $65, briefs, $100, and stockings. At Agent Provocateur, 133 Mercer Street. Stuart Weitzman shoes.
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[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, San Serif][SIZE=-1]Agent Provocateur briefs, $100. At Agent Provocateur. Carolina Amato gloves. Wolford stockings. Stuart Weitzman shoes. Bra from the film ‘‘The Notorious Bettie Page.’’
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[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, San Serif][SIZE=-1]Dolce & Gabbana top, $1,395. At Dolce & Gabbana boutiques. Michael Kors bikini bottom, sold with matching top (not shown), $398. At Michael Kors stores. Carolina Amato gloves.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, San Serif][SIZE=-1]Gucci bikini, $385. At select Gucci stores.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, San Serif][SIZE=-1]Fashion editor: Anne Christensen. Fashion associate: Melissa Ventosa. Hair: Odile Gilbert. Makeup: Jeannia Robinette for Jed Root. Hair for Gretchen Mol as Bettie Page: Michelle Johnson; Makeup: Nicki Ledermann at the Milton Agency. Set design: Mary Howard. Photography advisers: Chris Fanning and Frances Janisch. Digital crew: Nucleus Imaging NYC. Lighting design: Adam Klimaszewski.[/SIZE][/FONT]
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