Interview May 2010 : Madonna by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott

[naya]

The editorial is great, thought i wasn't going to like it, but i do.

 

[mateica83]

Wow! This is her best editorial in ages. I love it sooooooooo much, it's fierce.

 

[ann007]

Lovely. She looks younger Great idea: come back to old good years

 

[avantgarde]

I thought the cover with the jewelry was an old shot - she looks like she did waaay back in the day in that shot. I love her, this shoot is amazing

 

[Lisa~~~*]

A lime green Versace dress with iridescent metal detailing is modeled by Daria Werbowy and appears in the May issue of Interview US. The dress comes from the SS 2010 collection and is featured in a story styled by Karl Templer.

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[tarsha]

Preview of the Daria's editorial.





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Can anyone please share the "secret" of getting HQ's from interview magazine site? Do you need to subscribe the magazine to get access on digital HQ's?

 

[Fiercification]

Mikael Jansson? I think I spy Ajak Deng there in the fourth picture possibly. Not sure how I feel about this whole subversive colonial theme going on here...

 

[ax80]

^It certainly is Ajak Deng.

It's not colonial though. To be quite honest, it reminds me a lot more of scene from an underground soul club. Can't wait to see the details in HD.

 

[kwonsm]

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[ax80]

I'm pretty sure I spot Kelly Moreira's porfile there on picture #3 on the 2nd row.

 

[ForChicSake]

^sorry but all the other models around steal the spotlight from daria, love it and i'm really loving Salieu Jalloh

 

[nyc_art_style]

I don't really "get" Daria's editorial. At first I too thought the reference was an underground club, but the styling doesn't really match that. Perhaps the stylist had a very set idea of what he wanted, as did the set designer. I get a sense that someone wasn't willing to compromise. I also don't understand why Daria was casted. It's as though the casting director threw her in there because she is his/her favorite model.

 

[cottonmouth13]

I love Daria's ed.! I think it was inspired by the underground club scene, something like that. She looks steamy!

Can't wait to get this.

 

[testinofan]

WOOW amazing editorial

 

[VogueGirl8910]

The Daria's ed is very beautiful.

 

[Fiercification]

I can't believe that the editorial team got away with a story that overtly exposes and even promotes such racist stereotypes. The one time they chose to cast an amazing variety of black models they had to play with a tired concept; the only reason why they are honestly here in this story is to play up the stereotype of black people as anonymous, sexual, savage beings who here play back up dancer to Daria (the white person)...not for the real reasons that they should be there, because they are buzz worthy and up and coming.

Just look at the way Daria is lit and being handled by the male models, and compare the styling of her high-end, colourful pieces with Ajak's bikini for example. There is a clear isolation between her and the other models. If they had had an Asian model like Liu or Lakshmi casted it might've softened the aesthetic tensions...but the connotations would still be very explicit even if the editorial featured all black models. I don't really know who to blame for going along with this...I think that Jansson and Michelle Lee are certainly to blame for not stopping to think about how redundant and offensive this was going to appear, but in particular Baron.

Interview is not Vogue...it's not a magazine that has always subliminally only catered to those white upper class consumers who are typically as the target customers of designer clothing. The editorial team have always promoted a variety of talent from different backgrounds, races, sexual orientations and class. Which is why I'm baffled they of all people would come up with something as backward as this. Maybe it's meant to be ironic, but there's certainly nothing pointing to any social critique in the photos.

 

[AD011620]

I am getting sick of Daria's perfect looks... why is she so oily.... it does not look like sweat at all;-D

 

[ax80]

^I completely diagree. In my eyes, it plays on a hot summer night on an underground club where a white person has lost herself to the groove and the feeling around her. I feel as if Daria has to be so bright to stand out and play on that role of that woman just feeling the groove. And to be fair, I see a much more sexualized Daria than the other models. I feel that the whole editorial has such a wonderful flow from on shot to the next.

Obviously, I do see your point in that it plays on maybe a stereotyped theme but in my eyes, it's overlooked by the fact that each girl has an own sense of identity in the story. The editorial plays more on the soul feeling and it's a lot more sensual and steamy that sexual and sleazy. The styling could have indeed been a bit more varied as there is an obvious focal point on Daria who is the it-model yet as I said, I feel Ajak and Kelly push out of their shots with a sense of strength and identity.

And maybe that tone you see would have been diminished if you would have had an ethnic girl play Daria's role but I feel the point would have been lost. It plays sort of on a Dirty Dancing theme and the girl lost in the crown yet so in love with it at the same time does it charm for me.

 

[hommefashion]

Can anyone please share the "secret" of getting HQ's from interview magazine site? Do you need to subscribe the magazine to get access on digital HQ's?

I would love to know this HQ extraction secret as well.

 

[maxlinden]

wow i forgot all about Daria in all the chocolaty goodness swarming around her,