Thanks MDNA for the info-- very curious about the art direction of this publication... I hope it's sleek and clean. (And I'm a blind idiot it seems: It clearly states ISSUE 154!)
BTW, the costumes and styling are really perfection to me this era. I take back what I said about B.-- she's not that awful, after all. And seeing Aya and Bambi with her brings in such a sense of freshness to the dynamic of the choreography. I love it when M brings in-- and is influenced by her Asian collaborators. The Japanese girls, the romantic Spanish-baroque costumes and the classic R&B- flavor-- just effortlessly fantastic visually. No one else in the pop landscape can dream to even touch her this time, for me.
(Never cared for Ellen, but M's got to do what she's got to do to win over the mid-westerners, I suppose.)
playboy.com; playboyplus.comMadonna is the all-time pop music champion. She’s won seven Grammys, sold over 300 million records and just released Rebel Heart, her 13th album. She’s also a sex icon that pushed boundaries long before Lady Gaga or Miley Cyrus. Look no further than her artful nude pictorial in the September 1985 issue of Playboy to see Madonna’s pursuit of sexual freedom.
For the upcoming May issue of Playboy Martin H.M. Schreiber, one of the photographers who shot the Material Girl for the 1985 pictorial, returns to the magazine with a feature titled “Madonna: The Lost Nudes.” In 1979 Madonna posed for an ethereal photo shoot in his Manhattan studio, before she became the pop diva we know today. These images are collected in a book showcasing Schreiber’s work called A Retrospective 1966-2014 (Duncan Meeder/Leica Store Lisse, Netherlands), which will hit bookshelves this June. Take a look at this incredible shoot.
hollywoodreporter.comTurns out the piece is made by L.A.-based Private Party, the brand known for comical graphic T-shirts, sweatshirts and bathing suits with sayings and song lyrics including, "I Woke Up Like This," "Netflix, Nachos & Naps," and "Who The Fvck is Aubrey Graham?" Ashley Tisdale, Emily Ratajkowski and Tracee Ellis Ross are among the many notable fans of the company's wink-and-nod gear.
So just how did Madonna's onstage piece come to be?
"My dear friend works closely with her team so she put us in touch," Private Party founder and designer Patrick Monahan told Pret-a-Reporter via text after the fest. "After Drake released the 'Big as Madonna' track on his new album, we immediately knew it was something we wanted to make for her. We passed along the idea and her team loved it."