Numéro Tokyo May 2015 - Kristine Froseth by Karen Collins

[orthelian]

Numero Tokyo May 2015 cover story
Ph. Karen Collins
Stylist: Felipe Mendes



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[Emmanuelle]

Wow that's an amazing cover story. I especially love the setting, exceptional. The colors, the accessories and the lighting are very pretty. Great job !

 

[justaguy]

Fantastic cover!

 

[Benn98]

The cover is ok, but the editorial's got a very Lolita child p*rn subtext which puts me off. Looks too vulnerable. Whether intentional or not, I'm not a fan. How old is this girl?

Anyway, I honestly cannot tell the difference anymore between Numéro Russia, China and Japan's covers. They all look the same to me.

 

[narcyza]

It's so lovely! Only this blue background seems so cold.

 

[kokobombon]

Lovely cover and editorial, the topless with flowers picture makes me uncomfortable cause the girl looks very young (she´s 19 or 20 though) but other than that, I like this.
She reminds me of a younger Magdalena Frackowiak

 

[annavtree]

Lovely cover and editorial, the topless with flowers picture makes me uncomfortable cause the girl looks very young (she´s 19 or 20 though) but other than that, I like this.
She reminds me of a younger Magdalena Frackowiak

I'm glad to hear that she's of age but even given that the pictures give off a pretty uncomfortable Lolita vibe especially with the use of the flowers.

 

[|PerfectTonight|]

Don't like this at all. Should women look into this and get inspired to buy cloths for themselves or their children? Just NO! Poor girl she looks so unconfortable.

 

[kewkaw]

I like her since Prada Ads <3

 

[blusheels]

This is actually one of my favourite editorials as of late! And she doesn't look unconfortable to me

 

[Deleted member 1957]

the lolita element is extremely uncomfortable and takes away anything good

 

[twilightsafari]

I really can't see in which photo(s) she supposedly looks uncomfortable. Seems like people are desperate to find controversy, even where there palpably isn't any.

 

[Nomar]

This makes me feel uncomfortable.

 

[kokobombon]

^^ I think the point is that she makes us uncomfortable, not that she necessarily is (specially with the 6th and 7th pics). The Lolita theme, the sexual undertones of the editorial using a girl who looks like 15 yo... this is the main discussion.

 

[Benn98]

I really can't see in which photo(s) she supposedly looks uncomfortable. Seems like people are desperate to find controversy, even where there palpably isn't any.

It's one thing to not 'see' the photo's we are referring to, but to actually dismiss other people's opinions as 'desperate to find controversy"? I think that's quite harsh!!

 

[MulletProof]

^ I wouldn't say she's dismissing anything, it's her opinion on other opinions, and it's a discussion forum, not just about commenting the subject but discussing what we see.

After being through Natalia's heyday and all the girls that resembled her doing similar stuff, and of course Gemma (that could sometimes border on creepy), this doesn't make me feel uncomfortable at all, she could be 24 for all we know. And I do agree tFS has entered some kind of puritan age lately, not necessarily by new members, in general there's this atmosphere that seems to find everything somehow immoral or unacceptable, too much skin, too much sex, gasp teenagers on fashion magazines, shock! nipples, nudity can only be degrading, etc etc, frankly if someone bothers to be oh so "harsh!!" mentioning in one line the need for controversy or the League of Decency-sounding commentary, which to me it's more a need to subject everything to go through the morality/political correctness microscope, maybe because fashion is so dull at the moment that there's nothing else to do, I say go for it.. might as well add the energy, and certainly the controversy, the story itself lacks.

 

[Benn98]

^ I wouldn't say she's dismissing anything, it's her opinion on other opinions, and it's a discussion forum, not just about commenting the subject but discussing what we see.

After being through Natalia's heyday and all the girls that resembled her doing similar stuff, and of course Gemma (that could sometimes border on creepy), this doesn't make me feel uncomfortable at all, she could be 24 for all we know. And I do agree tFS has entered some kind of puritan age lately, not necessarily by new members, in general there's this atmosphere that seems to find everything somehow immoral or unacceptable, too much skin, too much sex, gasp teenagers on fashion magazines, shock! nipples, nudity can only be degrading, etc etc, frankly if someone bothers to be oh so "harsh!!" mentioning in one line the need for controversy or the League of Decency-sounding commentary, which to me it's more a need to subject everything to go through the morality/political correctness microscope, maybe because fashion is so dull at the moment that there's nothing else to do, I say go for it.. might as well add the energy, and certainly the controversy, the story itself lacks.

To me, fashion right now resembles a bratty toddler whose toy has been taken away. Maybe the reason fashion is in such a sad state is because the industry hasn't quite managed to mutate with it's audiences? Maybe it's still hell bent on employing dated tricks just to stir a bit of controversy without a narrative? Unfortunately, due to globalisation, individualism and the increased degree of education on most levels of society, voices that may have been muffled in the past are now being heard. And maybe the majority of these voices are more puritan in their thinking? Or they just don't see a plausible reasoning behind using shock tactics such as this.
I started following fashion in my teens, with the heroin chic trend, all those Bennetton ads, and Tom Ford for Gucci/YSL in full swing. The social commentary of those Bennetton ads such as the interracial couple, or the dying Aids sufferer with his family, managed to highlight issues which was sort of taboo in mainstream media at the time. Same with all that kinky sex at Gucci/YSL. So it was shocking, yet provoked interest. Unfortunately in our current world, interracial relationships are the norm and people are already having all sorts of kinky sex. You'd be hard pressed to find someone nowadays who don't know what s&m means.
The problem I have with this ridiculous child-p*rn trend, which seems to be on the increase, is it's intent. What is the message here?? Because we all know what child sexualization entails, it's repercussions, and how immoral it is. I can tell you now, if Nabokov were to publish his novel in this age, he'd have been torn to shreds.
And when you say, it's ok to incorporate this into fashion, where do you think all this will end? Then we might as well engage in black face, have men objectify women, put Fendi bibs on impoverished infants and all the other insensitivities. Fair game, because remember, you cannot cherry-pick.
Look at the brands which are prospering in this new age: Saint Laurent under Hedy etc. They are successful because they stripped all the the shock tactics to present something more clear cut. Now unfortunately the core of the brand had to go as well, but every war has it's casualties. I'm tired of hearing how political correctness is the cause of fashion's stasis.