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[MulletProof]

Remember when people got mad because Anna Wintour always made Caroline Trentini do all that jumping for Vogue editorials?

We’d get mad every month! Trentini was objectively way more limited than Kendall, at least Kendall is good at one facial expression but Trentini’s entire range was so awful (the equivalent of daytime soap opera acting).

But… Anna’s Baptiste… we had no escape.

 

[velvetandsilk]

VOGUE PARIS DECEMBER 1969/JANUARY 1970​

Louise Despointes & Suzanne by Guy Bourdin. Make-up by Serge Lutens.

Celebrated fashion photographer Guy Bourdin (1928-1991), was best known for his editorial work for Vogue Magazine and advertisements for shoe designer, Charles Jourdan. By the 1970s, Bourdin was principle photographer at French Vogue and given complete artistic control.


Bourdin had a reputation to subject his models to elaborate, and at times, dangerous situations. Today we’re looking at a behind the scenes look at an editorial for Vogue Paris.


It was 1969. Involved was a 20-year-old French model named Louise Despointes and Suzanne (surname unknown). Despointes had worked with Bourdin before, however this shoot was to be her most memorable. For this Christmas edition, Bourdin wanted to cover the two models in tiny black pearls. He had his make-up artist, Serge Lutens, cover the models with a thin layer of glue and attach numerous pearls. According to Despointes, “Then Guy decided that he wanted to do the whole body with those pearls. But he did not know if the whole body is glued it can’t breath. And we blacked out.” The layer of glue had interfered with the skin’s ability to regulate temperature and exchange oxygen. While the assistants hurriedly removed the pearls and the glue, Bourdin is reported to have said “Oh, it would be beautiful – to have them dead in bed!”


Below are extracts, translated from the magazine:


It took the makeup -creator Serge Lutens successively ten hours the first time, eight hours and a whole night on the following days (for the cover). 120 tubes of glue, 50 kg of beads, and proverbial patience, to Louise and Suzanne, entire fingers become precious ice, stars, and crystal on night background.

Spoiler: photo

guy bourdin – linear grey

Posts about guy bourdin written by Fiona Mackay

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[velvetandsilk]

When the media claimed that this styling was a breakthrough and a breath of fresh air, but the truth turned out to be less impressive, the model gained weight after the holidays and did not fit into the matching skirt.

Spoiler: cover

Vogue.com

 

[GoldenPetals]

We’d get mad every month! Trentini was objectively way more limited than Kendall, at least Kendall is good at one facial expression but Trentini’s entire range was so awful (the equivalent of daytime soap opera acting).

But… Anna’s Baptiste… we had no escape.

Aww I love Caroline, but yeah she was pigeonholed very quickly.

 

[Maayan]

When Martin Margiela walked for Jean-Paul Gaultier FW 1986:

 

[blueorchid]

Don’t forget that bowl cut wig they’d get out for Caroline to wear in the jumping editorials sometimes, too!!!

 

[Maayan]

Karl's infamous Fendi SS 1994 presentation with Moana Pozzi:

Documoda.com

 

[Steddycam91]

When Lexi and Binx "cyberbullied" Kendall. You know they were both panicked for a minute lol.

eonline

 

[eugenius]

When Martin Margiela walked for Jean-Paul Gaultier FW 1986:

He’s quite easy on the eyes, no?

Also, when Vivienne walked for Yohji…not once, but 3 times, if Google images is any indication.

 

[Lola701]

Karl's infamous Fendi SS 1994 presentation with Moana Pozzi:

Documoda.com

Tbh, after seeing some footages of the presentation, I can understand why people were shocked in 1994!
At least it was an interesting way to showcase swimsuits but even without knowing that Adult performers were involved, the performance was very risky!

The funniest thing about all that was that Karl wasn’t even at the show. He created a mess and let the Fendi sisters deal with it. Ahaha

 

[eugenius]

Since we’re on the subject of p*rn-stars on the runway, how about Jeff Stryker & Traci Lords for Thierry Mugler from the early 90s?

 

[pradn]

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Mr.Jeremy Scott muse (boytoy) Czech Prince Denek Kania aka Hoyt Kogan


upi.com / instagram @denek_k

 

[jeanclaude]

Trussardi A/W 86-87 show (directed by italian horror films director Dario Argento )

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[blueorchid]

Random books...
The Karl Lagerfeld Diet
Grace Coddington: The Catwalk Cats

For anyone who hasn't looked at it The Lagerfeld Diet is a total treat, if you ever want a good laugh (honestly, some of it isn't as crazy as you'd think, surprisingly).

Select Quotations:










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[GoldenPetals]

What was the story with Christopher Decarnin? Is he ok?

 

[Cocteau Stone]

When the media claimed that this styling was a breakthrough and a breath of fresh air, but the truth turned out to be less impressive, the model gained weight after the holidays and did not fit into the matching skirt.

Spoiler: cover

Vogue.com

Wasn't she early in her pregnancy at the time, not a "holiday weight gain"?

 

[Scotty]

Gemma Ward’s ‘itsy bitsy Chanel bikini’ (that article is embedded in my brain) / ‘she’s an actress now.’:

 

[blueorchid]

From Simply Halston, Joe Eula describing Halston and Elsa Peretti's fights.





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[jeanclaude]

From Simply Halston, Joe Eula describing Halston and Elsa Peretti's fights.

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I´d love to see a Peretti for Tiffany silver chocker with the word "F*GG*T" on it!! 😁

 

[NakedAndAfraid]

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Mr.Jeremy Scott muse (boytoy) Czech Prince Denek Kania aka Hoyt Kogan
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upi.com / instagram @denek_k

I have a grievance about designers hawking unconventional attractiveness and dating the most conventionally beautiful people. Raf is another example. Like commit to the bit, please!!