The most controversial editorials

[Deleted member 116957]

I'm soooo bored with religious imagry in fashion editorials. Good grief, it's just so overdone now.

 

[senorgemma]

I'm soooo bored with religious imagry in fashion editorials. Good grief, it's just so overdone now.

Illuminati But yeah I really agree, what sort of point is it even making?

 

[tigerrouge]

One point that's inadvertently being made is that it's easy to take liberties with Catholic iconography, but a step too far to make fun of other religions where people might run the risk of genuine repercussions. So they stick to the same old harmless themes.

 

[BerlinRocks]

there is a book by Saint Augustin named "the City of God" .... I have never read these books, but I do believe it is about pagans vs christians, etc.
that last image of Natasha reminds me (of course) a Goya's painting "3 May 1808" ...

To me this editorial is more about "Religious Wars" etc. A much more "in the air" Pasolinesque editorial, than just an easy satire of christianism ...
And I do think the typo is inspired by hebrew typo, n'est-ce pas ?

 

[Toccata]

I think those ideas aren't controversial after being repeted so many times.. If anything, they are more of a classic!!

Classic is right! They're from The Holy Mountain (1973) Hmmm, does this look familiar?

My Screenshots of 'The Holy Mountain' DVD

 

[Mocha_Love]

WOW Vogue Paris' "Reality Show" really caught my eye!

 

[LeBonChic]

IMO, editorials that touch such poignant issues with a good, positive intention join hands to eliminate the prejudice towards fashion being a means of escapism. Since even when the escapists seek for fashion magazines to escape, they encounter these images - the images that try to touch many aspects of our live, of the world here and now and (hopefully), this makes escapists want to think again.

About "Water and Oil" (that was posted in page 15-16), I think the clothes were not served to "glamorize" the disaster, or the woman, or anything, but partly to show how beautiful, how precious the "creature" (that I interpret as a bird, played by the model) used to be before it was drenched in oils and lied unconsciously on the rocks.

 

[YoninahAliza]

Does anyone else find the Vogue Paris December 2010 editorial, "Cadeaux," disturbing too? The fact that they used little girls to model clothing which grown women would wear is weird, although some have argued its like they are playing dress up. However I think their is a difference between playing dress up and over-sexualizing the little girls wearing the clothes. When I look at the pictures I get a really grossed out feeling, those poor little girls. So what do you guys think of this editorial?

 

[Style Savvy]

^Well we all know LVMH found it disturbing..

 

[Petit Lucille]

I think that is almost like a prediction, or a reality of what really happens pictured more obvious. I find it more controversial when it's a 14 year old nude in a sexy pose, than a little girl wich has more of a joke-sort-of-a-wink.

 

[m.j.]

things we see these days cannot be labelled as controversial, at least not anymore, simply cos we started to notice only things that shake us a bit. i'd say most of this editorials are just rude. when Sid wore swastika on his shirt, that was contraversial, but playing Last Supper with fancy clothes is just a proof that people ran out of ideas.

 

[Petit Lucille]

Well, yes, they are classics already... What's terrible is that the sole reason behind it is raising a bit the sales.

 

[YoninahAliza]

^I'm sorry but could you elaborate further, I don't really understand what you are getting at. Thanks!

 

[m.j.]

i think that member Petit Lucille was pointing out that money plays bigger role than artistic values, with makes this generic repetitive images.

but the price is actually bigger now simply cos we all remember eds from the previous decades, we know the models, who shoot them, they have iconic statuses. now the first thing that crossed my mind were lara stone's boobs (i like lara, nothing against lara)

 

[YoninahAliza]

^Ahhh.... I see. Thank you M.J. for clearing that up for me. As much as it pains me to say this, I have agree, money does play a big role in the creation of editorials and art in general. You would think that people wouldn't care about the money when the are creating works of art, but it seems that sometimes art is sacrificed in order to make a profit.

 

[mackos]

than a little girl wich has more of a joke-sort-of-a-wink.

My problem with Cadeaux is that it doesn't have that joke-like atmosphere anymore. It didn't look like the children playing, the styling and poses were so vulgar and provocative that it really disturbed me in a wrong way.

 

[YoninahAliza]

^ I agree with you Mackos. They are no longer playing dress-up but rather becoming mini-adults. It says something about how fast girls are forced to grow up and become sexualized. Quite frankly its creepy and horrifying to think that little girls are being put into these situations which may on the surface seem harmless and cute but underlying it can affect them psychologically. What are we doing to our children?

 

[chanelslungbags]

Most of the girls in modelling are under sixteen this is more controversial then the whole "god" dilemma. In my opinion anyway.

 

[tigerrouge]

Quite frankly its creepy and horrifying to think that little girls are being put into these situations which may on the surface seem harmless and cute but underlying it can affect them psychologically. What are we doing to our children?

In the early 80s, there was a UK show called Minipops, which had stage school kids performing popular songs, so you ended up with the sight of a five-year-old girl in full make-up singing the lyrics, "night time is the right time we make love".


youtube.com/classicalgasemission

 

[YoninahAliza]

Oy Vey! It seems like this isn't a new trend but I think its certainly become much worse over the past decade.