US Vanity Fair September 2006 : Kate Moss by Mert & Marcus

[mizenkay]

oops. Michael Roberts is the Fashion Editor (duh)

edit was shot by Mark Seliger!

 

[zembla]

This is such a good issue, the articles are really good, I was surprised.

 

[redeemed_by_Him]

hi..can anyone post the kate moss video off the vanity fair site to download? i cannot seem to access it from the link....thanks guys!!

 

[fashionandstyle1]

for anyone who's not sure...it is on newsstands

 

[Miss Dalloway]

Your both right, Marlene along with Garbo was one of the few silent film stars who continued to be successful after the arrival of talkees, while others like Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish weren't so lucky. People really seemed to like their husky European accents which blended perfectly with their on screen personas.

Oh thanks for that info i didnt know that
I just saw a lot of her movies and not even one was silent.

 

[zembla]

It's a shame people don't focus more on Garbo in magazines like this, she was the best. And Kate definitely shares the same mysterious, never gives interviews vibe.

 

[Orchide]

It's a shame people don't focus more on Garbo in magazines like this, she was the best. And Kate definitely shares the same mysterious, never gives interviews vibe.

I agree with you.
I wish I had a scanner so you could read the piece itself b/c the photo shoot is definitely styled after Dietrich's 1934's "Scarlet Empress" but in the written article which the title refers to, they compare her atitude and the mystery she exudes as being akin to Garbo
I am a huge silent film buff and I can definitely see Garbo being called a silent star as she had quite a career compised mostly of silents (she did only 32 films and 20 of those were silent) and she was quite enigmatic and "wanted to be alone".
Whereas, Dietrich did over 50 films and the bulk of them were sound including The Scarlet Empress. The use of shadows and light by director Von Sternberg created her legacy by highlighting her cheekbones and hollows of her face and making a tiny shadow under her nose...I LOVE how Mert & Marcus really nailed this here
Love love love this whole editorial and the article is wonderful.
I look forward to more with this new style direction in VF.

 

[peppi]

That balenciaga story is great, thanks mizenkay

 

[mizenkay]

Kate Moss in September 2006 Vanity Fair

Photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott

scanned by mizenkay


please feel free to post these in Kate's thread (i'll leave that to someone else) and don't forget to credit the photographer and the scanner (me!), there are two more photos in the edit - but one is a double page spread that is difficult to scan. i thought these were the best three.

thanks! enjoy!

 

[Miss Dalloway]

I agree with you.
I wish I had a scanner so you could read the piece itself b/c the photo shoot is definitely styled after Dietrich's 1934's "Scarlet Empress" but in the written article which the title refers to, they compare her atitude and the mystery she exudes as being akin to Garbo
I am a huge silent film buff and I can definitely see Garbo being called a silent star as she had quite a career compised mostly of silents (she did only 32 films and 20 of those were silent) and she was quite enigmatic and "wanted to be alone".
Whereas, Dietrich did over 50 films and the bulk of them were sound including The Scarlet Empress. The use of shadows and light by director Von Sternberg created her legacy by highlighting her cheekbones and hollows of her face and making a tiny shadow under her nose...I LOVE how Mert & Marcus really nailed this here
Love love love this whole editorial and the article is wonderful.
I look forward to more with this new style direction in VF.

Karma for what you wrote
I agree that Garbo would be more appropriate for Kate since they both dont/didnt give any interviews!
I also agree about Marlene she was all about good lightning that made her look out of this world i have seen almost all of her films except the silent ones i really didnt know she was in silent movies?
And yes Mert&Marcus cought Dietrich in their photos of Moss perfectly!

 

[Orchide]

Karma for what you wrote
I agree that Garbo would be more appropriate for Kate since they both dont/didnt give any interviews!
I also agree about Marlene she was all about good lightning that made her look out of this world i have seen almost all of her films except the silent ones i really didnt know she was in silent movies?
And yes Mert&Marcus cought Dietrich in their photos of Moss perfectly!

Dietrich preferred to not remember her German silents...in later interviews, she would even go so far as to say that Blue Angel made in 1930 was her first film
all of her silents were made in Germany before she came to the states and she was not a silent star on the level of Garbo who was a Hollywood silent star and packed the theatres. Dietrich really broke through in 1930 and on- she was signed in Hollywood due to the success of Garbo and the studios clamouring for "another Garbo"B)
I just went back and looked at these shots of Kate and was swept up by them again love them.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

Dietrich preferred to not remember her German silents...in later interviews, she would even go so far as to say that Blue Angel made in 1930 was her first film
all of her silents were made in Germany before she came to the states and she was not a silent star on the level of Garbo who was a Hollywood silent star and packed the theatres. Dietrich really broke through in 1930 and on- she was signed in Hollywood due to the success of Garbo and the studios clamouring for "another Garbo"B)
I just went back and looked at these shots of Kate and was swept up by them again love them.

You see i thought her first movie was Blue Angel really didnt know about the late silent movies! But then again Dietrich was all about creating the myth by her own rules so i am not surpirsed that she said that!
And i love Kates photos too love them!

 

[zembla]

That documentary 'Marlene' by Maximilian Schell on Marlene Dietrich is so good, all you hear is her voice becasue she doesn't want to be filmed. It has some footage of her silents and even talks about a hit single she had in Germany before making it big in films. But nobody can really touch Garbo, last September there was a big celebration for her 100th birthday and there was a stamp, new books, and a DVD collection put out. Her mysterious legacy still lives on...I agree Kate's photos rock...so pristine.

 

[Orchide]

That documentary 'Marlene' by Maximilian Schell on Marlene Dietrich is so good, all you hear is her voice becasue she doesn't want to be filmed. It has some footage of her silents and even talks about a hit single she had in Germany before making it big in films. But nobody can really touch Garbo, last September there was a big celebration for her 100th birthday and there was a stamp, new books, and a DVD collection put out. Her mysterious legacy still lives on...I agree Kate's photos rock...so pristine.

Not to go toooo off topic but I love that docu- I own it!
I went to Garbo's 100th bday celebration here in LA- was up at Paramount Ranch where they screened her silent "Love" out under the stars and we drank champagne and yes, I have her stamps too.
Maybe we should continue this talk in the Icons subforum of Star Style in Garbo and Dietrich's threads sorry to anyone else who isn't a fan of the classic era...back to magazine talk

 

[1karina1]

Scan request

Could someone scan the feature on Jessica Biel please? Thanks very much!

 

[angel14]

could you please scan Eugenia Silva and Alejandro Santo Domingo?Please

 

[sepia]

I really love those shots of Kate.

 

[LoveMyBoots]

This is such a good issue, the articles are really good, I was surprised.

Same here. There's probably only one good article I would actually read in VF in an issue I buy, but I read practically all of them in this September's.
Though I'm pretty sure everyone here bought if for Kate and the best dressed list... I did.

 

[tool_fan]

I bought the magazine today. I like the best dressed list. I definitely think Selma Blair dresses well. She said that she thought Wes Anderson dressed well. Who is Wes Anderson? He sounds familiar. She also mentioned Marilyn Manson as best dressed male. I didn't really read any articles in the magazine yet. I noticed that Kate Moss was in almost all of the ads. She is definitely in more ads than before.

 

[1karina1]

I bought the magazine today. I like the best dressed list. I definitely think Selma Blair dresses well. She said that she thought Wes Anderson dressed well. Who is Wes Anderson? He sounds familiar. She also mentioned Marilyn Manson as best dressed male. I didn't really read any articles in the magazine yet. I noticed that Kate Moss was in almost all of the ads. She is definitely in more ads than before.

Wes Anderson is the film director ( The Royal Tenebaums and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou)
Here's a funny clip of his american express ad, featuring the man himself and a few friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRIMje5VKC0&mode=related&search=