Björk x Tim Walker = Whimsy overdose!!
I used to be a big Melanie Ward fan but her work has not impressed me in a long time. Maybe it's because she's a freelancer now so It's like she just styles clothes instead of constructing stories.
She’s so one-dimensional. Is she capable of appearing in anything beyond the surreal, fairy princess alien trope????? For someone who’s supposedly so experimental with her sound— she sure is predictable with her image.
(Is Hungry for Sugarpill Matthew? The face design has his trademark smeared all over it.)
Maybe she''ll go through her "Music" phase in a couple of years, cowboy hats and all If she was inconsistent with her image you would probably also criticize her for that...
This is a story for a fashion magazine— not promo for a new album. It’s a very short-term investment, experiment; a one-off story can easily be created and be done with. Models are given new personas, characters and stories all the time to play with moving from the surreal of Nick Knight direction to the classic and timeless mood of Peter Lindhberg.
(Why would anyone criticize a creative individual— which she supposedly is, for trying new looks and directions in high fashion? The presuppositions some conjure up to diminish and dismiss others who dare to poo poo their idols is hilariously defensive.)
^^^ Not the least contradictory. I’m not bothered at the least if you roll your eyes at me, mock me, dismiss me, diminish me, pull out the “reinvention” strawman when I never even said anything remotely suggesting it LOL… Why would I criticize her had she tried a new look when that’s what I would encourage of her, as you had assumed I would? That’s why I posted it’s a presupposition on your part.
Anyway, she does possess a distinctive face. I’d just prefer to see her step out of her comfort zone and just try something different, for a high fashion editorial; maybe in Thom Browne and Chanel as a grand dame. Maybe even channeling Shirley MacLaine’s Funny Girl in 60s-inspired couture splendour. Maybe even darkly androgynous, or darkly seductive... Work with Lindbergh for something romantic and cinematic; Meisel for some flair, or even Klein or Baron for something naughty and dark, rather than Walker who will no doubt do the predictable surreal, messy dreamy theatre-kid trope cuz that’s all he knows now.
I hope that makes my point clearer rather than it being critical just for the sake of it.