Zara 50th Anniversary by Steven Meisel

[tigerrouge]

Steven Meisel's work has meant everything to me for decades, but I feel like I've seen this type of model group shot enough times before, to not be moved by the sight of it in 2025.

 

[Gonzalo]

Predictable casting

 

[mikel]

Well I fell for it. I ordered the poster 🙈

 

[Serend1pity]

Was just going to say I appreciate that there are no nepos here then I saw that one Amelia grey sneak! Oh well at least she’s inoffensive

 

[Avonlea]

The video is ok, the group shot is boring and the other photos are embarrassing. They should have chosen Baron.

 

[nicknick]

It's a bit underwhelming with the anticipation/secrecy. 50 girls for 1 shot and using like only 10 of them for the lookbook. so the other girls are just flown in for a group photo? and some random lip sync? Please tell me there's more to this...

 

[svpernova]

I'm pretty dissapointed by this, they have some of the most prominent models of all time and they decide to use a group shot. The prices of those clothes are gonna be high in Schweizerland...

 

[Ninocka98]

It’s ok cast, but it could be without those girls like Paloma and Precious as well Nobis, Mona, Trentini, Naomi. I’m sick of them everywhere. Anyway its a pleasure to see Yasmin Warsame my favorite girl from early 2000s, my divine supers Linda and Chirsty and established icons like Cindy, Amber, Carla, Eva, Twiggy, Paulina and top industry girls like Poly, Joan and even Karlie.

 

[yslforever]

So... no Elise, Daria, Raquel, Claudia, Freija, Nadja ?
No want.

 

[Gonzalo]

I don' t like the word icon but if we talk about them they have to be Gisele, Claudia Schiffer and Kate Moss.

 

[Gazillion]

Amelia Grey ruined it for me.

 

[DK92]

Zara - 50th Anniversary

Director: Steven Meisel
Stylist: Karl Templer
Creative Director: Jason Duzansky
Makeup Artist: Pat McGrath
Hair Stylist: Guido
Manicurist: Jin Soon Choi
Set Design: Mary Howard
Casting: Piergiorgio Del Moro, Giulia Massullo, DM Casting
DP: Jeremy Hall
Edit: Will Town
BTS Edit: Francisca Wistuba
Post Production: Modern Post
Production: PRODn, Production at Art + Commerce

Music: I Feel Love by Donna Summer

Cast: Abbey Lee, Adriana Lima, Alek Wek, Amar Akway, Amber Valletta, Amelia Gray, Awar Odhiang, Candice Swanepoel, Carla Bruni, Caroline Trentini, Carolyn Murphy, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Doutzen Kroes, Edie Campbell, Eva Herzigova, FeiFei Sun ,Georgia Palmer, He Cong, Imaan Hammam, Irina Shayk, Iselin Steiro, Joan Smalls, Julia Nobis, Karen Elson, Karlie Kloss, Lexi Boling, Lina Zhang, Linda Evangelista, Liya Kebede, Lulu Tenney, Mariacarla Boscono, Marisa Berenson, Maty Fall, Meghan Collison, Mona Tougaard, Naomi Campbell, Natasha Poly, Paloma Elsesser, Paulina Porizkova, Penelope Tree, Precious Lee, Rianne Van Rompaey, Rosalieke Fuchs, Sascha Rajasalu, Sasha Pivovarova, Sora Choi, Twiggy, Vittoria Ceretti, Yasmin Warsame.

Source: harpersbazaar.com

 

[MModa]

Well I fell for it. I ordered the poster 🙈

Pretty cool! I did not know there was a poster to order.

 

[Lola701]

I wish Pat Cleveland and Ines de La Fressange were part of it. They are iconic models…

 

[Cute]

Possibly Rianne's last campaign?

Yeah she announced her retirement 2 days after this was shot.

 

[aracic]

Always, always prefer a group photographed against a grey backdrop when it comes to Meisel. But it's a good enough photograph that would probably not make it to the top of my favourite Meisel moments list. Most of the cast is fantastic, some of it is not, but no point going down that road. But one thing I will not get over is the fact that we were, once again, completely bamboozled with a single stupidly overwhelming group photograph and no solo portraits. It's been barely a year since the same thing happened with Edward's departure, and now again... How disappointing.

I will be buying the t-shirt.

 

[RMDV]

Well this was very underwhelming. Casting was a massive missed opportunity to really be an iconic campaign for Zara.

 

[woemwoem]

Yeah she announced her retirement 2 days after this was shot.

For real? Is she really retiring?
Also, I know with these large group casts there will be models we disagree with, but Amelia and Georgia Palmer? I wouldn't even cast them if we expanded the cast to 100.

 

[tourbillions]

i hate big group shots like this.. almsot gives me tryptophobia.

 

[vogue22]

Did Ned Rogers shoot the lookbook?