Cinderella

 

 Giselle Bundchen in Vogue Italia December 2010 shot by Steven Meisel

all around London town

An example of one of Isabella Blow's styling jobs for Steven Meisel in his "Babes in London" shoot:

Good People : Isabella Blow

For another tribute to Alexander McQueen; the London bird, Isabella Blow, was the fashion genius who discovered the designer. She purchased McQueen's entire graduate collection for ₤5,000, and then payed the debt off weekly in ₤100 installments. She is also known for discovering great models such as Sophie Dahl, describing her as "a blow up doll with brains". Blow is the perfect example of someone who inspires me. She started off by studying Ancient Chinese Art at the Art History division of Columbia University, and ended up being the fashion editor of British Magazine, Tatler, and of the Sunday Times 'Style' magazine. She's worked with great icons in the industry -  the editor of .U.S Vouge, Anna Wintour, and then became the assistant to Andre Leon Talley, who is currently U.S. Vogue's editor-at-large. She was seen as a muse to the fashion world by styling for esteemed photographers, such as Steven Meisel, and being the muse to hat designer, Philip Treacy. Her life ended as McQueen's did, but she has left huge footsteps to fill. She cleared a path through the fashion world, building up the industry's most well known muses and designers. Below, Blow is wearing Treacy's hats, shot by Meisel:

groundings

Love this shoot, Kylie Bax by Steven Meisel from 1998. Great apocalyptic themes twisted with glamorous imagery - classic love  story of the astronaut and the diva....

Racy Fashion

Fashion has never seemed so black and white. I just came across this editorial that I save on my computer, and glad that I did. I remember being very shocked seeing this in Vogue Paris October  2009. Carine Roitfeld always has a daring fashion sense that bleeds from her magazine, but this ode to Karl Lagerfeld's muse, Lara Stone, seems to be beyond...controversial? Or is it? This shoot was photographed by Steven Meisel - and he is known to have started this trademark, statement by having his models covered in black paint, or portryaing them with an extremely overdone tan. Meisel obviously has some kind of meaning behind this kind of representation, because he could have just used African American models for the shoot. I feel like I might be touching a very sensitive area, so I will cut this short. Below are the images from the editorial:

rehab

"Supermodels Enter Rehab" in Vogue Italy July 2007 by Steven Meisel