Had you been at Mara Hoffman’s RTW Fall 2016 collection presentation, not your typical runway show, you could have easily picked out a lot of her favorite icons from the Seventies disco era. Cher, Grace Jones + Jerry Hall could all be spotted, if not channeled by Hoffman’s dead-on contemporary iteration, of looks from a time […]
Debbie Harry once said that ‘Christopher Makos was the first photographer to understand + record the convergence of ‘Uptown’ + ‘Downtown’ + no book better documents this than ‘White Trash Uncut By Christopher Makos’ published by Glitterati Incorporated. With a foreword by Peter Wise, this ‘Uncut’ version records Punk’s coming of age in NYC showcasing […]
These days, the celebrity image is simply made up of obnoxious excess – too much exposure, too much influence + too much plastic surgery. To best capture this excess in a photograph while obliterating every flaw, before Photoshop, before digital cameras + before publicists, a lot of the shots were ‘airbrushed’ or retouched at best. […]
Here’s some ‘Grace In Your Face’ for #FlashbackFriday, in a music video for ‘Libertango’. Singing the way that she does, dragging notes endlessly with such finesse + force, there’s no mistaking she commands respect! And that face!? Perfection – so angular, such expression with one glance! What about those lips? Love the gold outline […]
(photo: Rizzoli) And Come September, You Too Will Be Able To Experience A Bit Of His World Via Rizzoli, In A Book Of The Same Name entitled ‘Antonio: Fashion, Art, Sex & Disco’ Puerto-Rican born fashion illustrator, Antonio Lopez, was by far a true force to be reckoned with in the world of fashion unlike […]