death in fashion dead models dead model dead girl aestheticization of violence violence against women steven klein steven meisel mert alas & marcus piggott w magazine vogue italia superette Duncan Quinn helmut newton doutzen kroes kevin federline tyra banks antm america's next top model

By Jenna Sauers Nov 2, 2009 3:00 PM 25,553

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The Problem With Fashion’s Obsession With Death

Why, in so many fashion photographs, do the models look dead? It's a theme that's persisted in magazines as long as I can remember. These ads for the New Zealand boutique Superette are only the tip of the violence-glamorizing iceberg.

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