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.
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
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