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theovercoat
08/19/09

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Kristin McMenamy is from my hometown. Whenever I look at her, she honestly has that distinct look that a lot of people I grew up with have.

Also, I love to watch Cindy Crawford's Meaningful Beauty infomercial. It is so...over the top.
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Samanthrax
08/19/09

@theovercoat: I'm sorry. Are you saying people from Pennsylvania have a distinct look? Or just a certain part of Pennsylvania? That would make tons more sense.
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theovercoat
08/20/09

@Samanthrax: I think it's a matter of growing up here and also that I just see it. It's not necessarily distinct and exact, but a certain vibe. But i could be just seeing something that isn't there.

And actually, I think I did specify the town by saying the people I grew up with.

In any case, she definitely has the accent.
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Penny
08/19/09

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That Harlem Renaissance editorial is fucking awesome, I think. And, I actually do like the composition of the Campbell photo with the elephant--kind of like a modern spin on that Avedon photo. The monkey thing.....I don't really know what to do with that.
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Crackers In Bed
08/19/09

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why is the model about to smack big bird?? :(
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kookla
08/19/09

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They left out the disclaimer on one of Naomi's photos. "No crocodiles were harmed in the shooting of this editorial spread."
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indeedso
08/19/09

@kookla: Save the ones she's wearing, naturally.
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kookla
08/19/09

@indeedso: Oh...uh...awkward.
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Angsty_Academic
08/19/09

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I'm wondering whether successful, established models like Campbell have any input when it comes to creative direction. One would think that she could have declined to do this job if she found the primitivist tropes offensive, but do models have any say in how they are posed, what they wear, etc? Would it have been possible for her to compel the photographer to do a shoot that didn't marshal tired motifs of Black women as fetishized and animalistic? Perhaps someone with more knowledge of the modeling/fashion industry than I could shed some light on this.
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
08/19/09

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Without the other images in the set, I kind of like the picture of Naomi Campbell on an elephant. She looks happy and like she's having a good time and elephants always make me smile. If it had been in a piece on, say, out of the way tourism and the other images had been in the English countryside and a Japanese fishing village it would be an absolutely adorable picture. In a spread that features her skipping rope with monkeys and racing a cheetah, it's absolutely loathsome.
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SarahMC
08/19/09

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Well whadya know. Supermodels are breathtaking without make-up and hairspray. I feel... even worse about myself now. Thanks BAZAAR.
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MargaretMoony
08/19/09

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Just like with every Harper's Bazaar, I have no idea what's going on. 70's flashback? 80's flashback? They allowed Lady Gaga to pick the clothing?
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Dodai
08/19/09

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Naomi Campbell skipping rope with MONKEYS made my eyes bulge out of my head when I saw it in the magazine.
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MargaretMoony
08/19/09

@Dodai: My Art Theory Professor would flip over the primitivism.
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NellMood
08/19/09

@Dodai: I don't even get this. Are magazine editors and photographers seriously that unaware of the history of race and race relations? Do they exist in some sort of ahistorical vacuum where nothing is in context? How could someone possibly approve a photo like that?
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Dodai
08/19/09

@NellMood: well, as Jenna said, the photographer is the same one who put Grace Jones in a cage with the words "Do Not Feed The Animal." His book was called "Jungle Fever." So *he* knows what he's doing.
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NellMood
08/19/09

@Dodai: Oh, right. I'm still unclear how no one in the editorial process saw these photos as problematic.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
08/19/09

@NellMood: Ignorance and denial can work wonders.
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Sukie in the Graveyard
05/08/09

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When one is busy romanticizing what fashion and modeling once was, they forget to consider what it is now. What it will be.

This exhibit seemed to be so much about showing the history of fashion. What there anything in the exhibit to communicate how each model influenced the artist? Their personalities, likes, dislikes, attitudes or just damn (sound it out) "jua de vie" (cause I can't spell it, let alone even begin to start). HOW did the model muse? They don't just stand there. You CANNOT tell me that Veruschka just Stood there and that photo came out.

Also, that ring belt IS the outfit. Fail. Super Fail.

I'm sorry it sucked. Let's make a better one.
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Baroness
05/08/09

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Beautifully written, I'm sorry it was a disappointment. The soundtracks, graffiti, unlit cigarettes- wow what sorry props. As you said, it's hard to fail with some stunning, classic fashion photography.
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tonightineed is actually Mrs. Ziegler-Spock
05/08/09

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It sounds so underwhelming, and for that I am quite sad :(
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rightorwrong
05/08/09

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Sounds lame. Too bad, it should have been great. Both the Costume Institute and Islamic Art have been missing for years. I hope someone with influence is paying attention. I'll be seeing it on Saturday and Sunday - my usual deathmarch and art appreciation weekend.
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hfree
05/08/09

@rightorwrong: The Islamic Art galleries are being rennovated as part of the same project as the Greek and Roman galleries. They haven't been forsaken, I promise. I've seen some of the plans and it will be lovely when it's finally finished.
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hfree
05/08/09

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I still think this was an odd choice for an exhibit in an art museum in the way they are presenting it. If the point is model as muse and concentrates as much on the photographers as the designers, then the clothes are almost secondary. It seems like this would have worked much better as a photography exhibit. The Avedon show at the Met a few years back was fantastic, as was the David Bailey "Birth of the Cool" show in the UK in 2001. Both shows seemed to say more about the relationship between photographer and subject than this show. And if they left out Alaia then it really has nothing to do with model and designer. I usually really enjoy the Costume Institute shows, an included entries in my masters thesis about "Dangerous Liasons" and "Anglomania", but this one and the superheroes show last year just missed so badly. Why can't they stick to the small shows in the basement galleries? Those are always intriguing and well curated.

P.S. on the blank mannequins. I don't know if they are using them in this show, but the mannequins they use in the main Costume Institute basement galleries are based on Christy Turlington (both facially and in body proportions).
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Sandicomm
05/08/09

@hfree: Superheroes was okay, but they could have done so much more: gender roles, power dynamics, current state of the comic book industry. Instead it was all, "Hey, look, brightly colored body suit. IT MUST BE A SUPERHERO." Please. The exhibit could have been so much better.

The only exhibits that I saw recently that I loved was the Poiret exhibit and the Nan Kempner exhibit. But it seems like sponsors and donors (like Ms. Wintour) have really gained control of the Institute. The quality of the exhibits has really gone downhill. Poor Harold Koda.
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hfree
05/08/09

@Sandicomm: I'm hoping that the acquisition of the Brooklyn Museum's collection will breath some new life into the Institute. Something to shake things up.
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Aesop's Foibles. YES.
05/08/09

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.....At least no one's jumping. Right? That's good!
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