The October issue of Interview Magazine is being the source of much talk after seeing the light. Not for nothing, it features a fashion editorial which could be defined at least as disturbing. Its name, “Pretty Wasted”, can give you a clue of what you are going to find in its pages. However, the editorial goes too far. In fact, it goes further than you could ever imagine: models are posing as if they were drunk and unconscious, lying on the floor, surrounded by any kind of trash and waste, and dressed by big brands like Marc Jacobs, Prada, Versace, Diane Von Furstenberg, Yves Saint Laurent, Armani Privé or Tommy Hilfiger.
It gets even more surprising when you notice the models who star the editorial. They aren’t anonymous girls or beginners who couldn’t say no to such an insulting and degrading shoot for women. Quite the opposite: supermodels Anja Rubik, Andreea Diaconu, Lily Donaldson, Daria Strokous and Edita Vilkeviciute, actually popular “mannequins” who have hit the most important catwalks in the world, who have appeared in quite important magazine covers and who already have a successful careers in fashion. My intention is not to judge them. Not at all. But I can’t help but wonder what was the reason that made them go along and accept to feature in such a terrifying editorial. …show more content…
Is it that being unconscious is the new beauty standard all women and girls should stick to? Is it that being drunk and high, wearing luxury brands, is the new trend? Is this what we call “fashion”? What was Fabien Baron, the Art Director and Photographer of “Pretty Wasted”, thinking about when he came up with this disturbing idea? Didn’t we have enough with the heroin chic that photographer Corinne Day and model Kate Moss launched in the nineties and made so much harm to women’s self-image and
It gets even more surprising when you notice the models who star the editorial. They aren’t anonymous girls or beginners who couldn’t say no to such an insulting and degrading shoot for women. Quite the opposite: supermodels Anja Rubik, Andreea Diaconu, Lily Donaldson, Daria Strokous and Edita Vilkeviciute, actually popular “mannequins” who have hit the most important catwalks in the world, who have appeared in quite important magazine covers and who already have a successful careers in fashion. My intention is not to judge them. Not at all. But I can’t help but wonder what was the reason that made them go along and accept to feature in such a terrifying editorial. …show more content…
Is it that being unconscious is the new beauty standard all women and girls should stick to? Is it that being drunk and high, wearing luxury brands, is the new trend? Is this what we call “fashion”? What was Fabien Baron, the Art Director and Photographer of “Pretty Wasted”, thinking about when he came up with this disturbing idea? Didn’t we have enough with the heroin chic that photographer Corinne Day and model Kate Moss launched in the nineties and made so much harm to women’s self-image and