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Model Rianne Van Rompaey @ DNA Model Management wears Armani selected by editor Olivier Rizzo
Black and white photography Benn Northover.
"Without Borders" by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia March 2016
Caitie Greene in Dress in chiffon with inserts in georgette, Valentino; vintage hat, Patricia Underwood.
"Without Borders" by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia March 2016
Black and white photography Benn Northover.
Katlin Aas @ Next Management. Layered dresses in organza with macro sequin embroidery, Prada.
Military coat in wool, Gucci; shirt with ruches, Marc Jacobs; cap Early Halloween.
Anna Cleveland @ Next Management. Double-breasted coat in gabardine and shirt in poplin, Michael Kors Collection; hat in wool, J.J. Hat Center.
China Machado @ IMG Models. Shirt in printed gabardine, J.W. Anderson; headpiece by Guido.
Marc-André Turgeon @ Success Models. “Priest” coat in polyester, Vetements; shirt, socks and booties: Prada.
Niels Trispel @ IMG Models. Shirt in cotton and pants, Prada; vintage fur, Early Halloween; vintage tie, Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing.
Black and white photography Benn Northover.
Ally Ertel @ Muse Models NYC. Dress in silk crêpe, Boss; long gloves, Carolina Amato.
"Without Borders" by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia March 2016
Black and white photography Benn Northover.
Yasmin Wijnaldum @ The Society Management. Trench coat in linen, Alberta Ferretti; blouse Chanel.
Rianne Van Rompaey @ DNAModel Management. Top in lace draped on the shoulders and skirt with frills in silk taffeta, Roberto Cavalli.
Black and white photography Benn Northover.
Lorena Maraschi @ Next Management. Shirt in silk with trimmed jabot, Chanel; pants in printed silk, J.W. Anderson.
Photographer Steven Meisel. Black and white photography Benn Northover. Fashion editor Olivier Rizzo. Make-up Pat McGrath for Dolce & Gabbana The Make-up. Hair Guido for Redken. Set design Mary Howard. Creative director Jason Duzansky.
About Steven Meisel
Steven Meisel is one of the greats of fashion photography. A favourite of Anna Wintour and Franca Sozzani , he has come to dominate the Italian fashion industry, shooting every Italian Vogue cover for the last two decades and every Prada campaign since 2004.
The photographer began his career as an illustrator for Halston, a position he held whilst teaching illustration at Parsons The New School for Design two nights a week. Meisel then took up a role at Women’s Wear Daily, which at the time in the 1970s still used illustrations for its covers. Meisel sat next to the celebrated illustrator Kenneth Paul Block. Meisel may have worked as an illustrator in the week, but on the weekends he would loiter at model agencies, like “paparazzi” as reported by 032c.
Meisel’s career in photography began at the close of the decade when Oscar Reyes, a booker at Elite Management who admired Meisel’s illustrations, asked the photographer to shoot some of Elite’s models for their portfolios. He would photograph them in his apartment in Gramercy Park or on the street: on weekdays he would work at Women's Wear Daily and on weekends, with the models. Some of these models went to castings for Seventeen magazine to show their portfolios, which held some of his photography, and the people at Seventeen subsequently called Meisel and asked if he wanted to work with them.
Editorially, Meisel’s fierce defense of his aesthetics’ independence has led to him creating some of fashion’s best and most controversial fashion stories, including shooting the entirety of Italian Vogue’s 2008 all black issue. He told 032c “My favourites are the ones that allow me to say something: the black issue; the poking fun at celebrities one; the paparazzi thing; the mental institution one; the ones that I have a minute to think about; all the ones that are the most controversial in fact. But it’s not because they are controversial that I like them, but because they say a little more than just a beautiful woman in a beautiful dress. I love that too, but to try and say something is also my goal.”
Source: Business of Fashion
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