photographer TERRY RICHARDSON,
creative director OLIVIER ZAHM,
fashion editor CHRISTOPHER NIQUET
BEST OF THE SEASON: Andy Warhol once defined a good day as one that yielded a successful tape recording. He always carried a small tape recorder to record his conversations, which added a hypersensitive focus to just about any tête-à-tête. For DASH SNOW, a good day is one that yields a successful picture, collage, happening, or situation that expresses something about his art and way of life, both of which intimately involve his friends and family. He never separates art from life. Snow’s stylistic and artistic ability take him beyond the mundane, making him a role model for an excessive, unpredictable, and poetic lifestyle. He appears and disappears with regularity.
He follows his own rules. He doesn’t play the game. He runs from media attention. He’s punk, underground, aristocratic, beautiful, sexy, wild, calm, erratic, extremely generous, and totally free.
DASH SNOW is not simply an icon of personal style — whatever he wears looks good. Behind his perceived “hardcore” image and “excessive” behavior, DASH incarnates for a new generation of artists a pure opposition to violence, compromise, and corruption. His collages, gathered from supermarket tabloids and sensational newspapers like The New York Post, re-expose the horrific headlines of murder, torture, rape, and political disaster. Instead of swallowing the stories with his morning coffee, DASH refuses to accept these tragedies as banalities for banter. Nor does he accept these horrors as just numbing, inevitable occurrences. His refusal to be conditioned makes him a symbol of purity in stark contrast to the chaotic and cynical world he constantly tries to escape.
In his 2007 exhibition with Dan Colen, NEST, he filled the gallery Deitch Projects with a bed of shredded paper, as if for a Dionysiac rite, to celebrate the birth of his daughter, Secret. It’s no coincidence that for this shoot with TERRY, DASH brought along a few close friends, his girlfriend, JADE BERRAU, their daughter SECRET, Jade’s mother MARTINE MALLE, and DASH’S grandmother, CHRISTOPHE DE MENIL.
DASH SNOW wears a red velvet jacket with white shearling ALEXANDER MCQUEEN and artist MARC HUNDLEY’s t-shirt
Bordeaux patent coat bonded with foam BALENCIAGA by NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE and white gold earrings REPOSSI
Bordeaux patent coat bonded with foam BALENCIAGA by NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE and white gold earrings REPOSSI
Wool and silk black dress with belt HERMÈS and DASH’s own boots
Metallic leather jacket RICK OWENS and DASH’s own pants and belt
Black ribbon ring dress BENJAMIN CHO and DASH’s own cap
Black wool one-piece tuxedo ZAC POSEN
Black wool and leather coat YOHJI YAMAMOTO
Black silk and cashmere charmeuse embroidered coat YVES SAINT LAURENT
Metallic hooded cocoon coat SOFIA KOKOSALAKI
Bordeaux muslin and black-and-white plastic sequined dress CHRISTOPHER KANE and citrine ring Incroyables et Merveilleuses Épi de Blé DIOR JOAILLERIE
DASH and JADE BERREAU wear a black velvet and wool suit DOLCE & GABBANA
DASH and JADE BERREAU wear a black velvet and wool suit DOLCE & GABBANA
DASH wears a metallic fringe dress KAI KUHNE over his own pants and JADE wears a vintage beaded top
JADE wears DASH’s t-shirt, a black felt hat STEPHEN JONES, a white gold, diamond and black satin Ingénue Eugénie necklace DIOR JOAILLERIE
JADE wears DASH’s t-shirt, a black felt hat STEPHEN JONES, a white gold, diamond and black satin Ingénue Eugénie necklace DIOR JOAILLERIE
SECRET SNOW wears a white gold and diamond Farandole necklace VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
SECRET SNOW wears a white gold and diamond Farandole necklace VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
DASH, JADE, and SECRET playing with a knit cape by DASH’s grandmother CHRISTOPHE DE MENIL
SECRET SNOW wears a white gold and diamond Farandole necklace VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
CHRISTOPHE DE MENIL wears a gold sequined cropped jacket LANVIN and DASH wears a gold necklace by his grandmother
MARTINE MALLE wears a white muslin and tulle dress ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, DASH wears a black lace blouse PRADA and JADE wears a white vintage dress
Wool pinstripe jacket and bow and black cotton shirt KARL LAGERFELD
DASH and JADE wear long printed dresses GUCCI and JADE wears a bracelet and ring PAMELA LOVE
Artists DAN COLEN, NICO DIOS, DASH SNOW and LEO FITZPATRICK covered by a blue heavy silk gown LOUIS VUITTON
Customized t-shirt by DAN COLEN, DASH SNOW, BEN CHO and NICO DIOS
Vintage sash and gold necklace PAMELA LOVE
Seth Goldfarb, photographer’s assistant — Dana Veraldi, stylist’s assistant — Francelle @ MAGNET, make-up
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by Olivier Zahm
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by Glenn O'Brien
by Glen Luchford
by Chikashi Suzuki
by Olivier Zahm
by Richard Bush
By Terry Richardson
by Olivier Zahm
by Jeff Rian
by Takashi Homma
by Johnny Gembitsky and Skye Parrott
by Mark Borthwick