Purple Magazine
— F/W 2011 issue 16
Lindsey Wixson in New Jersey
photography by TERRY RICHARDSON
art direction by OLIVIER ZAHM
style by CAROLINE GAIMARI
One of the most famous fashion photographs of the Second World War was taken by Cecil Beaton in 1945. It shows a beautiful model posing in the rubble of a bombed-out London building. Beaton’s picture was a prototype for a type of fashion photograph that contrasted expensive high fashion with social devastation, impoverished urban landscapes, and squalid streets. This contrast reinforces the beauty of the model and the sophistication of the clothes. But it also highlights overwhelming social inequality.
To showcase the Fall / Winter 2011-12 collections we drove with Terry Richardson a few miles outside of New York City, where Terry photographed Lindsey Wixson in a suburban New Jersey landscape bestrewn with refuse and marred with crack dens, a place with walls covered in graffiti and advertisements for bail bonds, divorce lawyers, conflict therapists, and post-war stress clinics.
Only a few minutes out of New York City we found the dark side of the American Dream. But for fashion’s rising star, young Lindsey Wixson, the bright side of the dream can still come true.
-
Black top and skirt with multi-colored vintage scarf and black cowhide shoes COMME DES GARÇONS
-
Leather cropped parka and thigh-high leather lace-up boots MARK FAST
-
Vinyl cardigan jacket, crepe shirt, silk and leather skirt, synthetic leather clutch, and strap boots BALENCIAGA by NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE
-
Cream wool knit dress and black leather heels AZZEDINE ALAIA
-
Rosewood print top and tapered pants and gray brushed calfskin and suede pumps CELINE
-
Black waxed cotton cape, black and white silk top, wool pillar skirt, wool hat, and leather gloves and boots rick owens
-
-
-
-
Long black wool dress JIL SANDER
-
Transparent aqua sequined top and skirt CHRISTOPHER KANE and Up Town burgundy leather platform pumps SERGIO ROSSI
-
Black velvet dress with printed portrait and velvet pants GIORGIO ARMANI
-
Poplin shirt and wool twin-set, transparent crinoline skirt, and black satin pumps GIVENCHY by RICCARDO TISCI
-
White silk poncho with tuxedo detail, scuba knit turtleneck bib, and wool flight shorts ALEXANDER WANG
-
Dark red and orange geometric jacquard coated dress and suede and pony open sandals PROENZA SCHOULER
-
Geometric wool gazar dress, orange sunglasses, and suede and leather boots PRADA
-
Purple silk voile dress and white ankle boots MARY KATRANTZOU
-
Desert lambskin shift dress and wheat calf hair pumps CALVIN KLEIN
-
Black cotton satin dress, washed lambskin gloves, and ivory soft calfskin stilettos LANVIN
-
Monochrome magenta silk voile dress and grape python pumps GUCCI
-
Mango stretch long dress with a bolero in silicone MUGLER
-
Black and glitter wool dress with tulle detail VERSUS and leather heels AZZEDINE ALAIA
-
Velvet and leather jacket with necklace, and black trousers EMPORIO ARMANI
-
Minimal black dress and black cowhide boots JUNYA WATANABE
-
Gray wool long dress with daisy embroidery MIU MIU
-
-
Black silk chiffon and crepe satin jumpsuit and cape, black leather belt with chain detail and gold lamé leather wedges YVES SAINT LAURENT
-
Two-tone tweed cape and jacket embroidered with sequins, wool crepe pants, leather gloves, and calf suede boots CHANEL
-
Cashmere turtleneck, wool jacket, gold sequin and metal skirt, croco calf leather belt, gloves, and leather ankle boots HAIDER ACKERMANN
-
Pony skin crewneck peplum sweater and dusty rose embroidered satin skirt MARC JACOBS
-
Floral embroidery top and taupe and beige floral guipure circle skirt with leather belt RODARTE
-
Beige cotton bra and panties worn under nude hipster and mono-bosom, and black leather boots VPL
-
Test images
