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
Lindsey Wixson @ MARILYN, model — Dennis Lanni @ ART DEPARTMENT, hair — Frank B @ THE WALL GROUP, make-up — Alicia Torello @ THE WALL GROUP, manicurist — Seth Goldfarb, studio manager — Glen Fabian, digital technician — David Swanson and Nicole Tappa, photographer’s assistants — Karla Guevara, stylist’s assistant — Maki Hasegawa, make-up assistant
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night pictures
night pictures by Olivier Zahm with a portfolio by Ron Galella
by Olivier Zahm
by Alex Israel
by Rachel Chandler
Noritoshi Hirakawa
by Sabine Heller
by Alex Israel
by Olivier Zahm
by Matt Sweeney
by Kazumi Asamura Hayashi
by Olivier Zahm
by Marcelo krasilcic
by Dominique Isserman
by Stacey Mark
by Camille Bidault Waddington
by Olivier Zahm
by Martien Mulder
by Steven Klein
by Magnus Unnar
by Theo Wenner
by Olivier Zahm
by Glenn O'Brien
by Lola Schnabel
by Olivier Amsellem