For CAP 74024 #14, the publication dedicates its latest issue to “The Body We Live In.” The issue also celebrates its muses like new face Aurélien Enthoven, the Danish-Norwegian artistic duo Elmgreen & Dragset, and actress of the recent Selon la police (2022) and model Laetitia Casta. Some of the pieces are from Saint Laurent’s Spring 2022 Ready-to-Wear and Versace’s 2022 Ready-to-Wear collections. Sources: CAP 74024
For the W’s Music Issue Volume Three, Christopher Bollen ruminates of late legendary Tunisian designer Azzedine Alaïa and the future of the Alaïa brand after the desinger and founder’s passing. Luckily the student of architecture and new creative director of Pieter Mulier, answered Bollen’s lingering question of the outlook of Alaïa in Mulier’s more than capable hands, emphasizing the Alaïa’s ideals around body consciousness and the beauty of imperfection. The model Raquel Zimmermann for the issue dons pieces from Alaïa’ Fall 2022 Collection with its theme of “a dedication to craft, and to clothing as sculpture, exploration of silhouette, experiment in form.” Sources: W Magazine and Maison-Alaia
In W’s Volume Three 2022, The Music Issue, stylist Max Pearmain and photographer Karim Sadli with Anna Ewers brilliantly show off the best short dress for the summer of 2022 and beyond! Some of the dresses featured are from brand names such as Loewe, Bottega Veneta, Versace, Valentino, Miu Miu, Gucci, Saint Laurent, and Prada. Sources: W Magazine and @wmag
A few years ago, I had this idea of doing a Karen Mulder tribute based on her career in the 1990s. For some reason a couple of Oasis songs from their Definitely Maybe (1994) and (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (1995) albums really stuck with me, especially their 1994 single, Supersonic. Everything from Karen’s beautiful countenance, bright spirit, and noir femme fatale fashion style mirrored the sound and look of Oasis in the 90s.
Karen wasn’t part of the big five or six, but in her day, she was an absolute force and an even more brilliant star on the catwalk. She had a ton of personality in her poise and walk that you couldn’t help but be enamored in her style and ambience. Her work for Thierry Mugler and Versace alone, are some of the coolest and most iconic looks to me. Karen could be her own Frank Miller, Cruella de Vil or Maleficent kind of character, yet be lovable, slapstick, and class personified all in one.
A fashion valkyrie, blonde with class or Supersonic sentient, there’s truly not enough I can say about Karen Mulder. She’s probably impacted my life just as much as Chris Cornell, and she’s one of my all time heroes. And even as the world is seemingly going mad as it is of late, Karen Mulder is always someone who reminds me of the tremendous beauty in the world and innate goodness in people. So Happy Birthday Karen Mulder, wishing you peace, love & happiness, forever and a day.
‘Cause God gimme soul in your rock and roll, babe ‘Cause God gimme soul in your rock and roll, babe And I get so high I just can’t feel it And I get so high I just can’t feel it In and out my brain Running through my vein You’re my sunshine You’re my rain
Sittin’ on my own, chewin’ on a bone A thousand million miles from home When something hit me Somewhere right between the eyes Sleepin’ on a plane, you know you can’t complain You took your last chance once again I landed, stranded Hardly even knew your name
Paint no illusion, try to click with whatcha got Taste every potion ’cause if yer like yerself a lot Go let it out, go let it in, go let it out
Life is precocious in a most peculiar way Sister psychosis don’t got a lot to say She go let it out, she go get it in, she go let it out She go let it out, she go get it in, she go let it out
Is it any wonder why princes and kings Are clowns that caper in their sawdust rings ‘Cause ordinary people that are like you and me We’re the keepers of their destiny
Yves Saint Laurent
Is it my imagination Or have I finally found something worth living for? I was looking for some action But all I found was cigarettes and alcohol
You could wait for a lifetime To spend your days in the sunshine You might as well do the white line ‘Cause when it comes on top You gotta make it happen You gotta make it happen You gotta make it happen You gotta make it happen
Is it worth the aggravation To find yourself a job when there’s nothing worth working for? It’s a crazy situation But all I need are cigarettes and alcohol
Yves Saint Laurent
I know you think you deserve An explanation on the meanings of life But what you think that you heard Slipped away out the back of your mind
You’ll get your mucky fingers burnt You get your truth from the lies you were learned When all your plastic believers will leave us And they won’t return (Walk on)
And when you look in the mirror And you’re tying up your buttons and bows And as you face your disease You can squeeze into the emperor’s clothes
You found your God in a paperback You get your history from the union jack And all your brothers and sisters have gone And they won’t come back
I’m fed up with life in the city All the phonies have blown my mind When I’m gone, yeah, you look like you’d miss me So come along with me But don’t ask why Cos it’s all mine
In Vogue Nederland’s latest June 2022 issue, the magazine focuses on parenthood in the “Corona Baby Boom,” featuring Dutch Influencer Negin Mirsalehi on the cover. The issue further examines modern parenting with Dutch journalist Alja Bakker, expounding on the idea of a “village” and the role extended family can play in parenting. Cato van Ee with her new three month old daughter, Eleanor, also graces the pages of Vogue Nederlands! Sources: Vogue Nederlands
In their latest issue for June 2022, Harper’s Bazaar España tackles their dedication to sustainability and its future in fashion. Editor and director of Harper’s Bazaar España, Inmaculada Jiménez, also features environmental scientist and advocates such as Jane Goodall, lsa Pataky, Miquel Barceló, and Eugenia Martínez de Irujo to discuss the magazine’s commitment to sustainability.
Finally, Luna Bijl the latest face for Paco Rabanne’s Olympéa Fragrance, graces the cover of Harper’s Bazaar España, wearing the latest from the Paco Rabanne Endless Sunset and Ready-To-Wear 2022 Collection. Sources: Harper’s Bazaar España and Zorka.
Of all the great artists, poets, musicians, athletes, and personalities that I’ve watched or read about who profoundly impacted the 21st Century, Linda Evangelista without a doubt ranks among the brightest of cultural icons of our time. She’s what Sugar Ray Robinson is to boxing, what Audrey Hepburn is to cinema, what Emily Dickinson is to poetry, what Michael Jordan is to basketball, and so many greats I can endlessly list on. There are so many fan pages on social media dedicated to 90s music, film and fashion and though I was someone born in the early 1990s, I was far too young to appreciate or understand any of it at the time.
But out of all the incredible music acts, iconic fashion moments, and cult classic films of the decade, there’s one model who completely changed the way I viewed fashion and art. By sheer passion, love, and creative force, she was able to completely redefine not only what a model could be, but also what fashion could mean to people. What Linda Evangelista was able to do on the catwalk, campaigns, and especially in fashion editorials was nothing short of miraculous. It’s like if you could capture the brilliance of Scorsese film-making or the beautiful way Jimi Hendrix played the guitar into one or a series of photos, and even then that wouldn’t adequately describe the wonder of Linda Evangelista.
But more than anything else, underneath all of the fame and notoriety, Linda Evangelista’s character and spirit are what I admire most. The person I discovered from her own words in magazine and video interviews was so humble, open, critical of herself, kind, and hardworking. Her passion and love infected everyone around her, elevating colleagues, designers, make-up artists, photographers, editors, journalists and the very fashion she loved so much itself.
She’s been through so much lately and I can’t imagine her pain. There’s so many people who love her and she’s touched so many lives. I hope/know things will get better and I hope Linda Evangelista’s birthday is wonderful and filled with love.
When I first met you I knew that my life would never be the same And I knew that you felt it too Never feel alone again, boy ‘Cause your love makes me feel so secure You got me singin
What do you do when you’re Not satisfied And when you’ve done all that you can You know you tried, oh yeah And how do you say that You need to get away Don’t make it so hard When I’m there for you
Versace 1992
Love has truly been good to me Not even one sad day Or minute have I had Since you’ve come my way I hope you know, I’d gladly go Anywhere you’d take me
It’s so amazing to be loved I’d follow you to the moon in the sky above
Got to tell you how you thrill me I’m happy as I can be You have come And it’s changed my whole world Bye-bye sadness, hello mellow What a wonderful day
It’s so amazing to be loved I’d follow you to the moon in the sky above
I’d go
And it’s so amazing, amazing (so amazing) I could stay forever, forever (stay for ever) Here in love and no, leave you never (no, leave you never) ‘Cause we’ve got amazing love (amazing love) Truly it’s amazing, amazing (so amazing) Love brought us together, together (we’re together) I will leave you never and never (leave you never) I guess, we’ve got amazing love (amazing love)
My love she throws me like a rubber ball Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing She won’t catch me or break my fall Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing Baby’s got blue skies up ahead But in this I’m a rain cloud You know she likes a dry kind of love Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
I’m losing you I’m losing you Ain’t love the sweetest thing
I wanted to run but she made me crawl Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing Eternal fire, she turned me to straw Oh oh, the sweetest thing You know I got black eyes But they burn so brightly for her This is a blind kind of love Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
The sun’s still shining in the big blue sky But it don’t mean nothing to me O-o-oh let the rain come down Let the wind blow through me I’m living in an empty room With all the windows smashed And I’ve got so little left to lose That it feels just like I’m walking on broken glass
And if you’re trying to cut me down You know that I might bleed ‘Cause if you’re trying to cut me down I know that you’ll succeed And if you want to hurt me There’s nothing left to fear ‘Cause if you want to hurt me You do it really well my dear
Walking on, walking on broken glass Walking on, walking on broken glass
You were the sweetest thing that I ever knew But I don’t care for sugar honey if I can’t have you Since you’ve abandoned me My whole life has crashed Won’t you pick the pieces up ‘Cause it feels just like I’m walking on broken glass
Photo by Steven Meisel
I’ll give you the sun, the rain, the moon, the stars and the mountains I’ll give you the world and all that you wish for And even more Girl I’ll love you more than you could know And that’s for sure I’d climb the highest hill, cross the widest sea Nothing could discourage me And I pray that you’ll be always there for me forevermore, oh
Ready or not I’ll give you everything and more All that I’ve got is yours I’ll give you everything All that you’re looking for
I’ll give you my heart, my soul, my time my love is a fountain I will be your earth Ooh and all that you need for and even more ‘Cause girl I love you more than words can show My love is pure I, I’ll walk a thousand miles, sail a thousand seas Nothing will discourage me And I pray that you will be always there for me forevermore
Since you been gone I been hangin’ around here lately With my mind messed up Jumped in my car tried to clear my mind Didn’t help me I guess I’m all messed up now baby Soon as I jumped into my ride Those memories start to play A song comes on the radio And there you are baby once again
It’s just another sad love song Rackin’ my brain like crazy Guess I’m all torn up Be it fast or slow It doesn’t let go Or shake me And it’s all because of you
Yeah, yeah, yeah Oh, lover boy to you I belong But maybe one day you’ll wake And you’ll find me gone But lover boy if you call me home I’ll come driving, I’ll come driving Fast as wheels can turn Oh, lover boy I know you too well And all of my lonely secrets To you I tell The highest of highs, the lowest of lows I’ll come driving, I’ll come driving Fast as wheels can turn Fast as wheels can turn
Take a bow, the night is over This masquerade is getting older Light are low, the curtains down There’s no one here (There’s no one here, there’s no one in the crowd)
Say your lines but do you feel them Do you mean what you say when there’s no one around (No one around) Watching you, watching me, One lonely star (One lonely star you don’t know who you are)
See the medal reverse This hope is not lost There’s mischief to turn Your ship to send off
Barbed wits and gowns They’ll ransack this town I’d rescue you now But in velvet you’ll drown And dance again
Oh Austere, lay by my side You’ve been left here but you’ll make no sound Hey, last word, don’t let me down You’re just another unfinished story now
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