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posted by Fonssagrives24
Mar 26, 2009 2:27PM
I see a bit of the 1930's modelesque demure which is considered vintage today. I wish fashion photography would delve into the black and white genre. The colors of black and white allow people to focus on just the shape of of an object as opposed to the image. Also, you can tell where the light hits and does not easier than with color photography.
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posted by guest
Mar 26, 2009 4:14PM
Eek - I agree with commenters 3 and 4. I'm not one to immediately jump on the "Go eat a sandwich" bandwagon, but some of those photos are very uncomfortable to look at.
As an aside, I just finished watching a Mad Men episode where a bunch of young women were modeling bikinis. The difference in the esthetic ideals of body types being eras was striking.
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posted by guest
Mar 26, 2009 11:33PM
It is absurd that people would start commenting on the model's weight. Yeah... she should go eat a sandwich... and so should every other model that has walked a 'high fashion' runway.
The photography and styling is that of a reminiscence of nostalgic, classic-minimal elegance.
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posted by Fonssagrives24
Mar 27, 2009 1:21AM
People may say “She is this frail-looking starved model who should eat a sandwich or two!” but do we really know what she eats and how much? Contrary to what non-fashion enthusiasts say, to be a model one must look petit. All working models that do both haute couture and commercial slim down and gain weight. Granted, some starve themselves but others accomplish their goal via healthy means. The way society views modeling is as this profession which damns the young girl. It’s not a terrible if you know how to handle the aspects of travel, proper diet and education.
The model in this picture series.... we don't know whether she's anorexic or not. It would be the respectful thing to say that she did a really good job and looks like a haute couture model. When I made a reference to Lisa Fonssagrives in my previous comment, there was another reason. The late grand print model had the body of a classical ballet dancer and maintained it by eating 10 small meals a day. For people who diet eating five small meals would compensate for eating three regular-sized meals. With her, a small meal would have to be divided into two parts. 10 meals a day is spread out so that way she is able to do function without getting tired when at work. The model reminds me of her in that she doesn’t look like nothing but skin and bones, though possesses the delicate-looking ballet physique Lisa had in the 1930’s.
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posted by LauraMilli
Mar 27, 2009 9:55AM
It's TWO models, right? Raquel and Natasha. I think it's gorgeous.
posted by Fonssagrives24
Mar 26, 2009 2:22PM
It's Lisa Fonssagrives from her early stage meets Greek goddess sculptures.