What happens when a company like Max Factor signs a supermodel such as Gisele Bundchen to front it’s ad campaign, makeup artist Pat McGrath to create something extraordinary on Gisele’s face, and legendary fashion photographer Nick Knight to capture it all?
Yes, we are expecting something unusual, as Max Factor will be celebrating their 100th anniversary in 2009.
Photographer Nick Knight unveiled his latest fashion-political film about racism in fashion. Naomi Campbell dressed in a Rodarte dress and louboutins holds two automatic weapons while staring into the camera.
“I am virtually never allowed to photograph black models for the magazines, fashion houses, cosmetic brands, perfume companies, and advertising clients I work for. Whenever I ask to use a black model I am given excuses such as ‘Black models are not aspirational in some markets’ or ‘they do not reflect the brands values,’ normally, however, no reason is given,” - said Nick Knight.
We admire Nick Knight for dealing with the subject of discrimination against black models. it’s a hot topic today, and the more people who discuss it, the more impact it will have.
See the video here.
Visionaire Magazine, which we adore for it’s fantastic editorials, has teamed with Lacoste for its fall issue and printed polo shirts with artwork from Nick Knight, Peter Lindbergh, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Karl Lagerfeld, filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, musicians David Byrne and Michael Stipe, and painter Richard Phillips.
Coco Rocha on a Lacoste polo shirt by Richard Phillips
According to WWD, each issue, which costs $250, will include three polo shirts from the collection (in small, medium and large). The polo shirts will be available at select Lacoste stores around the world, bookstores, and museum shops.
And by the way, did we mention there is a total of 4,000 issues? Hurry up.
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Naomi Campbell, one of the most famous and beautiful women in the world, and known for her Intemperate behavior, will be immortalized in sculpture. She has been posing for photographer Nick Knight, who is using three-dimensional scanners to create the sculptures, which will be ready by the end of the year, reports the Independent.
He scanned Campbell “straddling the barrel of a large tank” which will form one sculpture. Another will be a “circle of three Naomis, like The Three Graces”, but designed to be viewed from within the circle and in a darkened room. Mr Knight is still to decide what material to use for the sculptures, with alabaster and glass fibre both possible.
