Sweet and Vicious is the name of this shoot in the August issue of W magazine. It is described as portraying fifties glamour and schoolgirl-meets-vixen charm and I guess it's nothing extrordinarily original - there are a lot of shoots depicting this era around at the moment.
But what makes this editorial unique is the way the school girl look sneaks into the predominatnly glamourous shoot creating a juxtaposition that illustrates those awkward teenage years of sexual exploration. The years when one first experiments with make-up and what it means to be female. I'm not sure to what extent (if at all) this shoot intended to highlight such a theme, however I feel it has and in a subtle way that reminds me of a more fierce Lux Lisbon, beautiful and troubled and deep in thought, gazing into the distance as she longs for her Trip Fontaine.
But what makes this editorial unique is the way the school girl look sneaks into the predominatnly glamourous shoot creating a juxtaposition that illustrates those awkward teenage years of sexual exploration. The years when one first experiments with make-up and what it means to be female. I'm not sure to what extent (if at all) this shoot intended to highlight such a theme, however I feel it has and in a subtle way that reminds me of a more fierce Lux Lisbon, beautiful and troubled and deep in thought, gazing into the distance as she longs for her Trip Fontaine.
Shot by Alasdair McLellan and styled by Jane How.
Source: W Magazine
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