Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Whether its supermodels posing on the sleeve, renowned photographers behind the lens or just rock stars banging anything that catwalks, music and fashion have long been intimate bedfellows. Here, 30 iconic album covers with a delightfully high fashion twist.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Christie Brinkley was Billy Joel‘s “Uptown Girl.” Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington helped George Michael declare his “Freedom.” And Helena Christensen played Chris Isaak‘s “Wicked Game,” as directed by the legendary Herb Ritts. Models have been appearing in music videos nearly as long as the form has been alive, lest we forget Calvin Klein brief-fillers Djimon Hounsou and Antonio Sabato, Jr. in Janet Jackson‘s “Love Will Never Do (Without You),” also directed by Ritts. So in honor of our May month of music, Male Model Humpday takes a look at the hunky men making beautiful music…videos.
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Let’s just say Crystal Renn goes there. Displaying a Streepian level of commitment to her role as a mental patient, Renn appears wantonly grotesque in “Institutional White” from the March issue of Interview Magazine. The prolific Steven Klein captures the super as she is bound and gagged by a beautifully austere Karolina Kurkova, channeling the sadistic Nurse Ratched from the seminal institutional drama, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. With styling by Ludivine Poiblanc, “Institutional White” is simultaneously shocking, disturbing and brilliant.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
While Vogue explores Nicki Minaj‘s costumed place front row at shows like Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera (“so regal and special”), FashionIndie explores photographer Steven Klein‘s blue shot (photoshop or makeup?) in the March issue. Trying to get in the family with Beyoncé and Jay-Z? Auditioning for the Blue Man Group? Battling Katy Perry for the role in Smurfs 2? If not on the pages of Vogue, where does this cerulean Nicki Minaj belong?
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- For W‘s March issue, Steven Klein explores the light and dark side of Kate Moss . Hint, there’s not much of a difference between the two. [W]
- Andrej Pejic perfected his tuck to model a bikini on a rooftop in New York. All in a gay’s work. [Telegraph]
- Wet Hot American Summer 2. Happening. Get into it. [Huff Po]
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As expected, Calvin Klein trots out Lara Stone once again for its spring 2012 Jeans campaign. And as expected, Lara trots out her impressive rack, going topless alongside newcomer Matthew Terry in the steamy ads shot in St. Barts by leading lensmen Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. Meanwhile, Terry also stripped down with fellow professional hunks Myles Crosby, Arran Sly and Chris Garavaglia for Calvin Klein Underwear with the legendary Steven Klein capturing the copious flesh on display in Joshua Tree. If all the six packs don’t strike your fancy, the brilliant hues surely will.
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We haven’t had a good Madonna cover story in a while, but then again the Material Diva has been too busy getting sued, adopting kids, making critically-lambasted movies, robbing cradles and smelling up the joint to pay attention to her newsstand following. But truth be told, Madge is one of the best editorial gals in the business — be it model, actress, singer, or what-have-you. Just take a look at her epic portfolios with Steven Klein for W. For Harper’s Bazaar‘s December issue, Tom Munro captures the icon with her W.E. leading lady, Andrea Riseborough, with styling from Arianne Phillips.
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Flopping onto Visionaire #61′s 5 ft x 7ft cover — front and back — is an oil-slicked, mermaid-tailed Lady Gaga, photographed by Inez and Vinoodh. The issue is certified by Guinness — and we’re not talking Daphne — as the world’s largest magazine.
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
Tennis hottie Rafael Nadal continues to show it off in something more than a Nike tank top. Obviously Armani is happy with his previous performance because they asked him to star in the Autumn/Winter 2011 advertising campaign for Armani Jeans and Emporio Armani Underwear. Nadal shows us his athletic skills as he sprints through an empty parking garage, stripping off a tuxedo in the process. Find out what happens next in the short film by Steven Klein.
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Up. Side. Down. Boy you turn me. In. Side. Out. And. Round and round. Diana Ross usually plays in my head as a matter of course, but her 1980 comeback hit was blasting at full volume as I perused Steven Klein‘s visually-striking editorial for Vogue Italia, “A Point of View.”
