Kristen McMenamy is having a moment. With her long grey locks sparking a trend of their own, a cover of Dazed and a whole Viktor and Rolf show dedicated to her allure, there is no question that Kristen is the super to beat this year. The icing on the cake comes in the form of August’s Vogue Italia cover; Steven Meisel explores Kristen’s otherworldly beauty with a picture that excites and intrigues – the black rocks, the mist, the BP oil spill undertones - and has the fashion world abuzz.
[viatheCut] Franca Sozzani said her magazine's controversial editorial and cover depicting Kristen McMenamy in a high-fashion oil spill were created with good intentions. "The message is to be careful about nature," she explained. "Just to take care more about nature. ... I understand that it could be shocking to see and to look in this way these images."
I think that the undertones might have gone deeper than she cares to admit, re: the changing landscape of fashion post recession caused by hella insane consumerism (hell-o, changing regulations for off shore drilling reference post lackadaisical regulation enforcement due to hella oil consumerism - this stuff is real). The dead-bird model, Kristen portrays, is a little too close to home after a few seasons of people wondering if fashion truly was doneskey. Could this be a foretelling of whats to come. Surely not because people have to dress themselves. Right?
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