Steven Meisel

Niche chic

Available at Dashwood Books in NYC

IMG's Joan Smalls: Vogue Italia April 2010. PH Meisel. Get into it.

Photography by Dido Fontana from didofontana.com

I got an email today from an enterprising young Italian photographer named Dido Fontana who shoots in 35mm and Polaroids. His work is showcased on his eponymous website didofontana.com. His mission statement on the website (which also has a shopping page for his new book) declares :

ARC NY's elegant logo

At the tail end of a maddening day TI popped down to the ARC NY offices on Spring Street

After buzzing through the increasingly vital fashionolgie.com today TI picked up that enquiring minds need to know what September's Vogue Italia may have in store for the devoted mag hound.

The Legend Of Kristen opens up a new chapter PH: Meisel Vogue Italia July 09

Glenn O Brien was a cutie back in the day non?

Gosh. With all this strum und drang around Interview and Brant Publications and what not, TI just wants to pop in something from the TV Party series and bask in that Early 80's moment when the underground was underground and Glenn O Brien was young, luscious and unburdened.

Cellophane and leather...its a thing!

Its gag-worthy

"The freedom that Steven Meisel enjoys on Italian Vogue is exceptional , as is the length of the collaboration and its systematic nature, both unprecedented in the field. A quick look at the covers of US Vogue created by Meisel is enough to convince: one sees the same girls but there is no hint of a story nor shadow of a meaning."

From the intro of " Three Hundred And Seventeen And Counting"

Lara vs Natasha for the New No 1 slot at MDC.

Raquel Zimmerman has ruled the No 1 spot at MDC for almost two years now, signaling that she is indeed that rare, rare paragon of longevity.