Here are my latest finds and news from fashion, style, film, photography and beautiful living.
This is the trailer of the film About Face: Supermodels Then and Now which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January, a documentary portraying supermodels of the forties through the eighties and delving into their careers and lives four decades later. It was directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, who has recently discussed it in an interview on style.com.
I was happy to read some truths that he states like: “The importance of a model is different (today). They’re not on the cover of magazines anymore; they’re not in ads anymore. Those all go to movie stars. This was the golden era of modeling. Their faces were in our home every day on the coffee table—they were in all the ads we saw. We knew these women. They were bigger than life.”; or his views on the retouching phenomenon that’s taken over fashion photography: “there’s a place for it, but to take every wrinkle away and smooth it out and pretend it doesn’t exist and that’s the person” … “the trend toward retouching is horrific. The reality of people’s faces compared to what you see on a magazine cover or inside is so stark.” The film premiers on HBO on July 30 in the US and I hope it will soon become available on DVD as well.
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• On my night stand: Dior by Dior
• Among the places to visit when next in Italy: Palazzo Margherira in the town of Bernalda
• Don’t you love the Prada Menswear Fall 2012 advertising campaign? Hands down Gary Oldman is my favourite.
• It would be wonderful to have the chance to see Cate Blanchett on the New York stage in Uncle Vanya
• Florina of fashionsensitive has recently visited The Sartorialist exhibition in Madrid
• A look back at the style of 1948, the year of the last London Olympics
• A heavenly escape: House of Jasmines, Argentina
photos: Vanity Fair
Lovely links Ada – there goes my reference for About Face that I was going to add in tomorrow’s In The Schedule LOL…. I’d love to visit House of Jasmines in Argentina – such beautiful countryside. Gary Oldman, I know… how great are those ads! Dior by Dior is a book that I would definitely need to hunt down for a read… enjoy your books! :)x
Thank you for linking me again, sweetheart! 🙂 You put a big smile on my face. And huge thank you for the news about the movie – it’s the first time I heard about it and I now hope it will come out on DVD soon.
Enjoy the books and have a beautiful day!
xxx
great post and loved this “Their faces were in our home every day on the coffee table—they were in all the ads we saw. We knew these women. They were bigger than life.” and his reflection on retouching. one to watch for sure!!
These women are all so beautiful just the way they are and the unrealistic retouching done in magazines is horrible…can’t wait to watch the film!!
What a beautiful birthday present, Ada! I have none of these amazing books that you always purchase/receive/read. I think I have to start, really, one day, but all kind of fiction stay in my way ;)! And thank you for sharing my post.
I had no idea about this movie. I’ll definitely need to check out the full length version. thanks for the heads up!
I love your thoughtful post Ada, aging, re-touching in fashion and life…these are all things that affect anyone over the age of 30 and bring up the age old consideration of how to age gracefully. I can’t wait to check out the Prada campaign which I haven’t seen yet + read up on Cate Blanchett, who is one of my favorite actresses. Hope you’re having a wonderful week. I will try and send you an email later today, have things I want to chat with you about 🙂
xo Mary Jo
This documentary looks quite interesting. It’s amazing how the world of modeling has changed so much through the decades. I totally agree with Timothy Greenfield-Sander’s take on retouching. It does take away from a moment in many ways.
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True beauty never fades xox M
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