Toddlers and Tiaras

This spread caused quite a stir when it was published in January of 2011. For a country still haunted by photographs of Jon Benet Ramsey, these images created a knee jerk reaction of revulsion. But this editorial has a self awareness not seen in Toddlers and Tiaras. It exaggerates what is already present in media and advertising to the point where one has to confront it head on. Its publication began a national conversation on age, beauty, and sex that more subversive advertising failed to ignite.

Cadeaux by Sharif Hamza for Vogue Paris

Holiday Windows

 

I was pleasantly surprised yesterday, when after running some errands, I found myself on the corner of 57th and 5th Avenue. The window installations at Bergdorfs channeled 1920s glamour with a carnivale of animals. While each window was complex in its own rite, the overarching themes created necessary cohesion.

Gaga's Workshop and Louis Vuitton's Circus after The Jump