A red lipped beauty stares disdainfully at you through the
smoke of her extended cigarette holder in velvet gloved fingers.
Ostentatiously styled and made up, with netting pouring over
part of her face from a fascinator perched unfeasibly angled in her dark, sculpted
hair. There is contempt in her eye; a visible anger at your shortcomings which
she’s only too happy to point out.
If Harper’s Bazaar was a person this would be your first
impression.
Rosie Huntington Whitely cuts a figure of fierce femininity
on the striking cover of the September issue. “The Power of Fashion”, is the proud proclamation.
I thumb through the pages of beautiful people wearing
beautiful clothes slightly intimidated by the sheer size of the tome like copy.
The art work dazzles from the very first page; the glamour
and prestige promised by the fashion royalty blossoms in an array of
well-chosen models, outfits and accessories.
The articles blend in
seamlessly and cover a wide range of subjects; fashion, art, literature, each
one skilfully written and rapier sharp.
The big celebrity feature is written by Alex Bilmes.
He insightfully endeavours to extract a deeply human story
from the model and actress Rosie Huntington Whitely’s life away from the stage.
By the end I’m ready to forgive her for her role in destroying my boyhood love for
shape shifting robots.
In all Harper’s is not the ice queen she first appears to
be, rather it’s a penetrating look at the trends that make life interesting.
No comments:
Post a Comment