I came across photographer Terry Richardson's work a lot when I owned my model agency. His work (mostly for Vogue) has always been controversial, walking a thin line of photography/pornography. One of his exhibition works for example was a shot of his own, um... you know - down there.
So I wasn't really so surprised to come across this article in the NY Post:
A week after we reported that model Rie Rasmussen recently confronted fashion photographer Terry Richardson for allegedly exploiting young models, another of his subjects has accused him of being a camera-wielding predator. “Of all the fine folks I’ve frolicked au natural for, he’s the only one who’s left me feeling like I needed to take two showers,” writes Jamie Peck on women’s Web site The Gloss.
After meeting Richardson at a party a few years ago, Peck, then 19, stopped by his studio for a shoot, where he asked to be called “Uncle Terry” while shooting her nude. On her second visit, she claims, Richardson got completely naked himself, had his assistant take pictures of Peck taking pictures of him, and eventually requested a sex act, “all the while casually mentioning his upcoming Miu Miu shoot with Maggie Gyllenhaal and Billy Crudup . . . and suggesting I come upstate with him and his fab celebufriends.” Richardson could not be reached for comment.
It was everything I would have expected from the talent Lee McQueen and more – Oh so much more!
The way he added so much structure to elegantly draped garments is truly amazing. He was a master tailor and transformed the models into amazing creatures that I for one did not want to take my eyes off of…
Here are my favourite looks from the collection – And I hope that just maybe I might be fortunate enough to own one of the pieces…
x N
I have been glued to WWD viewing all of the latest collections - a few Australian Designers are also showing(!)
But the one show that I am really looking forward to seeing is... Alexander McQueens final collection - by Lee Mcqueen. If you have been invited to attend this show or you somehow gain access, well that means you are somebody - somebody I would love to trade places with!
The show is this evening 8pm Paris time - 6am Sydney time... I will share some of my favourite looks with you tomorrow. So stay tuned!
x N
What a year 2010 has been already! I was lucky enough to travel to the land of the rising sun (Japan) – what a truly beautiful and diverse country it was. My favorite city was Osaka; I could see myself living there.
What about the fashion you ask? It was AMAZING. The people have such immaculate taste and their attention to detail was breath taking.
Heels – Chunk it UP and girls stop buying those peep toes. Invest in shoes that are transeasonal – throughout the summer and now autumn there has been a trend to wear ankle boots. Ankle boots look fabulous with anything and everything – shorts, dresses, skirts and light trousers without looking like you are wearing a winter outfit – Do it! Look – if you love your peep toe’s then don’t let me stop you, but maybe look into purchasing a peep toe with very little toe peeping out!
Japan is the land of the labels. Almost every single person was carrying a designer handbag, yes even the men – Japanese men are man-bag CRAZY! I will and I am happy to admit that some men had bags that I was envious of! Did you know you can head to the Louis Vuitton site and purchase customised luggage and other products? Remember the Brittney Spear’s ‘Do Somethin’ video clip – With her LV customised Hummer… Hmmm
Did you know that you can wear up to 3 sets of fake eyelashes? Well apparently you can – Japanese girls love their fake eyelashes.
I tried a single pair and I kind of resembled a Manga doll and decided that fake eye lashes just weren’t for me. Here are some photos from my trip –
Until next time – Stay out of trouble
xN
Since I've been on here and I must say that I've enjoyed the break from filing daily, ok, lets be honest, sometimes weekly missives. I'm feeling rather invigorated now and ready to get back on the writing track. Which is a good thing, since I have a book to write before the end of March. I've always been someone who thrives on deadline. I always have been. I remember handing in a major work for Art during my final year at high school. It was still wet. For me, there is nothing like the possibility of being confronted for not delivering what I have promised to get me from no gear to top gear. I slammed out my last book in record time and am so counting on a repeat performance on this one.
Over the last few months I've had to deal with so many issues with Nannies. Let me tell you about it. We had a really lovely girl living with us as an au pair for about 7 months. She was from Korea and wanted to go travelling (naturally) to see the rest of Australia. This is when the trouble began. Finding the replacement.
After a round of interviews, enter 'Sonya'. Having an au pair is a tricky thing because they live in your house. So you want to make doubly sure you have the right person. My idea to vet her properly was to take her down to our beach house for a few days with the outgoing au pair too, so they could do a bit of a handover and I could see what she was like to live with, without having her move in - just yet
We've now moved L'umiere Communications into a brand new office. This is exciting. The office is divine. We love it. So glam. The down side is I can't work in my PJ's anymore. I do have a big day bed though from which I do all of my work. Here are some pics -
This is going to be a great year for us - many exciting projects have been given the green light already and we can count Blackberry, L'Oreal and Sambag as some of our new clients. I have two books coming out. The first one that is to be released is one that I was asked to be a part of. It's a book profiling female entrepreneurs in Australia. The second is one I am writing with my gorgeous friend Terry Biviano about sport.
A couple of weeks ago we helped L'Oreal out on the launch of new products for their Kerastase range. We lined up Ita Buttrose to be the guest speaker to a room full of beauty editors from some of the best magazine titles in the country. She did such an amazing job and told me that she has her 10th (!) book coming out this year. It's an updated version of an earlier book about etiquette. I love Ita. She has been a role model of mine for such a long time. When she told me that she'd heard of my book, well I almost keeled over. She hadn't read it, just heard about it and I nearly died. Anyway, here is a pic from the night. The gorgeous girl in the middle is Natalie Perkov from L'Oreal.
So I'm back on-line. Sorry again, I know it must have been frustrating visiting a site that hasn't been updated for a while. Ok, a long while. But we're back now and I promise I won't leave you idle for such a long time again.
xMel
