#1: USE GRAPHIC OP-ART PRINTS TO ENLIVEN AND CONTEMPORIZE AN INTERIOR, EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO WEAR THEM YOURSELF...
#10: UPHOLSTER YOUR PAD WITH LOUNGING, SMOKING DISCO HIPPIES.
Kristen McMenamy was and always has been my absolute favorite of the great 90's Supermodels. Maybe she didn't have the broad recognition of a Linda, Kate, or Naomi, but she did have (and still has) a spirit to her work that made her a muse-y favorite among designers and stylists looking to push beyond convention. So last year when Kristen reappeared on the modeling scene - making her return with a distinctive head of very long, very straight, very grey hair - it really was like a breath of fresh air.
Check out this editorial being published this month in Italian Vogue. http://www.vogue.it/en/magazine/cover-story/2011/05/swimwear
Of course for me, it's like hitting the trifecta. Kristen is back and looking as good as she ever did. She's 46 and frankly fabulous. Stephen Meisel shot this spread at the famous Chelsea Hotel, pretty much synonymous with the Warhol Factory set, and (in congruence with design principle #2) Kristen and company are giving us some very serious lounging, disco hippie vibe. And finally she's styled in one shot with Op-Art printed bikini bottoms (see design principle #1). The Op-Art accent is just a jag of mine that is not going to go away. Of course nudity is always great - though is it an accent, too, like Op-Art or piece of chinoiserie, or is it a neutral, like diamonds or camel hair? Food for thought, when the appetite is very light...
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