Femme Fatale

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Who is a Femme Fatale? A woman of great charm and beauty. A woman who radiates confidence in her own power of seduction, a power rooted in self-knowiedge but swathed in mystery. Some would say a woman of the past. Femme Fatale makes the case that the great beauties of today are all as fascinating as their predecessors. Times have changed and women aiong with Ihem, but not the innate feminine ability to charm.
In this lavish booi<, star hairstylist Serge Normant starts with a single premise: Today's woman is as glamorous as ever. To prove his point, he collaborates with a broad range of actresses and models—some of the most recognizable stars of our day—and casts them as they might have been at different moments of the twentieth century. Time and again, these very modern women wear the trappings of history briiiiantiy: Susan Sarandon, the essence of Edwardian poise: Elizabeth Huriey, doubiy exotic evoi<ing IVIata Hari and Josephine Baker: Kate Moss, impetuous as a disco diva.... Tovább

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Who is a Femme Fatale? A woman of great charm and beauty. A woman who radiates confidence in her own power of seduction, a power rooted in self-knowiedge but swathed in mystery. Some would say a woman of the past. Femme Fatale makes the case that the great beauties of today are all as fascinating as their predecessors. Times have changed and women aiong with Ihem, but not the innate feminine ability to charm.
In this lavish booi<, star hairstylist Serge Normant starts with a single premise: Today's woman is as glamorous as ever. To prove his point, he collaborates with a broad range of actresses and models—some of the most recognizable stars of our day—and casts them as they might have been at different moments of the twentieth century. Time and again, these very modern women wear the trappings of history briiiiantiy: Susan Sarandon, the essence of Edwardian poise: Elizabeth Huriey, doubiy exotic evoi<ing IVIata Hari and Josephine Baker: Kate Moss, impetuous as a disco diva.
Each photograph captures the sense of a woman, an era and how one affects the other. At the turn of the century, we see the ambiguity of Cindy Crawford's working girl—servant or prostitute?— as she fights to shed the inhibitions of the day. in the twenties, Julia Roberts's sleek bob provides a blatant expression of newfound intoxicating freedom. Heather Lockiear's fifties' socialite exists in a sphere as perfectly controlled as her hair, sprayed into a precision backsweep. Conversely, with her bad-giri Mohawk, Isabella Rossellini captures the In-your-face aggression of seventies punk culture. Collectively, the photographs and text provide a minichronicie of the twentieth century and the changing roles of women.
Normant's creations, iVIichael Thompson's photography, and Bridget Foley's commentary make for a potent combination. This book is at once a dazzling celebrity portfolio, a compendium of looks from which to draw inspiration and a fascinating analysis of the evolution of fashion, style and beauty. Vissza