![]() In an effort to be more approachable, instead of showing the best and worst of the runway, House of Style at this stage is starting to do broader market work to include “lifestyle” pieces like art and books.“Enter the Era of Elegance,” read the cover line of Harper's BAZAAR's September 1992 issue, and it was models who represented this credo. In 1996, we put our stamp of approval on white eyeliner, platform flip flops by Converse, the Taschen Cristo & Jeanne-Claude coffee table book, a photo print dress from Agnès B., hair color by Oribé, a hideous condom wall vase (an unfurled condom, affixed to a wall, that you could put a single bud in), and last but certainly not least guitar straps from Built By Wendy designer Wendy Mullin. These guitar straps were so popular among musicians like Courtney Love and Gwen Stefani while Wendy was going to FIT that they ended up spawning a clothing line. While the brick-and-mortar stores have been shuttered over last year and this year in favor of a web store, I remember how crucial it was at the time to have a jewel tone or navy pin-wale corduroy blazer of hers, because it looked great with everything and had lightly puffed and gathered sleeves that were flattering.Photography © Lachlan Bailey for WSJ. Magazineįashion icons Amber Valletta, Carolyn Murphy, and Shalom Harlow star in the cover story of WSJ. Magazine‘s May 2021 edition lensed by photographer Lachlan Bailey. In charge of styling was Clare Richardson, with set design from Heath Mattioli, and casting direction by Piergiorgio Del Moro. On coming together in Paris as teenagers: Beauty is work of hair stylist Shay Ashual, and makeup artist Mark Carrasquillo. “We just had a good stereo system and a bong,” says Harlow, 47. Jeremy Scott on the trio’s impact on fashion: “I’m sitting there like this little kid just out of Virginia and Florida, going, Oh, my God, what the f- am I doing here?” recalls Murphy, 47. “They are one amazing iconic triplet-they are the late-’90s alt-queen supermodels,” says designer Jeremy Scott, who shaped his recent fall 2021 Moschino show around a vision of Harlow as Rosalind Russell in the 1939 lm The Women, and cast all three for his cinematic presentation. Valletta on being the new trio, dislodging Naomi, Linda and Christy: These are the ladies whose careers you hope to have one day.’” “I said on set to the other models, ‘We are on the set with, let’s pay homage and respect…. ![]() “I never wanted to see out of work for us to take over,” says Valletta, 47. ![]() No, they wanted to study Linda, Christy and Cindy and all the other “supers” who were then on magazine covers monthly. And study they did, at shows, cheering like hooligans at the backstage monitors, says Harlow, and at group sessions with legendary photographer Steven Meisel. “Steven’s responsible for a lot of that lineage being carried through to us,” says Harlow. ![]() Murphy on the excitement and glamour of finally making it: Magazine Photography © Lachlan Bailey for WSJ. “I remember that cover, like, What am I doing here?” says Murphy, who was dubbed “Mamma Murphy” for her sensible side. “I remember when I had my first fancy hotel room, the first time I flew first class, the first time I went to the party.” “I have photos of every hotel room,” she says.
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