Kate Moss & John Galliano In 'Fantasia' By Tim Walker For Vogue UK December 2013
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Then and now. The first professional images of supermodel Kate Moss, taken by David Ross when she was 14 years old, were on display last week at the Lawrence Alkin Gallery in London’s Soho. Stylist magazine fashion director Alexandra Fullerton said they showed “this rebellious girl who’s beautiful”.
Also in the fashionista act was British Vogue editor-in-chief Alexandra Schulman, who announced Kate’s involvement as a super stylist, art director of sorts, who will take part in the creative process behind the camera for the spring issues.
‘Her undoubtedly brilliant sense of style, depth of fashion knowledge and understanding of what makes a wonderful image will be exciting to see on the pages of British Vogue. I am really looking forward to working with her on ideas.’
In these images Kate Moss joins super friend John Galliano in Tim Walker’s cover shoot called ‘Fantasia’ for the December issue. Galliano serves as guest fashion editor for December. The glam shoot takes its inspiration from Ballet Russe and Malcolm McLaren and is styled by Kate Phelan.
The disgraced Galliano has found God, rather than acting like one. Reflecting on his infamous exit from LVMH’s house of Dior, John Galliano says he is “trying to make amends”. Getting downright philosophical with talk show host Charlie Rose last June, the designer blamed his addiction to alcohol, which he says made him act “like God”.
Sometimes I was acting like God, and now I’m not. Now I know I’m not in the driving seat, and I listen and talk to God daily.
The sincerity of John Galliano’s interview with Charlie Rose in June 2013 is the subject of a new play called ‘Little John Talks’, in which a marionette plays the role of the former Christian Dior designer. The play was created by French indie magazine Vestoj, in celebration of its fourth issue’s theme — fashion and power.
Vestoj founder Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, felt that the subcontext of Galliano’s interview with Rose exemplified the issue’s topic, writes London’s Daily Mail.
‘What to us was remarkable about the interview was the level to which it seemed manipulated, controlled, spin-doctored,” Mrs Aronowsky Cronberg explained to Fashionista. “The whole affair seemed shrouded in smoke and mirrors, like things in the fashion industry (and in public life in general) often are. Both Galliano and Rose appeared to be acting out some very clearly defined roles, with very little scope for improvisation. Not too dissimilar from a puppet show in fact.”
