Steven Klein adores strong, femme fatale women, leaving him truly inspired in staging ‘A Point of View’ starring Crystal Renn, Jamie Bochert, Catherine McNeil, Lydia Hearst and  Aymeline Valade for the September 2011 issue of Vogue Italia.

Styled in black power dressing by Patti Wilson, Steven Klein encourages his women to seek — no demand — a new sensual perspective as models, a dose of fashion world femme power. Shot from this new point of view, Klein seeks to enhance female identity, and not make us fashion lap dogs — which is why I adore Steven Klein almost as much as Madonna.

Can you see Madonna as a fashionista lap poodle? I rest my case. Anne