In the latest book, the author sifts through photographs of stars from Patti Smith to Marcel Proust, interweaving fashion and culture. More accurate style than accurate.
It is an ideal pantheon of artists who maintain a very personal relationship with clothing. Back The detail that kills, a little bit of style, from Marcel Proust to RihannaFrancois Armani and Elizabeth Quinn tell about Marilyn’s pumps, Romy Schneider’s tights or Cary Grant’s suits… Marvin Gaye’s, Fujita’s, Louise Bourgeois’s or Yayoi Kusama’s clichés respond to silvery, sharp, striking texts. kills”, an excuse to analyze, dream, invent.
Lady Figaro. – How did the idea of this “precise style” come about?
Elizabeth Quinn. – At the beginning of our relationship, Francois Armani told me about his desire to write a book about the way artists take over clothes or dress to create a style that is then imitated by the general public. Then he pulls out this oil photo of Dolly Parton, posing in her car in pleated stockings, suggesting flaw, fragility, quite triumphantly, because for a woman, wrinkly skin means “we’re mortal… Fascinated by the idea, but also To Francois with a desire for shoes, if I may say so. “It’s okay, we’ll make a book.”
And the book was born?
Yes, we started sending each other photos of artists, from Proust with his cats to Mick Jagger marrying Bianca in his gandura. This book was born out of a discussion, a bet, and a desire to win a man’s attention and love.
Could he be your trophy child, like the little boy Liz Taylor featured on the cover?
This photo draws laughter from our friends who pretend to see it as a representation of our couple dynamic, which is false. I’m clearly not a statuesque naiad out to prove she has a flat stomach who also unknowingly invented the concept of a trophy baby.
What is the detail that kills?
It’s the diaper that sticks out. This image reflects our business well. tells cultural facts in a nondescript and humorous way, in this case Brangelina’s The Matrix, or, alas, parents showing their children on YouTube.
Therefore, a detail can be a symbol of a person.
Yes, it is metonymic. the part is worth the whole. In these photos, the eye is drawn to the detail, and starting with this detail, we embroidered without puns. François draws on his encyclopedic knowledge of clothing, I focus on the personalities of the artists. If we take Malaparte, who buries his dog in his coat and automatically creates a jacket, there is an intellectual trick, a game, and at the same time, this position says that the dog is in tune with its nature. He takes it, surrounds it, makes it his own. This trifle tells the story of Malaparte, who was terrible with people, but never with animals. His most beautiful pages are dedicated to them, like horses that turn to crystal when they freeze in a lake.
Source: Le Figaro
