Topic: Without Prejudice 2 (Read 720905 times)

They should be by tomorrow when the new specs are supposed to be ready. Looking forward to seeing the optician again - though she'll probably be attending to somebody else's problems. No, not what you think: when I was there on Monday, a girl of about twenty or so was sitting at another bench as I came out of the testing room, and as I passed her she said hello as if we knew one another. I replied in kind, but didn't have the foggiest idea who she was. She could have made a mistake - I often do, and feel a chump when I realise I've waved at a stranger - but the thing is, she also gave a big smile and greeting as she left. Maybe the optician knows who she is and can set my recollections right!

It reminds me of a vid about Harri Peccinotti, where he says that in today's world, and unlike the old days, where you used the same models a lot, you seldom get to work with the same people twice! The problem for him is that should he think he sees the girl somewhere - say the Metro - he's afraid to say hello in case he's mistaken for a DOM and at the same time, he realises that if he's right and it is the person he thinks it is, she'll then think what a shit! he won't even acknowledge me!

Rob

GrahamBy · « **Reply #2315 on:** February 01, 2017, 04:14:40 am »

Ah, know that problem. For years I was teaching classes of hundreds of undergrads, who of course could identify me more easily than I could spot them. But then I also have problems identifying people, even if I know them quite well. Once I even waved at and started speaking French with a woman I was sure I knew, on a street in Melbourne: she of course thought I was a complete sleeze, and told me so. Oh dear.

Rob C · « **Reply #2316 on:** February 01, 2017, 10:15:34 am »

Regarding the Peccinotti video: if one looks closely at the face of the model, then it becomes obvious that there is nothing sleazy about that kind of shoot at all - if anything, the girl's having fun and enjoying the game of her own good looks and how to turn them into a picture; which is so nice. Of course, there is another, darker side without doubt, but that lives in an underworld of which I know zilch, and long may it so remain.

It also underlines why girls should always have an agent and only accept bookings via that agent. In my experience, they usually know what's what and who is who.

Rob C

GrahamBy · « **Reply #2317 on:** February 01, 2017, 03:36:26 pm »

A study in bad lighting:

GrahamBy · « **Reply #2318 on:** February 01, 2017, 03:44:00 pm »

Quote from: Rob C on February 01, 2017, 10:15:34 am

the girl's having fun and enjoying the game of her own good looks and how to turn them into a picture; which is so nice.

So when did it become de rigeur for cat-walk models to look as though their mother died just before the show? I assume it came about as a follow-on from the heroin-chic look? The few "high level" fashion photos I see seem to demand that the models be completely blank under the make-up so their emotions can be added in post, but they look positively radiant compared to those in some video from major fashion shows. Is it just that they are so young that pouting and looking deeply troubled are the only directions they can be trusted to follow, or is it somehow part of the marketing theory?

Rob C · « **Reply #2319 on:** February 01, 2017, 04:05:03 pm »

Quote from: GrahamBy on February 01, 2017, 03:44:00 pm

So when did it become de rigeur for cat-walk models to look as though their mother died just before the show? I assume it came about as a follow-on from the heroin-chic look? The few "high level" fashion photos I see seem to demand that the models be completely blank under the make-up so their emotions can be added in post, but they look positively radiant compared to those in some video from major fashion shows. Is it just that they are so young that pouting and looking deeply troubled are the only directions they can be trusted to follow, or is it somehow part of the marketing theory?

Mary Quant certainly didn't go for grim: her shows had girls dancing etc. but I suppose that the top haute couture designers - as against the yoof ones of the day - didn't like the idea of having the models express anything at all because the women buying the stuff would, I suppose, have to be a lot older in order to be rich enough to be able to ~~blow~~ invest thousands in a shirt. Not only on what goes into a shirt, but the shirt... If the girls express nothing, then they don't inject themselves too much into the event by competing with whatever the 'story' of the show might be, the makeup (and obviously the clothes) doing that part of it; better yet, they don't compete with Mrs Client but sell her a dream of sophistication at all costs.

Rob

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