Friday 21 September 2012

Interesting Thing Number One

The cover art of Homogenic by Bjork, art directed by Alexander McQueen.
This I find interesting for more than one reason, firstly I think the way that she merges with the background is cool, it ties in with the menacing sort of cold look by looking menacingly corporate, like and advert for some sort of technology, and she's some weird futuristic pin-up for it. Also I like how the clothes interact with her body to make her look sort of scary in that her shoulders look huge, her nails are really long and sharp looking, there's blood red flashes in there, her eyes are black and her lips look pursed and very serious because of the makeup. All that gets contrasted with a rich, dressed up, fashionable and weak look the big encircling bit of cloth round her neck and the red backdrop make her actually look very small on second look and the arms of the dress look like their contorting her arms a bit, the neck bands look really uncomfortable and her hands look kind of benign. The colours are rich and the material is shiny and alluring. It's all surreal and symbolic and I like all that. The use of so much drama and such a well made costume not held back by much and working so well and looking so shiny, rich and aesthetic really pleases me, also she looks like Cruella de Vil.

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