Regular readers of the blog will understand not only my admiration for Gaga, but her ability to take fashion, love, music and sexuality far and above the norm. Her fourth column in V Magazine focuses on the story and birth of her alter ego Jo Calderone. I’ve explored the insights behind Jo before and published his images from Vogue Hommes Japan and the You and I video, but had no idea about the true story of his inception in collaboration with Nick Knight. Where, like with anything that Gaga says, you can take the below with a pinch of salt (i.e. “selling Jo as the next big thing for the cover of Vogue Hommes Japan” can translate as “sent them to my friend Nicola Formichetti”), it is a really insightful piece that reveals the back story. Enjoy. Text version under the cut.
Continue reading gaga’s fourth memorandum for v magazine: the story behind jo calderone
Tyler Shields is sometimes described (by a generalist audience) as a young Terry Richardson. This is definitely a massive compliment, but not necessarily 100% accurate. Shields’ vision is slightly more artistic and definitely a lot darker – a reflection of the fact that he is a true Millennial? Perhaps so.
On October 12th, Shields’ first London exhibition opens in collaboration with “the bad boy of billionaire branding” Maximilian Wiedemann featuring never before seen images of Lindsay Lohan (those of you who read KARLISMYUNKLE will know how much I love this fact) where the duo have partnered artistically. Wiedemann is best known for “turning culturally iconic images or brands on their heads”, and revealing information which is often more truthful than the original image (his most recent piece of high profile work was the cover of The Big Issue featuring Elle MacPherson).
I was fortunate enough to catch up with Tyler and Maximilian before the launch of next week’s exhibition. (Interview under the cut)
Continue reading a conversation with maximilian wiedemann + tyler shields
