John Rawlings


1941

John Rawlings got his start designing window displays in New York in the 1930’s when he started photographing.  He then was hired by Conde Nast as a prop builder, studio hand and assistant to Cecil Beaton and Horst P. Horst before landing a job at British Vogue in London where he stayed until the early 40’s.

In some ways, he never stopped being a window dresser.  His photos are like windows to people’s houses, or into movies, or dreams.

Maurice Rentner dress, 1950

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Millicent Rogers in her Manhattan apartment, 1944

Mary Jane Russell, 1953

actress Meg Mundy, one of his favorite models to photograph, 1940

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His photographs are beautiful in their simplicity and alluring cinematic quality. They have an element of timelessness that transcends so easily to today. Rawlings was among the first to elevate commercial photography to being art and photographed more than 200 covers of Vogue and Glamour.

Tim Gutt’s “Star Signs” zodiac spread in Vogue UK last Sept 2010 which can be found here can be seen as an homage to John Rawlings. It is such a breath of air in a crowded magazine. Photography has changed through the decades, but I wouldn’t mind at all if it came back to Rawlings, Horst and Penn.

All Rawlings photos are Conde Naste / Corbis images
Biography can be found here

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Jean-Paul Gaultier & VPP

There is something here, in the Jean-Paul Gaultier exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, that anyone visiting will be inspired and excited by, I promise. Before it ends on Oct. 2nd, my mom and I visited and I took many pictures.



The top was made with Philippine straw placemats! Ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 1977, still very current today.

This would be my ideal everyday uniform.

Perhaps inspired Maison Martin Margiela’s couture collection this season. I absolutely love this idea.

Pieces from Tribute to Ukraine and Russia collection were breathtaking, this dress took 242 hours to make.

This is from the Tribute to Africa collection, it’s a wedding gown of course

Worn in Bad Education! I love it.

After the museum, my mom and I treated ourselves to Veggie Pulled Pork and Soy Lattes at Le Pick-Up. Best meal, ever.

 

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Summer Workout

 

Wild Bore – Mika Miko
Turn Your Back – Adult.
Is it Medicine – The Knife
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks – Orphans
Dystopia – YACHT
Gang Gang Dance – Nomad for Love
Mammal Beats – Les Georges Leningrad
Scrunchie – Hissyfit
Crochet – Julie Ruin
The Breaks – Planningtorock

Some of my recent workout playlist

 

 

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