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Fashion Radar: Laura Dern in W Magazine

Last night we managed to get through most of the September 07 issue of W while getting our hair 'did' at the salon. No small feat, considering this hefty issue is about 6 inches thick (but then again, two-tone highlights on long-length hair seem to take a good two months to complete, so we had plenty of time.)

At any rate, one particular fashion shoot really stood out: the photographs of Laura Dern taken by Juergen Teller titled "Fashion Party". In fact, all the other photos in the magazine seemed rather boring by comparison.






We didn't recognize the actress at first, but fell in love with the model's mischievous smile in the first shot (red heels, heading into the wine cellar). We recognized the photographer right away, unmistakably Juergen Teller. Most people either love him or hate him. Generally speaking, we get a big kick out of his work.

Yeah, he does the unretouched, washed out snapshots that appear to have been taken without him so much as looking through the viewfinder...but it's a great idea, and somebody's gotta do it. That's how we often regard art: We're glad somebody out there is doing it. Manifesting that idea for all of us. And so it is with Juergen. His recent Marc Jacobs campaign shots of the teeny-tiny people on a vast, white page made us literally laugh out loud they were so clever, so pointed!

Back to Laura: She's held a special place in our hearts ever since we ran into her and Jeff Goldblum in the city after a performance of Rent (with the original cast, we might add), during the summer of '96. She graciously posed as we, starstruck high schooler that we were, snapped her portrait with our film-loading Canon. Ah, the memories.

It's hard to believe that was 10 years ago. Jurassic Park was back in '93 (where does the time go?). And sure enough, she looks older in these photographs, but in case you haven't heard, people age. That's right, they actually get wrinkles over time. Shocking, but true.

At the same time, some people gain wisdom earned by experience. Laura certainly has. These shots are raw and real and engaging. For some unknown reason, they kind of reminded us of what we always thought or dreamt we might look like in the future...psychoanalysis please?

See the rest of the "Fashion Party" photos here. >>
Comments
Oooh, I loved those photos and I love Juergen Teller! Did you see that really awesome one he did of Bjork in the "Fashion Rocks" supplement that came with the W?
#1 cathy (Homepage) on 2007-09-07 15:37 (Reply)
YES!!!! Where she's eating the squid-ink pasta?!? OMG we loved that shot, by far the best spread in the entire supplement. What great contrast between the white table cloth and Bjork's black dress...fantastic :-)
#1.1 The Budget Babe on 2007-09-08 10:04 (Reply)
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