ffrom top left: sienna miller vogue us 07, christy turlingon vogue us, christy turlington vogue us, teen vogue, dree hemmingway harpers us 10, gemma ward and josh hartnett vogue us, natalia vodianova vogue us.
the enduring love affair of american fashion magazines hasn't been Paris, or london, or even god forbid somewhere south of the equator like little old australia or south east asia. Oh no, it's been Italy. Good, old, Italy. Who would have thought the land of carbohydrates would have proved so enduring for the fashion mind? What is it? The rising pizza dough? That leaven smell of pasta drying in darkened windows? The bite of an acidic tomato, the crunch of fragrant basil, the ooze of a round of mozzarella cheese? I think we can safely say it's not the food that keeps the fash crowd coming back for more - although the opposite is the same for me, of course. It must be the glamour. Those late night rides on scooters through empty streets, the careening around twisty sea-side roads with the top of the car down, the headscarves, the circle skirts, the raffia espadrilles and baskets of fresh apricots and side split gowns and tops where the shoulder slips down to your elbow. If London have cool and Paris has sophistication then Italy - all of Italy - has glamour. It's like a Fellini film, or Roman Holiday, or the Talented Mr Ripley, where the beaches of Portofino and Montalbino glimmer with sparkle, razzle dazzle, and something that looks incredibly like American money.
Glamour, and love. A lot of these editorials have a male partner - rowing the boat down Venice's canal, taking goofy photos on a sandy bridge in Portofino, playing with the pigeon's in St Mark's Square. What's the point of so much beauty, raw and ripe and fresh, if you can't share it with someone?
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