Canadian model Meghan Collison straddles the thin line between men and women in Dazed and Confused Magazine’s September 2009 issue. A gender-bending Collison poses for the editorial ‘Iconic Imagery’ snapped by Andreas Larsson.
The sepia-toned shots feature the model in Chanel, Calvin Klein, Karl Lagerfeld, Loewe, Lanvin, Chloe and Givenchy as she and Larsson recapture fashion’s most iconic imagery from the 70s and 80s. The raven-haired beauty channels artist Paloma Picasso, musician Patti Smith and fashion muse Loulou de la Falaise.
Gender-Benditorials
Dazed & Confused Draws on Fashion's Iconic Imagery of the 70s and 80s
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