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Fashion has been inspired bt many different things along the years and thanks to Willi Ninja, Voguing earned a new respect and perspective: it became an art.
Being stated also as a performative art, voguing itself has its owns inspirations. Ballet being one of them.
Ballet's indelible influence on fashion – line, ethereal beauty and the tutu – extends to high-fashion glossies, where spreads have been devoted to dancers and, in turn, dance has inspired magazine content. With their strong, willowy physiques, dancers make enviable clothes horses.
When Sylvie Guillem was approached by French Vogue to pose for the magazine's iconic pages, the renegade ballerina – who acquired the epithet ‘Mademoiselle Non’ during her fiery spell at The Royal Ballet – took the reins. Early in her career, Guillem appeared in Vogue in a series of polished fashion shots by her partner, photographer Gilles Tapie, but felt they portrayed her as “a model, something I am not”. In 2001, she refuted the proverbial ‘diva’ tag by refusing make-up and airbrushing, posing instead for a series of stark self-portraits. The images – dramatic and incandescent – show Guillem dancing naked in a studio, her lithe, disciplined physique suspended in the air.
British ballerina Darcey Bussell modeled regularly for Vogue throughout her career, effortlessly melding beauty and finesse, while The Royal Ballet Principal Artist, Tamara Rojo appeared with fellow dancer Carlos Acosta in French Vogue's May 2010 issue. Photographed by David Burton, the star duo appears in striking black and white under the headline ‘Les Amants Terribles’.
In Australia, Harper's Bazaar captured the allure of the tutu and the theatre when, in 2005, the glossy featured Principal Artist Kirsty Martin creeping down a stage ladder in Akira Isogawa's winsome design. Recently, dancers of The Australian Ballet vamped it up alongside Li Cunxin for Harper's Bazaar's whimsical ‘Ballet in Wonderland’ spread, inspired by the enduring magic of Disney's fairytales.
Pictorials inspired by ballet – like Vogue Russia's May issue shoot ‘Russia, Which is not Lost’, which paid homage to the drama and progressiveness of 20th century Russian ballet – are plentiful. Ballerina-turned-model Karlie Kloss is regularly snapped playing up her dancing chops. She limbered up for Chinese Vogue's February spread ‘Perfect Sport’ and put her training to good use in French Vogue's March 2009 ‘Coco Dancer’ spread – a nod to Coco Chanel's involvement with the Ballets Russes. Her grace and skill were perhaps best captured in German Vogue's beautiful 2008 editorial, ‘Pas de Deux’
Model Masha Kirsanova mixes dance with fashion in ‘Danze’ for the Amica Italy March 2010 issue. Masha contorts her body into a number of dance-inspired poses and the overall effect is pure elegance.
The beautiful spread features long flowing gowns in black and pale pinks and an incredible Versace gown with a warrior-like armor bodice and thigh-high split. Romance and vulnerability are the essence of this editorial.
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My first journal entry in ages!~
Heeeeeeyyy everybody!!
Ok ok, so this is -- as the title states -- my first journal entry in years! A lot has happened since the last time I wrote here (I even got my Zack Fair play arts figure!! :la:). Although I have been away from this place, I kept publishing new works and I must thank everyone who still follows me and my new followers as well.
I'm not a "lucky" person when it comes to publicizing my works so gaining new followers is always a big deal for me! :la:
As you might have noticed by now, I now work with analog photography. Since I started working at my first job (<.<) last year, my free time flew away and I made a new p
My existence is almost complete! *evil laugh*
Seems that crying out loud, sometimes, actually works! ~yuffiechuponplz (https://www.deviantart.com/yuffiechuponplz)
If you're wondering what I mean, I'll fill you in: I've posted in my personal FB -- loads of times -- that I wanted to buy Sephiroth Play Arts from Advent Children. Thing is, he's DAMN expensive (around £70 without postage). MEANING I'd never have him. :iconitsreallypainfulplz:
By my birthday I posted it again, just to see if *someone* would be kind enough to buy me it. Yeah, I know... Of course it didn't happen. :iconsadtardplz:
It could, though, because 2 years ago I was given a pair of Yellow All Stars! :la: It was divided by two friends, so it was ok. :ic
Hah!
You know, I have so much to do and I'm so tired and sleepy I can't start working. I got hell tired just by going through the photos and choosing the best ones.
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You know what this means? MEANS I'M GETTING OLD. :nuu: *cries out loud in a corner*
Someone pat me on the head and tell me everything's going to be ok! *sniiiiiiff*
P.S.: I'm going to do a major clean-up in my dA gallery so some of my older works will disappear. :shifty:
The greatest speech EVER made
Give a good look at ~Vivaru (https://www.deviantart.com/vivaru)'s journal here and join us in sheding tears.
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<3 Thanks so much and what beautiful selections!