MIRRORS

REFLECTIONS IN A GLASS EYE

Oui Magazine - October 1973

Photographed by Helmut Newton

CHINESE CHIC

THE ESSENCE OF SILK AND THE FINALITY OF SATIN

Oui Magazine - January 1975

Her - Dress: Kamali, Ring: Crista Put Ons, Bag: Walborg, Python Shoes: Chelsea Cobbler

Him - Suit : De Noyer, Silk Shirt: St. Laurent Rive Gauche, Tie: Piatteli for Barney's, Oxfords: Chelsea Cobbler 

"If you think Chinese means proletarian, think again.  These are voluptuous clothes of exotic richness---Chinese silks and satins, formals eveningwear from London's finest boutiques---reminiscent of Edwardian opulence and very "in" this holiday season."

Her - Pajama's: Ronald Kolodzie for Concept VII, Hair Comb: Crista Put Ons, Bracelets: Donald Stannard

Him - Dunhill Tailors

Her - Vest and Dress: Fred Leighton Imports, Necklace: Yves St. Laurent, Shoes: Chelsea Cobbler

Him - Jacket and Pants: Sal Cesarani for Country Britches, Evening Shirt: Bill Blass, Bow Tie: Bellini

Her - Dress: Moonshine, Necklace: Yves St. Laurent

Him - Suit: Don Robbie, Tie: Barney's

Dress: Betsey Johnson for Alley Cat, Shoes: Charles Jourdan

Her - Dress: Zandra Rhodes from Henri Bendel, Antique Comb: Moon in Massachusetts

Him - Kimono: Alexander Shields, Bow Tie and Shirt: Bellini, Pants: New Man

Her - Jacket and Pants: Abdoul from Kamali, Shoes: Chelsea Cobbler, Bracelets: Crista Put Ons, Hair Flower: Ophelie 

Him - Ralph Lauren for Polo

Her - Jacket and Gown: Fernando Sanchez, Necklace and Hair Clip: Crista Put Ons, Shoes: Joe Bascetta for Pelicanos

Him - St. Laurent Rive Gauche, Shoes: Dunhill Tailors

ASTRAL FLASH

HIGH-STEPPING UP THAT STAIRWAY TO THE STARS

Oui Magazine - February 1974

Stardust's Plastique Space Suit: Jan Girard

made of shower-curtain fabric by the Wear-Ever Shower Curtain Company

"Let your clothes do the talking.  If David Bowie can flame with orange hair and his look a-like wife can do hers up in white with red and purple stripes - well, why be shy?  Stardust and Philippe aren't hanging back.  They run around the city in their twinkling jump suits, hopping out of cabs in front of frightened doormen, streaking across the park like dreamscape joggers, and glowing incandescently wherever the strobes are popping the night."

That ain't no soda pop they're sipping.

Space Suits: DuMaurier

 Her Glasses: Ultimate Spectacle, His: Renaulds

Aviator Suits: Ronald Kolodzie of Concept Seven

Outfits: Freddie, Bracelet: Alexis Kirk, Earrings: Childstar, Sunglasses: Ultimate Spectacle

A London Designer by the name of Freddie made these Grand Union Supermarket Clothes.  The mysterious Mr.Freddie lives and works out of David Bowie's London flat.  He has done much to create that Ziggy Stardust stage magic-sewing machines snapping out this insane kind of star-trekking mind-strobing Superflash.   Fabulous Freddie is almost as gorgeous as his mentor, we hear.  Freddie has a Mick Jagger face topped by a full curly d.a. haircut that he often sprays silver when he's going out on the town.

Outfits: Kansai

Kansai also invents some of David Bowie's more extravagant stage clothes.  One of Japan's hottest new designers.  Kensai works out of Tokyo and has a boutique in London.  He specializes in capes (above) that tear off at the shoulder to reveal the juicy Ambisexual Superflash lurking just underneath. 

Photographed by Chris Von Wangenheim

HOT HEELS

Or, them new high-heeled sneakers sure got a lot of leather soul.

Oui Magazine - February 1973

Hers: Bridgetown Flood

His: San Remo for Arrowsmith 

"People don't usually go out of their way to notice feet unless theirs happened to be stepped on.  But it had to happen.  Maybe it took a little longer because fashion, like economics and everything else, starts at the top and sifts its way down.  Those footprints, however, weren't going to be left out entirely.  So shove aside your Frye boots and dip a tore or two into some of the hot heels being offered.  They can make you walk tall or strut, giving your feet something to kick and click about.  For an aspiring fashion freak who finally wants to move out of the closet, shoes can be the best place to begin.  You can be fashionable by starting slowly with a pair of 3-inch modified platform lace-ups (or white bucks or mock Weejuns if you want to stay traditional) and working your way up to the 4 1/2-inch silver shit-kickers shown.  Don't treat your poor feet like prunes.  They've been maligned, laughed at, made to stew in their own juices, and the rest of the body has gotten the big beauty treatment.  Give them a chance.  Happy feet make happy people."

Bridgetown Floor

Renegades

Italia for Arrowsmith

Jumping Jack Flash

Italia for Arrowsmith

His: Bridgetown Flood

Hers: Bridgetown Flood

Harbor Imports

Photographed by Francis Giacobetti

DIRTY LITTLE MICHAEL

Oui Magazine - October 1973

Uschi Obermeier and Michael J. Pollard

Uschi - Leather Pants: The Leatherman, Leather Bra: Pleasure Chest, Studded Wrist Cuff and Dog Collar: Pleasure Chest, Belt: Dior at Abbey Creations

Michael - Jacket: East West Musical Instrument Company, Silver Leather Pants: The Leatherman

Uschi - Ruffled-Sleeve Blouse: Granny Takes a Trip, Black Pants: Kamali

Michael - Velvet Vest and Pants: Granny Takes a Trip, Lurex Shirt: Gentleman John

Uschi - Sequined Short Suit: Jan Gerard, Shoes: Chelsea Cobbler

Michael - Polka-Dot Shirt: Jizz, Leather Pants: The Leatherman, Plastic Belt: Willie Woo

Photographed by Chris von Wangenheim 

"WHATEVER SHE SELECTS HAS TASTE..."

The Daily Telegraph Magazine: September 7 1973

Quorum Storefront

Louis Rothmans Select, Everything a select cigarette should be.

THE AGE OF AWAKENING

Playboy Magazine - August 1971

"with rare sensitivity, photographer david hamilton captures the ineffable, elusive beauty of emerging womanhood"

Caught in half sleep or in rapt self-contemplation while disrobing for a bath, the youthful beauties of David Hamilton's portraits are perfectly poised.  Hamilton, whose camera seems an invisible presence, regards the placid composure of his models as central to his photographic art.

Hamilton's photos are illuminated not only by the golden glow of sun streams but also by the bloom of his slender young models, who seem to delight in the ripening of their lithe figures even in the innocent repose of sleep.

Adhering to a photographic style he calls "completely classic", Hamilton captures on film his subjects' languid limbs, their natural, artlessly erotic postures and the almost wistful, introspective expressions on their ingenuous faces.

Simplicity, soft light and perfect composition---as in studies of a pensive girl before a mirror or amid the disarray of castoff clothes---are, in Hamilton's words, "the whole thing," the special elements that make his portraits unique.

Hamilton usually shoots his sensitive tableaux in southern France, but he often journeys to Sweden in search of models "because Scandinavian girls are uncomplicated and very natural; they don't have complexes and their bodies."

"For me, it is necessary that beauty be very soft," Hamilton says of the lambent lighting in his subtle pictures.  "Fortunately," he adds, "there is enough undiscovered beauty throughout the world for me to keep going forever."

In his early work, Hamilton shot mainly landscapes and flowers.  Only in the past two years has he devoted himself to photographing women.  Understandably, he plans to concentrate on the female form almost exclusively in the future.