Let me start by saying that I personally think ‘Performance,’ the main editorial of the September 2009 issue of Vogue Italia, is the most exciting and refreshing editorial I have come across in a long time. I’ve been patiently waiting for the story to be available at the official Vogue Italia site, because I did not want to ruin such a masterpiece with the somewhat poor-quality scans that were circulating. But now the wait is over, sit back and enjoy the performance. Thank you Steven Meisel!
Performance stars models Ash Stymest, Sasha Pivovarova, Simon Nessman, Mikus Lasmanis, Coco Rocha, Max Rogers, Will Lewis, Jamie Bochert, Viktoriya Sosonkina, Christian Brylle, Anna Jagodzinska, Sessilee Lopez, and Meghan Collison. The legendary Pat McGrath did the makeup and the hair was by Julien d'Ys. Karl Templer styled the performance.
As usual, Vogue Italia animated the main editorial, you can watch the animation at their site, or you can watch it in this YouTube clip.
Here are two of the covers, see the third one starring Ash & Sasha alongside the Rihanna by Steven Klein couture supplement cover here.
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