Karen Elson @ Voss, Alexander McQueen S/S 2001
An ensemble of an overdress of panels from a nineteenth-century Japanese silk screen, an underdress of oyster shells, and a neckpiece of silver and Tahiti pearls designed by Shaun Leane.
“Soldier, Soldier, Won’t You Marry Me?”: Karen Elson by Tim Walker for Vogue UK April 2008
“Trendspotting”: photographed by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia July 2004
More Beautiful Women by Nick Knight
Inspired by warhol’s film “Thirteen Most Beautiful Women” Nick Knight simply asked models to stand in front of the video camera for two minutes until told to stop.
“Soldier, Soldier, Won’t You Marry Me?”: Karen Elson by Tim Walker for Vogue UK April 2008
“Soldier, Soldier, Won’t You Marry Me?”: Karen Elson by Tim Walker for Vogue UK April 2008
“Soldier, Soldier, Won’t You Marry Me?”: Karen Elson by Tim Walker for Vogue UK April 2008
Deliverance, Alexander McQueen S/S 2004
The staging of the collection was based on the film They Shoot Horses Don’t They? by Sydney Pollack. It showed a Depression-era dance marathon, choreographed by the dancer Michael Clark. It had three chapters, and the final act had the models and dancers in utter exhaustion, just as they were about to collapse. The scene you’re seeing here is the model Karen Elson, with utter fatigue, being dragged around as she’s about to expire.
angela lindvall, erin o’connor and karen elson wearing comme des garçons by annie leibovitz for vogue us september 1997
Tales of the Unexpected, Karen Elson by Tim Walker for Vogue UK December 2008
