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“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐝𝐮𝐝𝐞, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫.” —𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝑰’𝒎 𝑺𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒔, 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐠, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟗

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Julian Sands — Per Lui, October 1985 Photographed by Robert Erdmann. Blazer in panno viola, GMV Jeans.

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night landscapes available in my shop with 30% OFF all prints, collages, and unique pieces.The sale runs until Sunday, just use code: BIRTHDAY30 at checkout.

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packing 'a small book of blues'.

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David Bowie with Jeremy Irons and Sinéad Cusack London, April 1995 At Bowie’s first solo art exhibition, New Afro Pagan and Work: 1975–1995, The Gallery, Cork Street.

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David Bowie — “Strangers When We Meet” live in Birmingham, 1995 No Trendy Réchauffé

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“𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫—𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐲. […] 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨-𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭-𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟—𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲—𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐤𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝—𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐰—𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐟 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞. […] 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟏. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞. […] 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥.” —𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬’𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐙𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐲-𝐞𝐫𝐚 “𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟” 𝐰𝐚𝐬 “𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦” 𝐨𝐫 “𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲,” 𝐢𝐧 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝑨𝒊𝒓, “𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐙𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬,” 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟐.

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Jeremy Irons and Julian Sands London, 2014 Dinner for Julian Schnabel at 34 Grosvenor Square.

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Julian Sands as Chris in One Night Stand (1997), dir. Mike Figgis — a brief appearance, with the pearls again; Mary Lambert later said the ones he wore in Siesta were his own idea.

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He looks so fine.

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Frank Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim — “Change Partners” from Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim, 1967

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Antonio Berardi, A/W 1999.

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“𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭. 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭.” —𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥, “𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐲’𝐬 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞,” 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝑩𝒂𝒅 𝑩𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒓

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Vogue Italia, April 1997.

Ph. Steven Meisel