Jul 11
A little drama in monochrome
This 1993 Vogue Paris editorial by Ellen von Unwerth has the feeling of a half-remembered scene from a 1930s jazz club: mirrored poses, soft gowns, dark lips and a room full of old-world tension. Shalom Harlow appears in John Galliano, but the real pull of the image is the atmosphere—vintage glamour with something slightly theatrical and queer-coded beneath the surface. The two figures feel less like a literal couple and more like a fashion fantasy of intimacy, performance and elegant trouble.
Ellen von Unwerth for Vogue Paris, 1993 editorial “Les extravagances de John Galliano,” featuring Shalom Harlow in John Galliano