🍄STATE OF THE PIT 🍄 Kirsten Arens discusses Pop Culture and Fashion in Tartarus Volume 9: Icons. When you think iconic style no doubt such imagery as Madonna in her bridal dress, Michael Jackson in epaulettes and Prince in Victorian ruffles come to mind. Before the rise of the icons of the 80’s we had Warhol and Elizabeth Taylor’s Cleopatra make up that redefined the 1960’s style. The revolution no doubt began in 1984 with Prince’s Purple Rain Era (under the guidance of costume designer Marie France), who perfected his iconic look: frilly shirts that were the cousin of Princess Di’s pie-crust shirts, stack-heeled platform boots and his hair tightly wound into a rapturous bouffant of dancing curls. It was dandyish but it also nodded to the military jackets of Jimi Hendrix and the psychedelia of Sgt. Pepper. Much as Michael Jackson’s 90’s attire would closely mimic that of army regalia. "My clothes should be as entertaining up on a hanger as they are on me," Jackson once told his longtime costume designer Michael Bush. The military jacket featured on the cover of King of Style came out of Jackson's fascination with form-fitting uniforms. "And it really pleased his female fans," Bush told Rolling Stone. It was about creating the sexual mystique. But Michael made it his own by pushing the envelope, rebelling against the establishment in what the uniform is supposed to represent...read the rest of the article over at @tartarusmagazine www.tartarusmagazine.com, link in bio! Photo by @sandrineandmichael. #stateofthepit #editorial #art #fashion #tartarusmagazine #sandrineandmichael #motd #ootd #photography #icon #photographer #horror #goth #wakeupandmakeup #feminism