Magazine Madness: Bérénice Bejo, ELLE Paris June 2013

ELLE France June 21

From Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist, Argentina born Bérénice Bejo graces So’CHIC, IO DONNA, ELLE France and TGV MAGAZINE. Hopefully there will be English subtitles Le passé (by Iranian Director Asghar Farhadi) showing at cinema soon. ELLE France usually inspires me on style and art concepts of its fashion campaign and culture columns, though editorials are arduous to read, still ELLE Solidad and Beauté are not that difficult to access the practical info.

It is, to me, still unsatisfying that mostly the la mode campaign pages adopted phenolic papers, which, are zero-resistant to humidity and scratching. Fortunately,  after 2009, ELLE France makes the cover front page shiningly glossy, thought easily leaving finger prints on, at least the magazine itself is more simply to preserve (Indeed, I don’t treat magazines as disposable newspapers, furthermore, I would wrap EVERY of my collection on appropriated-sized plastic wrappings, such as ELLE France suits 28.5cm module).

What captures my gazes at June 21 issue is photographer Ben Morris’ ‘Hey, Jolie Jane’ fashion campaign. Stripes, straw hats, sunglasses, skirts and shorts….very Boho, very Jane Birkin. Shooting in Italy, composing the pictures horizontally by using the rocks, the stairs and the chair; the colours contrast sandy brown, Capri blue, snow white and rouge red, on every page turn.

Photography: www.elle.fi

http://benmorrisphotography.com/