Magazine Madness ELLE France: Vanessa Paradis, Nouvelle Vie, Nouvelle Voix

3-9 May 2013 Vanessa Paradis

Since her self-titled Vanessa Paradis released in 1992, this French chic has been capturing my gazes for a long run. Happy gap as she is, Vanessa is not so much a singer/actress rather than an ELLe icon. Her close-up and garment posing photos always give me great inspiration on outfit ideas, and under the lens of photographer Dusan Reljin, smoky eyes, airy hair and half-opened Chanel jacket, Miss Paradis graces the ELLE France cover again.

French girl can match herself very unique style with high-low apparels, and Vanessa is no exception, being Chanel spokeswoman since 1991, she also performs at H&M Conscious Collection 2013 campaign. From H&M commercial video, Vanessa shuttles back and forth in a green house, when the mirror brings out another space of viewing, at the same time the new lives growing swiftly as the magic bean. Though I hold my suspicion toward the sewing quality of H&M while I constantly question if its commercial budget is extremely high in order to conceal H&M poor fabric sustenance, still, I have to admit that Vanessa portraits the fairy tale aura both romantically and successfully, just as if we already witness the paradise.

Another essential reason that Vanessa chosen to be the cover girl on ELLE May issue, is that the major theme of the week is ’40 Ans Enfin Moi’. Time is unstoppable, ripeness is inevitable, but Miss Paradis (1972), Eva Herzigová(1973) or Kate Moss (1974), they are, perhaps, not enough launching thousand ships, but still beloved with billions of eyes. Thanks for their modeling experiences and confidences, the maturing never grows old, the aging never becomes a taboo. Their gracefulness breaks the rules of youthfulness among fashion magazines, and forces the media to discuss the reality that most females don’t dare to: At the age of 40, how will you change? What will you do? Who will you become?

Photography: ELLE France www.elle.fr