Some recent-ish studio shots (semi-nsfw)

amolitor · Aug 29, 2012

Huh, cool. I don't actually spend THAT much time looking at fashiony stuff. I've seen the "desaturate, contrast to the mids" thing a lot, that makes people look like slightly metallic mannikins. I hate THAT look a GREAT deal

Now that I'm thinking in those terms, though, this does look like an offshoot of that style. Not that I want to get in to plotting genealogical charts of fashion style, but it might be kind of fun for someone!

MLeeK · Aug 29, 2012

Totally makes me appreciate other people's styles. Gorgeous!

Derrel · Aug 29, 2012

amolitor said:
Huh, cool. I don't actually spend THAT much time looking at fashiony stuff. I've seen the "desaturate, contrast to the mids" thing a lot, that makes people look like slightly metallic mannikins. I hate THAT look a GREAT deal Now that I'm thinking in those terms, though, this does look like an offshoot of that style. Not that I want to get in to plotting genealogical charts of fashion style, but it might be kind of fun for someone!

Well, yeah...this is very much a "style" thing...people in their 20's seem to like it quite a bit...it's not MY cuppa' tea either, but I do appreciate it. It's kind of like "shabby chic" decorating....to ME it still looks shabby....not chic....Buuuuuuut, to people who were brought up on TV shows like The Real World, Lost, and Two And A Half Men, Chevy's Mexican restaurants,etc,etc...well...shabby chic often appears "chic". I guess maybe it's the same way many old people loved Ernest Hemingway's writing...to "me" it always seemed..."ehhh"...my wife's grandmother Helen, now 98 years old, positively HATES antique furnishing of any kind!. As she describes antique furishings, "Awww... that old stuff...it's just a bunch of hand-me-down junk from my parents's parents! Its so dad-gum OLD! I hated that stuff sixty years ago,and I hate it even more now!"

Different strokes for different folks! (Okay Mishele, now there's an obvious set-up for a funny response....)

Tee · Aug 29, 2012

That post processing look is sometimes known as the Jamie Ibarra technique. It's the fashion version of an e-session with blown out skies. It's what's popular and personally I think he did a wonderful job.

@amolitor- if you don't like this style, then don't pick up the September issue of W- your head will explode.