Vanity Fair’s Hollywood cover puts America’s secret weapon on show | Jonathan Jones
From Rooney Mara’s hair to the art deco set, Mario Testino’s shot of ’1920s pure beauty’ shows the dream factory in full effectRooney Mara, star of the US version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, poses in this year’s cover photograph for the annual Hollywood special of the magazine Vanity Fair with raven black hair sculpted to evoke the legendary silent- era film beauty Louise Brooks. Her 1920s look gives the ethereally nostalgic keynote to a clever formal gathering of 11 young women across a fold-out cover, shimmering in a bright white space especially built for the photographic shoot in imitation – explains an article within – of works by the art deco interior designer Syrie Maugham.
published date:Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:28:37 GMT
Vanity Fair’s Hollywood cover puts America’s secret weapon on show | Jonathan Jones
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Vanity Fair’s Hollywood cover puts America’s secret weapon on show | Jonathan Jones
From Rooney Mara’s hair to the art deco set, Mario Testino’s shot of ’1920s pure beauty’ shows the dream factory in full effectRooney Mara, star of the US version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, poses in this year’s cover photograph for the annual Hollywood special of the magazine Vanity Fair with raven black hair sculpted to evoke the legendary silent- era film beauty Louise Brooks. Her 1920s look gives the ethereally nostalgic keynote to a clever formal gathering of 11 young women across a fold-out cover, shimmering in a bright white space especially built for the photographic shoot in imitation – explains an article within – of works by the art deco interior designer Syrie Maugham.