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Project to avoid the main project with:

(Most of you know the main project. I plan to go to the museum of television and radio tomorrow morning to start research -- hopefully they have what I need... I'm having a very hard time getting started.)

Page by page of Harper's bazaar October 2007:

Cover:
Here we have Mary Kate Olsen looking grand. A little duck-y in the mouth but that's just her face. Nothing too ridiculous here. They penciled in her eyebrows which looks good in the picture and probably looked garish in real. The only very silly thing is the banner in the upper right corner that says "SHOPPING SPECIAL." Harper's Bazaar has never once run an issue that was not a shopping special. They just did it to have a little gold something in the corner. Worked on me!

page 1/ 2:
A fold out ad for Banana Republic-- 3 of 4 ads in keeping with their current "your clothes can match these 'contemporary' paintings that we created for this photo shoot to match our clothes!" motif. STUPID dress with big dots on it on woman sitting in a gallery in pfront of a painting of black and white dots. DIY people! 2 more pictures like that. In one, the lady's green handbag matches some colored dots behind her on a canvas and the gallery "program" sticking out of the purse. Next one, boring-ass suit that looks like it came from Strawbeery on same gazelle-like woman who looks like she spent two and half hours on her hair and make-up even though her hair's short walking past a painting made of grey lines. Her gallery program has the same "art on it."

Page 3 & 4
Gucci. So far Gucci is winning. This woman looking at me looks like she's going to kill me, but right before she does she's going to burst into tears and drop her weapon because she's pretty much too pretty and weak for this killing gig. She's in front of some art, but god knows it's not dots, and it's the last thing on her mind. Gucci - dangerous, yeah baby.

Page 5 & 6
Estee Lauder "Resilience Lift Extreme." Elizabeth Hurley's head. What is doing the lifting on ms hurley? A whole lot of photoshop. Why wear make-up when you don't have skin? Elizabeth hurley is just blended pixels. no skin at all.

Page 7 & 8
It is getting good. This is what you pay 4 bucks for. Dior is having its models do this new pose I love where the model has food poisoning so she has sucked her stomach back behind her hips and has rolled her shoulders forward so that she can retch really soon!! But she doesn't look unhappy -- we have a mona lisa face on this person about to puke her guts out. the olive green dress on the left doesn't do anything for me. The bright pink satin gown is AMAZING although I really can't think of any event in the entire world it could be worn to. You wear it when you are about to be sick and it's time for the photo shoot!

Page 9 & 10
This is great. On the left, the girl is pulling up her shift dress with both hands because it doesn't fit - she can't fill it out. She's trying to make the killing face but she looks like as soon as you say "What's that face about" she'll just turn away because she's not that smart and can't answer to confrontation. On the right she's in a coat/dress, which is nice, wearing a shit ton of black makeup on her eyes (still) She's trying out a new face. It's a face that goes with no human impulse or emotion. She's a confusing girl and maybe she should be committed.

More soon!