Joanna
Doug Henwood wrote:
> <http://www.gawker.com/topic/ny-mag-protestors-in-berets-conventioneers-in-cowboy-hats-019434.php>
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>
> 'NY' Mag: Protestors In Berets, Conventioneers In Cowboy Hats
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> Just because I want to burn all my freelance bridges before I leave
> Gawker tomorrow, I have to publish this internal email detailing the
> photo styling for the New York mag photoshoot on the Republican
> Convention protestors and conventioneers. The best part? The
> Republican Convention attendee should have big hair, but "but not over
> the top ugly." Heh. True -- we'd forgotten that our City was about to
> be menaced by an epidemic of Texas hair during the convention. The
> memo follows.
>
>
> From: XXXXXX Subject: shoot notes Date: August 6, 2004 5:00:24 PM EDT
> To: XXXXXX
>
>
> hey there --
>
> so a few notes:
>
> in general, think preppy handbook in that all the clothes exist for
> the purpose of caption boxes. so if the outfits look a little
> mish-mash, it's ok. they should be readable but this isnt a fashion
> shoot per se. you get that.
>
> the girl we said should be medium blonde, all american. that i can
> recall, the only thing we didn't talk about was hair and makeup so:
>
> PROTESTOR
> she'll be wearing a beret but should have a bouncy looking ponytail
> underneath, maybe a few tendrils poking out (or hair could be down but
> not big). the idea is to make it really clear that she's WASHED HER HAIR.
>
> makeup should be minimal, fresh.
>
> props: she's gonig to have a backpack, which will be impossible to see
> if she's wearing it, so if it's possible to have it at her feet or
> nearby, and open, so that a copy of "the bush haters handbook" can be
> poking out. the title won't be visible to a reader but just so you can
> see there's a book in there (and as much of the title showing as you
> can -- you never know). if you need emily (stylist) to the stuff the
> backpack with something else to cheat it, whatever it takes.
>
> CONVENTIONEER
> she'll be wearing a cowboy hat, but should have bigger hair -- think
> modified newscaster, hot rollers and some volume, but not over the top
> ugly. (we're going for in between what she's really look like and what
> an actually fashionable person would look like.)
>
> makeup could be brighter but conservative/femininte -- maybe a bright
> lipstick.
>
> props: there are a few. she'll have a little american flag, a judith
> lieber bag, and she should also have a big ralph lauren tote or
> something. there will be magazines poking out of the tote, similar to
> the protestor's book bag. if we need to drape her in the lieber and
> the tote, that's ok (remember this can be a little bit of a pile-on).
> or stick the lieber in the tote next to the mags so it's poking out.
> the idea with the lieber is so our republican girl can be
> day-to-night. but if it absolutely doesn't work, the tote and mags are
> more important.
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