Leighton Meester for Nylon

(This post is from over a month ago)

Just read part of Leighton Meester's interview for the February 2011 issue of Nylon. I'll post a Girl Crush post on her soon.

I love Leighton Meester. Well, I love her on Gossip Girl at least. I'm not sure if I'm a big fan of her other movies and her musical pursuits but I think she plays a mean queen bee. I just think she's classically gorgeous and that she has the unadulterated beauty of a young Ava Gardner or a Lauren Bacall. They all have stunning faces that emote so much. (Everyone who watches Gossip Girl knows that Blair Waldorf's glassy eyes and lip quivers are the shows principle moments of acting gravitas).

 

I think I'm someone who should love Nylon: it's cheeky, it's edgy, it doesn't take itself as seriously as other fashion magazines, and it celebrates non-mainstream culture in addition to clothes - so basically, it's hipster-bait - but I never got into it. I think it might've been because I found it too cool for me, like Purple Magazine or something.

J

Amber Heard for Details

Interview and photos of Amber Heard from the October 2009 issue of Details Magazine. The writer, Matthew Belloni, or perhaps the editor, attached this heading and byline to the article:

AMBER HEARD WANTS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AS AN ACTRESS.
AND THE MUSTANG-DRIVING, PHILOSOPHER-QUOTING STARLET WON'T LET ANYTHING STOP HER.

This chick is just cool. I love that she reads Henry Miller, Ayn Rand, and Baruch Spinoza during her off-time. And that she owns a .357 Magnum. She's like a cleaner and less pretentious version of Sasha Grey. But actually awesome.

Photography by Miko Lim.

I just perused Miko Lim's portfolio and I don't know if I'm that impressed with his work. He seems to mostly do over-sexualized advertorial work (the spread for Details is pretty sexualized but it's an editorial) and sexy magazine covers. His photography features a lot of scantily clad women even though the women are supposed to be selling clothes. There are some editorials in there and some portraits from his personal work but I find the vantage points of his camera a little too commercial and blase for my tastes.

J

Ryan Gosling for GQ

I'm loving the January spread in GQ with Ryan Gosling where he models with shadows. Now, I'm not a huge fan of Gosling (even though he was born in my hometown) but what a clever idea for a photoshoot and what stunning pictures taken from Mario Testino.

The last photo is great because he's totally evoking the gruff Marlon Brando from A Streetcar Named Desire with his scowl and his clenched fists but he's dressed like a casual gentleman in the vein of a dapper Carey Grant.

J