For Women's History Month and in honor of its 70th Anniversary, this month's
Glamour Magazine includes a huge photo shoot of contemporary actors posing as some of the most well-known and influential women of the last seventy years, in an article entitled,
American Icons: 7 Decades of Rule Breakers, Risk Takers & Style Makers. Since it's
Glamour, there's obviously an emphasis on fashion, but I actually think the shoot is pretty great (although I would agree with Amy over at
Appetite for Equal Rights that the inclusion of Carrie Bradshaw is a little weird...not that Ms. B isn't a style icon, but...yeah).
Anyway, you should check out the
whole slide show, but here are a few of my favorites:
Hayden Panettiere as Amelia Earhart
Alexis Bledel as Rosie the Riveter
Chanel Iman as Althea Gibson
Odette Yustman, Spencer Grammer and Rumer Willis as the Women of Woodstock
America Ferrera as Dolores Huerta
Hayden Panettiere as Amelia Earhart
Alexis Bledel as Rosie the Riveter
Chanel Iman as Althea Gibson
Odette Yustman, Spencer Grammer and Rumer Willis as the Women of Woodstock
America Ferrera as Dolores Huerta
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3 comments:
Why didn't they publish photos of the real women themselves? I guess they weren't glamorous enough to grace the magazine's pages between all the Revlon and Cover Girl ads.
You have a point! I'm sure it has everything to do with both stylishness and with their projected market. Glamour readers expect (or, at least, are presumed to expect), in a word, glamour, as well as celebrities are dressed up--in costume or otherwise. That said, I still like the spread, but I completely agree that an actual showcase of actual women would have been better. Or, at least, including pictures of the real women alongside the celeb-itized versions of them (although I haven't seen the hard copy spread...maybe they did include an inset with real photos?).
Yeah I agree that the showing the actual women would of been better. :)
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