I think the way women have been portrayed has changed throughout history, as far as fashion photograhy go. I think "sex and the city" really has had a profound affect on how models have been shown in magazines, the kind of lightness and naunty intelligence seems to be the trend started by Sex and the City and is still being felt in fashion photography. They way the characters dress, especially Carrie in "Sex", is still influencing fashion of today.
Interesting thread ! .... for my particular case I think that apart from helping people to get away, escape from the whole mess created by politicians who by allowing the for ever deadly cocktail of ' confused thinking ' by letting religion and politics to dance to close for comfort .... the dance of the ' SEVEN VAILS'..... I think, ( in my very personal opinion) ... it says that we want to be left alone ! to borrow Garbo's famous PLEA ...and lets us get on with OUR BUSINESS !! ... of enjoying life the way we want to and wish to ... without all that FASCIST like INTRUSION !
I for one cannot wait the day when I can open the news and read something totally different about what's going on OUT THERE !..... and what a relief to know that our sanity is not jet totally gone !.... therefore to me personally FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY is just a wonderful way to ... fly to the realm where WOMAN, ART and MUSIC aren't the subject of annihilation !! and there I end by saying .... LONG LIVE FASHION but with the 'F' of..... FERTILITY !
