PALOMA WEARS_ EARRINGS_ 1980S_ NEW YORK VINTAGE / SATIN BOMBER_ NORMA KAMALI OMO_ 1990S_ FUNKANOVA / MESH STOCKING_ EMILIO CAVALLINI_ STYLIST’S OWN / UNDERWEAR_ MODEL’S OWN

Body Electric

In head-to-toe vintage, model Paloma Elsesser puts our hearts on wings. The poet in her asks, “Who’s been getting busy? Devouring the literature, giving the grace, de-centering, uprooting and tending the trauma, sowing the joy? My avatar been getting fed, my shadow is getting sunlight, the heart sings less lonely songs.”

PHOTOGRAPHY_ DANIEL JACKSON

STYLING_ BETH FENTON

Hair_ RECINE

Makeup_ frank b

manicure_ Michina KOIDE

Model_ paloma elsesser (img)

PALOMA WEARS_ PATENT LEATHER HAT_ COURRÈGES_ 1960S_ EARLY HALLOWEEN / EARRINGS_ FUNKANOVA / LEOPARD-PRINT MESH MAXI DRESS WITH VELVET CUFFS_ JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER MAILLE FEMME_ 1990S_ REPLIKA VINTAGE / HANDBAG_ PALOMA PICASSO_ 1980S_ MARLENE WETHERELL / FAUX-CROCODILE ANKLE BOOTS_ 2000S_ BERRIEZ

PALOMA WEARS_ EARRINGS_ 1980S_ EARLY HALLOWEEN / BLACK SPANDEX TOP_ DIRK BIKKEMBERGS_ 1990S_ NEW YORK VINTAGE / SHORTS_ MODEL’S OWN / EVENING GLOVES_ 1980S_ EARLY HALLOWEEN / HANDBAG_ PALOMA PICASSO_ 1980S_ MARLENE WETHERELL / ANKLE-STRAP PUMPS_ MAUDE FRIZON_ 1980S_ RESURRECTION VINTAGE

PALOMA WEARS_ EARRINGS_ NEW YORK VINTAGE / CHAIN TOP_ 2000S_ NEW YORK VINTAGE / VELVET AND MESH BODYSUIT_ 1990S_ MALIN LANDAEUS

PALOMA WEARS_ CHANDELIER EARRINGS_ MIRIAM HASKELL_ 1950S_ EARLY HALLOWEEN / WOOL AND ELASTANE JUMPSUIT_ JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER_ RESURRECTION VINTAGE / CHAIN HIP BELTS_ 1980S_ MALIN LANDAEUS / HIGH-HEEL BOOTS_ 2000S_ MALIN LANDAEUS

PALOMA WEARS_ EARRINGS_ 1980S_ EARLY HALLOWEEN / BLACK SPANDEX TOP_ DIRK BIKKEMBERGS_ 1990S_ New York VINTAGE / EVENING GLOVES_ 1980S_ EARLY HALLOWEEN

PALOMA WEARS_ SATIN AND NET BRIM HAT_ 1980S_ GALANOS_ NEW YORK VINTAGE / EARRINGS_ NEW YORK VINTAGE / WOOL DRESS_ COMME DES GARÇONS_ 1984_ RESURRECTION VINTAGE

PALOMA WEARS_ EARRINGS_ 1980S_ YVES SAINT LAURENT_ MARLENE WETHERELL / LEATHER AND SUEDE JACKET_ YVES SAINT LAURENT_ 1980S_ MARLENE WETHERELL / BRA AND UNDERWEAR_ MODEL’S OWN / CHAIN HIP BELT_ BERRIEZ / HIGH-HEEL SANDALS_ GUCCI_ NEW YORK VINTAGE

PALOMA WEARS_ OVERSIZED SUNGLASSES_ NEW YORK VINTAGE / EARRINGS_  NEW YORK VINTAGE / RING SWEATER_ BONNIE BOERER_ 1980S_ MALIN LANDAEUS / CORSET BELT_ NEW YORK VINTAGE / UNDERWEAR_ MODEL’S OWN / HIGH-HEEL SANDALS_ GUCCI_ NEW YORK VINTAGE

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