W ‘The Girly Show’ By Mert & Marcus

Fashion just like every artistic form of expression seems to be endlessly fascinated with tying young women to madonna/whore themes. In W magazine’s March issue we see photographers Mert & Marcus tossing their own hats in the ring, turning upside down the lady-like themes that have dominated recent runways and giving us their best Bettie Paige interpretaton. Are these themes oft repeated because they represent the utterly tantalizing yet unsolvable mystery or because it’s just that difficult to represent complexity in a compelling way? Via Fashiontography.