Mermaid_Vogue Italia Styling Project
Central Saint Martin
Central Saint Martin
Sirens or Mermaids are mythological creatures portrayed as half woman/half fish or half woman/half bird.
They are beautiful creatures that use their beautiful voices to enchant pirates, distracting them from their work, causing ship wrecks and consequently carrying humans underwater with them.
I imagine this shoot as a cycle:
first outfit: Elie Saab. The mermaid is a beautiful woman who is looking for a man.
second outfit: Dior. The begin of the transformation.
third outfit: Alexander McQueen. The mermaid change into a creature half woman/half fish.
The dress and the "jewelry armour" represents the shape and the scales of a mermaid.
fourth outfit; Alexander McQueen. The siren is assuming, gradually, the form of a bird.
Now the bird is in a cage, because the transformation is just begun.
fifth outfit: Givenchy. The bird is almost complete. You can see the black plumage changing into a pure white.
sixth outfit: Givenchy. The mermaid is finally a snow-white bird. She is now ready to fly and find another victim.
Models: Lily Cole and Karen Elson. (Sirens have usually red hair)
Make up: pale skin, dark eyes.
Photographer: Alix Malka (underwater shooting).
