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Lesser divas have aped MADONNA'S look for years. Now the woman who made crucifixes and cowboy hats chic is accused of ripping off another style icon--deceased French fashion photographer Guy Bourdin. Bourdin's son filed a copyright-infringement suit last week, claiming the images in Madonna's video for Hollywood--including one of the star twirling in an office chair in her lingerie--virtually duplicate 11 pictures by the influential lensman. "Madonna is certainly a fan of [Bourdin's] work," her publicist said, adding that the singer had not yet read the claim. If Madge has to settle...
Alas and Piggott cite Guy Bourdin's 1970s-era advertising for Charles Jourdan as inspiration. "The secret of a strong campaign is a great image and a great character," says Alas. "You have to communicate an essence without words, without touch, without sound or smell. Obviously, we are here to sell a product--you can't disguise that fact--but the trick is to say that message in an unconventional way, where it doesn't become just about that sale. You need to maintain the identity of the message and feelings and emotions of the designers...
...Michel Bourdin, 35, who as the renowned chef of London's venerated Connaught Hotel has consummated a happy marriage of Gallic savoir and Anglo fare: "The secret of good cooking is not concocting elaborate dishes. Choose fresh things and learn how to bring out their taste. But you must personalize the dish. Cooking is a way of giving and of making yourself desirable. So do it simply, unelaborately...
Newton's forays into S and M have been matched by some of Photographer Guy Bourdin's recent editorial layouts in French Vogue. His pictures have shown a woman being assaulted in a bathtub, a young girl shooting a man, and a man in a dinner jacket caressing the hand of a nude woman who has just been strangled with a telephone cord. Somewhat more subtle is Chris von Wangenheim's cover photo for Italian Vogue: an elegant shot of a woman wearing a stylized S and M harness...
Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann (Raoul Jobin, tenor; Renee Doria, soprano; Vina Bovy, soprano; Geori Boue, soprano; Fanely Revoil, mezzo-soprano; Louis Musy, baritone; Andre Fernet, bass, Charles Soix, bass; Roger Bourdin, baritone; Chorus and Orchestra of the Paris Opera-Comique, Andre Cluytens conducting; Columbia, 6 sides LP). Offenbach's witty and brilliant opera is done to a turn, even to the sound of wine gurgling from a bottle. Recording: excellent...