Marion Cotillard in Vogue.
This is a woman of glamorous refined sex appeal. This photo shoot does an impeccable job of capturing her tour de force French style while still giving a wink to nostalgia and a pin-up silhouette. How could you not be inspired by Marion Cotillard?
"Josephine" is a fictional character inspired by Marion Cotillard. To me she embodies whimsy.
She is the first in a series of characters that will be featured on
The False Unicorn.
Edith Piaf's "Non, Je ne Regret Rien"
billows from a third floor lavender lined window. Josephine possesses
the kind of laissez-faire elegance and ennuie that only a Frenchwoman
can embody. Daytime finds her casually photographed against a Provincial
blue door, hair disheveled. Purse held lazily in hand, Ernest Hemingway's
"The Sun Also Rises" nearly falls to the ground. Josephine's
slate colored lingerie evokes a 1930's aesthetic. She is cut from another
era. Nighttime crawls. Josephine grows bored with the day. Dressing herself
in a bow trimmed ensemble demanding any gentleman to inquire whether
she would like her dirty martini shaken or stirred. Surrounded by stones
and artifacts, Josephine poses, aware of the gaze she summons. Framed
by sleek hair and dark sunglasses, Josephine embodies the modern woman,
conscious of decades past. She hasn't yet decided where to go. She steps
in to a 1937 Aston Martin, vanishing with barely an embrace goodbye.
By Madeline Pearl at madtothewords.blogspot.com