Carine Roitfeld: Plaisir Solitaire

Carine Roitfeld and Steven Klein collaborated to devise a provocative editorial for the Fall/Winter 2009 issue of Vogue Hommes International, a meat locker melee entitled "Plaisir Solitaire." I wonder what was on Carine's mind the day she thought of this très bizarre take on solitary pleasure… Perhaps the image below by Guy Bourdin had struck her fancy… Or maybe she was intrigued by editorials such as "The Big Chill" by Vogue (2004) or "Meatpacking" by L'Uomo Vogue (2005), inspired to intensify the dark fantasy and give it her own twist. Whatever her impetus, model Johnny Angel would fetch a nice price on any meat market even splattered with the blood of a hundred cows.

For more of the Fall/Winter 2009 issue of Vogue Hommes International, see Emmanuelle Alt's "On the Road." 

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Comments

[Mike]

Très macabre. Love it!

[kellina]

As are you! And you!

[monika]

horrible, ugly and extremely distasteful.

[Bernie]

Steven Klein is like the modern guy bourdin. His pictures is strong, surreal and at times irreverent. I remember he did the same work at the American Vogue with Caroline Trentini

[dara block]

how did i miss this!!! even though I do not eat meat, I love how shocking this is! steven klein totally pushes boundaries which I love and to see him together with CR is perfection! i hope you saw the september issue of interview magazine. he did a shocking noir black look with guns...i loved it so much i featured it on my blog. he really captured the fall looks so effortlessly with those weapons....very scary chic!