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Behind the Muses
The love affair between fashion and music has never been hotter. Photographer Max Vadukul captures 10 designers and the musicians who inspire them most, while Deborah Harry—rock ’n’ roll’s coolest blonde—dishes on the roots of the relationship.
July 2011
Donatella Versace & M.I.A.
It was M.I.A.’s 2007 “Paper Planes” video—with the British firebrand
dancing around Brooklyn in an African-print jumpsuit and tiger-striped
high-tops—that first caught Versace’s attention. “Her music and style
seemed so fresh and innovative,” recalls the designer. Although M.I.A.
burst onto the scene in 2005 with her globe-trotting beats and rebel
politics, equally striking was her hyper-colored, multiculti look.
Before the shoot for this portrait, for instance, the 36-year-old
singer—who once cited Libyan President Moammar Qaddafi as a fashion icon
(“I’d love to raid his wardrobe,” she noted)—insisted on two-tone lips
and floral nail art, and wanted the tips of her platinum locks dyed a
vivid coral. As Versace puts it: “She is a total artist.”
July 2011
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