DAVID DOWNTON Portraits of the World’s Most Stylish Women DAVID DOWNTON Portraits of the World’s Most Stylish Women FOREWORD BY CHRISTIAN LACROIX AFTERWORD BY DITA VON TEESE WITH PHOTOGRAPHY BY TIM PETERSEN & JACOBUS SNYMAN LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING Published in 2015 LAURENCE KING LAURENCE KING LAURENCE KING LAURENCE KING RED LOGO WHITE LOGO BLACK LOGO BLACK LOGO by Laurence King Publishing Ltd OVERPRINT KNOCKOUT 361–373 City Road London EC1V 1LR United Kingdom Tel: + 44 20 7841 6900 Fax: + 44 20 7841 6910 e-mail: [email protected] www.laurenceking.com Copyright © 2015 David Downton David Downton has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs, and Patent Act 1988, to be identified as the Author of this Work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-1-78067-618-0 Design: Karen Morgan Senior Editor: Melissa Danny Commissioning Editor: Helen Rochester Printed in China This book is dedicated to Carl Erickson, René Bouché, Marcel Vertès, René Gruau and Antonio Lopez. The masters. Contents FOREWORD A letter from Christian Lacroix.....................................8 THE VARNISHED TRUTH A conversation with David Downton.............................13 PORTRAITS.............................................................22 SKETCHES Working drawings.....................................................168 AFTERWORD Written by Dita Von Teese.........................................188 Acknowledgements.....................................................192 Foreword A letter from Christian Lacroix 8 9