Now this is a collaboration I can get excited about: make-up and photography!
Inspired by the iconic archive of celebrity photographerย Slim Aarons, make-up artist Napoleon Perdis has created a cosmetics collection called Poolside Gossip. Its launchย will also coincide with an exclusive rangeย of Slimโs images being showcased and for sale at the Napoleon Perdis Life.Style storesย in Woollahra and the MLC Centre in Sydney and South Yarra in Melbourne.
Slim, who was known for taking photos of: โattractive people, doing attractive things, in attractive places,โ saw his images as the ultimate insider’s view into the lifestyles of the privileged, the powerful and the celebrated. Yet it was his iconic snap Poolside Gossip (top), which truly made him a household name.
Featuring aย glamorous subject matter and brought to life in the vibrant, electric colour heย was renowned for; it was shot at a Palm Springs home in 1970. This particular image sits in Napoleonโs Sydney home, and inspired him to create a colour collection that celebrates the sunkissed skin and optimistic colour palette of the seventies’ jet-set, captured in Slimโs work.
โI was immediately attracted to the aesthetic of Slim Aaronsโ work โ both for professional and personal reasons,โ explains Napoleon. โI love how his images bring to life a single moment, as well as a period of time. Aaronsโ work is a constant reference for me personally, and I am a collector of his prints, own his books and often find myself wistful of the era of style, grace and glamour he documented so beautifully.โ
Napoleon has hand selected 20 of Slimโs most iconic images (including Poolside Gossip) which will be available for purchase in the Life.Style stores from 1 July. Each print is limited edition and has been printed, perspex mounted and authorised by Getty Images and the Aarons family.ย Prices from $650.