Under-exposure

Okay so mastermind number two! Cathy Kasterine! Worked first as a fashion assistant for British Vogue and then became a freelance stylist in the early 90s and has worked mainly for famous fashion mag i-D! When looking into fashion stylists from the 90s, as you can imagine, loads caught my eye, but one shoot in particular, from Cathy, stood out. In June 1993 Vogue published a shoot with Kate Moss, under the ultra intriguing name, 'Under-exposure'. As soon as I saw the images I understood why they had named the shoot what they had. A beautiful, fresh faced Kate stood venerably in tiny Hennes (now H&M) laced knickers. Her face portrayed innocence and sadness as she wraps herself in a pastel lilac duvet against a exposing white background. Corinne Day, who shot the images, later reviled that Kate had been crying earlier that morning after a split with her boyfriend, giving the images an even more intense feeling. To me this shoot was perfect, not only did Kate make the underwear look beautiful but it told
a story also, allowing a connection between the viewer and the images. It was also really lovely to see a softer and less harsh view of the 90s with pastel shades, simple clothing, and stripped back photography.




















When looking deeper into this shoot, I found it to be very well known within the fashion industry and apparently is was an extremely controversial in the 90s. The fact Kate was known for being a stick thin heroine chic, who was not afraid to let lose and party and was then made to look baby faced and innocent, I guess was slightly ironic? However no one could deny the simplistic beauty of the images, clearly displaying early 90s fashion creeping into everyday, mainstream fashion, pure genius.