“In 90 years, we haven’t changed the mood of the magazine. It’s still very audacious. It’s still about beauty. It’s still about excess. It’s still very avant-garde. When we started to do the research, we discovered the same mood in the past, so we are very happy to feel that we are still looking like the iconic Vogue of Newton and Guy Bourdin. We try to be sophisticated, while a little on the edge all the time. But what I can see is that now, the censoring is bigger than it was 20, 30 or 40 years ago. I think we have less freedom. Today some pictures would not even be publishable. It’s not just about the nudity, but when you talk about things politically, the military, kids, it would all be politically incorrect and not publishable today.” Source

See Roitfeld’s riveting “Bal Masque” editorial, shot by Mert & Marcus and featuring more Lara plus Freja Beha Erichsen, Crystal Renn, Daphne Groeneveld and Mariacarla Boscono below.

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Roitfeld’s comments about censorship do seem valid – and especially so in American publications. The temperament of reader (viewers) these days doesn’t seem to tolerate political and social irony very well at all – at least not in a fashion magazine.

Naomi Campbell is featured on the cover of Interview magazine’s October 2010 issue. And despite the fact that the cover plainly states the title of her feature as “A Controversial Life” the reactions to the dark and bloody spread inside have often been of the “this won’t do anything for her reputation” variety. Sigh…

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Lara Stone has been a lightning rod in the hoards of otherwise bland and forgetful fashion models. Not only has she actual womanly curves (gasp!) she is pretty much constantly naked and her Vogue Paris spread by Steven Klein caused a big silly mess because she was shot with dark makeup on that make her look like she had brown skin (she looked great!). It’s been done before, but for some reason people insisted on getting on huffy for this one. Whatever.

Now Stone is appearing on the cover Interview magazine with a snake wrapped round her neck. Not such a big deal (although some of the more uptight bible thumpers might hate it). The photo that might draw a yikes, though, is inside the mag. It’s one in which the model has a roped tied around her neck. Now, in usual times it would read with some freaky bondage under(or over)tones and that would be the end of it. But – and I really cringe to make the parallel – one of the industry’s brightest stars has recently hung himself. Am I the only one that thinks the timing might be a little awkward? I’d hate to think that death is becoming fashionable…

See the NSFW photos at HERE.