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I have translated from French to English the thoughts of Emmanuelle Alt on the March issue of Vogue Paris, her point de vue de Vogue on her avant-garde edition. I love the image that she chose to illustrate her column, David Bowie in a surreal still taken from the 1976 film The Man Who Fell to Earth.

Est radical celui — ou celle — qui ose, fait tomber les barrières, prend des risques et les assume. Sans compromis. Ce numéro de Vogue flirte délibérément, outrageusement, avec le concept. En ligne de mire, les créateurs chefs de file, un cran d'avance sur l'époque, avec qui il n'ya pas de retour en arrière possible, tout comme les talents émergents, sur lesquels le magazine est prêt à prendre des paris. Sous l'œil d'Inez & Vinoodh, Mert & Marcus, Mario Sorrenti, Peter Lindbergh s'illustrent ainsi les tendances fortes de la saison, doublées des propositions les plus novatrices.

‹‹Quand je fais de la mode, j'habille mes idées. Pour moi, les vêtements sont des idées››, dit-elle. Dotée d'une intelligence aiguë de son temps, Miuccia Prada a révolutionné la mode en empruntant au monde de l'art ses pratiques : mixer passé et futur, concilier élitisme et succès. La créatrice milanaise à la tête d'un empire est l'une des visionnaires dont Vogue salue ce mois-ci le caractère d'avant-garde aux côtés de David Bowie, icône de la pop culture, inventeur du style androgyne rock poussé à l'extrême. Et puisque l'avant-garde, forcément précurseur, est l'un des thèmes qui nous inspirent, nous l'avons soumise au regard des meilleurs spécialistes en France : Jean de Loisy, président du Palais de Tokyo, Laurent Le Bon, directeur du Centre Pompidou Metz, Michel Verjux et Loris Gréaud, artistes stars.

This is radical — or that — who dares, to break down barriers, to take risks, and to bear. Without compromise. This issue of Vogue flirts deliberately, outrageously, with the concept. In the line of sight, the creative leaders, one step ahead of the times, with whom there is no turning back, as well as emerging talents, with which the magazine is ready to take paris. Under the eye of Inez & Vinoodh, Mert & Marcus, Mario Sorrenti, Peter Lindbergh are shown the major trends of the season, dubbed the most innovative proposals.

"When I do fashion, I dress my ideas. For me, clothes are ideas," she said. With a keen intelligence of her time, Miuccia Prada has revolutionized the fashion world via art practices: mix past and future, reconcile elitism and success. The Milanese designer at the head of an empire is one of the visionaries Vogue welcomes this month alongside the avant-garde character David Bowie, the pop culture icon, inventor of the androgynous rock style taken to the extreme. And since the avant-garde, necessarily a precursor, is one of the themes that inspires us, we submitted to the leading specialists in France: Jean de Loisy, president of the Palais de Tokyo, Laurent Le Bon, director of Centre Pompidou-Metz, Michel Verjux et Loris Gréaud, artists stars.

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Reader Comments (1)

Thanks for the translation, Kellina and cool picture of Bowie.
24 mars 2013 | Unregistered Commentermike

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