Officially being
unveiled alongside Somerset House’s show ‘Image-Maker’, ‘Walking Legs’, is
one of Bourdin's most loved Charles Jourdan campaign series. The series “Walking legs” was shot in 1979 by
the French designer and photographer used quintessentially English landscapes
as the backdrop to this high-end campaign.
Photographed at
locations on a road trip taken in a Cadillac from London to Brighton, many of
the city and seaside scenes remain the same today and include familiar sights
such as the London bus stop and the classic park bench. As with much of
Bourdin’s work, the model is mysteriously absent – all that is seen is a pair
of mannequin legs, adorned with Charles Jourdan’s creations.
I really like the “out of the box” approach to fashion pictures. Even though there are no faces you still get
a sense of fashion and causality among the different scenes. The way he placed the walking legs in everyday
scenarios was very unique and refreshing.
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