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The latest Oyster issue 93, features Rinko Kikuchi on the cover in a graphically colour balanced format. From the cover into the layers and development of Oyster the magazine theory and aesthetic from their previous issue until now has grown dramatically stronger. Issue 93 demonstrates a strong shift away from the clutter of traditional fashion presentation and is adopting an artistic and graphic standpoint for Australian fashion publication. NoFourth has been following the lifeline of oyster for years and after seeing it somewhat deteriorate and reconstruct itself with Shane Sakkeus as the new creative director we believe Oyster will mature with their new found aesthetic. Demonstrating an international approach Oyster features an interview with Michele Lamy that is brilliant.
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Michele Lamy by Rennee Warne
Michele Lamy is revered is one of the fashion industries true eccentrics. She is best known as wife, muse and creative accomplice of gothic-fashion purest RICK OWENS, however this is just a single facet of Lamy's kaleidoscopic life - teenage stripper, cabaret consort, restauranteur, designer, filmmaker, defence attorney and philosophical prodigy to the late Gilles Deleuze are but a handful of Lemy's past pursuits. The LA club queen has cult appeal, kindled by an intimidating intellect and an awe-inspiring sense of style. We ask Lamy what roles beauty and self image have played in her colourful life.
R
"I am fascinated by what you must have been like as a teenager - did you have the same reckless confidence you have now?"
L
"I've always been extremely short-sighted , so i'm sure i was reckless in my youth, as the fog surrounding me encouraged me to experiment alot. the only thing i can be sure of is that my nose was always close to a book"
R
"Your life has been an exotic pilgrimage, with alot of exploration along the way. Can you explain some of the different phases you have experienced?"
L
"In my twenties, i wanted to escape my rich provincial upbringing, so i abandoned studies at an offence attorney to strip tease. I was involved in the May, 1968 protests in Paris, and in the early seventies i wanted to be Bob Dylan. My thirties were spent living the California Dream surrounded by artists, and giving birth to my daughter Scarlett Rouge. My forties were an entrepreneurial era in Los Angeles were i met my honey, Rick Owens, and i will spend my fifties spending life with him"
R
"Do you still like to experiment with your look or do you feel you have settled into a routine that works for you?"
L
"Routine? No - except, perhaps, running out of fingers for rings and arms for bracelets!"
R
"What is your daily fitness routine?"
L
"Hammam (turkish bath), boxing, weights and stretching."
R
"What products do you use to care for your skin and hair?"
L
"Hanna, oils and kohl."
R
"You often wear a vertical line painted on your forehead, is this symbolic?"
L
"Always. its what keeps me grounded! i apply it with an eye pencil and make sure its not too strait."
R
"I have heard you treat your nails with Henna. Can you explain the process?"
L
"Its not the traditional indian Henna but a similar japanese vegetable dye thats used to cover grey hair. It lasts forever and never chips. Its a good matt black."
R
"You've altered your appearance in some significant and permanent ways, like tattooing your hands and gold plating your teeth. what was the motivation behind this?"
L
"To be able to sing king kong Blues."
R
"Whats your views on the rise of tattooing and body piercing in the mainstream?"
L
"As with most things, sometimes it fits and sometimes it does not. I admire Sang Bleu (tattoo art/ fashion publication)."
R
"How do you maintain the manic energy levels required to manage all of your projects at the moment?"
L
"With happiness."
R
"Your often sensationalised as having Pagan occult, and voodoo associations. Do you subscribe to any of these superstitions?"
L
"Belief is a way to express a memory of your genes."
R
"How would you define beauty?"
L
"Getting older with satisfaction and imagination."
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