The cover
Something hard against something soft.
A porcelain face, a navy velvet turban, a helmet of silver filigree, chrome at the fingertips, crystal at the ears. One look, taken apart in eight pieces.
Lucy Loves It reads a single image the way a stylist would: what each piece is, what it does in the frame, and why it belongs beside the others. This issue is navy, silver and porcelain, with a pale grey wall behind it and nothing else.
Begin with the velvetIn this issue
- 01Navy velvetThe colour of a late evening, in a cloth that eats the light.
- 02Silver filigreeMetal drawn so fine it looks like lace.
- 03Cracked porcelainA perfect surface, and the line that breaks it.
- 04Chrome nailsTen small mirrors at the end of the hand.
- 05Crystal dropsThe only thing in the frame that sparkles.
- 06Navy lipsDark enough to read as a shadow, blue enough to be a choice.
- 07The columnOne line from the crown to the floor.
- 08The silver vanityMirror, bottle, glove: the objects that belong with the look.
The looks
01Navy velvetThe colour of a late evening, in a cloth that eats the light.
02Silver filigreeMetal drawn so fine it looks like lace.
03Cracked porcelainA perfect surface, and the line that breaks it.
04Chrome nailsTen small mirrors at the end of the hand.
05Crystal dropsThe only thing in the frame that sparkles.
06Navy lipsDark enough to read as a shadow, blue enough to be a choice.
07The columnOne line from the crown to the floor.
08The silver vanityMirror, bottle, glove: the objects that belong with the look.Velvet takes the light in. Silver throws it back. The face sits between them, white and very still.
Still life
Two ways to wear it
Velvet at the crown, or silver. The rest stays the same: white face, dark lip, one colour from the chin down.
Read about the filigree