The fashion photoshoot is a dramatic study in black and white, transforming the actress into a series of stark, architectural studio portrait visions.
Naomi Watts’s October editorial for Vogue Greece is a masterclass in austere, high-contrast drama—a cinematic portfolio that trades warmth for rigorous, sculptural cool. The images, shot by Domen & Van de Velde, are less a series of celebrity photos and more a gallery of living, breathing art installations, uniting sharp focus with shadow-drenched mystery.
The styling embraces the avant-garde, leaning into extreme, engineered silhouettes that demand attention. We see Watts encased in a strapless gown featuring a tiered, articulated bodice that suggests both a gilded cage and a modernist column. This aesthetic is pushed further by a subsequent look—a graphic, almost cartoonish dress defined by massive circular padding at the shoulders and hem, turning the star into a stark, two-dimensional icon.
The unifying thread of the entire fashion spread is the deliberate use of accessories as emotional armor. Long, opera-length black leather gloves—sleek and glossy—lend an air of cool detachment and Hitchcockian menace, especially when paired with the deep, bordeaux-stained lip and the severe, slicked-back hairstyle. The hand over the face in one beauty shot is not shyness, but a calculated obfuscation, reinforcing the cover’s powerful declaration of a “REAL STAR”—one who controls her own narrative.
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