Chloë Sevigny Opens IDEA's Latest, the "X-GIRL SHOW"
Take a look at these never-before-seen photos by Angela Hill.
British publisher IDEA just announced its latest book release, the “X-GIRL SHOW” by Angela Hill.
The book opens with an excerpt by Chloë Sevigny who writes, “We were elated and giddy. The exuberance captured in Angela’s photos was a combination of being part of something that didn’t happen all too often. We did it without permits or permission, we broke the ‘fashion’ rules, a few city rules too and we froze our a–es off.” Sevigny also walked the runway show in 1994.
Featuring a series of never-before-seen photos, the “X-GIRL SHOW” chronicles New York City’s infamous first show by the same name. The moment was staged by Daisy von Furth, Kim Gordon and Sofia Coppola on the street in Manhattan. Hill wasn’t granted permission to shoot the moment, but of course, did so anyway.
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The film photos were almost lost, and some were smudged, but as the press release says, “Angela may have forgotten about the prints, but not about that time in NYC.”
Read the excerpt below.
“It was my first time in New York. I was with my flat mate and we were publishing a magazine together back in London so we did this trip as research, linking up with NY artists and creatives. We went to great loft parties with John Currin and Rachel Feinstein, another with Bernadette Corporation’s Bernadette Van Huy (the most stylish person I ever met). We went to the Jeffrey Deitch gallery too and got very drunk with Anthony Haden Guest one night; saw the amazing Richard Avedon EVIDENCE show
at the Whitney. At the time, the A, B, C streets were still a dangerous place to go. We went to an underground club there one night; no drinks so everyone brought huge vats of cider in from the local mart that kept all the booze and fags behind wire cages…’”
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