Comments on: Christy Turlington’s Age Issue Vogue August 2009

By: Daydreamer

Daydreamer — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:31:28 +0000

Yep, I think it’s a temple at the north, not so sure. I’ve never been there yet but since lots of foreign medias cover this story, many of Thais are now interested in it. It’s cool!!

In big city like Bangkok where you can find tons of ugly sky-high buildings(at least they could be designed beautifully), you will always find cultural accents in every minute.

By: Adriana

Adriana — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:22:29 +0000

You will be my guide then? Or tell me where to go in such a big, crowded city as Bangkok is?

Daydreamer, don’t laugh now. I’ve watched the same documentary like 10 times or so (???) on Discovery or a channel like that. It’s about Buddhist monks who has a sanctuary for tigers in your country. They save them and live with the animals. In my wildest dreams I do support these. I know this sound silly. I’m not rich though. Not rich enough, I’m satisfied with what I have though.

By: Daydreamer

Daydreamer — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:26:58 +0000

Come here, now.

By: Adriana

Adriana — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:52:22 +0000

Daydreamer, thanks. I was just curious. I won’t hestitate the next time. :)
Grrrr….never been to Thailand while most people I know have….:(

By: Daydreamer

Daydreamer — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:11:46 +0000

Adriana, I am living here in Bangkok, Thailand. It’s free asking questions to me. I love being asked! :)

By: anom

anom — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:51:03 +0000

Luv Christy T but VOGUE covers are so horrible. When you can make Christy Turlington look bad but you’re the pinnicle of fashion / beauty it is time to take stock of yourself.

By: kpriss

kpriss — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:50:38 +0000

Oh, Adriana, thanks for those links! I’ve had them open in my tabs somewhere (along with hundred of other interesting subjects I’d like to share with you) but I really pressed the play button and because I wanted to answer some of the questions raised here, I stopped halfway through! But it’s an amazing story, Dame Viv is great as always!

soo, let me start with Angelina: she has been somewhat of a role model for me so many years, I sometimes forgot where to draw the line between her real life person and her movie characters. For few years, however (ever since she started this Pitt-era), Angelina diluted herself in her motherhood and children-involving areas. Which is not a bad thing. But it’s like she’s running away from something. Like she’s favoring that area of her life because she doesn’t have much to brag about in other aspects of her glamorous existence. And that is sad. That is what took Angie away from me and imposed Angelina, a conventional-cold, mother above all, semi-public person whose skinniness and lip-plumpness self add to her mysterious aura more than portray her as a happy, accomplished woman.

Christy Turlington has always been a favorite model of mine. favorite person, if I have the mindless audacity to think what you see is what you get. I think she was sufficiently involved in the modelling/fashion industry to know how it all works and to get greased up with all that magic fashion oil attracting young girls like moths to the hot flame, blindly getting burned in the process. But she came out holding her head up, in time becoming one of the first (models) branding herself through a clothing label (Adidas). I admire her work, her charity involvement and dedication as well as her family life accomplishments. But this Vogue piece is rather strange. Besides being faithful to Photoshop enhancements, Vogue gets close enough to Christy but not enough to the entire message.

I think the right idea behind an ageless anything is doing what your heart tells you to. Doing the right thing, doing the good thing. No matter the age, you can do the right thing. That’s ageless.

(if I lost myself in the “admiring” stories, I’ll get back with details, just let me know!)

By: Adriana

Adriana — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:17:09 +0000

Speaking about activists Vivienne Westwood was as guest at the UK's Jonathan Ross at Friday show. Eccentric, funny and lovely as always Dame Vivienne had also a firm message about our environment. Our existence. NY Times' The Cut noticed it too and posted only half of her performance/interview (Part 1, Part 2). Kpriss, I know this is very off-topic but speaking about activists and being ageless? I hope you don't mind? I want to be like Vivienne when I'm 68! Being awake and aware of what's going on in this world. In our world. Being ageless is more than looking good. Daydreamer, I hope it's okay I'm asking you since you're Thai as you wrote, do you live in the US?

By: Daydreamer

Daydreamer — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:19:04 +0000

I admire Christy for her work as supermodel and activist. This is an issue that I need to have. It’s important for people to know all these activist do besides what Angelina works on. There are so many things that people in developing countries need.So these is the real deal plus the cover looks ageless to me.

By: Adriana

Adriana — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:07:44 +0000

The supers portrayed for Vogue Italia July 2009 doesn’t look their age either and are also photoshopped and whatever. In the end no model or woman on a cover or shoot for a fashion magazine looks her real age anymore. Whatever……
I like Christy anyway I’ve always found her the most pretty and most interesting one of the supers. She also has the best husband! I like Ed Burns a lot. He’s one of my fave actors. Nice to see the family Burns all together for a change.
The documentary “No woman, nor cry” was the reason Christy couldn’t show up at the Met Gala this year.