@kegrand For Steve - I first met this monumental woman in 1994 - I’d been asked to go to LA to photograph her for
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@rankinarchive. I literally took a carrier bag full of clothes - from at the time fairly unknown designers - Lee McQueen and Hussein Chalayan and some other St Martins graduates. We ended up shooting in a car park in LA and weeks later she called to ask if I would style her for Top of The Pops - it was one of those moments where you know your life is going to change. Kylie was the first person to employ me, we sat together backstage at Top of the Pops, Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush, Jools Holland and on. Thirty years later I was sent some ideas for people for
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@bitton suggested Kylie for the issue- the whole team screamed with 100% positivity - the two of us had grown up, gone through a fair amount of personal drama and the moment was most definitely right. We talked lifetime achievements, handsome ex boyfriends - we always had the same taste kinda and we ended up with this body of work for Perfect. For those on set they know what happened - we have a huge huge amount of trust for one another, l absolutely love her music - when ever anything goes wrong we put Kylie’s Greatest Hits on in the office. And the amount of people I’ve pulled on to an imaginary dance floor at two in the morning to dance to Step Back In Time is in triple digits. Kylie I love you and couldn’t be more honoured to have been in your life again.
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