This was Munich, autumn 2009. We got tattooed which was very exciting. For our pictures we decided to concentrate on two historic figures: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre. One could not say enough about their brilliance; their insights not only in the field of existentialist philosophy. After all, we owe Simone Le deuxième Sexe and one of the most banal, yet most complex sentences of feminism: One is not born a woman, but becomes one.
They also maintained one of the most famous non-bourgouis relationships in (literary) history.
But our choice was obviously not only made for reasons of intellectual admiration, but because of their looks: They were taking fashion all the way beyond the obligatory and cliché black turtleneck which has become the epitome of existentialist style. Thus, we swoon in the face of Simone's bun; we are raptured by her turban technique, which might take today's heated women and scarf discussion to a completely different direction; we idolize her sense for classic, seemingly timeless elegant style.
And Jean-Paul, well uhm, one can say a lot of good things about his glasses.
This is existentialism cum fashion, so to speak. Or existentialist fashion. Or the existentialism of fashion. Whatever.
This is what they looked like, in earlier years:
But our choice was obviously not only made for reasons of intellectual admiration, but because of their looks: They were taking fashion all the way beyond the obligatory and cliché black turtleneck which has become the epitome of existentialist style. Thus, we swoon in the face of Simone's bun; we are raptured by her turban technique, which might take today's heated women and scarf discussion to a completely different direction; we idolize her sense for classic, seemingly timeless elegant style.
And Jean-Paul, well uhm, one can say a lot of good things about his glasses.
This is existentialism cum fashion, so to speak. Or existentialist fashion. Or the existentialism of fashion. Whatever.
This is what they looked like, in earlier years:
And later:
And here's us: Fab really resembles Simone. We both don't look like Jean-Paul at all. Luckily, we guess...
