pattern vs. pattern

vogue italia (december 2007)
photographer: steven meisel
creative director: edward enninful
models: lara stone (cover), hanne gaby odiele, maryna linchuk, kinga razjak, megan collison
at first glance it was enough to almost instigate an acid flashback leftover from my highschool years but then you start to see a little bit of gustav klimt, a little bit of nu rave, a little bit forties pin-up tattoo, a little bit marie antoinette, a whole lotta genius. i mean i don't mean to dick ride edward enninful or anything, but the guy is a fucking genius. fucking genius.