Lauren Hutton says shes never worn sunscreen: do you believe her?
Lauren Hutton covers the December issue of The Violet Files, and the shoot is marvelous. Lauren says the theme was “New York’s old-school elite,” and you can see the whole set here. Lauren is 70 years old, y’all. She’s just as fabulous as always. I’m not sure if she’s had any work done, but she admits that she hasn’t ever worn sunscreen. Really? That’s a dangerous statement to make in a fashion mag or anywhere. I refer you back to Hugh Jackman’s skin cancer ordeal. Skipping sunscreen isn’t worth the risk!
Anjelica Huston performed this interview with so-so results. It felt like two old pals enjoying a cuppa together and tossing each other compliments, which is fine. Just not terribly scandalous or interesting. There are a few tidbits we’re discussing.
Her modelling method: “I like to work to music. One time, I remember Dick Avedon playing ‘Mustang Sally’ about 20 times in a row so I could dance to it. A lot of times, I would just be coming back from some great story, somewhere in Africa or the Amazon or someplace where I had really rich emotional adventures, and I would look in the camera and think about them and relive them. And you’d see that all across my face.”
Has the industry changed? “Absolutely. It’s almost unrecognizable. I don’t see how young kids do it because there are all these people on the set, and you’ve got to really unzip your mental fly and expose yourself in front of a bunch of strangers. It’s very anti-intimacy, which is what a great picture should be about — a very intimate look into someone’s soul. And with digital [photography], they take like seven or 10 pictures, and then they’re gone. Or they go off to look at a TV set.”
On contemporary fashion shows: “They’re pretty curious. This last time, I was seated next to rapper Nicki Minaj, who was very funny. Something came up and I said, ‘Do you know how old I am?’ And she looked at me and narrowed her eyes and said, ‘Whatever it is, you are 50!'”
Is she a feminist? “I don’t even know what that is anymore … [Angelica says it’s a weird question, like “Do you like having hands?”] I think women have been in the secondary position for 4,000 years, and it’s contra naturam, against nature.”
Her best beauty secret: “I’ve been slathering myself in coconut oil since I was about 22.”
Did she ever wear sunscreen?” I never did. I kept trying to, especially since I spent decades on the equator, and you really should have a hat! But I just couldn’t do it. I think it was because I was always coming from three months of modeling, and when I’d get free, I’d be on a plane the next day and didn’t want to touch anything. I didn’t take makeup, I didn’t take a mirror, and I certainly didn’t take sunscreen.”
Does she regret that?“Yes, sort of. It depends on what kind of light I’m looking at myself in.”
[From The Violet Files]
I’d enjoy seeing Nicki Minaj next to Lauren at a fashion show. It’s always hilarious to see those seating arrangements. Like, there was one show where Morgan Freeman was sitting next to Peaches Geldof. SO bizarre.
As for Lauren’s thoughts on the feminism discussion, it sounds like she belongs to the school of thought where being feminist is a given. It sounds like she’s wryly shading all of the starlets who fear being labeled a feminist because they don’t understand it. There are also those who call themselves feminist simply because they shake their booties. The whole discussion has become so muddled, so it’s fine that Lauren doesn’t talk about feminism at length. Honestly, I’m more bothered by her sunscreen comment.
Photos courtesy of The Violet Files & WENN
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