In the morning, there was no sign of Susie when we sat down for an early breakfast, which made Martyn and I panic as this was the last shot for the calendar.
Category: Luxury
The Vanishing Sunset of Boulevard at LAX (80s USA)
We went up to his hotel room to look at the clothes. Where Michael had arranged them all over the place and set up an ironing board. As we talked he continued to iron clothes. I said “Michael don’t you want to get someone else to do that?” He smiled at me and said, “No Clive, I find it very therapeutic actually.” and ironed on.
The Floating Cube & The GHD Sirens (2004)
The suspended box idea was influenced by the box in Francis Bacons paintings, his tryptic of portraits of Lucien Freud (1969) (see below). The set designer and my assistants dashed of and got some chrome effect plastic tubing and cobbled it all together while the GHD Sirens were in hair and make up.
My Moroccan Sojourn with Francesca Von Habsburg – Hot Cameras, Hot Air Balloons & Stampeding Horses In The Desert
Tom Reynolds art director of the Sunday Times Magazine called me and said “Clive would you like to go to … More
French Vogue Beauty – The Ruby & The Diamond
French Vogue asked me to go and do a beauty shoot in Paris. I was married at the time and … More
High Fashion At The Duke of York’s Theatre – A Drama Unfolds
Being in the theatre immediately inspired me (probably wrongly) to enthusiastically instruct the models using clichés such as, “Wonderful my Darling hearts”, “Fabulous my luvvies” and “It’s a triumph!”
Harpers & Queen – My First Trip To India With Then Model Amanda Pays (1979)
I met Amanda Pays at a Harpers casting and we got on really well as she is very quick witted … More
The Mystery of The Girl With No Face or Shooting Through The Night For Fortnum & Masons (2008)
It was a fraught and adventurous shoot, it has to be said, I risked life and limb by hanging over the edge of the top of the spiral staircase, with assistants holding my legs and jeans belt so I didn’t come to an untimely end.