fashion is my opiate

i haven't seen this image in so many years....

i remember being totally overwhelmed by the awesomeness of this image in 2000, when it was released. that was just about the time that i was really starting to think about fashion as a career, and the power of these kind of images, and what the represented for a brand.

remember how there was so much scandal about it? 

i lived in portland, oregon at the time, and i had put this ad up on my refrigerator. i hosted a huge halloween house party that year, and i remember all the guys hanging around in the kitchen.... 

hmmm....

many thanks to lori goldstein's tumblr for the reminder!