Vice Style

A Two-Tone Stretch Satin and Lace Pantsuit by Bertrand Marechal, The Face, 1994.

Inez van Lamsweerde and her partner, Vinoodh Matadin, were pioneers of digital manipulation in fashion photography. One of Inez’s early successes, 1994’s For your Pleasure, was a series of images altered on a Paintbox computer. People freaked out, and an appreciation for making photos look all crazy with a computer was born.

Inez and Vinoodh have been together both professionally and personally for close to two decades. They’re basically inseparable, which is both cute and pretty intimidating when you think of the artistic powerhouse the two of them make. Their work blends fashion and art perfectly, which means an ad they shoot for Gucci will have as much creativity and originality as their personal projects. I called up Inez to talk about her work and get advice for my love life.