The Ultimate Icon
Luigi & Iango are the mastermind behind the exclusive portfolio that brings together for the first time the three editions of the Vanity Fair European network – Italy, France and Spain – for their debut The Icon Issue.
Madonna – the Ultimate Icon – is the cover star, styled once again by B. Åkerlund, and features in the magazine(s) with an intimate interview with Vanity Fair Italia’s editor Simone Marchetti.
Check out Vanity Fair Italia, Vanity Fair France and Vanity Fair España for the full story and visit your local newsstand for the printed issue – don’t miss it!
The English version of the interview is available here.
Vanity Icon
Starring: Madonna
Photographed by: Luigi & Iango
Editor-in-chief: Simone Marchetti
Fashion director: B. Åkerlund
Fashion editor: Michael Philouze
Producer: Marcua Chang at Batu Projects
Casting: ML McCarthy
Set Designer: Cooper Vasquez
Location: The 1896 Studios & Stages
Lighting Director: Dean Dodos
Digital Tech: Kevin Lavallade at D Factory
Make-up for Madonna: Stephane Marais
Hair for Madonna: Andy LeCompte
Manicure for Madonna: Naomi Yasuda
Make-up: Liselotte Van Saarloos, Sil Bruinsma, Georgi Sandev
Hair: Gonn Kinoshita, Sasha Nesterchuk
Special fx make-up: Emily Schubert
Tailor: Shirlee Idzakovich
Vintage liaison: Shannon Hoey
Special thanks: Be Electric
Choreographer: Vinson Fraley
Videographers: Bell Soto, Brian Molloy, Franklin Burger
Production assistants: Emma Thomas, Justing Warsh, Adam Martin
Photo assistants: Patrick Mclain, Zac Zannini, Brandon Abreu
Fashion associates: Alban Roger e Justin Fernandez
Fashion assistants: Ela Dobs, Thomas Kivell
Fashion coordinator: Zoe Lembeck
Fashion interns: Gage, Azra Somay
Make-up assistants: Takanori Shimura, Kavita Kaul, Arpita Brahmbhatt, Mika Shimoda
Hair assistants: Julianne Laney, Serina Takei, Vanessa Ocando, Mariko Yamamoto, Ubu Nagano, Nami Kusuoka, Ashley Herbert, Kevin Kelly, Natalie Rosales
Set assistants: Brett Lindell, Erin Welsh, Jess McIntire, Thea Rae
Special thanks to
Akdeniz, Umi Akiyoshi, Harrison Ball, Olivia Beeken, Bloom Twin, Barton Cowperthwaite, Tara Dew, Lynley Eilers, Diandra Forrest, Vinson Fraley, Waverly Fredericks, Charisma Glasper, Zoe Head, India, Matthew Jamal, Lloyd Knight, Sy Lu, Casil MacArthur, Finlay Mangan, Raymond Naval, Ariel Nicholson, Penda N’diaye, Marla Phelan, Unity Phelan,
Jose Lapaz-Rodriguez, Tianna St. Louis, Stephen Thompson, Stephanie Troyak, Guinevere Van Seenus, Richard Villaverde, Sara Grace Wallerstedt
A Vanity Fair exclusive production