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ARTICLE SARAH CRISTOBAL
PHOTOGRAPHY PHILIPPE VOGELENZANG
STYLIST BRANDON MAXWELL
Makeup Kristin Gallegos for Laura Mercier (CLM) Hair Wesley O’Meara for BANGSTYLE (The Wall Group) Manicure Casey Herman for Chanel (Kate Ryan Inc) Set Design Erin Swift (Kate Ryan Inc) Digital technicians Charles Lu, Toto Cullen, Mark J. Davis Photo assistants Pavel Woznicki, Diederik de Groot, Janneke de Jong, Fiona Makkink Stylist assistant Hayley Pisaturo Production assistant Allan Kent Set design assistant Adam Santucci Locations MetroDaylight Studios, Neo Studios
GLAMOROUS KINDRED SPIRITS
Asked when they first became friends, Liberty Ross and Amanda Harlech both hesitate to specify a date. Their sisterlike synergy is not remotely disingenuous, it’s just that for these kindred spirits, their affinity feels timeless. They found each other in the rough-and-tumble fashion industry, at the altar of its high priest, Monsieur Lagerfeld. (And who wouldn’t be drawn together while basking in the soft glow of Chanel?) “I feel as though I have known Amanda forever, but perhaps that is just because I have always felt so at ease around her and oddly connected to her,” says Ross. “I suppose I got to really know her when I started working with Karl, when I was 19. I am very lucky to have her as a friend.” For her part, Harlech is equally effusive: “Liberty is part of where I came from as much as where I’m going,” she says. “Subtle, distilled like a perfume, she senses everything a beat before I do. I love the wisdom in the reach of her laugh, her canny all-seeing eye, her compassion and verve and dance. I think the same things move us—we can share without saying a word.”
Makeup Kristin Gallegos for Laura Mercier (CLM) Hair Wesley O’Meara for BANGSTYLE (The Wall Group) Manicure Casey Herman for Chanel (Kate Ryan Inc) Set Design Erin Swift (Kate Ryan Inc) Digital technicians Charles Lu, Toto Cullen, Mark J. Davis Photo assistants Pavel Woznicki, Diederik de Groot, Janneke de Jong, Fiona Makkink Stylist assistant Hayley Pisaturo Production assistant Allan Kent Set design assistant Adam Santucci Locations MetroDaylight Studios, Neo Studios