Quotes from Vince Aletti

Fashion is, perhaps by necessity, in a world of its own - one that only rarely overlaps with anything resembling real life. This fantasy and exoticism is part of its appeal, of course.

I've noticed that women often respond to him in this way - with an unthreatened openness. He generally likes women and you can see this in his photographs. There is nothing aggressive, prurient, or objectifying about them. Their sensuality is theirs alone. It never seems imposed.

Soames was a beautiful and striking woman, tall and lithe and, from the photographs Ive seen of her, feline. Saul's photographs of her over the years catch her in all her complex dimensions: playful, erotic, contemplative, ironic, and eccentric by turns. She was by all accounts charismatic, and was profoundly curious and interested in people. Friends, both men and women, often confided their deepest secrets to her.