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Contributing writers: Award-winning CFDA designer Christian Siriano has established himself as a tour de force in the fashion world since launching his eponymous collection in 2008 following his studies in London under Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen. Siriano’s designs have been worn by today’s biggest names, including Michelle Obama, Kamala Harris, Angelina Jolie, Oprah, Zendaya, and Ariana Grande, to name but a few. Having celebrated over 15 years of the brand, the Siriano design studio continues to celebrate beauty and diversity in this ever-changing fashion industry. As a result, Christian’s work has been featured in a multitude of prestigious museum exhibits including at SCAD in Savannah and Atlanta, The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Kensington Palace, the V&A, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and The MET Costume Institute. In 2008, Christian was named among Time’s 100 Most Influential People for his leading contributions to body diversity on the runway and red carpet. Rachel Syme is a New York-based writer, reporter and cultural critic and has written for The New Yorker since 2012. Her cultural criticism and reported features focus primarily on the intersections of women's lives, artistic production, history, and fame, and have appeared in the Times Magazine, Vogue, Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. David Wills is an author, publisher, and photographic preservationist. His books as author include Veruschka (Assouline); Ara Gallant (Damiani); Marilyn Monroe: Metamorphosis (HarperCollins); Audrey: The 60s (HarperCollins); Hollywood in Kodachrome (HarperCollins); Seventies Glamour (HarperCollins); Switched On: Women Who Revolutionized Style in the ’60s (Weldon Owen); Vegas Gold (HarperCollins); Nat King Cole: Stardust (Nailor Wills); Shag: Palm Springs (Nailor Wills); Julius Shulman Color (Nailor Wills); and Nancy Sinatra: One for Your Dreams (Nailor Wills). His work has received major profiles in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, American Photo, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Interview, Air Mail, and Time. He has also written articles on photography and popular culture for publications including The Huffington Post, V Magazine, and Palm Springs Life. Louie Conway is a writer and editor whose journalism and criticism has been featured in Vanity Fair Online and The British Journal of Photography. His fiction has appeared in The London Magazine and The Brick Lane Short Story Prize Anthology 2024, in which he won second prize. In 2025 he was shortlisted for the Bridport Short Story Prize. He works in the editorial department at Iconic Images and has written the text for books including The Beatles by Terry O’Neill and The Rolling Stones: ICONS. He has a BA in English Literature from Trinity College Dublin, and an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck University.

• Preface by Christian SirianoIntroduction by Rachel Syme Publicity Shots‘Starhead F999: Marilyn and the Art of Publicity Photography’ by David WillsThe PhotographersAndré de Dienes Joseph Jasgur Bernard of Hollywood John Florea Eve Arnold Philippe Halsman Alfred Eisenstaedt Elliott Erwitt Milton GreeneSam Shaw George Barris Cecil Beaton Richard Avedon Bruce Davidson Henri Cartier-Bresson Bert Stern Allan Grant Press Shots‘Public Exposures: Marilyn and the Press’ by David Wills Picture CreditsCopyright page