Abstract
More than any other colour, blue dominates magazine covers, advertisements and product packaging. In fashion spreads and catwalk shows, it is frequent to bathe the models in a blue light and the same procedure is used for the photographs of celebrities which accompany magazine interviews. It is striking that a practice which has become so common still manages to have the consequence of making the subject seem rare and exclusive. Blue always suggests enigma, mystery and absence.
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© 2006 Stephen Gundle and Clino T. Castelli
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Gundle, S., Castelli, C.T. (2006). Magnetic Values. In: The Glamour System. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230510456_9
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