Celeste the real deal
“I LOVE FASHION SHOOTS. I find them so fun,” Celeste Barber says from the makeup chair as she’s transformed for this BAZAAR portfolio, in which she recreates iconic fashion images including Kate Moss’s Obsession for Men campaign and Jean-Paul Goude’s portrait of Grace Jones. “Tina Fey talks about that in her book. She says if you ever get a chance to be in a photoshoot, do it. There’s food, wind machines, hair and makeup, everyone is lovely, you look your best. As someone who isn’t a model, it’s not my natural habitat, but I love it!”
Barber’s story is a feelgood one: a relatively unknown Australian actor and comedian begins to post photographs of herself on Instagram, gently poking fun at the often
