Sydney Sweeney’s eerily similar looks for GUESS Originals X Anna Nicole Smith campaign
by Ana Walia | Fri, 01 Oct 2021 12:38:03 GMT
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Sydney Sweeney, best known for her part as Cassie in the series "Euphoria," is working her way up the ladder of success by choosing assignments that will help her gain recognition and allow her skill to shine. 

Sydney Sweeney, who was recently seen in "White Lotus" and "The Voyeurs" on Hotstar Premium and Amazon respectively, has a stunning face, and to celebrate this, she was roped in as the new face of GUESS' new campaign that paid homage to Anna Nicole Smith. 

GUESS  just released an Anna Nicole Smith capsule collection and posted striking black-and-white photos of the stunning actress recreating the style of Anna Nicole Smith's 1992 ad, which was never shown to the public. The actress's appearance in the photos is extremely similar to Anna Nicole Smith's, and she has received a lot of praise for it.

Sydney Sweeney in high-waisted pants with a denim shirt and bandana recreating Anna's look. Image Source: Vanity fair

Anna Nicole Smith rose to fame after winning the title of Playmate of the Year in 1993. She was roped as the face of GUESS and replaced Claudia Schiffer. Daniela Fedrici captured the unseen images of Anna, used as inspiration for Sydney’s shoot.

Sweeney poses in a black-and-white beach photo for the campaign, wearing a denim jacket, high-waisted pants, and sleeveless shirts tied in the stomach. Sydney's hair and makeup were flawless, allowing the audience to see the similarities between the two blond bombshells, as she opted for platinum curls and wraps a bandana just like Anna. 

The campaign was recreated in Malibu, California by Kenneth Cappello. 

Anna Nicole Smith passed away in 2007 at the age of 39 from a drug overdose. Sydney Sweeney, who revealed in an interview that she never had an inspiration that represented her body type growing up, but she felt a strong kinship with Anna. Sweeny expressed her admiration for her vivacity and playfulness, which she sensed in the photographs she saw.

Sydney Sweeny, who portrays a sexualized adolescent on Euphoria, revealed that she has always had a larger chest and that it was difficult for her to find stores or models who represented her body type. When she was younger, she went to GUESS store and witnessed girls with curves and large chests being lauded rather than mocked, and she told her mother, "I hope I grow up and I'm a Guess model."

Talking about her experience during the photoshoot, the actress mentioned that she has never felt more herself in a photoshoot. She shared that she has always been conscious about herself previously because she is not a model but with Kenneth Cappello, she was not only comfortable with herself but also managed to bring out the playfulness and happiness she saw in Anna’s pictures in hers.

Ace photographer Kenneth Cappello in Malibu, California took Sydney Sweeney’s photos, with creative director Nicolai Marciano, the Brand Partnership Director for GUESS. Nicolai revealed that the 90s icon Anna Nicole Smith and her legendary beach shoot inspired this capsule collection, which the brand, albeit Swedish, fits nicely because she is one of the most iconic actresses of the new generation.

'I've never felt more me during a photoshoot,' says Sydney Sweeney. Image Source: tomandlorenzo.com

The 32-piece GUESS Originals X Anna Nicole Smith Capsule Collection will be available on the GUESS website on October 7th, 2021. Shirts, pants, socks, wallets, jackets, and other items will be priced from $12 and $248. Cali Thornhill Dewitt, an artist, collaborated on the collection.  

The colors of the water inspired the current capsule collection, which was inspired by Wayne Maser's original Miami picture shoot from 1993. The photographs show the use of teal as a major color throughout, with a mix of classic tones of black, white, and red.

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