“Be My Baby,” by Steven Meisel, was originally published in the February 2004 issue of Vogue Italia.
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With a fluffed-up quiff and a supermodel on his arm, here’s a look at Iowa’s next governor. Long before Democrat Rob Sand made political history, he was having a very different kind of moment in the spotlight, posing for Steven Meisel in the pages of Vogue Italia.
The year was 2004, and Sand was among the fresh faces who appeared in “Be My Baby,” an editorial in the February issue, photographed by Meisel and styled by Brana Wolf. Alongside Sand was a cast of rising fashion stars, including a young Caroline Trentini, with whom he posed in a series of moody, black-and-white portraits.
The concept centered on a romanticized vision of 1950s youth culture, abounding with the aforementioned rockabilly hair and lots of leather The original Italian introduction described the mood as a collision of bon ton—good manners and traditional propriety—and transgression.
Garren was responsible for the towering and teased hairstyles, while Dame Pat McGrath crafted smudgy, kohl-rimmed eyes. The cast wore Belstaff leather biker jackets, white Guess T-shirts and jeans, Helmut Lang tank tops and tailoring, Prada separates, and a Gucci crocodile belt. Womenswear included diaphanous Blumarine slips, Prada silk and tweed, and chiffon dresses by Rossella Tarabini for Anna Molinari.
“Was a fun day!” Sand wrote beneath an Instagram post by Meisel revisiting the shoot.
Rob Sand and Caroline Trentini for Vogue Italia Photographed by Steven Meisel, Vogue, February 2004.Photographed by Steven Meisel, Vogue Italia, February 2004
