Patti Smith: “If You’re Positive, You Expand”

Annie Leibovitz Studio

Sixty-eight-year-old author and singer, 70’s Punk star Patti Smith is one of the subjects of this year’s Pirelli calendar — considered fashion’s sexiest – celebrating female achievement. With her hair grown out gray, no makeup or face lift, and her singular uniform, she presents a very different kind of role model then the usual Pirelli pin-up. Last May, New York Magazine’s The Cut interviewed Smith after her photo session with Annie Leibovitz (who photographed her many times over the decades).  Here’s our ‘best of': (more…)