As part of our new summer US project States of Independence we've invited our favourite 30 American curators, magazines, creatives and institutions to take over Dazed for a day. Today, as part of our State of Fashion week, the radical New York-based brand, store and online phenomenon VFiles is curating our content – from the debut of new show Intern Files, where hopefuls battle it out for a coveted position, to Preston's favourite Model Files picks.
We managed to tempt the one and only Mel Ottenberg to take some time out from personally styling Rihanna, fashion directing the Berlin-based 032c magazine and being a certified pop culture expert to have a virtual rummage in the VFiles vaults. Below, he presents his most inspirational images.
I styled this shoot with Pamela Anderson in 2001. This is one of the first photos I ever styled, and this moment with Pam might be the most genius moment of my career.
