Comparison Of Sylvia Plath And Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Last Words

In 2013, Vice magazine published a fashion spread titled “Last Words.” While most fashion spreads may be ridiculed for showing off models that are dangerously skinny or using a bit too much photoshop, Vice took it another step further. “Last Words” featured models dressed as famous women authors who committed suicide. At their time of death. Authors such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sylvia Plath, and Perkins Gilman were some of the featured authors in the series. Graphic images showed scenes such as a woman dressed as Virginia Woolf wading into a river holding a rock. Captions below gave the authors’ names, dates of birth and death, and fashion credits for the clothing the models were wearing. While most artwork, such as photographs, often