Fairytales: Petra Collins and Alexa Demie

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My grandmother would tell me a lot of Mexican folk tales when I was little, which were really scary, but I was so fascinated by them all,” she says. Vogue may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. The Fairy Talesphotography book was highly anticipated by fans, imitated by artists before its release, and sits in the niche TikTok subcultures of fairy-core, dark feminine energy and the reclaiming of hyper-feminine aesthetics.

Hungary as a nation was dealing with being under a Soviet regime, so a lot of that work came out of collective trauma. That heritage has always played a part in Collins’s photography—right down to shooting a Gucci campaign back in her grandmother’s Budapest living room.

Artist Petra Collins and actress Alexa Demie create nine erotic stories in a contemporary reimagining of a fairy tale book. Pre-release, it had already been solidified in pop-culture history with content creators mimicking the ethereal style on social media. Still, both Demie and Collins tried to steer clear of anything too specific or literal in their interpretations, describing the main impetus for the project as simply an opportunity to build their own weird and wonderful folkloric world—and, as Demie already noted, just to have some fun. When I was a kid, I wasn’t allowed to watch Disney, but I grew up on Hungarian folk tales,” she says.

The photographs, are stunning, magical, and transmit an aura that, for me, would make this book 5 stars. The handwritten text is harder to follow; I’d recommend treating them as poems and re-reading the book to grasp the intensity of the stories told. Petra and Alexa’s chapters of elves, mermaids, sirens, water sprites, fallen angels, fairies, witches, and banshees blend their own stories with retold fairy tales.I absolutely loved the artistic direction, set design, alexa’s modeling, and of course the graphic design. The photos are gorgeous and the aesthetic sucked me in immediately… an overall let down even though I enjoyed the art. It explores the femininity and sexuality of mythological beings, but in the context of very human spaces, such as teenage bedrooms, medical facilities, parking lots and exotic dancing clubs. Petra and Alexa s chapters of elves, mermaids, sirens, water sprites, fallen angels, fairies, witches, and banshees blend their own stories with retold fairy tales. It’s something I’ve always been so interested in, partly because of the age I started working, when I was going through puberty and discovering myself,” says Collins.

Each of the nine tales are set in unique spaces, ranging from suburban homes and parking lots to fantastical sets.Created in collaboration with Euphoria star and muse Alexa Demie, Collins has just dropped "Fairy Tales," her latest book in the form of nine erotic short stories based on works by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, and more. Once upon a time, in the far-off kingdom of Los Angeles in the summer of 2020, photographer Petra Collins and Euphoria star Alexa Demie found love at first sight. The photos combine elements of camp, prosthetics, and shibari in a surreal update to the imagery of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, and others.

This collaboration sees Alexa Demie embody empowered femme mythical beings in a world like ours today. Once upon a time, there was a subversive fashion photographer who released her book this week…oh, wait! Alexa Demie is an actor, musician and multi-hyphenate talent who currently stars as ‘Maddy’ in HBO’s EUPHORIA. love this book so so much i love alexa demie so much and the story is very short but that’s all i need.The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. Alexa is currently working on her first EP, developing and producing film and TV, and engaged in social-impact work focused on equality and representation, especially for the Latinx community and the next generation of youth. For Alexa and I, doing this book of fairy tales was almost the most accurate reflection of the world around us today. Each of the nine tales is set in unique spaces, ranging from suburban homes and parking lots to fantastical sets.