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Originally Posted by schizophrenicroom

it looks like a very uncomfortably wrapped bed sheet

i know! satin sheets even, for the worst idea of "sexay". even though tolstoy decried the kreutzer sonata as a disturbing aphrodisiac, this look is common to all sorts of recordings

she's a fantastic violinist though...

but observe how men are portrayed instead (same composition on 1/2 the record, same label, not sure of the difference in years)

 

from this juxtapositon one deduces

men = serious business
women = sultry sultanas

i'd like to see a photo of a barefoot pinchas zuckerman with pirate pantaloons and a puffy shirt open down to his navel, showing his pecs and abs, like some romance novel hero, ha ha ha ha. (no i wouldn't like that. but that would be the equivalent.)