Entrevista a Mario Testino

Mad for Marc and Mario
The Recap From Monday Night's Many Fêtes
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For Love of Country"I wanted to do a book about Peru that wasn't about llamas and mountains," said Mario Testino at the V Man-hosted launch party for his new tome, Lima Peru. With bare-chested male models parading copies around the Bowery Hotel, guests like Mischa Barton, Demi Moore, and Margherita Missoni had trouble concentrating on its contents—the Testino-edited work of more than 100 Peruvian artists. "Isn't it great that [Visionaire founder] Stephen Gan got them to show off the book in their bathing suits?" said the super-snapper. "Actually, I'd prefer them with nothing on," interjected Vanity Fair's Elizabeth Saltzman Walker. Between Pisco Sour cocktails and a performance of the marinera, the traditional Peruvian courtship dance, the crowd, which doubled with late arrivals from the Marc Jacobs show, discussed the famous Testino touch. "Life is 90 percent perception and 10 percent reality," said Courtney Love. "And Mario gets that."