We were all doing that kind of eclectic look, but Madonna did it with a much more audacious, sexual edge. There was a lot going on then that was all about women wearing all kinds of weird combinations. A lot of people did - Betsey Johnson, Cyndi Lauper, Diane Keaton. I said, “You’ve got your thing, just do it.” There was nothing particularly shocking about what she was wearing at the time.
I asked her to come dressed in the kind of clothes she would normally wear. As far as I was concerned, she could have been a one-trick pony and we might never have heard of her again.īecause she wasn’t famous, the budget was not huge at all. The fact of the matter is that nobody knew who she was. So I really went into it with very little expectation. At that time it had become cliché to have a one-word name, because of Cher, so I remember thinking, God, it’s going to be one of those. When I got the call, I rolled my eyes, because it was another one-word name. called and asked me to do her cover as a freelance designer. It was ’83, and at that point I had my own small design firm. She was a true professional, even at that young age. But I would say that Madonna was probably the easiest job I ever had - the most cooperation from a recording artist I think I ever had. It’s the first question that anybody asks me, even today: What was it like to work with Madonna? People think that maybe something dramatic or interesting or kind of wild might have happened, based on, you know, Madonna’s persona. Read more articles on today’s topic: Club-Kid Style.Ĭarin Goldberg - the art director behind Madonna’s debut album cover - spoke to the Cut about her first experience with the then-unknown pop star. There’s a new theme every day on It’s Vintage.
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