The Cut

By Matthew Schneier, chief restaurant critic at New York Magazine

“On a photo shoot a few years ago, Karen Elson, the flame-haired, ghost-pale English model, was put into a tank of water meant to suggest the sea. But the water, a dull greenish-gray, wasn’t as photogenic as she was. Faced with the dreary intrusion of reality getting in the way of the shot, someone on the set got the idea that maybe dumping in a few bottles of bleach might help.“