JOHN CALE IN NEW YORK, MAY 2012. COAT: COMME DES GARCONS. SHIRT (THROUGHOUT): YOHJI YAMAMOTO.

COAT, PINS, AND PEN: PRADA. TIE: BOTTEGA VENETA.

JACKET AND SKIRT: COMME DES GARCONS.

1. JOHN CALE, PATTI SMITH, AND LOU REED, 1976. PHOTO: KATE SIMON. 2. CALE PERFORMING AT THE RAINBOW THEATER, LONDON. PHOTO: MICK GOLD/GETTY. 3. GERARD MALANGA, ANDY WARHOL, AND CALE AT A CHAMPAGNE BREAKFAST AT A NEW YORK AUTOMAT FOLLOWING THE PREMIERE OF OUR MAN FLINT,1966. PHOTO: MPTV. 4. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO,1966. PHOTO: WILSON B. COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL MUSIC ARCHIVES. 5. CALE, LOU REED, PATTI SMITH, AND DAVID BYRNE, 1976. PHOTO: BOB GRUEN. 6. GERARD MALANGA, NICO, DONOVAN, BARBARA RUBIN, CALE, DANNY WILLIAMS,S TERLING MORRISON, PAUL MORRISSEY, WARHOL, LOU REED, AND MOE TUCKER AT WARHOL€'S FACTORY, CIRCA 1966. PHOTO: NAT FINKELSTEIN. 7. CALE, LOU REED, AND WARHOL, CIRCA 1976. PHOTO: BOB GRUEN. 8. CALE RECORDING HIS 1974 ALBUM FEAR AT SOUND TECHNIQUES STUDIO,LONDON. PHOTO: MICK GOLD/GETTY. 9. CALE AND EDIE SEDGWICK AT THE NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY ANNUAL DINNER,DELMONICO HOTEL,1966. PHOTO: ADAM RITCHIE. 10. CALE WITH ENGINEER JOHN WOOD RECORDING FEAR. PHOTO: MICK GOLD/GETTY.

1. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AT THE TRIP IN LOS ANGELES,BACKED BY WARHOL€'S EXPLODING PLASTIC INEVITABLE LIGHT SHOW. PHOTO: LISA LAW. 2. CALE PERFORMING AT THE RAINBOW THEATER. PHOTO: MICK GOLD. 3. CALE REHEARSING IN LOS ANGELES,1966. PHOTO: LISA LAW. 4. NICO AND CALE REHEARSING IN L.A., 1966. PHOTO: LISA LAW. COSMETICS: CHANEL, INCLUDING POUDRE UNIVERSELLE COMPACTE IN NATUREL. HAIR PRODUCTS: WELLA PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING OCEAN SPRITZ. HAIR: EUGENE SOULEIMAN FOR WELLA PROFESSIONALS/STREETERS. MAKEUP: KARAN FRANJOLA FOR CHANEL/MAREK & ASSOCIATES. PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS: SIMON ROBERTS, HUAN NGUYEN,AND TEPPEI MARUOKA. STYLIST ASSISTANTS: ELLIE CAMPAGNA AND MATTHEW TAUGER. RETOUCHING: GLOSS STUDIOS NEW YORK. SPECIAL THANKS: PIER 59 STUDIOS.