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Ali Michael Talks Anorexia on Today
I was on a plane from Paris to Texas, and I ran my fingers through my hair, and when I took my hand away there was a dry brittle clump of hair in my hand. And that’s kind of when I realized that this wasn’t worth it anymore, and it had completely taken over. - Ali Michael on the Today Show describing her state after she lost 28 pounds, leaving her a svelte 102 pounds for the Paris runways.
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First Look: Leigh Lezark for IMG Models
Holey Hipster Hang Ups Batman. It seems that Leigh is right on track to rule the runway. We just got sent some her comp card from IMG Models. The girl definitely knows how to strike a pose and with all the online buzz (hate that word) circulating about her getting signed, I’m sure it won’t be long before she lands a cover or two.
Watch your back Cory Kennedy, I knew scenesters going mainstream.
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Ruffian Plays Nice With Earnest Sewn
Ruffian is taking over the back room at the Earnest Sewn store in the Meatpacking District. They will be selling their much sought after goods and installing a very worth checking out visual instillation with Anne Koch.
The theme: Boarding School Rebel.
No talks yet on whether Agyness will show up on opening day (she’s an avid fan of the brand) but there might be hopes to spot the over-exposed one at a party being held at Earnest Sewn to celebrate the opening. The parties on May 27th, which gives you ample time to shop for a pick up the perfect Ruffian outfit.
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Domini-can: Arlenis Reps it for the Hispanicals in Black Vogue
So I’ve already talked about the all black people issue of Vogue Italia that is set to hit newsstands in June, but what I didn’t realize is that the issue will also feature some of my peeps. Arlenis, a fresh faced Dominican model, will be gracing the pages of the issue with a solo spread and one where she’ll play model friendly with Alek Wek, Jourdan and Iman Chanel.
So that begs the question to be asked.
Is it an all Black Vogue if some of the models aren’t black? Or is this more a non-white Vogue?
Either way, it’s kind of exciting to see a model on the runway from the island countries. It isn’t my native Puerto Rico, but I’ve spent enough time with Dominicandies to call them friends.
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Is Agyness Deyn Worth the Fuss?
The Agyness Deyn phenomenon is one which will either blow up in her face (over exposure is not a good thing in our post-Britney times) or give us an honest to Vogue, modern day supermodel (gasp and awe at the idea that Janice Dickenson is not the first and last of her kind). Fashionista.com pointed our sights to an a opinion columnist at the Guardian, Hadley Freeman, who gives his opinion on Agyness fever. We really must admit, the brit isn’t to far from the truth. The full article below…
Can you please explain why the big fuss over that model Agyness Deyn?
She’s perfectly pretty but the excitement does seem disproportionate.
Martin Stam (Not related to the model, we think), by email
Think back to those times back in a period known as “yore”. Back then there was apparently only one channel on TV and two cinemas in the country, so any time any vaguely cultural event happened it was some sort of collectively acknowledged occasion that everyone would experience, disparately but simultaneously. Each household would watch this important event and then, on Monday, everyone would discuss how hilarious it was on Saturday night when bachelor number three did that Rick Astley impression while grabbing his crotch and Cilla made that shape with her mouth (for those not in the know he is referring to the Dating Game, a popular show that was bastardized by Next, Flavor of Love, The Bachelor, I Love New York, Blind Date, and just about every other reality series focussed around hooking up two people who have little to nothing in common). Ah yes, the glory days of culture. Who can be surprised if, in these cold days of cultural fragmentation courtesy of Sky Plus, streaming and DVD boxsets, we all long to return to such a comforting, sepia-tinted nest of cosiness?
Which brings us to Agyness Deyn. Someone somewhere along the line decided that we need a new culture-by-way-of-fashion icon as a sort of generational figurehead. That Moss chick, well, she’s just been around a bit long now, hasn’t she? And Lily Cole, well, rather unjustly, she somehow became the visual symbol for any discussion about anorexia, so citing her as an icon of fabulous fashionability became a little bit tricky. And then, with the kind of timing that would have Dorothy Parker (an American writer and poet, best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles. Oh, Wikipedia do tell me more.) gasp with envy, up pops Agyness, with her misspelt fake name (Laura Hollins, since you asked), her northern accent (so that what is often referred to as “the London style press” - aka, those big magazines that have a commendable appreciation for the utterly meaningless and will include at least one black and white photo of a model standing by a dirty canal and wearing ugly shoes and a headdress from last year’s Notting Hill Carnival - can patronisingly refer to her as “real”), her frankly weird taste in clothes and her fondness for hanging out with people who live in east London. To be honest, there are times when I doubt if she’s an actual human being but rather a CGI construct from the office of Dazed & Confused.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure she’s a lovely girl and, yes, a very pretty one. But with that peroxide crop and her love of DM boots and strange stretchy miniskirts, surely I’m not the only one baffled by all the adulation of this so-called “style maverick” when Roxette carved this niche with rather more aplomb almost 20 years ago? Crikey, the magazine iD has dedicated its entire May issue to the woman. A little bit of overkill, yuhthink?
But really, let’s not be too hard on anyone. Because this is actually just an expression of desire for some kind of collective experience, whether that be everyone staying in to watch the start of the new season of Doctor Who or a fascination with some model. Funny, though, how this very same urge might explain why everyone was so keen to express their love of the emperor’s new clothes when, of course, they didn’t exist at all. But hey, not for nothing is the metaphor of that fable based on fashion.
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Meet the New Girls of Modeling
Ukrainian Paul Pavlovska is a welcome addition to the hallowed halls of our Model Manual. The rising star has editorials in this month’s Nylon, Qvest, and Mixte. Plus, back in February she snagged a couple of pages of Italian Vogue photographed by star-maker Steven Meisel. Her Stateside modeling career just began at last year’s end, so that’s a pretty impressive résumé. We also felt compelled to give this Trump model a little extra play because she’s currently back home taking her high-school final exams. We do love a well-educated pretty person.
Diversity is (finally) seeping onto the catwalks. At least five of Phillip Lim’s latest runway spots were striking Asian models. Our current favorite (and newest addition to the Model Manual) is 5′10″ Mo Wandan. Currently signed with Next Model Management, the Chinese beauty has walked some major shows since the start of 2007. For fall, she hit Narciso Rodriguez and Valentino, and was also recently cast in the Dior couture show.
When most people picture Brazilian models, the first faces (and bodies) that spring to mind are Gisele, Adriana, or Caroline. But that list is getting longer with the very recent rise of Natalia Schueroff. Her delicate features, subtle freckles, and long, brown hair have been a huge hit this year. In just her first season, she hit the biggest of the big runways: Calvin Klein and Jil Sander. And having just signed with Supreme earlier this year, this bombshell is only getting started.
Modeling loves a good comeback (Moss, Klum, and Schiffer spring to mind), and the latest stunner to ascend, Rocky Balboa–style, up modeling’s gleaming steps is Anna Jagodzinska. She first hit it big in 2004, with a Prada runway casting. Later, she became the face of H&M and DKNY Lingerie, but in 2006 the Polish girl went home for school (girl’s got her priorities straight). Now she’s returned more polished — and probably smarter — than ever. Rumor has it that she’s even booked a Steven Meisel–shot campaign. Expect her to stick around this time.
Source: NY Mag.
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Agyness on UK Vogue
Another month, another Agyness Deyn cover. This time the “it” model is on the cover of UK Vogue. There are no editorials inside on the model, big surprise, which means she just got the cover for being so god damn good at modeling.
The face has a level of surprise, as in, “Oh, shit your taking my picture, cheerio!” Okay, I’ve never actually heard a British person say Cheerio, but I assume they only say it when the yankees aren’t around.
The look is killer with tall white summer heels, ala gladiator style, and a necklace that is an eclectic mixture of tons of shit that would look very cool on any girl on the street.
Definitely worth a read.
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Kate Moss for Agent Provocateur
There are certain days when I completely and absolutely remember why I love fashion. It’s not the days when I get to sit front row at NY Fashion Week, or the days that packages arrive from designers trying to woo me with freebies (athough those days are nice. please send all packages and invites to the address listed at the bottom of this page. thank you). It’s all about the days when campaigns like Kate Moss’s for Agent Provocateur end up in my mailbox and for a few fleeting moments I realize that I am in a field where people will randomly ask me to examine the half-nude (sometimes fully nude) body of a supermodel.
Kate Moss shines in these ad shots for her recent campaign with Agent Provocateur. Her beauty is undeniable and the looks are a major step up for the lingerie brand, who famously dumped Kate for the less than spectacular Maggie Gyllenhall. Thank god Kate is back, cause these shots remind us why we love the aging, nearly over-the-hill model. It’s her drop dead gorgeous appeal and limitless sexual energy. Her ability to own each shot and remind you that she has what you want. Her pouty lips and sweet sounding British accent. Her in with nearly every dealer in London, NY, LA and Milan. Her …
Now, I’m going to close my computer and stop talking about Kate Moss, Rebecca looks like she’s ready to kick my ass if I say anything else about Ms.Moss … whose supple breast and soft skin speaks to me in these ads … what’s that Kate? You want me to kiss you? I don’t know if I can? Maybe just one … little … Rebecca proceeds to beat me over the head with her Mac book. (I’ll most likely be in the hospital this weekend. See you next week indies. And enjoy more Moss photos after the jump. Ow, I think I forgot what yellow looks like. Is that even possible?)
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Agyness Deyn Rides the Cyclone
Agyness Deyn, Derek Lam Play Host to Warhol
Agyness Deyn, Derek Lam and a slew of other celebrities play host to a private preview of Andy Warhol’s Double Marlon at The Soho Grand tonight. This event will be filled with a who’s who of fashionable types and celebs so it’s only appropriate that we crash it. Nothing says true Warhol more than rebellion (or is that commercialism). In a day when so much of Warhol’s work has been bastardized it’s refershing that there is still appreciation for his art, unaltered and not attatched to a national campaign for the GAP. You probably won’t get in, but if you’re the hotness you never know.
Andy Warhol’s DOUBLE MARLON
8 - 11PM
The Soho Grand
Penthouse Lofts
310 West B’WAY
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Agyness Deyn Collaborates with Five O’Clock Heroes
“Supermodel Agness Deyn is set to release a collaborative single with New York band Five O’Clock Heroes. The single, ‘Who’, will be released on June 23 on seven-inch vinyl and download formats. Deyn provides vocals on the song. The model appears in the promo video for the single.” Source NME
I guess we will be hearing a lot more from Aggy than we a bargained for. I hope this single doesn’t completely suck. The band isn’t completely terrible and it would be nice to finally see Aggy be famous for something more than questionable fashion selections and stealing the spotlight from Kate Moss.
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