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#NYFW Cheat Sheet: Moncler Grenoble Fall/Winter 2012

Amanda Gabriele — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:58 +0000

Let it be known that Moncler Grenoble completely shut it down at its Fall/Winter 2012-13 presentation Sunday night. Show attendees walked down the sloping hill to Wollman Rink in Central Park where hot rum ciders and roasted chestnuts awaited us before the show began. The rink, surround by trees set aglow by brilliantly colored lights, soon filled with the sights of figure skaters and sounds of The Harlem Boys Choir belting out Frank Sinatra’s New York, New York, all dressed in Moncler. The numbers that followed were truly spectacular, and you can watch them all right here.

Color palette: Red, white and blue
Mood: Magical, nostalgic, enlivening
Statement Pieces: The whole damn show was a statement
Front Row Name Drops: Phillip Bloch, Garance Dore, Elizabeth Hurley, Margherita Missoni, Amy Sacco, Alek Wek, Scott Schuman and Waris Ahluwalia were all in the house
Gossip: “Oh my god this is amazing. I’m going to cry.”
Runway Music: The Harlem Boys Choir, M.I.A.

50 of Our Favorite Foreign Models

Lester Brathwaite — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:00:36 +0000

Although we love our homegrown beauties, most catwalkers come sailing through from Eastern Europe, various parts in Africa and of course, Brazil. So in celebration of our “Travel” month, we’re taking a trek around the globe to visit our favorite foreign models.

North America : Canada

Jessica Stam

Coco Rocha

Shalom Harlow

Linda Evangelista

RANDOM COOL: Designer Flip Flops

Hillary Frazier — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:00:40 +0000

Alek Wek and Naomi Campbell’s design

Top models and designers (including Manolo Blahnik) are teaming up with Havaianas to create original designs which will be auctioned off between July 15 and 26 for charity, CLIC Sargent, a young cancer patient organization. See them on display in Selfridge’s Oxford Street window and bid on their website.

SOURCE: Modelina

Models At The Met

Kirby Marzec — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:07:35 +0000

Being exposed, first hand, to all the glorious fashions from runway shows and editorials, one would think that models would steal the the best dressed award on last night’s Met Gala red carpet. While Chanel Iman, in her stunning Zac Posen dress, was a show stopping attendee, Shalom Harlow looked rather homeless and out of place in her crumpled, Gareth Pugh-ish garbage bag. Brooke Shields looked like a mermaid body builder. Agyness Deyn was an over-bronzed transvestite. Brooklyn Decker rocked out a Mary-Kate worthy outfit. All in all, the model fashion was skewed across the board. Tsk tsk…I expected big things from such fashion relatives.

GALLERY: Models At The Met

Thanks NY Mag!

SPREAD UM: Alek Wek in I-D Magazine, March 2009

Amanda Gabriele — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:00:21 +0000

I believe Alek Wek can do no wrong, and this spread is no different. The supermodel is transformed into an African queen for the latest issue of I-D magazine. Wek shows off the ethnic fashion of the season better than anyone else could. I absolutely love her shoes in this photo; finding out where to buy them would put my wallet in grave danger.

GALLERY: Alek Wek in I-D Magazine, March 2009

LINKAGE: Rock The Trend

WTF!?! Alek Wek #fashionfail

Saynt — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:17:41 +0000

Alek Wek seems to have mixed up the Golden Globes for a night of clubbing in the Meat Packing District. The model decided to alter this Christian Dior dress converting it into a horrid Forever 21 rejected mini.

Domini-can: Arlenis Reps it for the Hispanicals in Black Vogue

Saynt — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:32:11 +0000

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.