It’s getting a little too dark in the fashion world lately, McQueen, Daul Kim, Ruslana Korshunova, Hayley Kohle, and Ambrose Olsen have all recently took their own lives, and now another model, Noemie Lenoir has attempted to kill herself. It might be time for the industry to face yet another plague, fashion suicide.  Noemie is recovering after being found unconscious in a forest, hopefully she has loved ones with her at this time. [Daily Mail]

NEXT revealed in a statement that they think the pressures of work may hint to evidence for her suicide:

“She was not able to live the normal life other girls did at her age,” agents at Next said in a statement. “We suspect that she felt confused and lost after reaching the top of her career.”

Last week an Instant Message was revealed that Daul sent to a friend about her abusive relationship with her boyfriend, but her autopsy ruled out muder as the cause of death.  The reason for suicide is still a mystery, as her parents also stated they could in no way imagine their daughter committing suicide.

What do you guys think?

LINK LOVE: The Cut

Twenty-year-old model Daul Kim died over the weekend, rumors are surfacing that the cause of death was suicide by hanging.

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Photographer: Beau Grealy

Model: Daul Kim

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160g magazine’s second cover called ‘The Old School’ was shot by Stefan Millev.

Australian RUSSH magazine issue #31 (Nov/Dec 09), featuring Daul Kim.

Crash #50, featuring Juliette Binoche, was shot by Frank Perrin.

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Model/Blogger Daul Kim is the newest face to the Coco Cocoon collection by Chanel.  What do you guys think of the video? I’m not crazy about it, but it definitely shows the entire line..

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This beauty edit is more of an accessories edit, and I’m loving it. All too often stand out accessories blend in due to full body shots and overpowering clothing. Here the focus remains exactly where it should: on the hats, headbands, jewelry and colorful eye-makeup.

GALLERY: Prime Time

SOURCE: The Fashion Spot

With Daul Kim releasing a blog as well as a column in Cé Ci magazine, one trend is becoming increasingly clear. Do models = editors? Though our conception of the model is that they pose for the scene itself, many of these individuals are gaining footing behind it.

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Denisa Dvorakova, Clément Chabernaud and Daul Kim embrace rockabilly style for Zoo Magazine in a shoot by Paul Gay. See the rest on Cult

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Bloggers everywhere…there may be a blog out there better than Fashion Indie (okay…that’s impossible but I’ve found a close second!) 19-year-old model Daul Kim’s blog ‘I Like to Fork Myself,’ is quite simple, but oh so amusing. Edgy poetry, stream of consciousness rants, random Youtube videos and candid photographs…they never cease to amaze me! Despite the controversy that her kinky polaroids stirred, all of the “forking” around is in the job description…she is a model after-all! And no matter how forked up her poetry may be, I cannot help but fall in love with it over and over:

WOW THE BASS is so loud that it is making shadows on the light … cool”/ and then like … 10 min later/ utak is like/ “shit fire”/ the light bulb burned the pillow/ and it was on fire/ i was like … okay … / lets not use the water in the cup because it is vodka … / and utak just hit the burning pillow with his palm/ and it died eventually./ and after that we slept on that pillow./ we didnt think so much/ and then the next day when we woke up we were like/ wow./ we almost could have died./ if we fell asleept earlier we could have burned/ it would have been quite … weird if we woke up the next day/ and we are in a different dimention./ and its kind of romantic and retarded and no regrets./ also so strange a light bulb burning a pillow.

Anyone understand that? Yeah, me neither. But I love it. 

Thanks NY Mag!