Crystal Renn is Under the Twilight Sky for Vogue Japan

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

LOOKBOOKS contributor Kenberly Paul slips Under the Twilight Sky with Crystal Renn for Vogue Japan.

Decked in delicately jeweled and lace garments, Crystal Renn (Ford Models) stars in Vogue Japan‘s editorial “Under the Twilight Sky” from the June 2012 issue. Shot by Camilla Akrans, Renn tells a tale of romance and intrigue in looks from designers like Dolce and Gabanna, Hakaan, Balmain and Yves Saint Laurent styled by fashion editor Sissy Vian. Scarlet red lips against a natural face accented with strong brows by MUA Sil Bruinsma (Streeters) along with a retro hairstyle, reminiscent of Betty Paige, by stylist Alain Pichon (Streeters) are the perfect touches to each mystifying look.

Look Inside the Dream Closet of Celebrities, the Best Dressed & Barbie

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Last night I got to enter the magical world that is Barbie’s Dream Closet. There was an astounding amount of pointed pink pumps and Barbie-worthy models a flight up in their dream houses. We got to play in Barbie’s virtual Dream Closet and dress ourselves by tapping the air to the right and left on the my-size screened Kinect. I took to roving the room in search of the best dressed and the most famous, and asked them what constitues their dream closet.

MALE MODEL HUMPDAY: Show (Us Your) Packages

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Each Fashion Week, model agencies compile their top boys and girls into a nifty little package to send out to casting directors, who then decide which kids make it down which runway. To celebrate the start of New York Fashion Week, Male Model Humpday brings you the best — read: the most shirtless — the Big Apple has to offer in the way of living man-hangers for the fall 2012 season.

Win 2 VIP Seats to The PreShows: Young Designers + Charity

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

In the (relative) calm between Pre-Fall and New York Fashion Week, the indie designers behind labels Man Vs. Machine, Karolina Zmarklak and Shumaq, along with Ford Models and StyleLikeU, are joining forces with Fashion Delivers to deliver a fashion show that’s as good for people in need as the VIPs in attendance. Which can be you! The tickets to The PreShows are $100 a pop, but we’re giving them away to two lucky winners! Plus, see Youtube/subway sensation Jessica Latshaw perform live! Find out how here.

Model/DJ Eva Shaw aka DJ Bambi Picks Her Top 5 Fave Songs of the Moment

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Canuck catwalker Eva Shaw (Ford) was, as she puts it, “ambushed” by strange man when she was thirteen. But before you start worrying about the direction of this story, it ends pretty well. Despite dismissing him as a “freak,” Eva told her mom about the man (like all good girls should) who turned out to be an agent from Elite Models. Okay, sometimes it pays to talk to strangers — though we’re not necessarily advocating it. Today, when she’s not shooting editorials from Paris to Morocco, Eva is spinning electro beats and moving electro feets as DJ Bambi. We caught up with Eva to discuss music and modeling and the origins of Bambi.

Bigger is Better: Our 5 Favorite Plus Size Models [NSFW]

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

What you gon’ do with all that junk? All that junk inside your trunk? These five gorgeous women decided to work that junk into plus size modeling careers, and we love them for it. With bodacious curves and incredible fearlessness, these gals got it going on – we think they’re some of the sexiest models in the industry. Click through for our favorites.

Model Karolin Wolter to Start Plus-Size Career

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

What an interesting way to lead into FashionIndie’s theme for October: Models. She’s worked for the best of them – Marc Jacobs, Yves Saint Laurent, Lanvin - but Ford model Karolin Wolter has announced she’s making the switch to plus-size modeling.

Jessy’s Guys! 17 Pages of Man Candy

Edited by Samantha Lim

What better way to kick of your weekend than with a slideshow of sexy hot gentlemen?  With the helpful eye of Lookbooks‘ Jessy Lalancette,  we’ve compiled this album of her dream dudes: sexy, scruffy, real men (well… the photoshopped ideal of “real”).  She’s curated this list of her top 5 so all you need to do is click through and enjoy!  Special thanks to our gentlemen:  Sean Biloski, Collin Baja, and Fernando Friere from FORD, Felix Bujo from D1, and Sebastien Sauve from Premiere Model Management.

FASHION SCRAMBLE: Royal Wedding Family Portraits + The McQueen Factor + DNA Sues Ford

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- The official Royal Wedding photos are out and are adorable. Shot by Hugo Burnand, the royal family and the Middletons gathered in the the throne room of Buckingham Palace for a family portrait, Windsor style. Meanwhile, the design community has weighed in on Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge‘s Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen wedding dress and the overall opinion is “You go, girl.” [Fashionologie]

The 4 Most Ridiculously Good Looking Models for Carine Roitfeld’s Final Vogue Paris Issue

Edited by Nicole Vardo

As Carine Roitfeld says her goodbyes as editor in chief of Vogue Paris, she leaves the fashion world with a pretty good sense of hottness, and clearly what better way to go than a final editorial with the Victoria’s Secret angels!  Kaorlina Kurkova, Adriana Lima, Izabel Goulart and Lily Donaldson shot by Inez & Vinoodh.