And Now It’s Time to Catwalk…for Your Life: Casting for New York Fashion Week with Andrew Weir and ACW Worldwide

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

“Now watch the flames shoot out of her feet,” gushes casting director Andrew Weir after instructing veteran catwalker Tanya Dziahileva to take a stroll. Adding, “And she is giving us a loooook,” in reference to the model’s fingerless lace gloves and a rather jaunty chapeau. The fashion was a major point of conversation during Andrew Weir’s ACW Worldwide Casting event this Saturday. So much so that Mr. Weir mentioned that he’ll have trend-forecasters on-site next time around. Having noticed girl after girl march by wearing variations on a singular theme, Mr. Weir proclaimed, “The trend this season is all about  black, skinny jeans with this sort of waxy finish. It’s a sea of black.” The one exception was a model who dared to wear a beautiful white dress by The Row – “I hope you keep it clean,” he warns. 

Bookclubbin’: The Other Side of the Picture by Olivier Theyskens

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Olivier Theyskens is one of the most singular designers in fashion today. His clothes are brooding, dramatic, poetic and above all beautiful, much like the designer himself. Shortly after dropping out of Belgium’s La Cambre Art Academy, one of his gowns ended up on Madonna‘s mannish back at the 1998 Oscars, thus propelling him to stardom. Documenting Theyskens road from precocious art star to his four seasons at Rochas and finally his brilliant but short-lived tenure at Nina Ricci was photographer Julien Claessens, whose haunting photos add another dimension to Theyskens sartorial creations and form the backbone for The Other Side of the Picture (Assouline, 2010).

SPREAD: Tanya Dziahileva for i-D Magazine Winter 2009

Edited by Kirby Marzec

It’s not like model Tanya Dziahileva needs any help being gorgeous, but the photographic eye of Hans Feurer sure doesn’t hurt! Consider i-D Magazine’s spread “One Day I’ll Ride A Big White Horse And Wear A Gown And Crowns Of Course” more of a beauty spread than a fashion spread, but regardless, it’s awesome!

SPREAD: “Moderne Magie” Vogue Germany November 2009

Edited by Kirby Marzec

Photographer: Paola Kudacki

Models: Hana Soukupova and Tanya Dziahileva

SPREAD UM: “Suggestions”, Vogue Italia September ’09 by Greg Lotus

Edited by Monique Montagnese, Contributor

This smokey 40′s inspired editorial staring Tanya Dziahileva, Christina Carey, and Janete Friedrich is probably the most classy use of a fog machine I will ever see. Besides praising this editorial for its refreshing change from the recently over played 80′s styling that has been cropping up everywhere, these photos have an intimate private quality about them. I’m sure you love being let in on a secret as much as I do… Hint: check Cult.

GALLERY: Suggestions on Cult

SOURCE: Fashion Copious

Perk #855 Of Living In Soho: Models, Models Everywhere!

Edited by Kirby Marzec

In addition to the fabulous shopping, living in SoHo definately has its perks: awesome restaurants, gorgeous buildings, cultural nightlife, well dressed people and, oh yeah, photoshoots on a daily basis. I knew there was something interesting going on when I bumped into Tanya Dziahileva, in full hair and makeup, on Lafayette in front of the Parasuco store (between Kenmare and Spring), earlier this afternoon (My appologies for the blurry photo, it was taken on my phone!) Being right down the street from my apartment, I grabbed my camera to snag a few photos from the shoot. Sadly enough, the production crew realized I was hanging around the set and they asked me to leave. I even tried to pry a few answers out of them, but nobody would tell me what the shoot was for! I can’t figure out who the model is in the photo, but I’m definately disappointed that Tanya wasn’t out there posing at the time! Oh well, there shall be many more photoshoots this summer!

The photos above were taken by me. Feel free to use them, but please link-back to this article and credit Fashion Indie. Thanks!

SPREAD UM: Tanya Dziahileva for Mixte

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

In the latest Mixte, Tanya Dziahileva is the subject of this amazing editorial photographed by Carlotta Manaigo with the help of illustrator Gustaf von Arbin. The result: a whimsical, dreamlike editorial.

SPREAD UM: “Sensuousness” Vogue Italia April 2009

Edited by Kirby Marzec

I’ve been a big fan of the Vogue Italia spreads lately, but Mark Seliger’s most recent editorial is awkward, at best. Accustomed to the plethora of natural looking, “caught in the moment” shoots, I’m a bit perplexed by the strange poses and uncomfortable interactions between Tanya Dziahileva and Agnete Hegelund. All things aside, I am crazy about the lace stockings and studded stiletto layering. Digging the layered watches and bracelets as well as the fingerless gloves.

Thanks Fashion Copious!