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Thursday, January 26, 2012

All In Her Strijd

Sixteen year old Dutch model Romee Strijd is being touted as the next big thing following an impressive debut at the Spring/Summer 2012 collections. The DNA model left all in her wake with an exclusive show list which included Nina Ricci, Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Balmain, Celine, Hakaan, Alexander McQueen, Prada, Jil Sander and Burberry Prorsum. The 178 cm willowy newcomer appeared in a total of 16 shows and was recently listed by COACD and style.com as one of the Top Ten Newcomers for the Spring/Summer 2012 season.

Blessed with golden flaxen hair, bee stung lips and an immaculate complexion, it is Strijd's impeccable runway swagger which has industry pundits in a spin. With editorial appearances in British Vogue lensed by Daniel Jackson and Paolo Roversi as well as a slated appearance in Love shot by Solve Sundsbø, all signs are pointing towards Strijd becoming one of the defining models of the next generation. Strijd recently appeared at the Calvin Klein Pre-Fall presentation and looks set to implode during her first New York Fashion week come February.

Stepping Out
Photographer - Phill Taylor
Source - thefashionspot.com

Photographer - Unknown
Source - thefashionspot.com

Photographer - Pablo Delfos
Source - thefashionspot.com

All the Right Moves
Prada Backstage
Photographer - Unknown
Source - tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com

Opening Slot at Cacharel
Photographer - Sonny Vandevelde
Source - sonnyphotos.typepad.com

British Vogue - January 2012
Photographer - Paolo Roversi
Source - models.com

British Vogue - February 2012
Photographer - Daniel Jackson
Source - models.com

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

It's Gonna be a Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays Everyone! I must apologise for my slackness with posting of late but I have just spent the past few days holed up in a lakeside cabin in Bavaria without internet access. Now don't get me wrong - I love nature and all, but there is only so much hiking and fresh air that I can take before I start to get a little stir crazy for a healthy dose of fashion and modelling. British Vogue gets 2012 off to just the right start with a gorgeous editorial lensed by Daniel Jackson and styled by Francesca Burns, featuring an eclectic cast of beauties. Veteran models Elise Crombez and Doutzen Kroes lead the charge alongside newcomers Kati Nescher, Emily Baker, Codie Young, Romee Strijd, Maria Bradley and familiar faces Ymre Stiekma, Vika Falileeva and Bette Franke. I love this editorial for its unpredictable line-up of girls and the fact that the models are allowed to imbue each image with a hint of their personality.

Romee Strijd

Maria Bradley

Emily Baker

Elise Crombez

Bette Franke

Codie Young

Ymre Stiekema

Kirsi Pyrhonen

Kati Nescher

Doutzen Kroes

Maria Bradley

Kirsi Pyrhonen

Vika Falileeva

Emily Baker
British Vogue - February 2012
Photographer - Daniel Jackson
Styling - Francesca Burns
Source - models.com

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Baby Love

Sixteen year old Nyasha Matonhodze is being hailed by fashion industry pundits as one of the most exciting new modelling prospects in years. Zimbabwean native Matonhodoze moved to Great Britain at the age of eight years and was signed on by Elite Models when her parents took her into an agency open casting call. Matonhodze made her debut at the Spring/Summer 2011 season where she was championed by fashion editor Katie Grand, who booked her for Louis Vuitton, Emanuel Ungaro and Loewe.

Matonhodze has since had a meteoric rise within the modelling world with editorial appearances in Teen Vogue with Jason Kibbler, US Harpers Bazaar with Daniel Jackson, V Magazine with Peter Funch and a cover for Love Magazine lensed by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott. If that wasn't enough, Matonhodze topped all of this off with a Fall/Winter 2011 Louis Vuitton campaign shot by Steven Meisel. In an interview with the Cut, Matonhodze recalls on landing the campaign, "I danced on the table, I jumped on the bed, and was screaming from excitement. I must say that Katie Grand has to be one of the best people that I've ever worked with, and I hope that I never stop working with her; she's genius." On working with Meisel, Matonhodze reveals to models.com that "Steven is amazing. As a person he's very down to earth. I was scared at first, but when you meet him and you're on set with him he makes you feel very beautiful." Already being referred to by industry insiders as "Baby Naomi", Meisel could well play an instrumental role in realising Matonhodze's full potential.

Love Magazine - F/W 2011
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Source - models.com

Louis Vuitton - F/W 2011
Photographer - Steven Meisel
Source - fashiongonerogue.com

Photographer - Unknown
Source - thefashionspot.com

Andie Arthur & Nyasha Matonhodze
Teen Vogue - June 2011
Photographer - Jason Kibbler
Source - models.com

Teen Vogue - June 2011
Photographer - Jason Kibbler
Source - models.com

Sedene Blake, Anais Mali & Nyasha Mantonhodze
US Harpers Bazaar - March 2011
Photographer - Daniel Jackson
Source - models.com

US Harpers Bazaar - March 2011
Photographer - Daniel Jackson
Source - models.com

Raschelle, Betty Adewole, Rel Dade, Ataui Deng
& Nyasha Matonhodze
V Magazine - January 2011
Photographer - Peter Funch
Source - models.com

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Extreme Beauty

Twenty year old newcomer Carola Remer has the kind of extreme, jolting beauty that makes you sit up and take notice. Hailing from Germany and standing at 177 cm, Remer's face has amazingly angular features thanks to her impossibly high cheek bones, wide set eyes and square jawline. Remer has an exotic, other-wordly beauty that is hard to place. To me she looks like a cross between Magdalena Frackowiak and nineties model Tatiana Sorroko.

Remer's plans for a career in medicine were side-lined when a cousin sent her pictures into a modelling agency without her consent. Remer deferred her medical studies when the agency requested to meet with her and signed her on the spot. Now represented by One Management in New York, Remer had an impressive debut at the Fall/Winter 2011 shows appearing in a total of 27 shows including Tom Ford, Emilio Pucci, Hakaan and Yigal Azrouel. Remer debuted on the models.com chart of Top 50 models at position 43 and has had an impressive editorial response with appearances in US Harper's Bazaar with Glen Luchford, Self Service, Vogue China and Nippon Vogue with Daniel Jackson. With Remer's exquisite beauty and grace of movement, I expect appearances in Vogue Italia and Paris Vogue to follow suit.