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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

In Love with Linda

One of modelling's most enigmatic faces makes another stunning comeback with a solo cover appearance and featuring editorial for Love Magazine. Shot by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, grand dame Linda Evangelista illustrates why after more than twenty five years in the modelling game she is still one of the industry's most sought after models. Evangelista appears on the visually arresting fluorescent cover image channeling punk artist Jamie Reid. In the accompanying interview with Love, Evangelista candidly discusses her once famous quote, "I never get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day" by countering that "I was astonished by it. I still am, absolutely. It is the fee that is given for my services, my image, and not me as a person. It's Linda Evangelista."

Love - Spring/Summer 2012
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Stylist - Katie Grand
Source - models.com

Love - Spring/Summer 2012
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Stylist - Katie Grand
Source - thefashionspot.com

Love - Spring/Summer 2012
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Stylist - Katie Grand
Source - models.com

Love - Spring/Summer 2012
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Stylist - Katie Grand
Source - thefashionspot.com

Saturday, December 17, 2011

The Contender

Models like 19 year old Santo Domingo native Marihenny Rivera Pasible remind me of why I fell in love with modelling in the first instance. Rivera Pasible possesses a rare innocent, child-like beauty that is simply mesmerising in its purity. Backed by casting agents Michele Lee, Russell Marsh and Katie Grand, Rivera Pasible made an indelible mark at the Spring/Summer 2012 collections appearing in a total of 16 shows. The Dominican stunner who is represented by New York Model Management, was earmarked early on for success by influential casting agent Katie Grand who selected her to open the Giles show in London. The buzz generated paid dividends in Paris and Milan with Rivera Pasible walking for Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Loewe, Kenzo, Hussein Chalayan, Prada and Marni.

Introducing Ms Marihenny Rivera Pasible
Photographer - Terry Gates
Source - thefashionspot.com

With editorial appearances in V Magazine, Lurve Magazine, Teen Vogue and Nylon under her belt, as well as an up-coming British Vogue editorial lensed by Paolo Roversi, Rivera Pasible is fast becoming one of the most coveted newcomers of the Spring/Summer 2012 season. The interest in Rivera Pasible is evident with the Cut, models.com and Vogue Italia all featuring interviews with the elegant and articulate beauty on their websites. Watch for Rivera Pasible to dominate at the Fall/Winter 2012 collections in February where I am certain she will have the bounty of New York's designers falling before her well turned feet.

Photographer - Unknown
Source - models.com

Lurve Magazine - Issue 5
Photographer - Matteo Montanari
Source - fashiongonerogue.com

Photographer - Unknown
Source - interview.com

Photographer - Idris & Tony
Source - vogue.it

Ohne Titel - S/S 2012
Photographer - Filippo Fior

Hussein Chalayan - S/S 2012
Photographer - Filippo Fior

Prada - S/S 2012
Photographer - Monica Feudi

Rebecca Taylor - S/S 2012
Photographer - Alessandro Viero

Marni - S/S 2012
Photographer - Yannis Vlamos

Top Shop Unique - S/S 2012
Photographer - Yannis Vlamos
All runway images courtesy of style.com

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Super Natural Love

Love Magazine strikes editorial gold yet again in it's Supernatural issue. Lara Stone, Maria Carla Boscono, Daphne Groeneveld and Kristen McMenamy pose alongside stunning new face of the moment Nyasha Matonhodze in this riveting beauty portfolio. Photographers Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott team up with the styling genius of Katie Grand and Panos Yiapanis for this mesmerising editorial. The natural beauty of Stone, Matonhodze, McMenamy, Groeneveld and Boscono's tear streaked visages are enhanced by the minimalist make-up and visually arresting head pieces adorning each model's head. The incandescent beauty, raw emotion and vulnerability conveyed by Matonhodze et al. resonates with each turn of the page.

Nyasha Matonhodze

Lara Stone

Maria Carla Boscono

Daphne Groeneveld

Nyasha Matonhodze

Lara Stone

Daphne Groeneveld
LOVE Magazine - Issue 6
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Source - fashiongonerogue.com

Friday, July 8, 2011

Maximum Exposure

Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott go for maximum exposure, shooting Fall/Winter campaigns for Roberto Cavalli, Versace and Dsquared2. Maria Carla Boscono, Natasha Poly and Karen Elson team up for the photographic duo in Roberto Cavalli's lush autumnal themed campaign. The trio of enchantresses cast a spell amidst a lush setting of fuschia pink flora and golden brown foliage. Versace's bold campaign features Saskia de Brauw and Sean O'Pry against a desert landscape with ominous dark clouds swirling on the horizon. Newcomers Emily Baker, Saskia de Brauw, Bo Develius and Francisco Lachowski have gone back to the ranch for DSquared colonial inspired campaign. Stylist Katie Grand combines leather, denim, sequins, swarovski crystals, fur and bow ties, to bring new meaning to the term colonial chic.

Natasha Poly, Karen Elson & Maria Carla Boscono

Maria Carla Boscono, Karen Elson & Natasha Poly

Karen Elson, Natasha Poly & Maria Carla Boscono
Roberto Cavalli - F/W 2011
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Source - fashiongonerogue.com

Saskia de Brauw

Sean O'Pry

Saskia de Brauw

Sean O'Pry

Saskia de Brauw
Versace - F/W 2011
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Source - fashiongonerogue.com & fashionisto.com

Adrien Sahores

Emily Baker

Francisco Lachowski

Saskia de Brauw

Bo Develius
Dsquared2 - F/W 2011
Photographer - Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
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.