Showing posts with label Lisanne de Jong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lisanne de Jong. Show all posts

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Casting Frenzy

With New York Fashion Week in full speed, a legion of impossibly beautiful and statuesque models have been witnessed traipsing all over Manhattan amidst a casting frenzy. A gazillion pretty faces turned out last Sunday for Andrew Weir's ACW casting at the Hudson Hotel, and with client roster including Hugo Boss, Viktor & Rolf, Thakoon, Hussein Chalayan and Ralph Lauren, the competition to impress Weir and his team was intense. Seasoned veterans Trish Goff and Marcelle Bittar were in attendance whilst newcomers Marihenny Passible, Xiao Wen Ju, Priscilla Kabeya, Allaire and Herieth Paul jockeyed to stand out from the pack. With each season brings a new pool of talent and I look forward to seeing which girls sink or swim.


Marihenny Passible

Liza Golden

Xiao Wen Ju

Lisanne de Jong

Herieth Paul

Priscilla Kabeya

Alina Baikova

Brejge Heinen & Kel Markey

Pamela Bernier

Melissa Tammerijn & Allaire

Trish Goff
All images courtesy of models.com

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

I ♥ Polaroids

You know that a model has the goods when she looks sensational in a simple polaroid shot. The following series of polaroids feature modelling's elite hamming it up for Australian casting director Kannon Rajah. Currently one of fashion's  most influential casting directors, Rajah has assembled model line-ups for Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Oscar de la Renta and Victoria's Secret and certainly knows a thing or two about models. Speaking to smh.com Kannon reveals, "There has to be a freshness and coolness about them. When the right girl comes along, you know. I liken models to athletes. They have to work hard, be dedicated and be mentally and physically focused to do well. It's not just about being a pretty face." 

In an interview with the Australian, Rajah details the process involved for the casting of the Victoria's Secret extravaganza, "This show is the most precise show we have to cast for. It's all about the proportions of the bodies. They're in their underwear so they have to be flawless and perfect. A huge factor is having a huge personality and being able to project that, because this is a fashion show that's primarily made for television." 

I had the arduous task of going through the shots of the 82 models captured by Rajah for a photographic montage entitled "All dressed up with no where to go" in support of the Impossible Project. The 17 polaroids featured below are my personal favourites and as you will see,  personality is not an attribute these models lack.

Karlie Kloss

Natasha Poly

Raquel Zimmerman

Abbey Lee Kershaw

Sessilee Lopez

Anna Selezneva

Jourdan Dunn

Alla K

Magdalena Frackowiak

Lakshmi Menon

Jac Jagaciak

Lindsay Wixson

Sasha Pivovarova

Catherine McNeil

Edita Vilkevicuite

Malene Knudsen

Lisanne de Jong
Photographer - Kannon Rajah
Source - thefashionspot.com

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Sleeping Beauties

The February edition of Russh Magazine features Elite Model's Bambi Northwood-Blyth, Lisanne de Jong, and Hannah Holman in a series of languid bedside poses. The editorial shot by Benny Horne appears to be centred around a sleepover with the three besties decked out in ensembles by Preen, Missoni and Phillip Lim. The models look super comfortable and relaxed accompanied by styling which emphasises the youth and natural beauty of the trio. All three girls look like babes in the woods but it is Holman, sporting shoulder length golden locks, whose image leaps off the page.


Bambi Northwood-Blyth, Hannah Holman
& Lisanne de Jong

Left Image - Hannah Holman & Lisanne de Jong
Right Image - Bambi Northwood-Blyth & Hannah Holman

Hannah Holman & Bambi Northwood-Blyth

Lisanne de Jong & Bambi Northwood-Blyth

Lisanne de Jong & Hannah Holman

Bambi Northwood-Blyth

Bambi Northwood-Blyth, Lisanne de Jong,
& Hannah Holman, with Abbey & Meag.