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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

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

Saturday, August 6, 2011

A Star is Born

Chinese model Sui He is fast becoming one of the most coveted newcomers following a succession of sensational editorial appearances in V, Love and W magazine. In addition to that editorial trifecta, is Sui's limelight stealing cover appearance on Vogue China's 6th Anniversary issue lensed by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, and her star turn as the current face of Ralph Lauren's Fall/Winter 2011 campaign.

Born in Wenzhou, Sui has been modelling for four years and received her first major breakthrough at the Fall/Winter 2011 shows when she was selected by casting director Jennifer Starr to open for Ralph Lauren, making her the first model of Asian descent to do so. What followed was a Dries Van Noten exclusive in Paris and select runway appearances in Milan for D&G, D'Squared, Costume National and Anteprima.

Sui has a face that is distinctly Eurasian in appearance and is blessed with the most sublime angular bone structure. What is fascinating about Sui is that she is able to morph from a delicate and elegant beauty to that of a harder-edged unconventional gothic type as evidenced in her most recent editorial appearances for Love and V magazine. It is this versatility along with Sui's undeniable exceptional beauty which will ensure her longevity in the fickle world of modelling.

Photographer - David Urbanke
Source - davidurbanke.blogspot.com

Love Magazine - Issue 6
Photographer - Sølve Sundsbø
Source - models.com

Photographer - Unknown
Source - models.com

W Magazine - June 2011
Photographer - Daniele Duella & Iango Henzi
Source - models.com

V Magazine - Summer 2011
Photographer - Glen Luchford
Source - models.com

Photographer - Unknown
Source - models.com

Ralph Lauren - F/W 2011
Photographer - Carter Berg
Source - newyorkmodelsblog.com

Photographer - Unknown
Source - thefashionspot.com

Photographer - David Urbanke
Source - davidurbanke.blogspot.com

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Gold Russh

Russh Magazine's August/September issue features a treasure trove of editorial goodies. Golden girl Nyasha Matonhodze stars in an Alex Franco lensed editorial entitled "On a Wing." Matonhodze looks simply sublime wearing an assortment of creations embellished with ostrich feathers, plastic scales and fur by Gareth Pugh, Prada and Haider Ackermann. Gillian Wilkins clever styling is perfectly suited to Matonhodze's unembellished natural beauty which is further enhanced by the surrounding landscape, and flora and fauna. At only sixteen years, Matonhodze seems poised for an incredible future having already landed a Louis Vuitton campaign shot by Steven Meisel, as well as editorials for Teen Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and V Magazine, and a stunning cover debut for the issue 6 of Love Magazine.

Golden Girl - Nyasha Matonhodze

Nyasha Matonhodze
Russh Magazine - August/September 2011
Photographer - Alex Franco
Stylist - Gillian Wilkins
Source - thefashionspot.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

Metamorphosis

A true test of a model's skill is her ability to portray and embody a wide range of emotions and looks. I'll admit that I had at one point categorised model Alessandra Ambrosio as being capable of a singular solitary trademark Victoria's Secret sexy look. The following images from an upcoming editorial for LOVE Magazine, blow my assumptions completely out of the water. The editorial lensed by Boo George captures Ambrosio at her most beautiful, without relying on the model's obvious physical attributes and instead allowing her to display an intensity and character that delivers true editorial punch. Ambrosio loses herself in the character role of naval officer and in turn finds a newly converted fan in me.

LOVE Magazine - Issue 6
Photographer - Boo George
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.