Showing posts with label Sebastian Faena. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sebastian Faena. Show all posts

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Timing is Everything

Eurasian model Mackenzie Hamilton was discovered at age fourteen in Vancouver, Canada at a local model talent search. Now aged twenty-one and represented by DNA Model Management, Hamilton has just come off the back of an impressive NYFW Fall/Winter 2012 season, appearing in a total of twelve shows. Hamilton is no stranger to the runway circuit, having previously walked for the likes of Christian Lacroix, Diane Von Furstenberg, Just Cavalli, Oscar de la Renta, Elie Saab and Akris. The difference however this season is that Hamilton exudes a womanly confidence and self-assurance that was clearly evident at 3.1 Phillip Lim, Band of Outsiders, Suno, Jenny Packham, and Zero + Maria Cornejo amongst others. 

Mackenzie Hamilton
Polaroid courtesy of DNA Model Management
Source - thefashionspot.com

Reintroducing Mackenzie Hamilton
F/W 2012 DNA Show Card
Source - models.com

I first noticed Hamilton back in August 2008 when she was featured in V Magazine as part of DNA's line-up for the model powerhouse portfolio photographed by Sebastian Faena. The image was telling, as Hamilton all but faded into the background overshadowed by established models of the day like Doutzen Kroes, Maryna Linchuk and Agyness Deyn. Fast-forward to December 2011 and Hamilton popped up again in V's annual model powerhouse feature, only this time she stood out in front Alex Cayley's lens looking incandescent. The transformation was remarkable and the look in Hamilton's eyes foreshadowed a determination and knowing that she is ready for her moment in the spotlight. Hamilton is clearly genetically blessed with a dreamy complexion, exquisite bone structure and model perfect proportions. With a steely confidence now in place as the most valuable part of her arsenal, I'm gunning for Hamilton to truly make her mark at the Fall/Winter 2012 shows in Milan and Paris. 

Band of Outsiders - F/W 2012
Photographer - Marcus Tondo

Zero + Maria Cornejo - F/W 2012
Photographer - Monica Feudi

3.1 Phillip Lim - F/W 2012
Photographer - Monica Feudi

Suno - F/W 2012
Photographer - Amanda de Simone

Timo Weiland - F/W 2012
Photographer - Yannis Vlamos
All runway images courtesy of style.com

Mackenzie Hamilton - far left in the background
V Magazine - August 2008
Photographer - Sebastian Faena
Source - thefashionspot.com

Mackenzie Hamilton - In the Limelight
V Magazine - Issue 74
Photographer - Alex Cayley
Source - models.com

Pulp - Issue 4
Photographer - Owen Bruce
Source - fashiongonerogue.com

Pulp - Issue 4
Photographer - Owen Bruce
Source - fashiongonerogue.com

Pulp - Issue 4
Photographer - Owen Bruce
Source - fashiongonerogue.com

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Born this Way

Fashion editor Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele marries the worlds of high fashion and hip hop for V Magazine's first ever music issue. Cerf de Dudzeele and photographer Sebastian Faena explore the relationship between hip hop and high fashion whilst showcasing four of modelling's most beautiful faces. Melodie Monrose, Anais Mali, Chrishell Stubbs and Cora Emmanuel are given the opportunity to shine vibrantly in the tongue in  cheek editorial sporting ensembles which hark back to the days of MC Hammer, Lil Kim, the Fugees and Foxy Brown. Established faces of the moment, Mali and Monrose put on their best swagger alongside newcomers Emmanuel and Stubbs. As Cerf de Dudzeele puts it best "I love girls that men want to follow in the street - glamourous, sexy, powerful. You're born with it."

Chrishell Stubbs

Travone Hill & Melodie Monrose

Anais Mali & Travone Hill

Anais Mali

Travone Hill Melodie Monrose

Travone Hill, Cora Emmanuel, Rob Evans
& Anthony White

Rob Evans & Anais Mali

Chrishell Stubbs

Rob Evans, Travone Hill, Anais Mali & Melodie Monrose

Cora Emmanuel

Travone Hill, Anais Mali & Rob Evans
V Magazine - Issue 75
Photographer - Sebastian Faena
Source - thefashionspot.com

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Latina Beauty

V Spain unveils it's Top Ten Latina Beauties in an editorial shot by Sebastian Faena. Joan Smalls, Isabeli Fontana, Caroline Trentini, Izabel Goulart, Rose Cordero, Tati Cotliar, Elsa Benitez, Alessandra Ambrosio and Arlenis Sosa amongst others, feature in the series of coloured, and black and white portraits. Hailing from Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Mexico, the models selected aptly represent the diversity of Latina beauty. 

Isabeli Fontana

Joan Smalls

Arlenis Sosa

Rose Cordero

Caroline Trentini

Izabel Goulart

Alessandra Ambrosio
V Spain - Issue 9
Photographer - Sebastian Faena
Source - fashiongonerogue.com

Friday, May 13, 2011

V Magazine's Asia Issue

V Magazine's Asia issue is due to hit newsstands on the 12th of May with Lady Gaga appearing on the cover photographed by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Ten percent of the proceeds of sales will go towards the Japan relief effort. The issue features a stunning editorial with the modelling's top Asian talent. Liu Wen, Fei Fei Sun, Shu Pei Qin and Tao Okamoto transform into modern day vixens under the masterful lens of Terry Tsiolis. Newcomers Ming Xi, Sui He and Bonnie Chen also appear in editorials shot by Nick Knight, Glen Luchford and Sebastien Faena respectively. It is truly amazing to see so many top models of Asian descent showcased in one issue. Let's hope that the recent smattering of editorials featuring all-Black and all-Asian casts is not just a gimmick and that models of colour become the norm rather than the exception in the higher echelons of the modelling world.

Fei Fei Sun
Photographer - Terry Tsiolis

Tao Okamoto
Photographer - Terry Tsilois

Fei Fei Sun
Photographer - Terry Tsiolis

Shu Pei Qin
Photographer - Terry Tsiolis

Liu Wen
Photographer - Terry Tsiolis

Tao Okamoto
Photographer - Terry Tsiolis
All images V Magazine - Issue 71
Source - nymag.com

Memoirs of a Gaga
Photographer -  Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin
V Magazine - Issue 71
Source - beautyisdiverse.com

Sui He
Photographer - Glen Luchford
V Magazine - Issue 71
Source - models.com

Bonnie Chen
Photographer - Sebastian Faena
V Magazine - Issue 71
Source - models.com

Ming Xi
Photographer - Nick Knight
V Magazine - Issue 71
Source - models.com