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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

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

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

Sunday, December 4, 2011

The V Collective

V Magazine assembles a cast of modelling's freshest talent for an editorial highlighting the Faces of Now. Julia Nobis, Daphne Groeneveld, Ruby Aldridge, Ilse de Boer, Hailey Clausen, Andie Arthur, Charlotte Free, Emily Baker and Marique Schimmel pose for designer and photographer Hedi Slimane in a series of paired-back, black and white portraits. Slimane captures the individual beauty of each subject whilst allowing the models to imbue the images with an element of their own character. The resulting images are candid, personal and beautiful in their simplicity.

Daphne Groeneveld

Ilse de Boer

Charlotte Free

Andie Arthur

Ruby Aldridge

Julia Nobis

Hailey Clauson

Marique Schimmel

Emily Baker
V Magazine - November 2011
Photographer - Hedi Slimane
Source - models.com

Friday, November 4, 2011

Powerhouse Agencies

V Magazine's model issue serves up a visual smorgasbord of modelling talent in its portfolio of New York's Powerhouse Modelling Agencies. IMG Models, Ford Model Management, DNA Model Management, Next Management, Supreme Models, Marilyn and One Management assemble a mixed bag of legendary faces, current stars and newcomers captured by Terry Richardson, Alex Cayley, Claudia Knoepfel & Stefan Indlekofer, Catherine Servel, Salvatore Morale and Rad Hourani. There's something to suit everyones taste, from the slick stylised Factory inspired DNA landscape shots, to the casual aloof vibe given off by the super IMG line-up, to the trademark Terry Richardson Marilyn portraits.