Category Archives: Models
Chloe Dao chooses new designers to sell alongside her at Lot 8
Earlier this month, Chloe Dao hosted an open casting call for designers to submit their sketches and samples. The winners will sell their clothes or accessories alongside Dao’s own clothes at her Houston store, Lot 8, in Rice Village. Dao’s … Continue reading
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Inspiration for the moment: Altamira: Models Off Duty
I’m recovering from my fashion funk, but still need gobs of inspiration if I want to sort out my wardrobe a little better. One of my favorite sites for new ideas in terms of styling is Altamira: Models Off Duty. … Continue reading
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Kate Moss, the chanteuse
Forget speaking Kate Moss, now we’ll get a singing Kate Moss. She sometimes joined now ex-boyfriend Pete Doherty on stage, and even posted this simple little diddly on YouTube, but now Kate Moss is making her singing voice official. The … Continue reading
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How much do models get paid?
You’ve put up with my snobbish disappointment when my favorite runway girls start appearing in Victoria’s Secret catalogs (yet I love when Siri’s the J.Crew cover girl), and now you can laugh in my face about it. I knew those … Continue reading
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Want to know what it’s like to work with Kate?
Garance’s “secret” project she kept hinting at on her blog turns out to have been filming Kate Moss for the new David Yurman ads, and assisting Peter Lindbergh. In her post, Garance admits she was mostly immune to the Kate … Continue reading
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What do Coco Rocha and Naomi Campbell have in common?
All that traveling, and only a passing knowledge of world geography, apparently. Naomi — who started modeling at 15 — testified in front of a war crimes tribunal that she’d never heard of Liberia when she attended a 1997 dinner … Continue reading
Doutzen shoots for Tiffany’s
Here’s more campaign news: Doutzen Kroes is shooting ads (and a commercial?) for Tiffany & Co. in New York. She’s wearing a coat and standing in artificial snow (there’s also a little fir or Christmas tree in the background), so … Continue reading
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Gemma plays a mermaid in Pirates 4
Remember when Australian model and former on-her-way to supermodel Gemma Ward was supposed to have a comeback, thanks to a starring role in the charming Black Balloon movie that was released in the U.S. last year? It didn’t happen. But … Continue reading
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Behati bemoans the model-slash
The model and best friend dream team of Coco Rocha and Behati Prinsloo have set me straight: forget the model-slash, it’s just called trying something new. On her blog (and Twitter) today, Coco revealed their latest portfolio of down-time talent … Continue reading
Agyness Deyn’s NAAG site makes me want to be Agyness!
A week or so ago Modelinia pointed me to Agnyess Deyn’s new online magazine/blog/creative space called NAAG. It’s awesome. Unlike Gwyneth’s GOOP, it’s of course more like Agnyess: silly, wonky, completely unpretentious and addictingly attractive. Simply organized into four categories … Continue reading
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