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The spirit of James Dean watched over Michael Bastian’s showing of his Spring 2012 collection—literally. With a faint outline of one of Dean’s most iconic images as the backdrop, Bastian opened with a model who served as the gone-too-soon actor’s doppelganger: his hair tousled, he slouched down the runway, darting his bespectacled eyes from side to side with a wounded look, in a red canvas windbreaker that mimicked Dean’s famous look from “Rebel Without a Cause.” The rest of the collection followed similar lines, without quite as much literalness; the Michael Bastian customer expects the grown-up glen plaid suits and sharp tuxedo jackets with an edge that were shown along with the repurposed and modernized preppy sportswear that seemed more in keeping with the youthful attitude of the star of “East of Eden.” This was an assured and coherent outing from a designer who is known for his mining of mid-century Americana, with clean pieces in bright colors that were luxurious to the touch if unsurprising visually. It takes a certain kind of man to wear Michael Bastian, one who is confident in his own style and knows what works and has the courage to stick with it. Designer: Michael Bastian Casting director: Roger Innis Behind the scenes photos: Betty Sze for models.com

The spirit of James Dean watched over Michael Bastian’s showing of his Spring 2012 collection—literally. With a faint outline of one of Dean’s most iconic images as the backdrop, Bastian opened with a model who served as the gone-too-soon actor’s doppelganger: his hair tousled, he slouched down the runway, darting his bespectacled eyes from side to side with a wounded look, in a red canvas windbreaker that mimicked Dean’s famous look from “Rebel Without a Cause.” The rest of the collection followed similar lines, without quite as much literalness; the Michael Bastian customer expects the grown-up glen plaid suits and sharp tuxedo jackets with an edge that were shown along with the repurposed and modernized preppy sportswear that seemed more in keeping with the youthful attitude of the star of “East of Eden.” This was an assured and coherent outing from a designer who is known for his mining of mid-century Americana, with clean pieces in bright colors that were luxurious to the touch if unsurprising visually. It takes a certain kind of man to wear Michael Bastian, one who is confident in his own style and knows what works and has the courage to stick with it. Designer: Michael Bastian Casting director: Roger Innis Behind the scenes photos: Betty Sze for models.com

Show Package – Milan S/S 12: Why Not (Women) models.com

Show Package – Milan S/S 12: Why Not (Women) models.com

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Sean and Seng recreate the 90s for Dazed & Confused‘s anniversary issue, enlisting Jourdan Dunn to embody themes from the year of Dazed’s inception. In one shot Jourdan is a petulant Wednesday Adams, in the next she’s capturing the grunge spirit of Nirvana’s album, Nevermind. With exceptional styling by Karen Langley and a tongue in cheek sense of humor, the story does a great job of capturing all that was fun and fabulous about the early 90s era. models.com

I-D Magazine dares readers to dream big with four fresh covers of their Dreams and Aspirations issue. Featuring fashion favorites like Abbey Lee Kershaw, Fei Fei Sun, Lara Stone and Carine Roitfeld, the covers more than live up to the issue’s ambitious title. For even more be sure to check out i-D Online. models.com

I-D Magazine dares readers to dream big with four fresh covers of their Dreams and Aspirations issue. Featuring fashion favorites like Abbey Lee Kershaw, Fei Fei Sun, Lara Stone and Carine Roitfeld, the covers more than live up to the issue’s ambitious title. For even more be sure to check out i-D Online. models.com

I-D Magazine dares readers to dream big with four fresh covers of their Dreams and Aspirations issue. Featuring fashion favorites like Abbey Lee Kershaw, Fei Fei Sun, Lara Stone and Carine Roitfeld, the covers more than live up to the issue’s ambitious title. For even more be sure to check out i-D Online. models.com

The Last Magazine Ehren Dorsey client: The Last Magazine source: thelast-magazine.com published: Fall/Winter 2011 Amy Troost - Photographer Ehren Dorsey - Model Gillian Wilkins - Fashion Editor/Stylist Dotti - Makeup Artist WARNING NUDITY http://models.com/work/the-last-magazine-ehren-dorsey

Patrick Demarchelier and Karl Templer tackle the avant garde spirit of couture in Interview with an elegant story featuring Ehren Dorsey and Bryton Munn as young lovers. With her unique look adding a layer of edginess to the season’s most regal designer pieces, Ehren is the perfect choice for Demarchelier’s sumptuous story. Echoing the “effortless polish of the new breed of young European aristocracy” the editorial’s tale of a punk princess and a man in uniform falling in love feels fresh. models.com

Wild Soul///Tao Okamoto by Sølve Sundsbø for Vogue China September 2011

GREEN FALL///Chloe Memisevic by Peter Gehrke for Elle Sweden September 2011

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photographer: Thomas Skou | make-up: Jeanette | model: Maja Krag fashion.blogspot.com please note the full spread

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Maja Krag for WACKERHAUS SS’12 show, shot for Adelie by Polina Vinogradova.

R/H Label ss12 - Copenhagen Wackerhaus ss12 CPH Vision/Terminal-2 Press Shows ss12 Guldknappen ss12 - Copenhagen tfs

Patrik Ervell S/S 12 models.com

Timo Weiland S/S 12 Designer: Timo Weiland and Alan Eckstein Stylist: Katie Mossman Casting: Edward Kim for House Casting Producer: Lynne O’Neill View the entire collection on Style.com models.com

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcplnz_ma...-paris_creation Martine @ Nathalie Paris Makes sense. A short movie portraying Martine, taken in Paris, where she talks about modeling and her favorite things in life. From places she likes to food she loves, from what fashion means to her to the last thing she does before going to bed. It makes a lot of topics but simply reveals a few charming details without unveiling everything, keeping the mystery alive while her career takes off. The perfect balance between all the little things that allow us to know more about her personality and the gallery of expressions it shows makes the whole portrait even more relevant. Made sense, then to have it as an exclusive preview today. Especially when another rising star from Nathalie/New York Models, also from the Netherlands, is featured on Vogue Italia's new faces section a few days earlier. Dutch invasion or smart management and good timing ? That's precisly what captures our attention at the moment. Besides how lovely it is to learn that Martine loves cheese as much as we do, what seems to be the foreword of her career-plan is worth taking a closer look. Fourth Dutch young lady signed with New York Models and ready for success, third one also signed with Nathalie, all of them sharing a certain look that tells a bit more on the current aesthetics set as these two agencies' trademark. Peculiar yet "easy to understand", meaning they effortlessly stand out from the crowd while not likely to induce dramatic changes in perception of beauty. Quite a nice concept we could translate as "unique and universal" as, far from reaching only a tiny niche within the whole fashion world, all of Martina's three agency-mates -- Patricia, Ylonka and Melissa -- got a remarkable response from New York to Paris. Wether they come from the same mold or not is another question. And allows us to push that concept a little further than what initially seemed to be its boundaries. Today's modeling seems to move on (or go back) to striking individuals. Girls who tell you a story as soon as they enter the casting-room. Girls who wear the clothes (and not the other way around) but don't necessarily outshine a collection by some irrelevant star qualities. To give a proper answer to the question, if they all definitely belong to the same "wave", each has a distinctive look and vibe -- make sure you've seen both Martine's and Melissa's videos by the way. Actually, it's especially because of the difference that they belongs to that very same wave, which seems to stand for a certain idea of beauty rather than a definite beauty type. It's a bit tricky, it's a bit conceptual and maybe we push it too far on the intellectual way (instead of keeping the same light-hearted mood as Martine in her interview). But it would be really difficult for us not to celebrate a certain ideal of scouting and the precious management that goes hand in hand with it.