Aliceinfashionland

The pictures in the red dress taken in the castle are BREATHTAKING, and i mean really amazingly GORGEOUS!! Hope to see some great quality ones of those. However (and pliz don't jump on me and accuse me of bashing her) i am not really sure about the 'real life' pictures of her in that dress at the actual ball... the long braid and so on... it looks slightly silly. (i do get that the whole point is the fairy tale, but that's just my impression) But the dress itself.... they should make a whole children fairy tale movie around it!

I got an invitation to the White Fairy Tale Love Ball... via the Naked Heart Foundation facebook page... LOL Don't know what to think... i really want to see that fashion show but don't know how much a printed page from the net will work for me as an invitation... Any thoughts? <_<

Love the etam pictures, especially the day wear ones, she looks fresh/flirty/happy in them. As for the pictures for the Love Ball book, I am speechless! I want to have all these dresses!!!!

I really enjoyed reading you Pautinka! Thank you!

I made my point you made yours. I can't help it if you feel i'm patronizing. Just know that was not my intention. I don't know anything about you, (or you about me for that matter) but i do know that you "couldn't sleep thinking about Natalia's loneliness." That is what i was talking about, not about you as a person. I read that, and it struck me. If you think it's fine, and you have good reasons then good for you. This forum is about 'Fashion models'... I am not the one who started talking about Natalia's happiness or unhappiness. (which i think is fair enough up to a point.) Other models have more pictures and less personal life comments, which i prefer. That is my opinion and i'm allowed to say it. Maybe i should feel you are patronizing me when I read your last paragraph....

[ I don't know, aliceinfashionland. I don't care that Natalia doesn't know me or doesn't care about me. I like her and I admire her. I find it nice to talk about her with other people who share this same interest. That's the whole point of Bellazon. Anyway, it's very sweet of you to care about my sleep and my deep exposure to the effect of the internet, although I pretty much don't know you and don't care about what you think. But since you asked, let me return you the courtesy. I'm also curious. I guess you don't suffer from this extreme consequence of the internet and magazines, as we, troubled people, do. So why do you come to this board at all? Bash Natalia is the only thing you do around here. I mean, you must know you've just patronized me for no reason at all, other than the thrill of it. Maybe there's a reason as to why. Be a dear and analyze that.

I think it could be indeed that they need to wait until they will be married for ten years in order for the divorce to be smoother, it totally makes sense! Hadn't thought about it. I work as a psychologist. And i hear lots of sad childhood stories, Natalia's is not that uncommon. I'm sure it has influenced her, and that it is where this idea came to help other children in her country. But to the contrary of many people I think it's normal she should do it. Is it not a duty to do what we can to make the world better? Every one at their own level? Some more visibly than others. Many people in this world devote their whole lives to help others, sometimes in extreme conditions. I don't admire Natalia. I think she has overall had a very good life (and still does have a very privileged existence), and that she is only giving back, which to me is the least one can do. I wish more people would do it, because the world would be a better place. I'm not a big fan of the "famous people telling how they suffered in childhood" stories. I think it is one of those things one does to acquire sympathy from the public. I think it is very sweet that some of you sleep badly thinking about Natalia's loneliness, but at the same time i think: why care so much about somebody's life when that person doesn't even know you exist or care about you? It must be one of the extreme consequences of the internet and magazines.... We are presented with role models, preferably beautiful or talented, but sometimes none of the two, to love and to look up to, when actually they are not our real lives. We have no idea what they really are. We don't have a relationship with them. I'm sorry, i'm aware this is very off topic, but it strikes me a lot on forums, be it about actors, singers or models, lots of people saying how they think this person is so amazing! And i always want to reply: No one is actually more amazing or that different from any of us on this very forum, talking about Natalia. We just have a different part in this life.... and different means of action.

I totally agree with all of this, especially the part that she is 'a woman scorned'... in a way, for her, it is almost a public ''''humiliation'''' and she is trying to rebuild that perfect fairy tale image while making him appear in a poorer light so she can go on unharmed herself in a way. It's true we don't know Justin, but we have eyes to see and we saw how he was always by her side and discrete, leaving her in the spotlight and behaving like a gentleman. (in fact, hardly ever saying a word) I meet him once, had a very short chat with him. I thought he was exactly that: discrete and charming, a man of few words. I meet Natalia the same day (yes it's true ) and my impression was that she was a businesswoman. Humanly speaking I could not tell who she was. I meet the model, not the person. (I was a little dissapointed at the time, I imagined her warm and adorable, an angel.... she was not) I still thought she was pretty, as I do now, but the dream and out of this world part of it was gone for me. This is why i defend Justin, but at the same time I do not say it's all her fault of course. (I'm sure she is suffering and I feel for her. But she is strong and will get through this) Just that she shouldn't allowed negative things being said about him, especially if when asked directly she says it's no one's business.

About the story with Justin. Once again, someone from Natalia's side drops a criticism of her ex husband. I don't like it! Why does that person write that? Has it happened once that she called and that Natalia and Justin were busy having family time or with something else and that Justin didn't like it? Did Natalia perhaps use to spend hours on the phone with her friends (understandable) and did Justin feel left out because he didn't understand a word and because he was hoping to see her more exclusively during her brief off-duty time? (i know my boyfriend hates when i'm more than 15 minutes on the phone when we're together) So that writer, with her journalistic aura, concluded that he didn't like phonecalls "from Russia" and concluded he didn't like russians? ........ And thinks it's an interesting thing to write in an article about Natalia. "Poor little Natalia was abandoned (or "is finally rid of?) meany Justin who doesn't like russians? It's ridiculous. Once again, I am shocked that Natalia would even allow that to be printed about the father of her children. And once again it's a silly comment, quite immature and not really a frank one. A hint of criticism but not really. Just like when she said: one time, when Lucas was a baby, I was alone in a room while his family was partying... That certainly was the only 2 hours he wasn't at her side then. I don't think their relationship was a fairytale, but I also don't think Natalia is a fairy. A pretty face does not necessarily hide all human qualities. I think Justin was crazy about her for years and years, he followed her everywhere, she was his life, he did everything she wanted, spoiled her, supported her etc. Maybe in the last times it was starting to weigh on him, maybe he was sick of her deciding about everything all the time, and being busy with her carreer and her russian charity more than with him... who knows! If we have to comment on their separation (let's call it what it is), I think we have to consider both sides.

I agree, all these vitamins are unnecessary for someone has a balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle... Actually one reads more and more that all these supplements are more of a marketing business than really effective. I don't know if we can call her a heavy smoker, but she certainly smoked a lot when she was younger. I remember reading an article about her and her husband a few years ago, and it was mentioned how they were 'chain-smoking'

As I mentioned before, I totally agree with everyone saying she should wear a bra more often, especially with low necklines, because it makes her breasts looks saggy (which i'm sure they are not, i think her chest is just like that, but a bra would make it look better) and because it is inapropriate in public like that (unless maybe for a party at the playboy mansion) When you see the gorgeous dress she is wearing on the red carpet with Valentino, and then that half slutty look at the Calvin Klein party, it's like it's not the same person.... If she is aiming to look fresh, it's the total opposite that is perceived. I think that is more a look for Taylor Momsen. Provocative teen pushing the boundaries or wannabe star thinking that's how one gets noticed. Her best feature has always been her face, as someone pointed out. And it is not necessary to show your nipples for people to notice you've got an incredible body. Especially as people can see it in her lingerie adds all over the world and all over the net. I remember having a bad feeling about that Etam contract, she used to be a classy chanel-calvin Klein model, and to me Etam was the beginning of the end of the glorious Natalia area... It might have been a good business decision, but to me it altered her image in a bad way. When I watch her pose with Valentino, she looks so sad and bitter... in a way i wish she would stay out of sight for a few month and then come back with a renewed energy and happiness, because her act seems so forced nowadays that it becomes almost painful to watch... Maybe it's all directed to Justin, maybe she needs people's attention to stay afloat... I don't know, but whatever it is, it is not healthy...

On post 8941, if you make the pictures to the biggest size, you can see some hairs on her upper lip and between her eyebrows. I think it shouldn't be allowed to photograph people so close up. It's an invasion of the private space...

Really don't like that last editorial, not the hair and not the expression... she looks so sad and... bitter or something... I want fresh Natalia back please, classy Natalia... this is slightly gloomy...

Love love loooooooovvvvveee! the pictures of Natalia and Justin together, especially the one where she is wearing the pink dress and he has a green sweater. I genuinly believe she would not have made it so big in the fashion world if she hadn't meet and fallen in love with him, not only because of the extra attention she got for marrying a rich aristocrat, but because of how it transformed her, gave her that glow. On all these pictures of young Natalia she shines, her eyes sparkle, she irradiates pure happiness and love. It makes me really understand how pure 'esthetics' :just a nice body or high cheekbones is not enough... there is the flame of the soul of the person that shines through and that is what attracts people. She is still very pretty of course, but the light is off... Natalia herself once said that 'when you have a positive energy, you attract positive energy'. It is sad to see all that gone, but this is planet earth: everybody's star shines at some moments during their life, but it can't shine all the time and she sure had her fair share. About the alleged romance, i don't believe it at all. I think after the big story she lived with Justin, and we don't know how finished it is, she has only a lot to lose by going out with just anybody. Her appeal to the public is partially made of the image of 'purity, perfect family, aristocratic husband, perfect mother... ' she has, that is the fairy tale, that's what is repeated in every article about her and she would lose it if she dated a 'party animal', she would become another type of 'famous person', her image would suffer from it. Also, she has a very busy schedule and three children who live in her and Justin's house, how could she invite a man in all that? Difficult to combine all of these things. Good for her to focus on the foundation but I hope she also spends a lot of time with the children who surely need her more than ever. About the picture with the turquoise dress: i think she doesn't like to wear a bra: there is a lot of pictures of her in different tops and dresses and not wearing a bra. I hope she sees this picture and realises that she needs one now... her breasts almost look saggy... not nice for small breasts...

Sweet to see her with Neva. Though I can't think of a picture where that child is actually happy and smiling... the boys, especially Victor look full of life, but she is always sad-ish... poor thing, I bet it isn't easy for these children... And money doesn't make a difference.