Everything posted by okeydokey
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Anouk Hagemeijer
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Marinet Matthee
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Marine Deleeuw
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Melina Gesto
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Melina Gesto
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Melina Gesto
Stella McCartney Fall 2015 Lingerie Collection Campaign (additional photos) http://www.journelle.com/lookbooks/stella-mccartney http://www.stellamccartney.com/experience/en/aw15-lingerie-lookbook/
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Annika Krijt
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Paulina Heiler
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Paulina Heiler
Marie Claire Spain September 2015 ph: Pablo Zamora (http://dreamingofdiorr.blogspot.ca/2015/09/business-class-paulina-heiler-for-marie.html)
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Paulina Heiler
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Madison Hope Headrick
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Alana Zimmer
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Ymre Stiekema
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Alisa Ahmann
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Anais Pouliot
emailer from Lord & Taylor Madewell Denim Recycling Event Lyz Olko x Curve Event Debut Spring 2016 Collection
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Alana Zimmer
Fashion Magazine November 2015 Photography: Chris Nicholls Stylist: Zeina Esmail Hair: DJ Quintero Makeup: Hung Vanngo (http://www.fashionmagazine.com/fashion/2015/10/05/fashion-magazine-november-2015-cover-alana-zimmer) “Seriously, I once spent the day wearing an octopus as a hat.” These are the words—uttered by Alana Zimmer—that elicit a wry smile from a waiter delivering her a glass of water at the tea room in New York’s Baccarat Hotel. The supermodel, who hails from Kitchener, Ont., has just finished posing for her cover story with FASHION, a project that marks her 10th anniversary in the business. After experiencing a decade of outrageous clothes, people and places, Zimmer is feeling mighty nostalgic. “Honey, I did a shoot where I actually had to place a steak and a hot dog on my skin,” she says, laughing about a gig, which took place early in her career (it predated Lady Gaga’s meat dress appearance at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards). “I’ve also been photographed with a cow’s heart on my chest for a long period of time—God, that really tested me!” To get through hours of sitting with slimy tentacles and gushing organs, Zimmer, 28, has a trick. “In this business, you have to meditate,” she says. “I’ll always put up with the craziness of the industry—I’m no diva—but meditation makes me realize that the job is temporary and some sacrifice could create a strong image.” It is this above-and-beyond work ethic that has made Zimmer one of a handful of Canadian beauties to have » such a long modelling career. Her journey is unique: The editorial jobs she’s been hired for flip-flop from undeniably commercial (she and her boyfriend, model Nick Rea, appear together in Forever 21’s fall campaign) to genuinely artful. Zimmer—whose chameleonic features have allowed her to be a part of Missoni, Sonia Rykiel and Jean Paul Gaultier campaigns—is often cast not just to pose, but to become a character for the camera. This includes her eerie portrayal of Edith “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale from Grey Gardens—a 1975 documentary on two of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s isolated, feline-hoarding relatives—in a shoot for Vogue Spain. “I took on the [persona] of a weird cat lady. I was Little Edie for the whole day. It was so satisfying,” she says. Zimmer’s depiction of the Virgin Mary for photographer Miles Aldridge is among the lens master’s most beloved pictures. “I got to fake cry and roll my eyes like a possessed person. I love the weirdness.” Like most tales of supermodel discovery, Zimmer’s is based on happenstance: She was slinging greasy pizza and overcooked pasta as a waitress in her hometown’s East Side Mario’s. By chance, Milan-based fashion writer Celia Sears (a Canadian who is now a freelance fashion editor and producer for Vogue Black online) was dining there. She approached Zimmer, insisting she connect with model agent Elmer Olsen. Shortly afterward, at the tender age of 18, Zimmer was walking runways. “It was all Celia,” Zimmer says, with a sigh. “Give her the credit, please. She was the one to guide my career. She’d give me tips, tell me who and what to avoid, and introduce me to great fashion minds.” Zimmer’s official coming-out party transpired after she walked her first major runway for Marc Jacobs. It was then she discovered that fashion runs on a 48-hour clock. “You have to realize you’re on other people’s time—it’s annoying, but you have to kind of let go and be patient,” she says. “If this is what you want to do, you have to do it.” During the Spring 2007 fashion week season, Zimmer walked more than 60 runway shows. “I had not slept for like 40 days straight that season,” she recalls. “I made 15 grand, bought a handbag and saved the rest.” By the time she turned 26, she owned an apartment in Manhattan. Getting paid to wear beautiful clothes and travel to posh places are definite perks of the job (her favourite trip was to Nairobi’s Giraffe Manor for a Harper’s Bazaar UK shoot, where Zimmer fed the tall African creatures from her hotel window). Yet Zimmer says she has stayed in the game so long for reasons beyond wanderlust. Navigating the various style tribes of Paris, New York, London and Milan stirred Zimmer’s interest in human behaviour. Last winter, Zimmer enrolled at New York University, where she’s studying psychology. “In this job I’ve become more and more interested in communities,” she says. “Working on teams with different personalities and trying to adapt to them is key.” Type A personalities such as Karl Lagerfeld, traditionalists like Giorgio Armani and free spirits such as Jean Paul Gaultier fed her desire to learn more about unconventional behaviour. “Designers are risk takers. They’re all eccentric and willing to take charge,” she says. “In order to deal with a big ego, you have to become someone with a big ego.” One of the people she learned this from was her mother, who stayed at home until Zimmer was 16 to help raise her and her brother, who lives with mental and physical disabilities. “My mom has always been a strong woman. If I’m really taking charge of something, I feel like I’m like my mother—she’s always fighting to make sure my brother has a better life.” Zimmer says that at times it has been difficult to harness the same sort of chutzpah in her industry, which has a distinct pecking order. “I’m not the loudest person in the room, but if you’re working one on one with someone with extreme confidence, you have to bring it.” When she’s in her 30s, Zimmer wants to continue growing in fashion but has reservations about focusing solely on modelling. “Being a model, you’re very full of yourself and your own prosperity,” she says. “I want to help people.” However, throughout the decade Zimmer has spent on various catwalks (Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton and Hussein Chalayan, to name a few) she’s noticed the perceptions of her occupation shifting drastically. “When I first started, it was cool to not answer interviews and to not be nice, but I’m Canadian. I’m so friendly and smiley,” she says. “Then America’s Next Top Model came out and [everyone] thought we were all catty and gossipy. Now it’s cool to be a sellout, which is so interesting because you have to be posting what you’re doing every single day online.” Zimmer’s other concerns with the modern world have to do with genetically modified fruit, vegetables and meat—what she calls Frankenfood. “I’m taking a genetics class this semester and learned that [corporations] are cutting out part of the natural food molecule and replacing it with a chemical part—right into the DNA of the food.” She has also been known to volunteer at a soup kitchen in the East Village and has encouraged her 39,000 followers on Instagram to join her in peaceful protests like the People’s Climate March. In her downtime, she hikes with her two dogs, does yoga and tears into classic novels. Her latest read is John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. “It’s incredible,” she says. “The characters are going through the Industrial Revolution, and we’re kind of going through a technological revolution, so the attitudes between both [our worlds] are similar.” Inspired by modern-day groundbreakers, Zimmer names Christy Turlington as her role model. “If I can work and live the way she does, I’d be so happy,” she says. “Christy is not exploiting her life every single day. She seems happy and involved with her family. She went back to school and she’s a genius. She pushes herself to be a part of great causes. That is the kind of greatness I can only hope for.”
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Alana Zimmer
Into the Gloss June 2015 Alana Zimmer Gets Ready For UN x Parley For The Oceans "Tonight I’m going to the Parley for the Oceans benefit at the United Nations—my friend, a photographer who's very involved with ocean-life conservation, invited me to go with him. I volunteer with organizations that work on environmental protection and sustainability around the city, so it's something I'm definitely interested in. Now that I'm back in school, I really enjoy going to talks or events with like-minded people to have conversations about the world. I can't go out as much because I have class during the week, though. But on the weekends, I'll go out with Hanne, Jacquelyn, and Kasia to a bar or a party just to dance and have a little fun. Tonight, I have a few friends over to help with hair and makeup—Braydon Nelson for my hair and Mark Edio for my makeup. Braydon is Canadian, too, and I think I met him through Toni Garrn because she's really good friends with him. And then Mark is conveniently my neighbor—he's obsessed with my dogs, so he'll come over when I'm not home and walk them. They're good friends, and they came up with my look tonight after I showed them my dress from Valentino. It's a bit dreamy and really intricately beaded, so they went for a summery, bronze look with a bit of a ‘70s wave. We decided it was best to have my hair down. I’m always wearing it up every day anyway, so it’s a nice change for events. Braydon set my wet waves using R+Co One Prep Spray and then diffused my hair to dry it. After he brushed it out, we sprayed some Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray at the root then applied R+Co Tinsel Smoothing Oil on the ends. Because it's an event, we finished with R+Co Outer Space Flexible Hairspray for the humidity. Masking is super important before I go out. I'm always masking. The SK-II Facial Treatment Mask is really hydrating, more so than any other mask. They’re great for traveling, too. That’s why I buy them. I just pop one in my bag, and it’s easy rather than carrying around a big bottle of essence or something like that. I’ll even put them on during a flight sometimes. It preps my skin for makeup before events. It’s always good to have healthy skin for events. I don’t wear tons of makeup, but if I do, I’ll do a little liner, mascara, and some highlighter. For the most part, I just try to have nice, healthy, fresh skin. Tonight, we used Flawless Ethereal Fluid Foundation from Three Cosmetics. Then Mark highlighted my face with Nars Illuminator in Copacabana and sculpted with Charlotte Tilbury's Filmstar Bronze and Glow for a soft definition. I don't normally contour myself, but Mark knows my face, so I trust him. I really like Nars products for everything—lips and eyes. Their colors and textures are really nice. On myself, I usually just do a lip, but tonight we did a soft eye and then just balm on the lips. Mark used this Nars Matte Eyeshadow in Bali to give some definition, and then he pressed some loose pigment from Three Cosmetics called Shimmering Color Veil on top for some sheen. We just curled my lashes and used Chanel's Le Volume de Chanel Mascara on the top and bottom lashes. Pretty simple." —as told to ITG
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Ronja Furrer
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Zuzanna Bijoch
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Kate King
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Tess Hellfeuer
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Ophélie Guillermand
Models.com MDX Photoshoot & Interview OPHELIE GUILLERMAND Being an in-demand model and staying that way requires a certain je ne sais quoi, to use such a timeworn phrase, but an appropriate one when speaking of the French-born Ophelie Guillermand. Since her breakout season in 2013, she swiftly secured a spot in the heart of the fashion industry and in our Top 50 rankings. The sophistication of her look, her aplomb and graceful carriage, paired with that innate embodiment of French style, are all part of the seductive crop of elements that need only be summoned by a photograph to see her immense appeal. Exclusively for Models.com, Stas Komarovski does just that, photographing a poised Ophélie snug in perfectly chic autumn wares – meaning plenty of oversized knits just in time for the weather changeover. Models.com also had the chance to sit down with the extremely intelligent beauty to chat about her career. Photographer: Stas Komarovski Model: Ophelie Guillermand – Women Management Stylist Jessica dos Remedios Hair Stylist Andre Gunn Makeup Cyndle Komarovski Text and interview by Steven Yatsko How did you get your start as a model? I was discovered in high school when I was seventeen and a half and was asked to model. I was focused on my studies, especially mathematics and science, so I was not so into the idea. I then moved to Lyon which is the second biggest city in France and I started at a university. It’s a small town with a lot of tourists because of the skiing resorts and lakes and rock climbing and hikes. There’s a lot of good chemistry factories. All the French pharmacies are there so that’s what I wanted to study. Then I got discovered by my mother agent and I had an offer to come to New York – so of course I said yes! I jumped on a flight.. If you weren’t modeling you still have been there working? That’s the thing, I moved to New York because I was getting a little bored. I love to travel, meet new people, discover new things, so being stuck in a laboratory…it would not have worked out. So it was a good thing! When did you start to feel like you really were modeling full-time? I think it was when I did my first big fashion week. I did like 40 shows in a season. It was Chanel , Alexander Wang, Versace. All these big shows. On the catwalk you feel so powerful, which really made me like it. Then I shot with Meisel. It was one of my first big shoots, and definitely the most important one. Working with such talented and passionate people gave me also the passion for modeling. I wanted to shoot again and again. The mood on set was so special. “You have to know yourself, who you are and what your core values are. I think it’s not only an important thing to learn as a model, but in life in general.” So what was the first thing you learned as a model? The value of confidence. That’s the first thing I learned by being a model. You have to know yourself, who you are and what your core values are. I think it’s not only an important thing to learn as a model, but in life in general. You have to be confident meeting new people and feeling great about yourself because it will help you go further. Being confident is probably one of the keys to success. Have any of your notions of the industry changed since you’ve started out? Of course! Everything. I didn’t know anything about the business and had everything to learn. Photographers, art directors, stylists, model agents…they worked hard and started their journey a long time ago to reach the high fashion circle and achieve the position they hold today. Most models have been brought straight into the industry at a young age. Being a model wasn’t my life plan at all, and I got to discover it all first hand. Would you say you are passionate about modeling? More and more, because I started working with really good photographers and really good clients and that made me passionate about it. Models – they start because they look like models. But photographers do it because they have passion and when you work with them you see they’re passionate about their work and it makes me passionate. That’s the thing, you see all the stylists and they work really hard to be where they are and they are creative people too. So it’s really interesting to talk to all these people and meet new people every day who are interesting. ”Success is a luxury, in any job or life choice. So I can consider myself lucky to work with the biggest photographers and stylists.” When do you feel most glamorous? On the catwalk! Designers & stylists work so hard to create the narrative of their collections – what can be more magical than when you have a show and you’re all made up and you have this brand new outfit no one has ever worn before? I feel best when I’m relaxing at home in Levi’s jeans and a t-shirt having a day off. But for me glamour is something different. At home I don’t really like to be glamorous. I prefer the luxury of time, relaxing on my own. With that in mind, do you think modeling is a luxury? Success is a luxury, in any job or life choice. So I can consider myself lucky to work with the biggest photographers and stylists. I admire their work a lot. What’s something that you think that all models have in common – aside from looking a certain way? Something we have in common is probably that we all have to go to big cities by ourselves and grow up. Models who are the same age as others, we are much more grown up because we have to do everything by ourselves in a new city. We have to be very responsible and very confident and that’s what makes us different. You have to make it happen. Everyone has this experience–you learn how to be a stranger and also how to meet so many new people. You have to carry yourself. What is a shoots that sticks in your memory? When we shot Harper’s Bazaar U.S. with Nathaniel Goldburg and Tom Van Dorpe. It was for 2 days during a snow storm. It was really intense but it was a really good team and really fun–BUT in a snow storm. The story had me with these wolf dogs–and I was on the sled. But it was just so much snow in my face, so we didn’t end up choosing a picture. So for 2 hours I was driving that sled by myself and it was really intense. I learned something so that was cool. I can do it now, I know how to break, how to go left to right. I’m from the alps so I know how to ski very well, so I’m not afraid of the snow, but, well, for shooting… What’s the most quintessentially French thing you do? What about your style? Taking good care of my skin and my health. I always put lots of natural French pharmacy cream on, drink lots of water and eat healthy. And drink wine lol. A glass of good wine always make me happy. About style and make up: Less is more! Natural hair, very light make up and the right jeans and shirt is always the good way to look fresh and beautiful. French beauty is very appealing in parts of the U.S. because its very different from an American beauty standard which is very…done-up. And French is about being very natural. What’s your favorite thing to do when you’re back home in France? Seeing my family! I don’t have much free time so if I’m in France it’s a must do. I definitely enjoy shopping in Paris, the good food in my hometown and in the south of France, going skiing or having a glass of wine. Always. Do you find a work-life balance easy to maintain? I work a lot, but I love my job so it’s totally fine. When I have free time I usually try to go on holidays and discover new places. So I think I’m really good at this balance. I don’t really take vacation, I just have days off and I go! Then what essentials do you pack for a quick two day trip? Phone charger, camera, face cream, my favorite shorts and T-shirt and a pair of sneakers. Have you gotten used to the fact that you don’t really know what you’re going to be doing in the next three days? I am very organized, so at first it was annoying, but now it’s getting much more exciting because now maybe I have nothing to do those days, but if you get a great job it’s a good thing. I’m used to it now. No other industry works that way where they would make these big decisions so close to the production. In fashion people like difficulty, they like to make life a little difficult. So in that way it’s always last minute and it’s more stressful. Sometimes that produces great results. That’s how fashion works I feel. It’s always last minute! Lastly, what are the first five emojis in your “most recent” tab?
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Ophélie Guillermand
The Edit Magazine October 8, 2015 ph: Jason Kibbler (net-a-porter.com) MEET THE MODEL Ophélie Guillermand, 21 Two years ago, Ophélie Guillermand left her home in the French Alps and relocated to Brooklyn, New York. Since then, she has been a runway regular for Chanel and Céline, and the star of campaigns for Tommy Hilfiger and Prada, shot by legendary photographer Steven Meisel. BEFORE I BECAME A MODEL, I wanted to be a chemical engineer. I was going to study maths and chemistry at university, but my agent asked me to move to New York for a month just to see what would happen and I stayed. I don’t have any plans to go back. THIS JOB HAS TAUGHT ME TO BE more confident. You can tell in a picture when the model is feeling good about herself. I’D DESCRIBE MY PERSONAL style as simple and laid-back; everything is black, white and blue. Most days, I’ll wear Levi’s denim shorts, a black tee and sneakers. I’M NOT THE ONLY MODEL IN MY family. My agent saw a picture of my little brother Corentin and I, and invited him to Paris Fashion Week. Sonia Rykiel was working on a project about siblings so we walked in the show together. MY BALENCIAGA LE DIX BAG IS my most-loved accessory. It’s very chic but still casual enough for every day, and big enough to hold everything I need. WHEN I WANT TO RELAX, I have dinner and wine with friends, or go cycling along the East River near the Brooklyn Bridge. I love being outside. I’M ALWAYS LISTENING TO DEEP house. My boyfriend [Cedric Marian Alexander] is a DJ, so I discover new music through him. MY BEAUTY ESSENTIAL IS La Roche-Posay face cream. I don’t use a lot of makeup, just YSL concealer, a Shu Uemura eyelash curler and a Chanel brow pencil.
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Grace Bol
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Annika Krijt