Focus On - Coco Rocha

Coco Rocha

(Vogue Mexico September 2010: Tesh - Photographer, Sarah Gore-Reeves - Fashion Editor/Stylist)

Agencies
New York - Wilhelmina New York
Paris - Marilyn Agency
Milan - Elite Milan
London - Models 1
Copenhagen - Elite Copenhagen
Hamburg - Model Management
Barcelona - Uno Models

Born on September 10, 1988 in Canada, Coco was discovered in 2002 when agent Charles Stuart approached her at an Irish dance competition and asked her if she would consider modelling for him. She has gone on to appear on the cover of Allure Korea, ELLE Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, Quebec & UK, Harper's Bazaar Russia & Singapore, Numéro Tokyo & Vogue Korea, Mexico & Spain. She has also appeared in editorials for American Vogue, French Revue des Modes, Numéro Korea, V & W & in ads for Chanel, Calvin Klein & Yves Saint Laurent.

(W Magazine October 2011: Plamen Petkov - Photographer, Jane Larkworthy - Fashion Editor/Stylist)

The thing I love the most about Coco is the way she is able to bring her personality into all her pictures. However, it’s not only the fact that she brings in her personality, it’s the fact that she can do that and still give you high fashion. No matter how crazy or silly the expression on her face is there is always a fashion twist to it. She also has an amazing jawline and cheekbones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ELLE UK August 2011: Matthias Vriens-McGrath - Photographer, Anne-Marie Curtis - Fashion Editor/Stylist)

Coco has been around for a while, but it was a recent photo shoot that reminded me just what a great model she is. There was so much controversy surrounding the Elle Brasil cover that people may have overlooked how great the editorial inside was. Coco looked beautiful in the pictures and it reminded me how versatile she is as a model not only can she do the fun and edgy photo shoots she can also do the glamorous and simply beautiful shoots as well.

  

 

(ELLE Brasil May 2012: Max Abadian - Photographer, William Graper - Fashion Editor/Stylist)

From YSL to SLP????????

 

 

(Sorry about my SLP graphics, as you can see that is not my strong point.)

The name Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) is being changed to Saint Laurent Paris (SLP) for the  Ready-to-Wear collections.

I'm sorry but I don't like this name change. Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) is such an iconic name and I associate it with sophistication and elegance and I feel like Saint Laurent Paris is just a little bit generic. I mean I love Paris as much as the next person but Mr Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent created the fashion house and he put his name on it and I feel like it should be left the way he made it.

A spokesperson for Yves Saint Laurent's creative director Hedi Slimane, said 'he was drawing inspiration from 1966, when the ready-to-wear line was launched as Saint Laurent Rive Gauche'. That's all well and good but I would like to point out that was one collection.

I don't know maybe I'm just being over the top, but I love that name. Maybe the new name will grow on us and we will forget it was ever called Yves Saint Laurent, but I doubt it especially since they are keeping the name Yves Saint Laurent for handbags, lipsticks and shoes. We will see how it goes but for now I think I will keep using the name Yves Saint Laurent.

(Yves Saint Laurent was founded by designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé in 1962, and the current logo was created by the graphic designer Cassandre. The logo makeover, to be presented with Slimane's first womenswear collection this autumn.)

Focus On - Natalia Vodianova

Natalia Vodianova

(Italian Vogue April 2008: Steven Meisel - Photographer, Unknown - Stylist)

Agencies
New York - DNA Models
Paris - Viva Model Management
Milan - Why Not Model Management
London - Viva London

Born on February 28, 1982 in Russia, Natalia was discovered after attending a modelling academy and moving to Paris. She has appeared in American, British, Italian, French, Turkey, China, Russia & German Vogue as well as Pop, V, Harper's Bazaar, i-D & L'officiel. She has also graced the cover of many of those magazines as well as ELLE, French Numéro, Tatler and many more. She has been in campaigns for Givenchy, Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Jacobs, Diane von Fürstenberg & Chanel.

(Louis VuittonSpring/Summer 2008: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott - Photographer, Unknown - Stylist)

The thing I love the most about Natalia are her eyes and lips, that's what I always notice first when I see pictures of her. She is such a great model that she has the ability to transform in every picture, so the way that I am able to recognize her most of the time is because of her eyes and lips.

(Vogue China - June 2011: Peter Lindbergh - Photographer, Nicoletta Santoro - Fashion Editor/Stylist)

The first time I really took notice of Natalia was when I saw the Russian Vogue September 2010 issue. This was not the first time I had seen Natalia, but the pictures were so beautiful that it put her in the list of my top ten models. I could not find one thing that I did not like about the pictures and I wanted everything she was wearing from the clothes to the accessories. I love this shoot.

(Vogue Russia September 2010: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott - Photographer, Patti Wilson - Fashion Editor/Stylist)

Focus On - Jourdan Dunn

 Jourdan Dunn

(Italian Vogue July 2008: Steven Meisel - Photographer, Lori Goldstein - Stylist) 

Agencies

New York - Women Model Management
Paris - Nathalie Models
Milan - Women Milan
London - Storm Model Management
Hamburg - Modelwerk
Barcelona - Traffic Models

Born on August 3, 1990 in the United Kingdom, Jordan was discovered in a local Primark at the age of 16 by Storm Model agency. She has gone on to appear on the cover of Italian, American, British & Teen Vogue, i-D, Pop, Luella and French ELLE. She has also appeared in editorials for Russian, French & JapaneseVogue, Dazed & Confused, W, and V and in ads for YSL, Burberry & Calvin Klein. She was also the first black model to walk Prada's runway in ten years.

(Yves Saint Laurent, Fall 2011: Terry Richardson - Photographer, Joe McKenna - Fashion Editor/Stylist)

The thing I love most about Jordan are her legs they just go on and on and she has one of the best walks out there. She always stands out on the runway and has great cheekbones and amazing smoldering eyes.

  

 

(Spanish Vogue June 2012: Quentin De Briey - Photographer, Ana Tovar - Fashion Editor/Stylist)

The first time I really took notice of Jordan was when I saw the 'magical realism' editorial for the January 2009 issue of American Vogue. Her face was so beautiful and she really made the clothes look so good. I loved the hair, which was styled by Guido Palau and the makeup which was done by Diane Kendal. It was just such a great shoot with two great models. I just loved it.

 

 

 

(American Vogue January 2009: David Sims - Photographer, Grace Coddington - Fashion Editor/Stylist)