Posts Tagged ‘models’

  • Fashion Fix: Catwalk diasters
    Helena Christensen on catwalk disasters [The Times]
    by Michele Obi at October 24th, 2007 at 10:10 am
  • Article: Hungry for Fashion
    Criticizing the fashion industry for promoting an unhealthy image of beauty is nothing new. How designers are responding to these allegations is however. In 2006, the authorities at Madrid Fashion Week barred models with a body mass index of less than 18 from walking down the runway. In the U.K the British Fashion Council recently established a new rule requiring all...
    by Kathryn Papanek at October 11th, 2007 at 08:10 am
  • Irina Lazareanu and Pete Doherty are engaged!
    If we’re to believe everything we read then model Irina Lazareanu is well and truly engaged to the infamous Pete Doherty…well according to WWD. Apparently Irina was spotted during fashion week wearing an engagement ring and has openly admitted that she is in fact engaged. It just seems a bit sudden doesn’t it? Well…I suppose they’ve known each other...
    by Michele Obi at October 8th, 2007 at 06:10 am
  • Nina Malone: A model life
    Modelling tends to be perceived by many as an easy occupation with great rewards - free designer clothes, lucrative campaigns and a glamorous lifestyle - that sometimes it’s easy to forget that it’s a profession that is not without its pressures. I wanted to get an honest and open insight into the modelling industry and caught up with the gorgeous model and...
    by Michele Obi at July 31st, 2007 at 01:07 am
  • Dunkin Naomi
    Naomi ‘s diva ways are the focus of the new Dunkin Donut advert. The supermodel attempts a spot of gardening and in frustration throws her heel through a window. She looks great, but how long can she continue capitalizing on her inability to deal with anger, before it gets boring?
    by Michele Obi at July 18th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
  • Why we love: Chanel Iman
    US Vogue publicly gave 17yr old model Chanel Iman their stamp of approval in their May 07 issue and dubbed the Korean/African American beauty one of the world’s next supermodels. But what makes Chanel Iman so special? Well we love her and here’s why: 1. Born Chanel Iman Robinson, she dropped the Robinson and emerged with a name worthy of fashion royalty status! 2. Despite...
    by Michele Obi at July 5th, 2007 at 08:07 am
  • Fabsugar:Noemie Lenoir
    The gorgeous Noemie Lenoir talks to Fabsugar
    by Michele Obi at June 27th, 2007 at 05:06 pm
  • Naomi’s Dunkin Donuts
    A girls gotta do, what a girls gotta do, must be Naomi’s new philosophy. Apparently she’s shacked up with Dunkin Donuts to shoot a new commercial [Fabsugar]
    by Michele Obi at June 20th, 2007 at 11:06 am
  • The Supermodels of the future
    The question has been asked time and time again but I think this time the answer could finally be a firm yes. The supermodel era may well return. And with the constant PR drive backing certain models its only a matter of time before a particular set of leggy beauties reign supreme and are classed worthy enough to take over where my personal favourites Cindy, Naomi, Linda,...
    by Michele Obi at June 13th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
  • Where are the black models?
    Creative director Stefano Pilati says the lack of black models used on the YSL catwalk is due to the difficulty in finding a beautiful black model with the right proportions. [Steal Style]
    by Michele Obi at June 13th, 2007 at 07:06 am