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Fashion in 50 Seconds 11/25/09 Victoria Beckham Denim Take Two

coutorture — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:48:57 PST

Victoria Beckham relaunches and rebrands her denim collection dVb-calling it, obviously, Victoria Beckham Denim.

Daul Kim appears in a series of recently filmed video vignettes with Cocoon collection bags on Chanel.com.

InStyle Weddings will cease publication with its winter issue, which will be on newsstands December 25.

Paulina Porizkova has signed on for regular appearances on TV soap As the World Turns.

Zaha Hadid's limited-edition shoes for Melissa will be part of the Serpentine Gallery's "Design Real" opening tonight.

Elijah Wood and Shirley Manson appear in a short film for Oliver Peoples directed by Autumn de Wilde.

Source: Elle UK

Friends, Modeling Agents Speak Out After Daul Kim's Death

fashionologie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:49:52 PST

>> Top model Daul Kim, who was found dead by her boyfriend last Thursday, hanged in her Paris apartment, "was an excellent model, but she used to say she had hard times off the job," according to one anonymous modelling agent.

Friends told the Telegraph UK that all the constant travelling and the pressures of the fashion industry were taking its toll on Daul, and she had announced intentions to move into painting and video filmmaking. She already had a solo artwork show in Seoul under her belt.

Police are investigating her death, but suspect suicide; in Daul's blog, i like to fork myself, which since her death has been made private, she often wrote that she suffered from depression, loneliness, and bouts of insomnia. In 2007, when she first started the blog, she wrote: "I'm definitely not depressed, and I don't want to kill myself I don't want to die." But in one of her first posts in April 2007, she blogged: "My life as dual was so miserable and lonely. Please join my loneliness in another world. I love you all." Later, she added: "KIDDING. I'm fine. Just tired."

One friend says she "had become fed up with modelling" »

Fashion in 50 Seconds 11/20/09 Remembering Daul Kim

coutorture — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:02:40 PST

The Cut looks back at the career highlights of Daul Kim.

Fifteen gifts for your fifteen best friends-all under $50.

First look at the 2010 Pirelli calendar featuring Catherine McNeil, Miranda Kerr, Daisy Lowe and 27 others.

Heidi Klum walked in her twelfth Victoria's Secret fashion show six weeks after giving birth.

Paris-based Surface to Air will collaborate with band Kings of Leon for a menswear capsule collection.

Eva Mendes and Jamie Dornan signed on to appear in their second Calvin Klien Jeans advertisement.

Gwen Stefani designs a collection of accessories for Apple.

Based on sales increases for the spring collection, Giles Deacon will continue to show in Paris.

Source: NYMag/The Cut

Model Daul Kim, 20, Has Passed Away

fashionologie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:18:37 PST

>> Daul Kim was found dead this morning in Paris, her agency Next confirms in a statement. "She was a top model and a great friend to all of us at Next. Please respect her family’s privacy at this time of sadness. We will all miss her very much." Cause of death remains unknown, but The Cut reports a source says it was suicide. Daul just posted a video on her blog yesterday, under the title "say hi to forever."

Some recent favorites of Daul, below.

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fashionologie — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:38:29 PDT

>> Jourdan Dunn Not Walking, Sigrid Agren May Not Be Either; Daul Kim Switches Up Hair -Despite rumors otherwise spurred by the appearance of her show card, Jourdan Dunn's agency Women has confirmed she will not walk this season. Now, word is another model may be sitting out as well: Sigrid Agren. Daul Kim, who is walking, just switched her long bleach blonde hair for a shorter cut and more natural color. [The Cut, TFS, Next Models Blog]

fashionologie — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:19:44 PDT

>> THE MODELIZER -Iekeliene Stange dip-dyed her hair platinum blonde earlier this year, and it appears that Daul Kim has followed suit. Yesterday she sat in Paris for colorist Frederic Mennestrier, blogged the process, and came out what she termed "ash blonde." No word on whether she did it for a job or of her own volition, but we'll have to wait and see if her new look can do what Tao Okamoto's crop did for her career. [Beauty Counter, I Like To Fork Myself, Elite Clips]

Phillip Lim's Model as Muse; Daul Kim's Thoughts on Madonna

fashionologie — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:24:11 PST

Tao Okamoto just met Phillip Lim two weeks ago and thought he was joking when he told her it would be "so great if all the girls at the show had your hairstyle" - he wasn't, and now she's his muse [Elle News Blog]
Backstage at VPL, Daul Kim was given a "face spa air treatment scrub session"; they told her Madonna does the treatment, and her response was: "OK, but I don't want to look like Madge!" [Papermag]
Coco Rocha has some dedicated man fans - one creepy man was searching the tents high and low for her, and a photographer at Zac Posen yelled "Now that's a woman" as Coco took her turn [Fashionista, WWD Twitter]

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fashionologie — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:26:24 PST

>> THE MODELIZER -Coco Rocha has finally landed back in New York after her break from modeling - she showed up at Saks Fifth Avenue last night to fete the store's new contemporary space, DJed it up with Ali Stephens, Daul Kim, and Tanya Dziahileva, and perhaps even met her agency's newest, much-buzzed-about face, Diandra Forrest, who was also in attendance. [Oh So Coco, Elite Clips, Papermag]

fashionologie — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:25:27 PST

>> IN THE LOOKING GLASS -The too-racy-for-Vogue Italia Steven Meisel spread that got picked up by V Magazine? It has Anna Selezneva, Daul Kim, Iris Strubegger, and Naty Chabanenko participating in a little crotch-grabbing, a little voyeurism - it's definitely NSFW and is generally more tame than expected, based on the preview - see for yourself. [The Cut]

V Magazine Picks Up Vogue Italia's Rejected Sexy Editorial

fashionologie — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:31:17 PST

>> It's not often that Vogue Italia will shy away from a boundary-pushing Steven Meisel editorial - together, they've covered race, terrorism, plastic surgery, drug abuse - but apparently it stops when it comes to sex.

Earlier this year, Meisel shot a sexually-charged series of photos based on the UK trend of "dogging," in which couples engage in explicit activities in parked cars, parks, or other public places. The project was supposedly set to be Vogue Italia's September 2008 cover story, complete with three-page foldout cover, but was pulled because it was "too much, too sexy, too over the top" according to a commenter on The Imagist.

Rumors swirled that the editorial was sentenced to limbo forever, and there was talk of W Magazine picking it up, but curious minds will be happy to know that it has landed in the new issue of V Magazine - 28 pages of model-filled images that mark Meisel's first - albeit inadvertent - shoot for the magazine. As for the featured models, Daul Kim, Iris Strubegger, Anna Maria Jagodzinska, and Anna Selezneva are all said to be included, with at least one more unnamed girl involved.
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