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Chanel Goes Farm Girl, Takes a Roll in Hay for Spring 2010

fashionologie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:41:08 -0700

>> Inspired by Marie Antoinette's Petit Hameau farm at Versailles and the fact that he spent part of his childhood on a farm - "You hear a lot about the environment these days. I thought it would be interesting to put a fashion twist on it" - Karl Lagerfeld sent his parade of Chanel models stomping through dirt starting at the sound of a rooster's crow.

Guests sat on burlap aged to look mildewed as the high heel-clogged (Lagerfeld called them 5 o'clock clogs), fake tattooed, wicker basket-carrying girls stepped one by one from a giant haystack. The barnyard set took a month and a half of construction beforehand and then a week to assemble at the Grand Palais, where the show was held. Apparently pigs were supposed to be involved, too, but Heidi Mount Twittered that they were too scared to be in the show. Chanel face Lily Allen and mock band popped up through a trap door in the floor - Iekeliene Stange and Charlotte di Calypso provided backup singing - and Freja Beha Erichsen and Baptiste Giabiconi walked the runway four times together.

The last time, they were joined by Lara Stone as bride, and all "fell upon each other in the hay as Karl walked past to bow" - in jeans, no less - while Freja and Lara shared a kiss.

Hussein Chalayan Keeps Expanding Under Puma's Wing, This Time With Signature Fall 2009 Campaign

fashionologie — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:14:06 -0700

>> Hussein Chalayan has yet to debut his first designs for PPR-owned Puma - they come out in the Fall - but he's definitely feeling the love from Puma's majority stake in his own company and the access to Gucci Group resources. He said when his role as Puma creative director was first annouced in February 2008 that he hoped "this partnership will mean that my work will reach more people, both through designing for Puma and with the expansion of my own business," and it has - his collaboration with J. Brand comes out in the Fall, he's working on a new fragrance with Comme des Garcons, and what is reportedly his first ad campaign - for Fall 2009 - photographed by Amy Troost and featuring Tanya Dziahileva, Iekeliene Stange, Serafima Vakulenko, Ann Catherine Lacroix, just surfaced.

fashionologie — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:30:06 -0700

>> THE MODELIZER -Iekeliene Stange isn't ready to give up the runway yet, but she's definitely transitioning more and more into photog mode. She had exhibits in Berlin and London earlier this year, and now she wants "to get into more photojournalism": "Those photographers just don’t exist anymore, who really love to go in there and show the world what’s going on. Now with television and everything, you have these different types of media that are taking away the interest in photography. The quality is really missing. [Before] they actually changed people’s opinions of what was going on. People now look at these pictures of dying children in Africa, and they’re like, “OK, I’ve seen this, I’ve seen that.” [Nylon]
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Freja Beha Erichsen Debuts Bangs; Iris Strubegger Avoids Vogue Paris Cover Affirmation

fashionologie — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:11:38 -0800

Freja Beha Erichsen debuted newly-cut fringe at the Rag & Bone show today
Last night, when Iris Strubegger was asked whether she is on the March 2009 Vogue Paris cover as rumored, she answered by sticking out her tongue [The Imagist]
Iekeliene Stange unveiled newly blonde tresses this week; apparently her first choice was white or gray, but her agent convinced her otherwise [Modelinia]
Even though she denies anything is between them, Chanel Iman was spotted out last night with producer Ryan Leslie again [The Fashion Bomb]

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fashionologie — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:44:58 -0800

>> THE MODELIZER - You know Fashion Week season is here when a number of models all change their hair simultaneously: Coco Rocha did an early swap to red a couple of months ago, and Monday night, Vlada Rosylakova took her strawberry blonde redder to a similarly vivid color. Also parading a new look: Iekeliene Stange, who ditched brown for blonde, and Iris Strubegger, who debuted her cropped cut - supposedly done for a Vogue Paris cover - during the Givenchy couture show late last month. [COACD, Place Models, Women Management]

fashionologie — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:27:15 -0800

>> THE MODELIZER -Iekeliene Stange was in Paris to walk for Chanel couture today, and tonight, her first photography exhibit opens in Berlin. She's gone from being discovered in Holland as "a little punk with red dreadlocks and my arms covered in toothbrush bracelets" to a model who's considering moving to Berlin full-time to concentrate on her art - and she doesn't even mind nipping at the hand that feeds her: "I think these days fashion photography is very restricted and lacks a lot of creativity. There’s always certain items that need to be shot in certain ways and you don’t have as much freedom. Very often these days it seems to be more about socializing and who knows who, rather than about actual photography." [Style File, Fashionista]
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fashionologie — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:00:25 -0800

>> THE MODELIZER -Back in September, Iekeliene Stange was searching for a location for her first gallery opening, and she finally settled on Berlin. Her solo Polaroid photography exhibit, "I Like Ponies," will debut in January 2009 at projektGALERIE showrooms during Berlin Fashion Week and will focus on her "most personal work." [The Pipeline]

fashionologie — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:45:54 -0700

>> THE MODELIZER -Iekeliene Stange may be in Nepal right about now, but as she takes a break from the model scenery and photographs something else for that upcoming gallery opening she's hoping to have, she's shared her favorite shots from the Spring 2009 season - even adding her own commentary. Kamila Filipcikova making a funny face, Kinga Rajzak killing a fly in Rodarte . . . they're all there. [Style.com]

fashionologie — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:18:18 -0700

>> THE MODELIZER -Iekeliene Stange is still taking that photography hobby of hers seriously - and having a photographer boyfriend probably doesn't help. Her camera is so attached to her hand backstage at shows, "Somebody would always holler, ‘You’re not going to take that down the runway with you,’” she says. Ike mostly shoots fellow models backstage (left) or a self-portrait before she heads down the runway, but after Paris Fashion Week, she's headed to Nepal to capture some new scenery - with hopes that she'll stage her first gallery opening in London in the Spring. [WWD]

fashionologie — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:50:03 -0700

>> THE MODELIZER -Iekeliene Stange had a stalker at New York Fashion Week: "After the 3.1 Phillip Lim show . . . [Iekeliene] was mobbed by sweaty paparazzi, Japanese tourists, and this older guy who had a Ziploc bag of photos of her with hand-drawn hearts around her. He was hyperventilating and giggling to himself calling her 'my angel.' Yikes!" [Refinery29]