>> THE ZEITGEIST —Could it be? The models with no faces and no personality are finally getting kicked to the curb? Word is that Marc Jacobs is marking off "unexpected" types of girls for his Spring 2009 show. But he's not the only one: "eclectic is in . . . As in highlighting curious, interesting and quirky girls who confound the old idea of models." [TI]
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The Picture of Dorian Leigh
Thu, 07/10/08 — 10:51:15 PM
>> If a five foot, five inch woman tried to be a model these days, she'd hardly be taken seriously. Sixty-odd years ago, it was a different story . . . at least for Dorian Leigh, it was.
Ms. Leigh, who passed away earlier this week at 91 after battling Alzheimer's, was widely considered one of the world's first supermodels. In fact, her life was full of firsts: she was one of the first models to be known by name, and after her own modeling career, she opened what is called the first modeling agency in Paris.
Though Dorian started her career late — when she was 27 in 1944, she met with Diana Vreeland, told her she was 19, and landed a Harper's Bazaar cover right then and there — she appeared on seven Vogue covers in the 1940s, and claimed to be earning a whopping $300,000 a year.
She played muse to numerous bold name photographers: Cecil Beaton, Richard Avedon, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Irving Penn — the last of whom she had an affair with, and may have been the inspiration for Holly Golightly in Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's. But she didn't take her job too seriously, declaring in 1953: "I'd rather have a baby than a mink coat."
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Marc Jacobs Caught Scoping His Own Work at Paris Airport; A New Model Coupling
Thu, 07/03/08 — 02:43:15 PM
»Marc Jacobs was seen at Charles de Gaulle looking at the Marc by Marc Jacobs bag selection, en route to the Hamptons for the Fourth of July [WWD]
»A same-sex model couple formed recently, involving a "French Vogue favorite" and a "tattooed catwalker" [Style File]
»Alber Elbaz waxes philosophical on pink [The Moment]
»Olivier Theyskens thought the The Kills's performance at the Longchamp party was an underground, word-of-mouth-only show [Style File]
»Is Anna Wintour feuding with Interview? [Gawker]
»The bar at Mario Testino's opening party went dry 20 minutes into the event, so the topless male waiters had to offer up water instead [Style File]
»Sean Avery got traded to Dallas . . . a move that might put a damper on his burgeoning fashion career [Daily Intel]
»Full Rag & Bone Resort 2009 collection [Style.com]
Frankie Goes to Town; Plus, A First Look at Stella McCartney's Fall 2008 Ad
Sun, 06/15/08 — 11:08:34 PM
>> I don't know what's changed with Frankie Rayder's life lately, but I do know one thing: She's back. Not only is she being lensed for an unnamed September "extravaganza of an editorial," she's also popped up in two major Fall campaigns.
She joins Kate Moss in headlining Stella McCartney's Fall 2008 campaign, shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin at Kate's country house in Gloucestershire, England. Meanwhile, she replaces Kate, who was Roberto Cavalli's Spring 2008 campaign girl, in the Cavalli Fall 2008 ads along with Angela Lindvall, Raquel Zimmermann, and Isabeli Fontana.
Maybe we owe the pleasure of seeing Frankie again to Inez and Vinoodh? They also did the Cavalli campaign . . . We'll know for sure if they photographed this mysterious September editorial in which Frankie has been cast.
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