Fashion Models and the Hottest Designer Trends

Juliana Imai looking very natural, Chinese Vogue Editorial

Hyoni & Hye Park Korean Vogue cover – April 2008

The very beautiful, Asian Top model Liu Wen poses for March 2008 Belle Magazine Cover

Liu Wen here again with Enna Pei on the cover of Chinese Elle in Cinderella gowns

I haven’t watched “who’s line is it anyway” in years, probably not even on anymore, but this supermodel / waiter sketch is hysterical. So this is a comedy sketch from Drew Carey’s old show showing an incompetent waiter spilling on a model.

Colin attempts to direct as Ryan plays an incompetent waiter who spills something on temperamental supermodel, Wayne. Chip plays the angry husband who comes in to confront Ryan.

Yep, its not easy being a supermodel and walking down a slick, slippery fashion runway in sky high stilettos. This is a compilation video of some very embarrassing stiletto moments and runway spills on the shiny slick fashion catwalks around the world. Check out the model in the giant white… I am not even sure what it is… getup, I can’t believe she did not fall in that. wow, painful to watch. And, there is another runway spill there in the video that looks like a baseball player sliding into home, yikes. Yep, fashion may in fact hurt…your butt that is.

This video also contains a short interview with Ms. Jay Alexander, from ANTM America’s Next Top Model and famous runway coach giving his 2 cents.

famous fashion runway models falling moments.

Cindy Joseph, popular as ever in her 50′s now. it seems that every few days or so I see a TV commercial or late night fitness infomercial with a stunning gray haired model. The model is Cindy Joseph and there seems to be no lack of work for this very unique supermodel.

Cindy Joseph is in her mid fifties and unlike most models today, did not even get her modeling career started until her late 40′s when she was approached by an agent. One of the things that makes Cindy so unique is her gray hair, she leaves it natural and looks beautiful with it. Cindy is one of a few models that can get away without dying their hair, Kristen McMenamy that models for Givenchi is another very stunning gray haired models. These ladies prove that beauty really does come from the inside allowing their exteriors to show their age and getting tons of work and stardom for it.

from a CNN article about older fashion models and fashion icons.

The French expression “woman of a certain age” refers to middle-age, and the French — and Europeans in general — have long appreciated the beauty of older women.

But as 53-year-old Streep said that day: “America doesn’t reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances.”

Those words resonated with her fans back home — getting older has a bad rap in the United States, especially if you’re a woman.

“As human beings we all want to be valued,” says former makeup artist Cindy Joseph. “But the sad truth is that women are judged based on their looks, and in this age-obsessed society our value goes down as our age goes up.”

Which is why Joseph thought “it was a joke” when a casting agent approached her on an East Village street in Manhattan nearly three years ago, asking if she wanted to model for an upcoming campaign for Dolce & Gabbana, the hip couture fashion house.

For one thing, Cindy, a single mother of two, was 49 at the time and ready to retire from the fashion business. Twenty-three years of painting some of the most famous faces in L.A., New York, Paris, and beyond had been fun, but the Seattle, Washington, native was ready to swap city living for a life “in the wilderness somewhere out West.”

But in truth, the biggest roadblock to modeling was the little voice inside her head.

“Like everybody else, I suffered from all the prejudices about what a model should look like,” she laughs. “I was not 18 years old. I wasn’t 6 feet tall. And I wasn’t really, really skinny.” A perfect size 6, Cindy is 5-feet-7-inches tall and her weight ranges between 125 to 130 pounds.

But the creative team at Dolce & Gabbana saw things differently and hired a stunned Joseph for the gig.

Once the ad was published, the new “it” girl came to the attention of Patty Sicular and Janet Rohan of Ford Models in New York City — legendary home of supermodels. The two signed her to an exclusive contract just two days after their first meeting.

Looking back, Sicular, co-director of the Ford’s celebrity and classic division, recalls, “Cindy only defied convention in terms of her height ” — two inches shy of Ford’s minimum height requirement — “and her decision to begin modeling about 25 years later than the usual starting age. But knew we could get her booked.”

Those instincts proved correct.

“O, The Oprah Magazine” was one of the first to feature Cindy in its pages. Before long, she was hired for lucrative print and TV ads for such companies as Lincoln Navigator, Nordstrom, Banana Republic, Hush Puppies and Verizon Wireless.

Joseph’s look was seen as strong, contemporary, confident and authentic. But most important: Consumers reacted to her image positively, proving that she had what it takes to move merchandise for clients. Her career took off — and today she commands a rate of up to $25,000 for a day’s work.

you can read more of the Cindy Joseph story and other gray haired fashion models in the CNN older beauty article.

Other gray haired high fashion models are Carmen, who has been modeling for 50 years and Kristen McMenamy who recently modeled for Givenchy strutting her long natural gray hair down the catwalk.

At first glance this may remind you of Americas Next Top Model, Tyra Bank’s hit modeling competition where she casts models from all around the world and they compete for a modeling contract. Anyway, this is not ANTM, This is CNTM, Clevelands Next Top Model, a spoof on the Tyra Banks show.

This video is too funny and shows the ladies competing for the title of CNTM and Miss. Ghetto Fabulous

[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=vLodPZwVqYM]

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!