Erwan Frotin : The Flora Olbiensis series

Anouck Lepere: Playboy France June 2008: PH; Rankin

Leticia Casta: PH: Mario Testino: Vogue Paris:June/July 2008 via thefashionspot

Vive Leticia!

Guinevere:IMG: PH: Paolo Roversi

The in crowd is flocking to Pace MacGill tonight for the Roversi/Guinevere opening. Here's a byte of background info:

Marc Jacobs gives Hot Trannie Mess in the new Interview

Editorial AND Sexy! PH Sorrenti for V53 via thefashionspot

I have to say, nobody in the modeling industry of New York behaved in a predictable way last week. Or have they? From the blood bath (or bloodletting depending on how you care to look at it) at DNA and Women to the delightfully un-corporate IMG agency image in the new V magazine, nothing is quite the way it was . But that's good for fashion and the modeling industry, because despite its efforts that business remains bound by fashion's tendency to change...abruptly, randomly with maximum cruelty . A hundred question abound in the wake of this shift... What does this mean for the girls? What does this mean for clients ? For mother agencies?
Well the more things change... the more you change with them. There was a meeting this morning at MDC and the big decision was to get the POV of all the parties in involve and post a full-on piece of journalistic writing as to the powerful implications of that shift. Tomorrow I pop over for the first time since the shift to the Women/Supreme offices and it will be interesting to observe this new power-pairing of Rowland+ Chabon .

The Inimitable Rinko Kikuchi

The April issue of of iD features my very favorite actress in the world, the one and only Rinko Kikuchi. I think Rinko is beyond genius. I love her sullen pout, her fast shifting haircuts, her alliance with Chanel. I think she is the kind of global/cross-cultural super-star that mainstream media sleeps on. Expect to see many a post on Rinko at TI because this crush is serious! Rinko is on the cover of the "Gender" issue of iD. Very 90's that ...to do a "Gender" issue but it's interesting that the ten year cycle of errant androgyny is here again. Love the i-Date feature on iD's Myspace page that has a questionnaire with options ranging from Male/Female, Straight/Gay, Bi/Boy, Girl/ Man, Woman/Trannie, She-he/He-She, Mother/Other. TI is not mad at the polymorphous nature of that and plans to feed into it ferociously. I also am in deep love with idmagazine.com's flash video feature that allows you to speed-read through their entire issue. Check it out right now. It's just like being at the newstand!

The gorgeous Chantel Lee has already been snapped up by IMG Worldwide

There are two things I've kept from my Christmas vacation in Jamaica . The first is the madness of the color everywhere. High colors in cold northern cities don't make sense and don't resonate a sense of "graphic sophistication" like the restrictive use of black/white/grey does. But those bright, bright colors jammed up against each other under that hot tropical sun sure does wake a jaded eye up!

Introducing the luminous Mr. Leon Stewart

The second thing I took back from Jamaica is the odd beauty of the kids there. So thin, so etched and always- whatever the complexion- this glistening skin that money cannot buy. I think they are brilliant. Or to use my favorite new word, I think they are legendary. I'm using "legendary" as a form of inverted slang , as in, "so-new-and-brilliant-for-me-personally-I'm very-emotionally-moved-by-him/her/it" .

Kate Moss: Naomi Campbell: IMG: Vogue Paris Feb 08: via thefashionspot.com

Guinevere:IMG: PH: Meisel: Vogue Italia Jan 08

There WAS a reason why the cover dropped so late. My Milan mole just texted me 2 secs ago to say he saw a bound copy of the mag with GUINEVERE on the cover. Waiting for the first look!...In other tales of world domination, Missy Rayder is now officially on the board of IMG.