short INTERview Kathleen Burbridge, ONEmodels New York

shortinfo_interview with Kathleen Burbridge.

She’s a model in the business.

Kathleen Burbridge signed with: DCM in Korea, Ford Models Europe in Paris, Mode in Canada, One in New York,  Premier in London.

What to say: Kathleen Burbridge is from Canada and she’s a discovery of Mode agency. Kathleen works as well with DCM Models in Korea, Ford Models Europe in Paris, One Management in New York, Premier Model Management in London. Kathleen has a silhouette of 178cm. Kathleen did her debut at Jeremy Laing, Rad Hourani in New York City during the spring/summer 2009 fashion shows. Since that moment she has been working for magazines such as Dazed and Confused, Tush. Well, Kathleen is definitely a great model. To introduce>

Tell us a little bit about yourself (Where are you from? What do you like?) Well, I’m a down home girl from Canada. In my spare time I study by correspondence with my University in Canada, listen to music, watch films, party a bit, and my newly rekindled love…playing cards!

How did you get started in modeling? (Have you been discovered or was modeling something for you that you always wanted to do?) Well, I ended up doing it a bit when I was younger but soon enough forgot about it- once I started University, but in spring I finished my first year – my mother agency told me I should give it a go.

How would you describe yourself ? It’s always a bit difficult to describe yourself but… I would say I’m a bit of a comedian, easy going, passionate, driven…

Did you ever make any bad experience in your career ? I have had some bad experience, temperature, crazy clients…

What is your impression of the business? You need to be careful how it effects you.

How did you feel when you walked your first fashion show? Full of energy and excited!

You walked fashion shows like Rad Hourani, Meadham Kirchhoff, Maison Martin Margiela. How did you get introduced to these shows – did you go to castings or have you been booked directly? All apart of the crazy fashion week castings.

What are your wearing for castings? And what is for you the most important thing that a model has to present for a casting? I wear whatever I feel like that day, in Paris its a compromise, black, always. I think that the most important thing for a model to present herself at a casting is PERSONALITY.

Well, you have great skin. Do you have any beauty secret for our readers? Or are you using any special products for skin treatment? Thank you! Beauty secret…litres of water! However, I use this Liz Earle cleanser that is incredible, and the Sisley Flower Gel Mask.

What would you like to do after modeling? Finishing University, originally I wanted to work for the Government but now I’m really not sure, I am more and more compelled by the industry. But either way, gotta finish school!

The “CHOOSE ONE” questions: Editorial or catwalk? Can I choose both? Editorial I suppose, thats when i start beeing creative.

Steven Meisel or Mario Testino ? Both!

Givenchy or Balenciaga ? Givenchy

London or New York ? London

iPhone or Blackberry ? Blackberry, bbm.

Filed under: Uncategorized, Jeremy Laing, One Models, Premier Model Management, Rad Hourani

Paul Rowland polaroid diary, topnewfaces

To mention- he is the one, that everybody should know about, Paul Rowland. A genius scout in the modeling industry, president of Ford Models New York, owner of Women Model Management & Supreme Management and photographer. Paul Rowland has more, than 20 years experiences in the industry.

Rowland was born in Arkansas in the USA. He left his home town and moved to New York City with the dream to become a painter. Not long after this he founded Women Management and Supreme Models. Paul Rowland founded Women Management in 1989. In his more than 15 years of professional experience, he has made transformation from model to founder of his own agency, and is credited for establishing a unique roster of talent known for personality and accessibility previously unseen in the business.

Paul Rowland built the careers of many topmodels, such as Hanne Gaby Odile and many more.

Filed under: Uncategorized, Gabriella Calthorpe, Paul Rowland

Viktoriya the Great- for Tush 23 magazine by Txema Yeste

Viktoriya styled by Alberto Murtra and Sofia Marino for Txema Yeste (client TUSH, interseason 2011-12)

Filed under: Freelance, Tush Magazine, Tush23, Txeme Yeste, Viktoriya Sasonkina

Client Karmen Pedaru for summer 2011-12 Gucci campaign

Gucci Client Karmen Pedaru, Gen Huismans, Joan Smalls, Hailey Clauson for spring 2011-12 by photographer Mert Allas

Filed under: Uncategorized, Gucci, Hailey Clauson, Karmen Pedaru, Mert Allas

Aspria Hotel Berlin – Nau Architects 2012

Adjoining a blend of harmonious lines, soft colours and modern materials, the hotel conversion of a former industrial building, expands the adjoining Aspria sport and wellness club. Thirty-nine guest rooms, three apartments and two conference rooms spread over three floors result in an innovative series of calming highly modern spaces.

Guests enter their room to view a panoramic window and tailior-made pedestal bed floating in the middle of the space. The bed unit conceals the wardrobe and minibar, and integrates reading lights and storage niches. Nearly 3.5m overhead the original ribbed concrete structure is visible, with a portion of the ceiling sloping down to present a flat screen television. Carefully selected furnishings from Vitra and Walter Knoll appoint the room, while a desk along the window leans downward to form a window seat.

The room’s open layout makes the most of nearly 30m2 of usable area, linking a dressing area and washbasin with the living area. Separate shower and toilet area are partitioned off with frosted glass sheets, a clever hinge mechanism allows open panel to become a shower stall door. Full of light and thoughtful design touches, the hotel’s contemporary flair partners well with a brand that ‘never stands still.

The noted practice Nau Architects was commissioned to create a contemporary hotel room space for the design of Aspria Hotel in Berlin, the hotel is housed in a former industrial building. http://www.nau.coop/

Filed under: Uncategorized, Aspria Hotel, Jan Bitter, Nau Architects

DresstoKill Editorial It Came From The Sky, June 2011 Shot #2, IMG Models

Designer Jean Paul Gaultier and one of his favorite muses Jessica Stam front the cover of Dress To Kill magazine’s Summer 2011 edition.

http://www.dresstokillmagazine.com/

Filed under: Uncategorized, DresstoKill, IMGWorld, Jessica Stam

Australia fashion week RAFW 2011-12, Sidney label local fauna

To continue> Australia’s top designers are as varied and unique as the local fauna. Each create collections vastly different to their contemporaries, whilst working under the constraints of a conservative and relatively small market. Instead of considering their creativity as stifled, Australia’s best and brightest have developed unique ways to stand out from the crowd. i-D Online went to the land of green and gold to ride the rainbow serpent and share some of Australia’s sartorial delights with you. Dingo stole our breathe away! For creatures dwelling within an isolated ecosystem of severely limited size; functionality, adaptability and individuality reign supreme. The same is true at the top tiers of the Australian fashion industry, wearability is all important, and even though showiness doesn’t guarantee survival, the designers of ‘Down Under’ are anything but complacent.

Self-deprecating humour has given some of Australia’s labels an air of notoriety, cementing them within the public’s consciousness. Infamous high-street label ksubi ruffled feathers last year by emblazoning slogans like ‘Has Beans’ and ‘Plastic Fags’ across their outerwear. Sydney-label Romance Was Born may not print obscenities on its clothes, but its designers are no shrinking violets either. At Rosemount Australian Fashion Week in 2011, each of the label’s looks bore a tongue-in-name, like ‘Mermaid Slut’ or ‘Iced’.

In many ways, the Romance Was Born designers Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales are akin to the loud and proud lorikeets that hang like rainbow-coloured chillies in the trees of Sydney. They value bold colour schemes when constructing their costume-like creations and set lorikeets a twitter with their highly theatrical runway shows.

Other designers use complex tailoring, conceptual prints and unique textiles to set them apart. Enter Josh Goot and Dion Lee, who each year maintain their places at the head of the pack by evolving their signature styles to suit the zeitgeist. Goot is renowned for his artistic use of prints and his enlightened studies in silhouette, while Lee is widely noted for his experimentation with laser cutaways and complex pleating. The scenes for their shows could not have been more different. While Goot showed in an atmospheric dimly lit car park in Sydney East late one night, Lee showed bright one morning in the Sydney Opera House against a dazzling view over the harbour. Finally, where minimalism and subtlety is concerned, designers like Christopher Esber and Gary Bigeni stand out. They may not utilise theatrics, crazy concepts or radical silhouettes, but the implicit elegance in their designs ensure they don’t go unnoticed.

This year at Australian Fashion Week, highlights included the Josh Goot production, Romance Was Born’s Never Ending Story-inspired production at the historic Mitchell Library, and Lover’s highly polished big-scale production within one of the halls of the Sydney Opera House. As varied as the designer’s aesthetics, the productions amazed, engaged and dazed. There were wild theatrics, tear-jerkingly nostalgic musical scores, high, haute and heavy hairstyles, blinding light shows, and far-fetched fashions inspired by everything from Pygmy-tribes to the movie Jaws.

Filed under: Uncategorized, Australia fashion week RAFW 11-12, Ksubi

Viktor & Rolf St Petersburg, Russia ELLE White Nights, W Hotel

Filed under: Runway, ELLE, F-Vodka, FashionTV, Viktor & Rolf