AOB Maaike, Amy and Auguste - and tests

How do I use to say, “quick and painless”?; no, this is going to be quick and somehow quite painful. Btw just a PS for this.

http://isthisitmodelsreview.blogspot.com/2010/05/maaike-k-how-wonderful-dutch-treat.html

PS Oh, well, wait a second: “agency’s choices about tests direction have been so well-chosen” was absolutely about SPS, and “a little bit less” about some Women recent tests – for the record, Maaike, Amy P. and Auguste A. recent tests (just an example – btw by Demarquet; not his fault, not at all, I like his works) in Paris are, no offence intended, pure lack of personality highlighting; and something I’d have done without so easily.


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Especially for three charming and (most important) peculiar girls like these. And if we talk about the “Dutch duo”, beauty (and attitude) peculiarity / amazing posing / outstanding personality are strong points, more than “pretty cuteness” for sure.
-oh well, and even if not here, "the whole story" is good for Rachelle P. too… with Maaike, they’re the Dutch answer to Starsky & Hutch… or Thelma & Louise… or Chip & Dale… or… just anything with an “&” in between! :)

+++ Auguste A. - "Tegul meilė Lietuvos dega mūsų širdyse"…

So: what to say about Auguste? Let’s begin with
– the bad part. Do you believe in chance? If “chance” is about “things doesn’t happen for a reason that has something to do with fate”, I absolutely believe in. If “chance” is an explanation for the weird fact Auguste A. and Monika J. NEVER MET IN ANY LAST MILAN FW SHOW (if I checked right that’s what happened, but the point would just be the same), well, “chance” is not a wise answer.


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Auguste passed in few months from D&G, Iceberg, Les Copains, Jil Sander, Burberry, Prada etc to (no offence intended) “Love Sex Money”, and the thing hasn’t the “is all about school” explanation, ‘cause you can skip FWs because of school (see: NY), but once you do a FW is all about booking (so: YOUR AGENCY management first, if you’re 15) – and things went BAD; and BAD is such an euphemistic word to describe the mess happened… even if it’s only about booking quality, and not her catwalks quality for sure.


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Now that bad part’s gone: let’s focus on Auguste by herself. SHE’S AWESOME. This girl has such an impressive presence on the catwalk


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and from this point of view she’s a huge factor; even if just 15 I can’t see a lot of space for development, but just because she’s already kind of perfect.


If we talk about photos, well, I have to admit “old” Alberta Ferretti adv, recent Bazaar editorial (well, pics have at least 5 months, but let’s act like we don’t know that…) and last tests (these are just examples) don’t have the same impact


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(even if I admit: I LOVED TEEN VOGUE)


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but: is this enough to not love this Lithuanian model? C’mon, sure not! In Lithuania right now new faces don’t worth an Auguste’s nail (well, rare exceptions apart), and if I have to choose her or Julija S., despite general belief – Auguste now and forever! Her mere presence is STUNNING.


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Conclusion is: one of the best debuts in last years is now one of the most underrated models, and this thing is just making me go crazy. She’s just perfect for Marras, Richmond, Jo No Fui, but she deserves that and especially more… take a look: her hair, her stance, attitude, confidence, body shape and proportions are just perfect, her eyes are pure heaven (and cold as ice...), face features, her cold and penetrating glance, the way she walks, etc etc!


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Panicking about her (jeopardizing) career would be stupid NOW, but the point is: time for choices. Slow down and wait, or really believe in her – stuck in between is worst option.
Don’t know if it’s been a mistake because of her age what she did (and do, after all she’s 15) in her modeling career, but I absolutely agree with “If you do a mistake, well, at least do it well”!


Oh, well, I’m joking – Auguste’s life (as usual) comes first, and that’s the most important thing at all. Seeing “the model” with D&G or Prada next FW is nothing important compared to “the girl”. Never forget that, people around…

AOB Nastyusha S. / Auguste A. – About fat guys, rainbows and good sense (and heartfelt thanks)

This will sound weird, but taking a look to Nastyusha's book made me think of last FWs; and especially about my fav moment. What's my fav moment of these last FWs?!!! You’ll never ever ever guess, I bet you won't…
Ok, I gave you enough time, you tried, you failed, here it is:


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Despite last Milan FW has been such a huge disaster for Auguste (from my point of view – we’ll see that in another occasion), despite Women didn’t move the way I used to expect (I love Women most of the times, and c’mon – THEY HAVE TRENTINI NOW!), despite her career and what agencies did and still do with her is and has been hugely questionable ethically and from a merely professional point of view, well – in spite of everything!, seeing her closing Richmond this way just made me GLAD, CHEERFUL and BRIGHT.

You know, it’s that kind of weird feeling that… you know, you walk in the street and you just see rainbows, flowers everywhere, people around you seem to come from an old B/W musical and they dance and they sing, and then… well, then usually you open your eyes and you find yourself in the subway with a fat guy right all over you. But that moment was just pure heaven.


At Women should learn a quite easy lesson: you don’t need so much to look unimpeachable. You don’t have to be smart or clever or less than less ethically correct for real, it’s just about, at least, using good sense. Well, don’t have bad ethics would be better, but… ok, let’s get over this. So – you don’t need to be so smart so clever or sooooo unimpeachable to avoid some shoots from a girl’s book. Especially if she has an age where… you know, where if she was your cousin, your sister or your daughter you’d just say “No thanks” (better: “Gosh, no, shut the f**k up, I don’t want these kind of photos for her, she’s just 13/14/15/16). That’s exactly what happened with Nastyusha, I avoided to put those pics here, but… there are. The only point is: WERE THESE PHOTOS REALLY REALLY REALLY AN “INESCAPABLE FACT”?!!! SURE NOT!!!
You can’t change fashion world for sure, and these little little things are not the real point, but… you know, little by little… and seeing Auguste that way really made me love her more than ever; her, and the B/W heavenly musical I’m in every time I think of that… even the fat guy looks great because of how much well I feel … haha, THANK YOU AUGUSTE.