Maaike K. @ Vogue Turkey June 2010

When you’re going to find (and you found) this kind of posts (about a single editorial / photo session / etc – btw “@ posts”), well, these are not generally about the model, but about what you’re going to find by itself.
So, here the thing is quite clearer. I’ve got such a huge enthusiasm for Maaike, but this, well, disappointed me – and not a little actually.


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Once we say “Great for her to be in Vogue Turkey”, and bla bla bla in this direction, well, the point is… it’s just like being on a bus. If you get out at the wrong stop, well, the city is still great and amazing (ok, if it really is… hope you’re in Paris…), and the disappoint is just about being in the wrong part of the city.

About Maaike, well, I guess this is the classic – right (and "right" doesn't express "how much right" Maaike is...) girl in the wrong place.
This editorial was perfect for such a “pure cuteness” girl, with delicate features and soft expressivity; for Maaike… well, kind of happy for the “where” (Vogue Turkey editorial), but not that much about the “how”… but as usual, you know, optimistically the good is: a good chance to do a lot of other good things for sure.

++ Minke B. – “there are models with explosive attitude”

This girl is one of the most inexplicable (and kind of “baffling” – absolutely for good) examples of how much surprising modeling can be; at least, for me.


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Do I like this girl to death? no, not really.
But about the model… you know, there are some people (fortunately: few – well, at least, hope so) that see in fashion and models something like… well, they want to search something they’d like to find in a girl they’d meet elsewhere; I mean, they think “like” is about liking the girl, finding her cute, pretty, and just that. And if we talk about that, well, I have to say that even worse is doing the same thing but about sexual attraction. From this point of view, the note is quite easy: IF YOU’RE A MAN, USE YOUR HEAD – THE RIGHT ONE!


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After this little digression, what about Minke? You know, when someone tells me (or even just think) “who cares about models’ life and personality” I’m kind of… “What the hell are you talking about?!!!”
Because:
first, if you ignore models’ life and the fact they’re first of all girls (even better: models is WHAT THEY DO, not what they are…), well, you must be such a dickhead (no offence intended - or better, absolutely yes…);
second, if we talk about fashion, personality is not just about the girl, but a lot of times it’s about what even “the model” can communicate and so be able to do.

If we consider the two opposites, what I love the most are introvert, withdrawn and “kind-of-alienated” (I talk about personality and the way they look in front of the camera) girls, or explosive girls, the ones with such a terrific attitude.
So, when I wrote “there are models with explosive attitude” in recent Natasha post, well, Minke IS that kind of model “par excellence”.


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She’s funny, she’s a volcano of ideas, she’s pure energy, and the problem is that, even if this is her best for sure, well, sometimes shots are kind of…


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What about a… don’t know, a Dioni T. for these kind of pics, considering she’s got such a huge body presence and clear face features? Dioni is just an example, and first “adjacent” name came to my mind…


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So, even if I don’t really love her face and about body proportion I’m not exactly enthusiastic, well, I have to say that if we talk about some photo sessions she’s the first girl to call for.



And even if just in need of a “conventional beauty / cute” you should better call another girl, well, as you can see she’s not that much bad in that role too…

GO NETHERLANDS!!!

Yes, this has got nothing to do with models… oh well, even if you may find this very good looking!



Don't know why, but I've always been a Netherlands football team fan, since I was very little… so World Cup began, and - GO NETHERLANDS!!!!!!

PS and no, next (very) positive post about Minke will have nothing to do with this… and enthusiasm after first 2-0 win! haha I swear I decided for that post (and positive comments) before… :P

Tamara P.

I knew about her (even if: absolutely informally – and you’ll see, in such an unprofessional way) few months ago; she was in a Vogue Italia editorial


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and, if you remember the diagram I draw to describe how much I liked (and like) Julija S., well, that was one of the lowest points; and so I had the chance to notice Tamara and… well, it was just an excuse to do a (honestly: childish!) comparison and show how much mediocre Julija looked.


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Well, now some time passed, if I have to talk well (or even bad) about Julija I don’t need childish comparisons… and I had the curiosity to find something more about Tamara; better, I’ve been kind of obliged to build an honest and fair opinion about her.
And… the girl is cute and good-looking for sure, but about the model… don’t know. Not mad about her features, about her silhouette (even if thin and well defined), and…


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About good things, I first have to admit that after all I’ve just seen something like… 15 – 20 pics, so maybe she’s got a lot more to show. And, even if I have to say she’s not my favorite kind of model, for the kind she is she may show some interesting things (omitting runways – and even some kind of shots), even in the future, ‘cause for the kind of things she can do for the best, well, age won’t be a factor for sure.

++? Natasha B. – NATASHAAAA

First: I’m sorry I didn’t post this before, ‘cause I really wanted to, but… you know (and if you don’t, you will!), it sometimes happens to me to not have my notebook and internet connection in the same “where” and “when”, so… I wanted to post this at least a couple of days ago, but – just not possible! ;)

Then… ok, back to this:


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Yep, adorable Deimante A.; and Polina on the right, and… who’s on the left? No, really, WHO’S ON THE LEFT?!!!
That’s exactly what I happened to ask myself; better, not for that pic, for this one:


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And the question was “Who’s this lovely girl?!!!” (“Who’s on the left?” wasn’t that much appropriate here…). Then passed some time, I almost forgot, but I finally found a lot more. What to say about Natasha? Let’s begin with: the bad.


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First and biggest of the (few) problems, I’m not really convinced by her face… I mean, her lovely face (that lately became even a little more round and “kind-of-plump”) may sometimes look not exactly well defined, chin especially, and in next side pic the thing is quite clear.


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And if we consider some (very) little face imperfections, well, the “What’s not so much good” chapter is officially over for me.


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Maybe she isn’t “the master of posing”, maybe she isn’t hugely expressive, but… you know, there are models with explosive attitude, others with outstanding posing abilities, or an amazing body presence, and some are great even for their great pout – so as you can see, four simple examples of how many different ways there are for a model to do great or even good things.


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About Natasha, lack of really outstanding posing and expressivity is widely balanced by such a breathtaking body (for me, so far not completely emphasized), great skin, and… when she looks in the camera sometimes she’s just… just “wow” (I mean: her soft expressivity and delicate body can be an amazing and incredibly charming mix).


The “catwalk chapter” is maybe in another book, ‘cause… don’t know, lovely is lovely, she’s got good numbers and her body seems should be perfect, but


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actually not completely convinced.


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And as usual happens, I somehow thought to a similar model (Swedish Isabella L. – you can find her at Elite; and btw comparison is just about catwalk).


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Here only Natasha again…


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I mean, as usual, let’s not forget what we talk about: if you meet Natasha walking in the street you’re going to have a good (good? well, you could easily fall in love in a couple of seconds maybe…) impression of her for sure, but… on the catwalk you need something different, and for the little I saw (“little” really) that “something different” there isn’t; but I hope to see her again and more to change my mind, ‘cause there are a lot of good chances she really could.

+ Nina P. – “The LA model”

I wanted to write something about Nina, and so I asked a friend… well, let’s use words the right way, I asked “an acquaintance” if he knew her – and I just asked for an opinion too.
“Yes, I remind of her, THE LA MODEL”… and you know, in fashion world if you’re brought to mind for being “The girl who cried on the catwalk” (let’s draw a veil over that episodes and all the stupid things I read and heard about that… Auguste A. btw), “A Vogue cover girl”, “The Prada model” (see: Rasa Z.), even “A Ford model” (even!), it’s kind of very good or at least ok, but being “The LA model” is… well, not exactly what you should dream for (and btw, just for the record she’s signed with Why Not too).


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This girl isn’t exactly (despite what you could find wrote around…) a “new face” (22), and in my mind at that age your career should be a path well defined; well, even at 18 actually for me… and with what I wrote I just mean: fashion industry should have a clear idea of your potential and what you can successfully do – or not.

About Nina… I have the impression her career is on a path that… well, good for sure for what she’s good for, but kind of… well, the path is a little bit too much narrow for the way it should be.
I mean


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this, well, is ok, but if this is all (or: huge part of her shots), well, a little bit less ok of what it seemed to be.

If “The LA model” was such a soft and delicate way to say “The hot (and LA based) model – but first of all HOT” (and it was!), well, I guess I have to face the fact that’s what generally fashion industry may think of her; and that’s such a pity.


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‘cause I’d like to see something more like this, and so on (and even better, ‘cause I saw some other pics and I really loved them! some so sweet and lovely, not hot for sure…), and… well, if it is so hard to change the mind of a mother-in-law about her daughter’s husband (haha whaaat?!!! *_*’), I know it’s even harder to change opinions about your modeling potentialities. But… the good is something like that may take just few good and well oriented tests; the bad is… even if it’s such a cool name for an agency, “Why not?” isn’t exactly enough as an answer to who’s going to ask you “Why?” about that.
So… is she hot? Sure she is; is that all I can see? No, not at all; actually, right a little little little part. Not exactly what I expect from a Russian model, but good for sure. And if I’m certain about her “she may look better and different for sure”, well, if I have to be honest I’m even curious to see something more about her posing potentialities ‘cause, until now, not exactly too much to see and think about, not really!

USIP Jeanne B. – Ordinary extraordinary

The other day I was having a chat about models; particularly, it was about some kind of models. It’s just about tastes, but I’m not a real and huge fan of some “extremely kind-of-weird” models – oh well, generally, with very particular features. And, for the record, as I wrote to another girl who wrote me sending me material about some peculiar models, it’s worth point out a model like Emily W. as a good “meeting point” (matter of chance, you can find her at models.com, where she appeared right few days ago as “model of the week” - but I wrote about her in my mail before! :P).
But – back to the chat. Talking about that, we arrived at the opposite: so, models with kind-of-very-regular-face and/or body. With body I mean “numbers” or, very often, presence; ‘cause it happens that a model, god only knows why, has good numbers, a stunning body, but in shots, well, there isn’t any kind of magic – and the look is… is the one of a very regular body.

From this point of view, I received some stuff about Jeanne, and we compared our opinions about “ordinary” and “extraordinary”.


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With “ordinary” we may think to “regular”; and the world absolutely needs models with a regular face, I mean, even more than some “extreme girls” that, honestly, are not so much versatile and multipurpose – especially if we consider the thing under a commercial point of view.
But, sometimes, a model with a regular face may be really impressive – and kind of amazingly charming. About this, well, I absolutely think that, and I had to agree.


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But about Jeanne, even if I like some things I saw (btw: I adore these last three shots…) I really don’t know what to think; I mean, that she’s kind-of-regular, well, that’s for sure. That she can do a lot of interesting things, well, ok; if you ask me about “something more”, I don’t know… and even her body, she’s got the numbers, but it’s so hard to have a definitive opinion.


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So, as a commercial model, well, I even like her more than a bunch of other girls for sure; but for some shots I really have the impression it may take 100 snaps to have what you want – if you want something different from what she may mooore naturally do.

PS about the ordinary / extraordinary, in the mail I received there was a definition I liked: “extraordinary ordinary”; well, I didn’t agree about Jeanne, but I liked the expression to describe a model with an ordinary look and an outstanding model potential. And well, we’ll see in the future this kind of models, but there are.
Continuing on this game, well, what may be a “ordinary extraordinary” model instead? Well, the best example is Monika J. for sure: she’s such an outstanding beauty, and she makes look everything so much easy and natural. You really have the impression she might be the “girl next door”; even if really kind of improbable… I mean, if you don’t live in an marvelous paradise!