ALAN VALDEZ MEXICAN MODEL

Alan Valdez, born 1988, in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, is a Mexican model currently living in San Diego, California.
All his life, Valdez liked to play sports and was named in All-State several teams. He started my modeling career in early 2007. He has won fitness modeling competitions, and in 2008, he got 2nd Place in the Model America Championships.

His primary goal is to become a Latin Icon in Modeling. His credits include "Wences Classic 2008 (1st place)", "Universe Weekend 2008 (top 15)", "Model America Championships 2008 (2nd place) and graced the magazine cover of "Exercise for Men" in April 2009.

During his spare time, Valdez enjoys going to the movies, his favorites are Goal, 300, Forrest Gump; and listening to music such as reggaeton, techno, R&B.

ALEXANDRE HERCHCOVITCH VIDEO

ALEXANDRE HERCHCOVITCH NEW YORK SPRING 2011

Alexandre Herchcovitch is no stranger to color. In fact, you could say that color is more like a trusted and reliable family member in the Brazilian designer's house. For Spring, he approached it in a pure way, making it his sole focus. The show began with dresses in single hues—intense Kelly green and fuchsia amid black and peach. Each look was a full study in monochrome, from a swirl of paint in the hair to lips to shoes.

Herchcovitch then gently worked up to blending in Mondrian-esque pixelated squares, which were pieced together, not printed, along with dégradé washes. The sole print looked like big splotches of paint, but worked nicely in a pastel palette. The boxy coats and jackets, stand-away dresses, and cigarette pants had a sixties vein running through them. This felt very ladylike and elegant—particularly after last season's punk-babushka mash-up—even as it walloped the audience with its strong visual impact. How will this collection appeal to the hipsterati who filled the show and keep the buzz around Herchcovitch's name?

It's unclear, but you can thank this confident vision for bringing some brightness to the neutral-heavy week.

ARMANI JACKET SPRING 2011

AMANDA BYNES HAIRSYLES

Amanda Bynes has been acting ever since she was a little girl. She has been on both television and on the big screen. She had a television show called "The Amanda Bynes Show" where that ran for several years. One of her movies she has acted in was "What A Girl Wants". She is a great role model for younger girls as she dresses and has her hairstyles always looking great.

BARBARA BUI SPRING 2011

The great thing about designer inspirations is that they don't necessarily have to make complete sense to work in the context of a collection. That would be the case with Barbara Bui's Spring show, for which her ideas ranged from "energy and light" to "women reporters." In your head, you might conjure up a radiant Christiane Amanpour in lotus pose, but on the runway you could see the designer's train of thought. There were flak jacket-inspired pieces—jumpsuits, khaki shirts, silky cargo pants, and, well, jackets—leading to the desert ease of languid silk dresses and blouses, and natural linen shifts and tiny shorts.