Alex Christensen Us man model

Alex Christensen, born in 1986, in Oregon, USA, is an American model.

Six-foot-two Christensen graduated from Oregon State University with a major in Communications and Theatre.

While at school, Christensen travelled back and forth from Las Vegas, Dallas, L. A, to pursue professional modeling. He has appeared in a number of editorials and catalogues, modeling for "Guess Jeans", and "Calvin Klein" underwear, as well as being photographed by accomplished lensman Gregory Vaughan.

In 2009, Christensen signed with renowned agency "Major Models Management" and his modeling career has steadily grown ever since.

Christensen describes himself as a very chill guy that will try almost anything once. He enjoys meeting new people, and believes the key to success isn't "what you know, it's who you know!"

Aside from modeling, Christensen is an aspiring soccer player.

Fashion Week Survival: The Models Speak

Backstage at Lincoln Center, the biggest names in the business were caught in the act: Jacquelyn Jablonski dashing past security for the Narciso Rodriguez show, Freja Beha cat-napping at Michael Kors while getting her hair blow-dried, and Liu Wen kicking back a quick cup of coffee before Richard Chai. Amid the flurry of hairspray, mascara wands, and makeup brushes, they shared their secrets—beyond the prerequisite “I drink lots of water!”—on what gets them through New York’s weeklong frenzy of shows, fittings, and the general fête-ing of fashion.

“Frozen spoons!” cried out model Sessilee Lopez backstage at Zac Posen’s Z Spoke show. “It’s for those early call times,” she said of the age-old trick for depuffing tired eyes. She also copped to a hefty application each night of Embryolisse cream—the must-have model favorite takes second place to a solid eight hours—following an all-over cleanse with Shiseido’s The Skincare Instant Eye and Lip Makeup Remover.

Hilary Rhoda—mid-application of yellow, blue and green makeup at Z Spoke (the inspiration, said Maybelline’s Charlotte Willer, was “street performers”)—also extolled the benefits of taking all that excess makeup off before bedtime. Her tonic of choice: Estée Lauder’s Gentle Eye Makeup Remover.

Hidden inside Jersey girl Jacquelyn Jablonski’s saddle-brown leather PS1 bag at Narciso: snacks. She usually carries a handful of granola bars (a.k.a. model fuel) from Nature’s Valley—the Trail Mix and Cranberry & Pomegranate flavors are her favorites—and “anything with nuts or fruits.”

Chanel Iman’s Fashion Week fixation: the stacks of new sheets she somehow found time to buy from Duxiana, the Swedish brand most famous for their coveted, high-tech beds. “During the week it’s important to find time for myself, so I’ve gotten a new comforter and lots of sheets,” Iman said of her desire to nest, or renest. “I’ve lived in my Battery Park apartment for three years now, and I just felt like [it was] time for a little change.” And no hotel whites for her: “I need lots of color in my room because it makes me feel good when I go to sleep.”

Karlie Kloss—flipping through the pages of Vogue’s October issue mid–blow dry backstage at Michael Kors—confessed her love for Moroccanoil’s hair mask. “My three sisters all have curly, textured hair, and I got stuck with this stick-straight hair, so they’re the ones who turned me onto it. And you know what? It works wonders!” she said of the treatment that seems to have everyone hooked. “It really replenishes my hair after a week of styling, and makes it silky and healthy.” (Our own Meredith Melling-Burke made sure to stop by the Beauty Department to scoop up a bottle as a part of her Fashion Week beauty arsenal, too).

Elie Saab Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2010 Full Show

ELIE SAAB COUTURE FALL WINTER 2010 VIDEO

CAROLINE LERCH

Austria native Carolin Lerch founded Pelican Avenue in 2004. A graduate of the Antwerp School of Fashion and former assistant to the designer Bernard Willhelm, the label aims to question the codes of conventional fashion to provide a different focus, avoiding stagnation and complacency.

Pelican Avenue exhibits regularly at Paris Fashion Week. Its work has also been exhibited at the 07 Arnhem Fashion Biennial, the 2007 Vienna Fashion Fair, Arteleku in San Sebastián, the W gallery in Antwerp, and PARK in Vienna.

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ELIE SAAB FALL 2010 COUTURE

7 JULY 2010 PARIS


ELIE SAAB loves La Fenice, Venice's legendary opera house. As its name would suggest, this phoenix has burned to the ground and risen from the flames three times. For his Fall Couture collection, Saab borrowed the ruched velvet of La Fenice's curtains, the gilt and blue of its decoration, and even the fire and ash of its hellish moments for one multicolored mousseline gown. Given that backstory, the result was understandably a little overwrought.

Before the show, Saab said, "If a woman doesn't want 'rich,' she doesn't come to couture." So rich was what he gave her, from the moment Karolina Kurkova sashayed out onto the catwalk in a gown of deep red guipure lace swathed in silk tulle. The dress that followed her was short but scarcely simpler, with its bands of chiffon and lace liberally doused with sequins.

The designer claimed he was breaking some personal ground with his focus on classical draping. There was lots of asymmetric single-shoulder action, and he was also keen to pay more attention to the back of his dresses. That's where the décolleté was this season, which often left the front decorously covered up to the throat. Put that together with the color scheme; the broad-shouldered, bat-winged proportions; and the embellishment of the fabrics, and the collection felt heavy, even slightly old-fashioned. Saab is a proven master of red-carpet dressing, but these clothes sometimes made one wonder in exactly what decade that carpet was being unrolled.

Trend Report: '60s Mod

Carmen Kass : World Fashion TV

Carmen Kass Estonian Supermodel

Name : Carmen Kass
Born : September 14, 1978
Country : born in Tallinn, Estonia
Lives : New York City, USA

Carmen Kass was born on the 14th of September, 1978 in Tallinn, Estonia and is know as an Estonian supermodel.

Kass grew up in Paide and began her modeling career in her early teens, when she won the Miss Paide and Miss Järvamaa. At the age of 14 she was also discovered by Italian fashion agents in a supermarket in Tallinn, Estonia. When Carmen Kass was 18 years old she moved to the big fashion metropolitans, such as New York, Paris, Milan, and Los Angeles.

Kass has gained great fame and recognition throughout the modeling world, by being a model for famous designer shows as Anna Sui, Calvin Klein, Chanel, Christian Dior, Gucci, MaxMara, Prada, Louis Vuitton, and Valentino. She has also been a much sought after cover model, being featured on famous fashion magazines like Vogue, Elle, L'Officiel, and Harper's Bazaar. Carmen Kass has won the VH1 Model of the Year in 2000, with the previous winner being Brazilian Model Gisele Bundchen.

Carmen Kass is also famous for being an expert chess player and is the President of Estonian National Chess League.

In 2002 Carmen Kass modeled at the The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, being a Victoria's Secret Angel. Kass has also pursued an acting career by playing roles in movies like Welcome to America (2002), Point&Shoot (2004) and the Estonian movie Täna öösel me ei maga (2004).

Carmen Kass is also involved in politics, as a member of Res Publica party and by being the member of the European Parliament since June 2004.




Body measurements:
Carmen Kass height: 179 cm
Carmen Kass breasts: 89 cm
Carmen Kass waist size: 60 cm
Carmen Kass hips: 89 cm

Interview exclusive de Bouchra Jarrar

Bouchra Jarrar Spring Summer 2010 Haute Couture Collection