posted by guest

Jul 25, 2008 3:27PM

i don't like he angry faces.. why does fashion have to have so many angry faced models? i mean you don't have to grin but damn don't look like you're about to go godzilla on the photographer.

posted by BunnyB

Jul 25, 2008 3:46PM

Those are some crazy shoes!

posted by guest

Jul 25, 2008 3:52PM

could've been beautiful if she didn't have the same face in every freakin' pose!!

posted by guest

Jul 25, 2008 6:14PM

what magazine was this taken from?

posted by guest

Jul 25, 2008 6:57PM

Love the shoots

WOW

it looks like an italian magazine...is it vogue italia?

posted by guest

Jul 25, 2008 7:15PM

i spy ninja turtle toes!

posted by CocoChic

Jul 25, 2008 8:59PM

In some pictures it looks like Lara Stone but I don't think it's her.

posted by xomeghanxo03

Jul 25, 2008 10:19PM

foreign country glam!!
i absolutly LOVE it!
<3

posted by guest

Jul 26, 2008 12:55AM

the shoot is a bit...trashy, i think. geishas aren't not the same as prostitutes. bleh.

posted by guest

Jul 26, 2008 2:09AM

Ugliest damn obi I've ever seen, and that's saying something. "Foreign country glam"? Seriously? Hideous makeup, greasy, lumpy hair in a really weird definitely-not-geisha style, and the worst shoes in the known universe. It takes talent to find ugly kimono, obi, or haori; there are so many beautiful examples out there. The stylist on this shoot managed somehow. Yeesh.

posted by guest

Jul 26, 2008 8:15AM

Foreign country glam? This is a biased understanding of Japanese culture, an incorrect fantasy about geisha.I wonder how real geishas react to these kind of photo shoot.

Apart from the cultural aspect, the shoots are not very impressive. Those shoes might be the reason why the model has such an painful expression.

(forgive me if there is any mistake, English is my second language.)

posted by marybelle

Jul 26, 2008 9:37AM

Yeah this model is beautiful when she isn't making the glare-y 'take me so seriously' face. I am sick of the angry teenaged drama queen model faces too. Try something different! All the models do that today though, most of them can't actually do much photographically other than standing there in the dresses or jumping around stupidly ala American Vogue.

posted by guest

Jul 26, 2008 11:33AM

I think some of her shots are way too staged but I think she has some good shots in there PLUS I do like her make up!

posted by ani

Jul 26, 2008 12:28PM

It looks like it is Anne Vyalitsyna.

posted by guest

Jul 27, 2008 10:18AM

Sorry, this is just a Western woman dressed in bits of Japanese garb. None of the poses brings any sense of "Japanese" to the shot. To see what I mean imagine the model wearing clothes from UK or Italy or USA- the poses would fit just as well. Also, the model is delivering the same look in each shot.

Whoever was directing the shoot had no cultural understanding of Japan.

posted by Serge

Jul 27, 2008 3:40PM

I don't like those shoes!

posted by guest

Jul 28, 2008 4:16AM

Like the shoot on the most part its quite good, but the model has one look. Perhaps if she changed it up a bit it would be a great shoot.

posted by guest

Jul 29, 2008 12:58PM

She looks upset. Also, why can't we have a Japanese model instead of a freckled redhead in "cultural" shoots like this one?

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 1:24AM

yeah, it's anne v. and she's not a teenager. she's been around for ages. guess she should have a few more looks then

posted by guest

Aug 01, 2008 1:33AM

i love japan! if only the model had more expressions...

posted by guest

Aug 08, 2008 10:44PM

i was reminded of Gwen Stafani as soon as i saw these shoots, and an episode of America's Next Top Model.