“Everyone just expects me to jump now. I think they just think I jump naturally, like put me in great shoes and I jump,” said Caroline Trentini backstage at the Victoria’s Secret show this afternoon.
“Will you ever not jump?”
“No! I mean, as long as people ask me to jump, I’ll jump!”
Once I got that all-important question out of the way, I ran around the room and asked a handful of our favorite girls two critical questions:
1. What’d you have for breakfast?
2. What are you wearing to tonight’s after party?
Chanel Iman said she ate eggs, bacon, potatoes, cereal and fruit. I would have said, “Don’t lie,” but I wasn’t in the mood to pick a fight with an angel and she followed with, “I think eating is sexy.” She wants to wear the Valli dress she wore down his runway, but if it doesn’t show up, she’s sure she can find something “super sexy to wear with my fabulous boots.”
Julia Stegner’s wearing Herve Leger, surprise! (There were two camps of girls, the ones wearing Herve and the ones specifically not wearing Herve because everyone else is wearing Herve.) She’s not a breakfast person, but “I had pomegranate seeds this morning! Only because I’m on antibiotics and I have to eat something.”
As H&M gets older and wiser, their collaboration launches get bigger and better.
Stella McCartney launched her line with a Gwyneth Paltrow and Dita Von Teese attended bash in an old schoolhouse, Matthew Williamson rocked a ship in the Hudson River with Grace Jones and now, Sonia Rykiel will celebrate her collection for the Swedish mega-brand with a parade and runway show in Paris on December 1.
It’ll be in the Grand Palais, home to Chanel’s runway blow-outs, and feature both the lingerie, debuting for holiday and the knitwear which launches next spring.
No word yet on who will sit front row, but given the star power of Sonia’s 40th Anniversary bash, we have big expectations. And with Lara, Caroline and Anne in the ads, we expect big models, too.
This model roundtable, hosted by Sally Singer, beats Vogue’s actual model issue by a longshot.
The magazine filled a Minetta Tavern table with Lauren Hutton, Karlie Kloss, Caroline Trentini, Iman, Paulina Porizkova, Naomi Campbell and Hilary Rhoda for a discussion on modeling past and present.
Yes, it should be about five hours longer, but in just this brief clip Lauren says the industry’s become criminal, Iman talks about being YSL’s African Queen muse, Caroline says she’s struggling with her self-confidence, Paulina calls for a model age limit and Karlie expresses frustration over being just another blank slate.
There’ve been a lot of pressing model questions this show season, one of the most common being, “Where the hell is Caroline Trentini?”
It turns out she was an exclusive for YSL, which she just closed in Paris, minutes ago.
Mystery solved.
In other exclusives news, just how many do you need to stage a real Givenchy show? Not only were Dree Hemingway and newcomer Ranya Mordanova signed to make their Fall 09 debut at Riccardo Tisci’s show, but also Adriana Lima, whom you may not have recognized under all those sleeves and pant legs.
Reader Danielle found herself at Sundance’s premiere of The September Issue and knew she had to share.
Her favorite part? When Bee (Anna Wintour’s daughter) tries to engage her mother in a serious discussion on her own legal career aspirations while Anna gives her a “We’ll-see-about-that” look.
This week’s Downtown Express includes an article on the growing art gallery/bar scene in the Lower East Side of NYC.
They announce that in one of these galleries, Gallery Nine 5, will be a an exhibition called “Makeover” starting this Friday, featuring the work of artist Sali Taylor, who’s created “montages of images of contemporary fashion models, female iconography and art history.”
An excerpt, at left.
Looks like we’re not the only ones enthralled by Caroline’s northward pursuits. The piece is entitled “Jump”, and we sincerely hope Sali considers Kriss Kross for his soundtrack.
I’m still not used to the kind of fashion show where people care more about Harvey Weinstein than Patrick Demarchelier, more about Katy Perry than Anna Piaggi.
But I guess that’s why I don’t work in PR and why I watch for editors’ reactions instead of the runway at a show where it’s only half about the clothes.
Dior’s afternoon show, held in a tent at the Place de la Concorde end of the Tuileries, boasted movie stars, dramatic music cut with MGMT, ridiculously caged Cindy Lou Who hair, and handbags, of course.
From my perch above the runway, I watched Galliano’s parade of modern warrior princess clothes. Raquel, Caroline Trentini and Tanya D teetered on their carved heels - think Basso & Brooke - wearing snakeskin corsets and chiffon mini dresses made for Tinsley. The Dior beauty ambassador sat front row, the paparazzi crush snapping away at Eva Green and Marion Cotillard right next to her.
The show ended with a string of sheer gowns and a runway strut from Galliano in a particularly deep-v vest. As my new French friend said to me, “Beaucoup de boobies this season, n’est-ce pas?”
I got to Earl’s Court fifteen minutes before the Vivienne Westwood show was scheduled to start in anticipation of masses.
I didn’t, however, anticipate being crushed by papparazzi once inside. I can’t be sure whether they were violently snapping pictures of Dita Von Teese’s heaving chest or Pamela Anderson’s obscene breasts, but they definitely weren’t interested in demure Emma Watson across the way.
The show opened and closed with Jourdan Dunn, and Daisy Lowe awkwardly sandwiched in between. British superstar Alexa Chung, (seriously, she’s like A-list-movie-star-famous over here), took a surprising turn on the runway, too. And for the record, she walks like Lowe’s complete and total opposite - give her a few more inches and a bit more attitude, and she’s right up there with Trentini.
Meanwhile, the clothes. Think The English Patient meets classic Vivienne Westwood. Then think Velvet Goldmine meets classic Viv. Oh, and the model without a shirt? I won’t tell you what to think.
Going to one of Westwood’s shows was a major moment for me - so please excuse the shitty pictures - I needed to soak it all in without digital camera interference.
Are you having trouble calculating just what counts as expenses from last month’s trip to Paris?
Well, ModelPro is here to help. Don’t ask us how we found it, but do know that we’ve read the description over and over until we got a great visual of Cole Mohr and Caroline Trentini staring at a computer screen trying to figure out just how much they owe their agency for that one campaign last year.
The site guarantees it’s the only financial software made just for models, “ModelPro keeps track of, and totals your bookings, payments, expenses, appointments, agency deductions, commercials and residuals!”
By the time you’re a big enough model to juggle all of those things, don’t you have someone to do this for you?
Not that the software doesn’t sound like loads of fun.
So their upcoming September issue, which celebrates their 75th year, is going to be a little different - that is, the cover’s going to be electronic.
No word on exactly what it’ll look like yet, but the digital cover will comes with its own battery pack, so we’re imagining something like those hologram folders from school, except the image will move on its own.
They’re only making 100,000 copies of the edition with the digital cover, so you might have to scramble to get one.
On an only somewhat related note, wouldn’t it be so funny if Vogue did one with Caroline actually jumping? Yes.
Reader Sarah, who works for a model management company, just sent us a nice tip:
There’s a Derek Lam sample sale today, at 601 W. 26th St (the Chelsea Art Galleries) on the 17th floor.
But we kind of wish she’d e-mailed us about it yesterday, since she added that that’s when she saw “the lovely Caroline Trentini browsing the clothes.”
Sigh.
Exactly what Gossip Girl wouldn’t do.
But thank you for the info anyway! Maybe we’ll sneak over on our way to Barneys later…
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“Everyone just expects me to jump now. I think they just think I jump naturally, like put me in great shoes and I jump,” said Caroline Trentini backstage at the Victoria’s Secret show this afternoon.
