Fact: Even though people think Fashion Week parties sound “fabulous” they almost always aren’t.
So we’re very pleased that V Man and Ford are throwing a party we don’t think anybody’s going to miss, to celebrate their upcoming Spring issue and this year’s dual winners of their annual model search contest, CJ Hancock and Jake Madden (click).
The event will be held at the Chelsea Piers’ Sky Rink tomorrow night, so just picture everybody you know drinking and ice skating to Diskokaine, and you can understand why we put this one in bold on our schedule.
Also, there was a last minute event addition: An 11pm performance by an actual figure skater, Johnny Weir.
We think Fashion Week just froze over.
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Finally, a logical fashion decision.
Byrdie Bell, the actress and socialite, has signed with Ford Models.
The New York native is of Norwegian descent and actually bears the name Evelyn Byrd Bell, though she’s been called Byrdie since childhood.
She has a movie coming out this Fall called Homecoming, with Mischa Barton and Matt Long, the cutie from Jack and Bobby, which never should have been canceled.
And she follows in the footsteps of fellow socialite beauties Vanessa Traina and Harley Viera-Newton, both of whom recently signed with Elite. Lydia Hearst, Amanda Hearst, Margherita Missoni, and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld are also Manhattan socialites with modeling agencies (most are on IMG’s women’s board).
It seems Ford has their work cut out for them - Byrdie’s already been in Vogue more times than Nicole Kidman.
Want to be Hedi Slimane’s next piece of meat?
Go to V Magazine’s website.
They may have lost their Editor-in-Chief to Interview, but they’ve gained a sequel to their wildly successful modeling contest, V A Model. Their first winner, Amanda Laine, got a shoot with Mario Testino, a contract with Supreme, and the opening slots at McQueen and Miu Miu (what?!). She also closed Louis Vuitton (double what?!).
Now V opens their contest to boys. If you win, you’ll score the cover of V Man (which recently had Brad Pitt as its star), plus a photo shoot with Hedi Slimane and a contract with Ford Models.
Clearly, these stakes are huge, so if you think you look like Ashton Kutcher in his pre-Demi days, zoom on over and good luck!
