Sigrid Agren, Tao Okamoto, Cora Emmanuel, and 21 other Society Management models worked with husband-and-wife duo Max Snow and Vanessa Traina on a photography and video project that supplements the agency’s spring 2014 show package. The results are pretty stunning.
Next month, keep your eyes peeled for Maria Borges. STEP Models noticed the Luanda, Angola-native after she placed second at a local competition as a teen; now, age 20, she’s represented by Supreme Management in New York, Women in Paris and Milan, and Premier in London. We recently sat down with Borges and her Supreme agent, Paulo Santos, to discuss her multiple Givenchy exclusives, posing semi-nude for CR Fashion Book, and being a model of color--one of the six who walked in the latest Dior show.
Within seconds of slipping on a pair of Kuboraum glasses, from the heft of the frames, the sheen of the lenses, and the layering of shapes, it becomes clear that the eyewear belongs in its own category; the trio behind the brand refers to them as masks. Sure, they'll cost you a pretty penny (some run as high as 2,010 Euros), but one of the brand's three founder's explains the price point philosophically: "People are free in their lives--free to choose what’s good or bad for them, free to lose or to find, free to buy or hesitate." More from the founder's of this Berlin by way of Italy brand, right this way.