Archive for: October 2009

Giovanni Models: Stephanie O, Ines, Lisa Cote, Stefanie Nazoyan and Ashley Hart looked stunning in the Romona Keveza Collection. (Show shots to be posted.)

Giovanni model Gabi shows off her versatility once again in this Twiggy inspired shoot by Marianne Larochelle.

Giovanni models at a glance during MFW SS10

GIOVANNI MODELS NICOLA AND JUSTYNA had a blast working for M.A.C.

GIOVANNI MODELS MARK HEYENS AND WYATT working the “geek chic” look as part of M.A.C’ s
-Magic Mirth & Mischief tour across North America. (Mark is booked on a few shows for Toronto Fashion
Week and then off to Tokyo.) (Wyatt flew in from Calgary and is busy casting and working during his first fashion week)

Greta Constantine delivered a supreme performance that was fuel efficient, impeccable design, optional seating and sublime luxury. Given the latest Audi and a driver for the evening was just the beginning of the evening. A pre cocktail reception gave everyone a chance to experience the Ceramica Collection by Rado, Wybrorowa Vodka and music stylings of D.J. Evalicious…Giovanni Model Eve Salvail.

GIOVANNI MODEL EVE SALVAIL will be kicking off Toronto Show Week this Thursday, a performance not to be missed!!!

Citizen K always provides an unique perspective on fashion and this month it focuses its attention on the iconic allure of true model’s models. The stars of GIOVANNI MODELS are shining brightly in a series of editorials that play to the strengths of each girl.

Kristen Owen by Manuela Pavesi

Tasha Tilberg by Gregory Derkenne

Giovanni model Monica Vaughan was looking as beautiful and radiant as ever as she walked down the catwalk for Hermès during Paris fashion week.

As Paris wrapped up it’s show season it was clear who was the most in demand Canadian model was for the 2010 Ready to Wear Shows.
Giovanni Model Alana Zimmer appeared in over 60 shows including: Alexander McQueen, Hermes, Akris, Jean Paul Gaultier, Etro, Giorgio Armani, Versus, Paul Smith Women, Marc Jacobs, Zac Posen, Michael Kors, Proenza Schouler, Diane von Furstenberg, Bottega Veneta, Sonja Rykiel and Hussein Chalayan to name a few. The question now is – will we be seeing Alana make an appearance during Toronto Show Week?

GIOVANNI MODEL ALANA ZIMMER works the McQueen runway.
Seen from on the spot, it was a big-budget production, for sure. There was a sparkling, illuminated runway in which two sinister, robotic movie cameras on gigantic black booms ran back and forth, while a screen played Knight’s video of Raquel Zimmermann, lying on sand, naked, with snakes writhing across her body.

Then the models came out, dressed in short, reptile-patterned, digitally printed dresses, their gangly legs sunk in grotesque shoes that looked like the armored heads of a fantastical breed of antediluvian sea monster. McQueen, according to an internal logic detailed in a press release, was casting an apocalyptic forecast of the future ecological meltdown of the world: Humankind is made up of creatures that evolved from the sea, and we may be heading back to an underwater future as the ice cap dissolves

Maybe Lindsay Lohan should stick to acting.

That seems to be the general consensus after LiLo revealed her debut collection as “artistic advisor” for Ungaro during Paris Fashion Week on Sunday. The line, which featured plenty of bright colours and a lot of hearts, was panned by fashion critics from around the globe.

Wrote the New York Times: “Emanuel Ungaro was a couture king of drape and shape. When a swath of white dress was covered with a white fur stole, there was some attempt to move from teen night out to a couture elegance. Yet will this collection of hearts but with no soul be enough to entice young women who could probably find these looks anywhere?”

From the Telegraph: “The collection she collaborated on with the Spanish designer, Estrella Archs, was hardly an unqualified success. How could it be when the pair, chiefly Archs, had only three weeks to pull it together? Ungaro himself, who founded his house in 1965, must be horrified at the arrogance of even thinking it could be done. He would have spent that time on a single piece.”

And, harshly, from the Los Angeles Times: “When Lohan came out for a runway bow, her eyes were full of tears. And it’s easy to see why. After all the hullabaloo over her appointment a month ago, with some fashion insiders suggesting it was an insult to anyone who had ever really worked in design, it had to have been the walk of shame to end all.”

But the most damning response came from the Fashion industry bible, Women’s Wear Daily.

“As for the clothes, they looked cheesy and dated,” wrote WWD’s reviewer. “Hot pink, orange and flashy, with an overworked heart motif relentless in its execution, the collection displayed none of the promised younger side Lohan was supposed to deliver. Nor in a million years would one guess that the lineup was designed by one young woman and ‘creative directed’ by another. Glitter heart pasties all around, ladies?”

Added the critic: “Lindsay, it’s time to get serious about reviving the acting career.”

By Kat Angus – Canwest News Service

GIOVANNI MODEL ALANA ZIMMER is rocking the Paris runways this week working with such designers as; Hussein Chalayan, Sonja Rykiel, John Paul Gaultier, Ricks Owens, Anne Valerie Hash, Sophia Kokosalaki, Haider Ackermann and Akris

GIOVANNI MODEL IRINA LAZARAEANU started Paris show week working the runway of french designer Anne Valerie Hash.