photographer / David Joseph Perez

hair + makeup /  Stephanie Peterson

stylist / Javier Lewis

Sharmina @ Q Models

interview  / Koko Ntuen

What is the most challenging thing about modeling? The long hours.

Why did you want to be a model? It looked so glamorous and fun.. And allows you to travel around the world.

Who are your favorite models? Noemi Lenoir and Jon Kortajarena.

Jacket, Ashish. Bustier, Betsey Johnson. Shorts,  Margarita Saplala. Earrings, Lee Angel.

Dress, Betsey Johnson. Bracelet, Delphine-Charlotte Parmetier. Shoe, Jerome Rosseau. 

Dress, Betsey Johnson. Bracelets, Lee Angel.

model / Tori Trigg @ red11

assistant / Lili Sumner

Leather Letterman Jacket, Leon & Harper.

All Clothing, American Retro. Shoes, Stylists own. Necklace, Models own.

Jeans, STOLEN GIRLFRIENDS CLUB. Tank, JEREMY SCOTT FOR ADIDAS.
Top (worn around hips), JIMMY D. Choker,  JIMMY D X MEDOWLARK.

Dress, PARDON MY FRENCH. Choker, JIMMY D X MEDOWLARK.

T-shirt, JEREMY SCOTT FOR ADIDAS. Shorts, STOLEN GIRLFRIENDS
CLUB. Socks, VANS. Choker, JIMMY D X MEDOWLARK.

Bodysuit, LONELY BY LONELY HEARTS. Beanie, STOLEN GIRLFRIENDS
CLUB. Trainers, WESC. Socks, VANS.  Towel, SUPREME.

Romper JEREMY SCOTT FOR ADIDAS. Shoes, WESC. Socks, VANS.

Tracksuit, JEREMY SCOTT FOR ADIDAS. Socks,VANS. Choker, JIMMY D X
MEDOWLARK. Bra, LONELY BY LONELY HEARTS.

T-shirt, STOLEN GIRLFRIENDS CLUB. Shorts, KSUBI KUSTOM.Choker, JIMMY D X
MEDOWLARK.

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photographed by /  David Joseph Perez

Who us your favorite client to work for? I don’t have one, every client is different, that’s why I think all of them are special in some way.

Who would you love to work for? I would like to do Victoria Secret show.

If you could do anything else what would it be? I always wanted to be a pharmacist.

What was the last book you read? Book about how we can change our life with positive thinking.

Pants or skirts? Pants!

What was your first kiss? Funny! Mixed feelings about love, fear and butterflies in the stomach of course!

What have you learned about the modeling industry since you started working? It’s really tough and hard industry! You have to be strong, professional and you have to do your best and make sure client will book you again! It’s a really big competition in fashion industry!

Where is your favorite place you’ve been in the world? Until now for sure NYC!;)

Who would you want to date if you could date anyone in the world? I never thought about that!

Where us your ideal place to live? It’s hard to decide when you travel so much!

Do you play any instruments? No.

Supermodel, Elettra Wiedemann and her pop-up restaurant, GOODNESS returns this February  for Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week. Wiedemann has teamed up with The Daily Front Row magazine and is partnering with Talenthouse and renowned DJ Zen Freeman to invite aspiring DJ’s to submit a sample of their set for the opportunity to perform live at New York Fashion Week. One artist will be selected to DJ at GOODNESS and for an RLife LIVE event at Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel between February 11th – 14th, and comped travel and five nights’ hotel accommodation in New York, together with $500 (courtesy of Renaissance Hotels)

The opportunity for DJs around the world to perform at New York Fashion Week and showcase their talent in front of the fashion elite is priceless! To enter, participants must submit a sample by January 18th of their DJ set which demonstrates their versatility, diversity and ability to offer a range of lounge music and remixes to suit both the daytime and evening environments.  For additional details and to enter visit Talenthouse.

The line-up of New York top chefs for this season’s GOODNESS  includes Mario Batali, Alain Allegretti, Julian Medina and Leo Forneas. Yummy!

What are you waiting for? Get your headphones and and start making tracks!

INTERVIEW / PARICE GRANT

London based design house Maison Fin De Saison MAN GARB collection is being released this February and it’s already the talk of the fashion world. It’s rare to come across a brand that is “edgy” in the purest sense of the term while maintaining an air of delicate sophistication. These juxtapositions have carried themselves through the designs making for fashion that is art, thought and wearable to boot! This multidimensional brand is one to start keeping tabs on, from their clothes to their videos to their ideas everything is solid. We got to talk to them about style, love, inspiration and a fashion revolution.

What was your inspiration for the new collection and how would you like this collection to inspire the consumer?

Maison Fin De Saison itself is visionary, its more of what and how our ideology cultivates or obsesses each season. The three key characteristics of our vision, philosophy specifically ethics & morality, mankind and black and white film.

This season FW12, is called MAN GARB, its about mankind, an aura, a feeling of subconscious- conscious. Our fall winter 2012 film, was inspired by the notion and the capacity of the senses. We are conscious and subconscious to our senses, desires and ideals. We are maddened by our own conditions, we are liberated by our contradictions, or are we? A creature who is ignorant and limited but intelligent and free-Rousseau.

Reach out/mankind.

Created with feminine fabrics thrown into confused state of play with menswear fabric, Emu, Ostrich, Cock and Guinea Fowl and the emphasis of stage and character.

Our work cannot be consumed, it must be felt with self interpretation or simply aesthetically appreciated. We cannot comprehend the word ‘consumer’, it is to be freely enjoyed as only your eye would see and henceforth your bodily character would support the same language. Maison Fin De Saison  believes in the individual and self-realization, thats inspiration without necessarily forcing this upon another. The pieces are too rich in character to be identified with the terminology consume. They have to be discovered.

The individual is whom we create for- we believe in the individual, its about reaction.

The collection has been described with the term edgy, what term would you use to describe the Maison Fin de Saison aesthetic?

A Chimerical planet.

Who would you like to dress?

Mankind.

How do you feel about the neo-hipster fashion movement?

Individuality comes first, we need revolutions to progress as a world.

What is your favorite must-have piece from the collection?

Quite a few of our pieces hold a timeless reflection, one of my favorite pieces is the dress – Libre; minimalist cut, nappa leather neckline, Guinea fowl on the hem and unconventional sleeve length.

The collection is a masterful convergence of masculine and feminine concepts, what other social opposites do you like to play with?

The principles of right and wrong, our response to conventional- unconventional, the human state, freedom- unfreedom, revolutionary actions.
For some, this may seem mind-boggling to try to comprehend how all of these can fit into garb, how do we display these characteristics in our seasons? Somehow we do, it can be difficult to explain but thats the beauty of our work.

How did you get started in the design industry?

My brother being a student of law and I studied design throughout all of my education, not restricted to womenswear but also other major areas involving the Arts. Being of Indian ethnic origin and rasied in London, we carry both holistic vision in design and wearable structures. To answer your question, we were surrounded by design from a very early age, it is only in the last 2 years the vision became more intense. This saw the creation of Maison Fin De Saison and paired as the unorthodox and progressive – Avante agarde.

Maison Fin De Saison has seen tremendous reception and interest since its launch, we have also been featured in Fault magazine and Schon magazine London, both magazines being creatively stimulating and bringing forward interesting visions on design and the arts.

Who is the Maison fin de Saison man or woman?

She cannot be defined, she has no sterotype, she is an intellectually present women, she is progressive, she is revolutionary in her thought and choice.

At present Maison Fin De Sasion only create for women, however due to male response and interest in our work, there may be a possibility of encapsulating a menswear season. None the less you will always find the aura of masculinity in our feminine seasons.

Maison fin de Saison – Presents Man Garb. from Giovanni Martins on Vimeo.

photographs /  David Joseph Perez

hair / KIMIYUKI MISAWA

stylist / JAVIER LEWIS

model  /  KARINA @ One

interview / Koko Ntuen

Where did you grow up? I grew up in Riga, Latvia.

What were you like in highschool? Good kid, always knew how to be with teachers, they liked me!

What is your favorite thing to eat/drink/wear? I eat everything! Love wearing heels.

When is the last time you got drunk? I don’t get drunk