LAKEY PAM - Hearts For Haiti
By Coco Rocha
I’m thankful for so many things in my career, but the one thing I’m most appreciative of is that I can use my position to try to help others. Over the last year I’ve had the pleasure to work with and get to know the good people who run Lakay Pam - an organization dedicated to helping children in Haiti meet their most basic needs. Over the next few months I’ll have some exciting news to announce with regards to how I’m going to work with them further. Until then, please enjoy this video we made at the last Lakay Pam benefit I was privileged to host:
MTV NEWS: HOW THE MODELS REACTED
Kanye West released a new track over the weekend named “Christian Dior Denim Flow” featuring Kid Cudi, Pusha T, John Legend, Lloyd Banks, and Ryan Leslie. Kanye West loves fashion, this we know, and he has name-checked high-fashion labels in his songs before. But what’s most interesting about this track is how he names all of the models he wants to date in one verse! We counted 20 models in the song total, ranging from supermodels like Kate Moss to Victoria’s Secret angels like Alessandra Ambrosio. And what did the models think? THEY LOVED IT! Check out how four models — Coco Rocha, Selita Ebanks, Jessica Stam, and Veronica Webb — reacted to their Kanye West shout-outs below!
For the rest of the article go HERE.
BACKSTAGE PASS
By Coco Rocha
Two down, two to go. New York fashion week ended last Thursday and as usual, there was a little under 24 hours before London Fashion week began. Its so funny to go to the airport and see every model, stylist and editor you can imagine, all cramming onto flights from NY to the UK. I spent a few days in London and did few shows there but I had to leave early this morning to head to Berlin for a job. I’ll be here in Germany for a little over a day followed by Budapest for another job followed by…. Milan and Paris Fashion weeks!!
Yeah I know, it’s a crazy month!
If you’d like to see what I did in NYFW go here. To see LFW go here.
This season I have James traveling with me for the first time, which is lovely. Going from city to city it can get a little lonely in this industry, so its nice to share this with him. We bought a new digital camera not long back and so James is also documenting everything we do. He actually came and hung out for the amazing Fashions Night Out Show Vogue put on 2 weeks ago and he got some pretty unprecedented backstage access and video. Our friend Gilbert Le edited the footage James took and the result is this little montage. I hope you enjoy it!!
LET THE MADNESS BEGIN…
By Coco Rocha
Here we are, Monday of THE busiest week in fashion. Tomorrow night is the first ever Fashions Night Out runway show put on by Vogue magazine. I’ll be one of over 150 models walking in the largest fashion show New York city has ever seen. More than 1,500 ticket holding guests will be spectators in person with millions more watching the live stream on CBS.com - If that wasn’t enough, you can watch a whole CBS documentary about Fashions Night Out on Wednesday, September 15 at 8 pm.
But after the show tomorrow night comes the event I’m most excited to talk to you about and guess what? YOU’RE ALL INVITED!!!
Back in February I hosted an event for Lakay Pam which aimed to raise money for Haiti. The event was more successful than we could have ever imagined, raising over $60,000 for the children of Haiti. In fact it went so well we are going to do it again tomorrow night…
Who’s “we” you may ask?
MODELS! Lots of us. In addition to yours truly top models Aline Weber, Caroline Trentini, Hannah Holman, Lisanne De Jong, Valentina Zaliayeva and Michelle Alves will be there – Victoria’s secret models Alessandra Ambrosio, Candice Swanpoel, Izabel Goulart and Ana Beatriz Barros will be on hand - annnnd, (yes theres more!!) Sport’s Illustrated models Fernanda Motta, Cintia Dicker and Damaris Lewis will all be there. That’s a lot of girls. Please come join us at Opera Gallery 415 West 13th street New York TOMORROW NIGHT at 8:30 pm. There’s an open bar, music by DJ Harley Viera-Newton and amazing sports and fashion items up for auction: For example, you could be the proud owner of a Sport’s Illustrated swimsuit issue signed by the SI girls or a Soccer Ball signed by the entire Milan AC team. Even if you just want to stop by to say hello, your donations will go to good use as 100% of all the proceeds go to rebuilding schools and helping orphans.
So I’ll see you tomorrow night, right!?
ALL ELITE GIRLS
were cast in the Russian Vogue editorial out this month. To see the other pictures of Dree Hemingway, Ana Beatriz Barros, Alessandra Ambrosio and myself go HERE.
