READY FOR WINTER?
Harpers Bazaar November 2010.
RUSSIAN TATTLER
What do you get when you combine a teddy bear, legendary photographer Arthur Elgort and little of moi?
To find out go HERE.
THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON’T THEY?
By Coco Rocha
To celebrate 25 years of British ELLE, I was invited to join them in their biggest editorial ever. The inspiration for the shoot was a 1969 Jane Fonda movie called “They Shoot Horses, Don’t they?”. The premise of the film and of the shoot was a depression era dance competition in which couples literally danced until they dropped, sometimes for days on end with little to no sleep.
The Elle team and I set up in a giant warehouse in Brooklyn to reenact this movie. For three days the other models and I pushed ourselves past the point of exhaustion to dance all day, every day in a space that was probably over 100 degrees in temperature. This was method acting at its finest as we were literally living the movie. The shoot was probably one of the most intense I’ve ever experienced, but the pictures that resulted were worth the effort. I was so thankful to have such an amazing group to work with. Anne-Marie Curtis the fashion director at Elle UK was wonderful and a genuinely sweet lady. Billy Brasfield and Rolando Beauchamp were on make-up and hair - both are masters at their craft and also two of the funniest men you’ll ever meet. They managed to keep everyone’s spirits up despite the heat and the exhaustion. I thank my dream-team from the bottom of my heart for making this shoot one I’m sure we will all never forget.
Vogue Mexico
Its Vogue Mexico’s 50th anniversarry and I was priveleged to be asked to grace the cover and editorial of this landmark issue. To see all the pictures please go HERE.
OUTTAKES
Ever wonder what happens to the hundreds of thousands of pictures that don’t make it to print? Some of them are deleted, some of them are probably on some giant hard drive somewhere…
…and some of them are HERE.
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.
INSIDE GLAMOUR:
by Coco Rocha
This months Glamour magazine has a fun little feature called the “How To Do Anything Better Guide”. A few weeks the magazine came over to my apartment with the chef from New York City’s SALT restaurant to help me throw a “better” party for some of my friends. I was taught a few interesting new dishes and mixed drinks and the magazine asked me to give my own party-throwing advice (though I’m probably the least party-minded model you’ll ever meet). I
I will admit, the party playlist leaves something to be desired, I thought they were asking whats on my iPod right now! Opps… I do love myself some Cocteau twins though.
TIM WALKER
I just stumbled across this picture shot by Tim Walker a few months ago and was so excited to show it. Why? Well Tim is known for rarely (if ever) using photoshop, which is very unusual in his profession. This is in fact a real miniature greenhouse with miniature pots, flowers and ladder.
This, ladies and gentlemen, was the shoot I had mentioned about a few posts back. The shoot that I wouldn’t give you a clue about except that it was the most impressive job I ever have done or, perhaps, will ever do again. I can’t tell you how honored I was to be on such a set with so many legends.
Make sure you get the May issue of American Vogue and read the article about Steven Meisel. It’s quite incredible.
James & I at Flare
by Coco Rocha
A few months ago I took James to my Flare magazine shoot up in Toronto. There he was sat all cozy, reading his book and sipping on his coffee, thinking he was just going to take it easy while I worked all day!! Well word spread on set that James was an artist with a background in murals and so pretty early in the day he was recruited to draw on the giant chalk board behind me. By lunchtime he was covered in chalk dust and still drawing up a storm. All together I think he drew at least 8 unique backdrops that corresponded to the outfits I was wearing. We had such a great time working together! It was interesting to see how he was inspired by the clothing to draw the backdrop, and I in turn was inspired by the backdrop to model the clothing! Here’s a behind the scenes video from Flare, but go buy your copy now for all the pictures!
FLARE MAGAZINE
April 2010. Check out my cover and editorial in this months Flare - James did the backdrops to all the pictures.
Welcome To My Crib
by Coco Rocha
Well my place is finally done! …sort of. I still have a few things to do here and there (which I’lll probably never get around to) but over-all I’m really happy with how the place turned out. Here are a few pictures that Vogue Living took of the place.
My good friend James Conran did the interior design and also all the custom painting and plastering. I think he did a great job! If you’d like to see a full portfolio of his work you can do so at:
www.jamesconran.com
