LIFE VIA INSTAGRAM - April 11th to 22nd

In this installment of “Life Via Instagram” I catch up with my redhead big sister Karen Elson at the Roger Vivier book launch, host a very special event with The Model Alliance at Columbia University and check out the James Houston Natural Beauty exhibit at Milk Studios.

  1. Heading to the Roger Vivier book launch at the French embassy. Such an important figure in women’s shoes!!
  2. Just watched my dear friend Karen Elson play at the French embassy in New York. She had us enraptured.
  3. With Karen Elson at the Roger Vivier party.
  4. I joined the The Model Alliance for a very special workshop at Columbia University!
  5. In addition to hosting the MTV Movie Awards pre-show, Miss Karlie Kloss made sure James and me have our cookies for the week!
  6. My third campaign with Longchamp was shot in the legendary TWA building at the JFK airport. Check out these throwback pics of the landmark from the 1960s - it still looks futuristic fifty years later!
  7. Lookie what came in the mail!! Who else was excited for this year’s PUNK: Chaos To Couture-themed MET Gala!?
  8. Taking Dannijo’s “Eddie The Earring” with me to dinner at Milk Studios.
  9. It’s me!! At James Houston’s Natural Beauty exhibit at Milk Studios.

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Very kind and wise words from fashion legend Iman on Refinery29.

Do you think supermodel means the same thing today, as it did when you first became famous? 

“No, First of all, I think the only sacred ground that’s left for models is the runway. If the celebrities could figure out a way to get on the runway, they would. But they don’t have the bodies for it. Models have lost everything else. They’ve lost the beauty accounts, the covers. But the thing that’s also a shame is that they don’t have a voice. 

“But social media, like especially the way Coco Rocha is doing it — that’s where you can actually create your own content and your own voice. And young models have to stop being treated like hangers for hire and take control of that. Because they can. Trust me, young girls and boys who are out there in their teens who want to be in this industry whether as a designer, a makeup artist, or a stylist, they aren’t looking at Kim Kardashian, they are looking at Karlie Kloss. 

“It’s that connection to fans that models don’t have to be given, now. They can have a voice. They can video blog. They can Tweet. They can create. And that’s what they really should do.”

Read more HERE> 

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House of Style: Music, Models, and MTV 

A few months back, MTV asked me to join a group of models, designers and musicians in talking about how the iconic show “House of Style” presented and indeed changed the fashion landscape. The show is such an amazing time capsule and looks at the time when the supermodel reigned supreme. It really was the first of its kind, long before fashion made a splash on the small screen. When new models try to claim supermodel status or announce they are bringing back the supermodel I have to laugh - that time period will never be repeated, but at least we can look back on all the fabulousness of it thanks to MTV.

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COCO’S INSTAGRAMS - March 18th to April 9th, 2012.

  1. “Don’t cry for me Argentinaaaa!” About to watch EVITA with my buddy Andrew Bevan (Teen Vogue). Ricky Martin is in it - so excited!!
  2. How cute is this group of Irish dancers doing their best Coco Rocha?! Makes me miss the good old days!
  3. Behind-the-scenes shot for The Room: http://youtu.be/nIiHz-scfrA
  4. With my girl Heidi Klum on the set of last week’s Germany’s Next Top Model.
  5. I’m at an antique store in upstate New York. Sir, do Karlie Kloss & Hillary Rhoda come with the frames?
  6. Leaving Canada via Porter Airlines on a little island facing downtown Toronto.
  7. Behind-the-scenes of yesterday’s Canada’s Best Beauty Talent wearing an amazing Zac Posen skirt. Loved this look!
  8. You know what’s cooler than a million dollars? Facebook buying Instagram for a billion! Congrats to Instagram’s dozen or so employees!
  9. Loving this Zac Posen Barbie doll. Wait, is that me!?!

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PARIS FASHION WEEK - via my Instagram
March 5th, 6th & 7th 2012 

  1. The Opera House at Midnight.
  2. The wooded scene at Paul & Joe, my Wilhelmina agents patiently standing by!
  3. My two looks, walking through the woods for Paul & Joe. 
  4. Sharing all the Paris Fashion Week news with my old friend, Jean Paul Gaultier.
  5. My swinging London look at Miu Miu.
  6. The eye makeup for Miu Miu was amazing - here’s a detail shot.
  7. Karlie and I after Miu Miu by Lewis Mirrett.
  8. On the final day of Paris Fashion Week the sun finally decided to come out over the Louvre gardens.
  9. One last kiss in Paris before heading back to NYC for the weekend.

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Watching ‘Letters To Haiti’ - By Joshua WongIf you go to my newly-verified Google+ account today you’ll find an exclusive collection of pictures from my ‘Letters To Haiti’ event last week. An incredible crowd attended the event and we received huge support from the fashion community. Look out for some of your (and my) favorite models like Behati Prinsloo, Karlie Kloss, Hilary Rhoda, Julia Dunstall, Isabeli Fontana and Julia Stagner in the crowd -  not to mention amazing designers like Jeremy Scott, Zac Posen and Rebecca Minkoff! GO HERE FOR ALL THE PICTURES - GOOGLE+Oh and if you haven’t seen the full film yet, check it out on my YouTube channel!

Watching ‘Letters To Haiti’ - By Joshua Wong

If you go to my newly-verified Google+ account today you’ll find an exclusive collection of pictures from my ‘Letters To Haiti’ event last week. An incredible crowd attended the event and we received huge support from the fashion community. Look out for some of your (and my) favorite models like Behati Prinsloo, Karlie Kloss, Hilary Rhoda, Julia Dunstall, Isabeli Fontana and Julia Stagner in the crowd -  not to mention amazing designers like Jeremy Scott, Zac Posen and Rebecca Minkoff!

GO HERE FOR ALL THE PICTURES - GOOGLE+

Oh and if you haven’t seen the full film yet, check it out on my YouTube channel!

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Versace For H&M - Tonight!

Everyone in New York is talking about the big fashion show happening tonight: Versace for H&M! Prince and Nicki Minaj are the musical guests and I’m SO EXCITED to attend. I’ve been privileged to walk in quite a few Versace shows over the years, but never have I been to Versace as a guest in the audience! I took a look through the archive this evening to post some of my favorite Versace runway outfits and backstage memories. I particularly love the picture of a baby Karlie Kloss and I and the picture of Agyness Deyn, Behati Prinsloo and I from a show in 2007 - now that’s a terrible trio!

To see all my Versace runway pictures go to my archive at COCOROCHA.com

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Here’s the rest of the beautiful editorial “Alexander The Great” in this month’s Vogue.Photographer: Steven Meisel Fashion Editor: Grace CoddingtonModels: Karen Elson, Raquel Zimmermann, Karlie Kloss, Caroline Trentini, Stella Tennant, and Coco Rocha.

Here’s the rest of the beautiful editorial “Alexander The Great” in this month’s Vogue.

Photographer: Steven Meisel
Fashion Editor: Grace Coddington
Models: Karen Elson, Raquel Zimmermann, Karlie Kloss, Caroline Trentini, Stella Tennant, and Coco Rocha.

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NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINEBy Kavitha Surana Models aren’t generally known for their word play. But Modelinia.com’s cool new T-shirts are emblazoned with model-related catchphrases that riff on well-known idioms and logos. Now you can Facebook “like” Karlie Kloss or proclaim that “Nobody does it better than Abbey Lee” on your shirt.Backstage buddies Coco Rocha and Behati Prinsloo combine their names in the “Team Cohati” tee, a take on the pro-Conan O’Brien “Team Coco” graphic. “I like that we’ve become the Brangelina of the modeling world,” Rocha said backstage at Anna Sui. “But I’m kind of obsessed with Lara Stone’s Rolling Stones spinoff — that gap tooth is just perfect.”The tees are $45 each on Modelinia’s Facebook store, and all the proceeds go to Unicef. Get them while they’re hot: as the Modelinia editor Bianca Posterli says, “We made them limited edition because our girls are too special to be mass.” We won’t mention the early catalog years.

NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE
By Kavitha Surana

Models aren’t generally known for their word play. But Modelinia.com’s cool new T-shirts are emblazoned with model-related catchphrases that riff on well-known idioms and logos. Now you can Facebook “like” Karlie Kloss or proclaim that “Nobody does it better than Abbey Lee” on your shirt.

Backstage buddies Coco Rocha and Behati Prinsloo combine their names in the “Team Cohati” tee, a take on the pro-Conan O’Brien “Team Coco” graphic. “I like that we’ve become the Brangelina of the modeling world,” Rocha said backstage at Anna Sui. “But I’m kind of obsessed with Lara Stone’s Rolling Stones spinoff — that gap tooth is just perfect.”

The tees are $45 each on Modelinia’s Facebook store, and all the proceeds go to Unicef. Get them while they’re hot: as the Modelinia editor Bianca Posterli says, “We made them limited edition because our girls are too special to be mass.” We won’t mention the early catalog years.

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