Life via Instagram - February 20th - March 12th

In this installment of “Life Via Instagram” I went from photobombing CBS studios to launching the Mad Men for Banana Republic line in LA to hanging with a couple of my Team Coco girls at Milk Studio’s party.

1. Photobombing CBS. They had no idea I was there! I’m getting pretty good at THIS. 
2. The beautiful Hilary Rhoda and I grew up together in this industry. Friends for nearly a decade!
3. #ThrowbackThursday - somehow this doesn’t seem like the safest place to put a child.
4. #BRMadMen, the Banana Republic X Janie Bryant of Mad Men collaboration, is out NOW at http://say.ly/tHm5gli. Check it out!
5. I’m ready for my close-up! Wearing a piece from the new Mad Men collection designed by Janie Bryant for Banana Republic. 
6. Final #BRMadMen styling adjustments at Banana Republic by the lady of the hour, Janie Bryant! 
7. May each step you take be sweet.
8. At the #MADE4IMPULSE launch with half of Team Coco - Brittany & Margaux!
9. With Team Coco girls Brittany & Margaux at the launch of Milk Studios’ super cool new clothing line for Macy’s!

PARIS FASHION WEEK via INSTAGRAM - March 2nd to 4th, 2013

1. Before the Jean Paul Gaultier show with the amazing Numero editor-in-chief, Babeth Djian! #PFW

2. Strike a pose! The fantastic stage design at Jean Paul Gaultier tonight. #PFW

3. Jean Paul Gaultier whispering a secret… My lips are sealed!

4. Picking my look for tonight’s Diesel party at #PFW.

5. Bumped into two of my favorite people, Ellen Von Unwerth and Renzo Rosso, at the Diesel party!

6. The official iPhone screensaver of Ellen Von Unwerth ;)

7. Glamour and I are in agreement - we are all about orange for Spring 2013.

8. Spotted my friend Ava in the white jacket at Giambattista Valli. She and I used to be roommates years ago!

9. Anna + team taking it all in at Giambattista Valli - PFW.

LIFE via INSTAGRAM - February 19th to 25th, 2013

In this week’s installment of ‘Life Via Instagram,’ Team Coco and I took over LA, promoting The Face everywhere from Access Hollywood to The Late Late Show to IHOP. Can’t forget IHOP.

1. Who’s tuning in to The Face at 9pm EST on Oxygen? 
2. Team Coco’s little mascot! 
3. Team Coco: We laugh together and we cry together. A lot. We love a good cry…
4. Check out our Team Coco girls (and a Team KK girl we adopted) doing the old faithful Coco pose last night.
5. Team Coco keeping it real. #teamwerk
6. Oscar Twitter party with Team Coco!! 
7. It’s a Team Coco takeover at Access Hollywood Live! How amazing do my girls Brittany, Stephanie and Margaux look in Fausto Puglisi!?
8. Stopping for a late breakfast at IHOP with the Team Coco girls - all decked out in Fausto Puglisi. #DayInTheLife
9. All of Team Coco is on Huffington Post Live.

LIFE via INSTAGRAM - February 10th to 13th, 2013

In this installment of Life via Instagram I struggle to balance NYFW with some heavy media promotion for The Face. I start out at DVF,  go on VH1 with Nigel and then a radio tour with Karolina. The Face mentors and coaches ring the NASDAQ bell and finally I wrap up Fashion Week by taking my Team Coco girl Stephanie Lalanne to her first runway show, Rachel Zoe.

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1. With the legendary DVF backstage at her show. 
2. My shot of the DVF runway finale. Perfect ’70s glam rock decadence. Mr. Bill Cunningham snapping pictures beside me. Taken with the Samsung Galaxy Camera #thenextbigthing
3. Nigel Barker gets in on the ugly-pretty game on VH1!
4. Going live on Good Day New York (Fox 5) to talk about The Face.
5. Doing a big radio tour with my fellow The Face mentor and friend Karolina Kurkova. 
6. About to ring the #NASDAQ bell at 4pm with my The Face castmates!
7. Heading into the city for NYFW with the baby member of my Team Coco, Stephanie Lalanne.
8. Look who’s also at the Rachel Zoe show - “Noted fashion photographer” and The Face host Nigel Barker! It’s a mini reunion with my Team Coco girl Stephanie Lalanne, too!
9. So nice to sit and watch the Rachel Zoe show. Always true to her personal style.

LIFE via INSTAGRAM - January 5th - 8th, 2013

Another installation of Life Via Instagram, this time set at the TCAs. Don’t know what that is? Don’t worry, I didn’t either. It’s basically when all the stars of television go to a giant hotel in Pasadena to hang out with hundreds of reporters to discuss, ad nauseum, their latest projects. Since Naomi, Karolina, Nigel and I have our show The Face coming out in February, we were there in full force. 

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1. On the TCA red carpet with Karolína Kurkova, Nigel Barker and Naomi Campbell in support of The Face!
2. Group photo with the kids.
3. Thanks to my dear friend Nicola Formichetti for sending me amazing Mugler outfits for the TCAs!
4. My favorite creeper.
5. And here’s another creeper.
6. Don’t even try to make sense of this picture. It’s not Photoshopped.
7. Sitting down with George Kotsiopoulos from Fashion Police. He promised me he was on #TeamCoco!
8. Well this is interesting - had no idea I had such a fan base in the 30- to 60-year-old male demographic. 
9. Special thanks to Veronica Chu for making me look pretty at the TCAs this weekend. She’s almost as good a hair and makeup artist as she is a friend. Outfit by Fausto Puglisi.

LIFE via INSTAGRAM - January 1st - 4th, 2013

Another installation of Life Via Instagram where I continue my vacation adventures into the great American West - roaming beach towns in southern California and the desert around Palm Springs. Follow me at @cocorocha for more realtime updates.

1. Sweet ride, dudes.
2. “Get the lumberjack at Coco’s - we dare you!” (I didn’t dare)
3. We made it to the Pacific in time for a beautiful sunset over Cardiff state beach.
4. On the road again.
5. Middle of nowhere.
6. About to explore the desert outside of Palm Springs.
7. Riding around the desert in this bad boy today. “They see me rollin’, they hatin’, tryna catch me ridin’ dirty.”
8. The Pacific Crest Trail! This runs all the way from Mexico to my hometown in Vancouver, Canada.
9. Drag racing, Palm Springs style. 

LIFE via INSTAGRAM - December 20th - 29th, 2012

In this installation of Life Via Instagram, I escaped the freezing cold (Elmo-roaming) streets of New York and found myself in Las Vegas where I saw a Prince tribute band that was actually pretty good! Follow me at @cocorocha for more realtime updates.

1. Nicopanda and I waiting impatiently for the train into New York on this chilly morning.
2. “I think we’re being followed!” Only in New York…
3. The Face elevator. Dare you enter?
4. I escaped the NY snow storm just in time! On a road trip with James, driving through the Mojave Desert and loving the view.
5. Guess where I am now? Here’s a clue, it’s not New York!
6. Urban Pyramid, Las Vegas.
7. Sunset in Vegas.
8. Dearly beloved, it’s not Princ,e it’s “Purple Reign.” Having seen the real thing before, I gotta say they were really good! 
9. Only in Vegas does this group photo make sense.

LIFE via INSTAGRAM - November 1st - 13th, 2012.
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1. Posing with the shark, Mr. Brad Goreski, in his killer Givenchy sweater.
2. Good morning NYC. I’m back for tonight’s Coalition For The Homeless Artwalk event and hoping the second storm heading our way today shows some mercy.
3. At Liebeskind NY and I’m having a hard time picking just one bag here.
4. My look for tonight’s ARTWALK supporting Coalition For The Homeless. (Taken with Pose)
5. With the man of the hour, Mr. Patrick McMullan, at ARTWALK.
6. So… Barack Obama just flew overhead in Air Force One.
7. Pairing my Diesel hoodie with a fancy room. On set with one of my favorite photographers, Ellen Von Unwerth. (Taken with Pose)
8. The fall colors at my house inspired my look for tonight’s Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund dinner. Dress by Suno, jacket by Reiss and shoes by Versace. (Taken with Pose)
9. With Caroline Trentini, one of my all-time favorite girls (and models), at the CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund dinner.

HURRICANE SANDY via INSTAGRAM - October 29th - 30th, 2012.
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1. This is going on at my house during Hurricane Sandy. It’s getting serious! 
2. Surveying the damage in my neighborhood. So many huge trees have fallen down. This one is crushing a house and a car. 
3. I just noticed that Sandy brought down a very large tree that formerly blocked our view of the Hudson River. 
4. Another early night to bed without power. 

UPDATE: It’s been 12 days and we’re still without power at home. There was a lot of damage to our neighborhood, but everyone was safe. In the last few weeks I’ve seen the pictures of the extensive devastation to other areas and my heart truly goes out to the families affected by this horrific storm. Stay tuned for ways I’m getting involved to help others and ways you can too! xx Coco 

UPDATE 2: Please see ee the charity auction I’m involved with at Charitybuzz.com - I’m auctioning off a rather “unique” experience. Click HERE.

LIFE via INSTAGRAM - October 8th - 25th, 2012.
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1. Olivia Wilde delivering a hysterical monologue at the Glamour Mag These Girls event tonight. Watch Amy Pohler sing a… stunning rendition of Katy Perry’s ‘Firework’ HERE.
2. Back to Red. For the day…
3. I spy a giant UFO over southern Manhattan?! From the Boom Boom Room at the top of The Standard.
4. Craziest place on earth to do a photoshoot? Times Square. 
5. These Louis Vuitton shoes mean serious business!! (via Pose)
6. New Exhibit at the Victoria and Albert museum in London featuring one of my favorite Tim Walker pictures.
7. At the launch of the new Versace Soho Boutique at 160 Mercer Street. So beautiful, but FREEZING in here!
8. I met the legendary Bette Midler at the Fendi-sponsored Coalition For The Homeless event tonight! My year is complete.
9. Supporting the Bally event for DKMS where I just got swabbed by my girl Katharina Harf! Tyson Chandler did and you can, too - it’s so easy! www.DKMSAmericas.org

Bergdorf Goodman’s 111th Gala - October 18th, 2012.

1. Back home from Hong Kong and fixing my lipstick for Bergdorf’s 111th anniversary bash! No rest for me today!
2. Having a drink at the Plaza Hotel, waiting for the event to begin.
3. With my extraordinarily handsome escort to Bergdorf’s 111th anniversary gala, Mr. Zac Posen.
4. On the red carpet in my Zac Posen gown with my David Webb clutch.
5. Hilary Rhoda and I working our angles.
6. Found my friend Jay Manuel,  who is quite literally in head-to-toe silver. I like the new do! 
7. Teen Vogue editor Andrew Bevan and his date Laura Love eating Zac Posen’s tie. It made sense at the time, I think.
8. With my agent and dear friend Micki Schneider at the event.
9. Detail shot of the gorgeous David Webb clutch Zac Posen loaned me on Thursday night. He only told me halfway through the evening it was actually SOLID GOLD!!

PART 2: HONG KONG IN 48 HOURS - October 17th, 2012

Part 2 of my whirlwind 48-hour trip to Hong Kong with Longchamp’s Cassegrain family as we opened their biggest and newest store in Asia. To see Part 1 go HERE.

1. Opening tonight! The new Longchamp store at 30 Canton Road, Hong Kong.
2. Posing with the 2nd and 3rd generations of the lovely Cassegrain family, the force behind the global Longchamp brand. So interesting to hear more about the family business.
3. With beautiful Chinese actress Gao Yuan Yuan at the Longchamp store opening in Hong Kong.
4. Miss Carina Lau, a major fashion icon in Hong Kong, looking at the new collection at Longchamp.
5. Facing the crowd and ready to cut the ribbon at Longchamp.
6. Cutting the ribbon with the Cassegrain family, Carina Lau and Gao Yuan Yuan.
7. Carina Lau, Gao Yuan Yuan and I at the opening event for Longchamp.
8. At the Longchamp after party.
9. Leaving Hong Kong after a whirlwind 48 hours. I had such a great time here.

PART 1: HONG KONG IN 48 HOURS - October 16th, 2012

This week I joined Longchamp’s Cassegrain family in Hong Kong for a whirlwind 48-hour tour of the city and to help open their new store on Canton Road. The store, now the biggest in the world, marks 30+ years of Longchamp in Asia.

1. Driving into Hong Kong felt like entering Tron City!
2. Hong Kong at night is spectacular - so much color and so many lights, it puts the New York skyline to shame!
3. Sooo… I just got into my hotel room using my Longchamp key card only to find what playing on TV? The campaign Emily Didonato and I did for Longchamp! I’m sensing a theme here…
4. Look at all these presents! I’m a very lucky girl!
5. Just got the newspaper. As you can tell we are ALL about Longchamp today!
6. Had a sneak peak at the new Canton Rd flagship and did a little photoshoot on-site. Tonight is the official opening!
7. Amazing old ferry boats in Hong Kong harbor.
8. You wouldn’t know it, but we are only about 10 minutes from the city of Hong Kong here.
9. Chinese signs.

LIFE via INSTAGRAM - September 13th - 20th, 2012.
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1. Dinner with Sarah, the Duchess of York. No biggie, standard Thursday night. #HumbleBrag
2. Rise and shine New York! Heading to a shoot with Naomi, Karolina and Nigel near here for The Face and passing the Brooklyn bridge.
3. Sneak peak into Nigel Barker’s state-of-the-art trailer on the set of The Face. No expense spared. According to his rider, pictures of Elvis and Aaliyah must always be in his dressing room.
4. Hair do or hair don’t?
5. Creepy Kid.
6. As if that kid wasn’t terrifying enough, look at this SPIDER I just found hanging outside my living room window!! Ahhh!!