STRUT FOR A CURE 2010
by Coco Rocha

I’m back! Did you miss me!? First things first: I just want to say, my wedding and the honeymoon were absolutely wonderful. This whole last month was a true fairytale come true for me and I promise that you’re going to hear all about AND see the pictures very soon and in a very special way! For now though, for my first blog as Mrs. Coco Rocha Conran, I’m going to write about something very special that happened in Toronto just a week before James and I traded our vows. On May 27th I was priveleged to host a little event called:

Actually, it was anything but a small event - It seemed like all of fashionable Canada came out to support Todd Lynn, Jeanie Becker and myself for an evening for fashion and music. Over 1000 people bought tickets to the show and all the benefits went to a very worthy cause, childrens with cancer.

All in all it was a total success. If you missed it, have no fear: next year is already shaping up to be just as fantastic. Go to www.strutforacure.com to find out how you can help make 2011 even better!!!

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!

THE COCO CLONE
by Coco Rocha

Over a year ago I sat for a sculptor who immortalized my likeness in a special series of Rootstein mannequin’s. For a while one of these mannequins could be found hiding behind a large plant at Elite in New York. Another of the mannequins stood, dressed in my old clothes in the corner of my moms bedroom… never failing to scare the living daylights out of me every time I walked in the room!! If you’re wondering where the mannequin is now, she has been spotted in Toronto along side Twiggy, Agyness Deyn, Erin O’Connor, Tyra Banks and others.

Coco After Blizzard
by Coco Rocha

Last week there was a huge snow storm that covered much of the east coast in a foot or two of snow. I was in Toronto airport at the time waiting on a flight home which ended up being delayed, delayed and then… delayed. If you follow me on twitter you might have seen my picture update. When James and I realized we were going to be stuck there for a few hours we decided to stretch our legs out on the floor and picked a space away from everyone else. Unfortunately this  was the spot a family of rambunctious kids also picked and we ended up being harassed by little kids the whole time. James who was, shall we say, a little cranky (and running on 3 hours sleep) decided to set up a fortress of bags and coats to defend our turf from any invading little people. This really didn’t help a whole lot, the kids just ended up bashing into it and we gave up on resting entirely.

Anyway, in our sleepless frustration James and I decided made a little parody video of that little boy David, after his trip to the dentists.  You might have seen it on Youtube? Well, we thought it was funny at the time but perhaps we were just delirious??

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