COCO ROCHA: POWDER PLAY
By Jessica Conatser
In this round of Milk Made Photo Stories, we celebrate Photographer James Houston’s completion of his latest photo series, Natural Beauty – debuting at Milk Gallery April 23rd.From nailing the first shot all the way to accidentally walking off set with green hair, top model, Coco Rocha and Houston share their personal experiences with us on what it was like to capture the “Powder Play” image for his project in support of Global Green USA.
Coco’s Story: “Working alongside James Houston and Zanna Roberts Rassi is always a pleasure and I’m very proud of this whole project. The pigment used in my shoot literally turned my hair green for a day following, but since it was for a “green project” it was all worth it. It’s a privilege to be part of this “Global Green” project and it pushes me to think about what else I can do. I hope that those who have the chance to see it will leave inspired and want to do what they can to make the world a greener place too.” – Coco Rocha
James’ Story: “Working on a project this large is like shooting a massive magazine issue. I am constantly thinking about new ideas and the overall vision. I was looking at a lot of nature shots for reference and inspiration and happened to come across an exploding pollen tree.. Sounds crazy! I’d never seen one before but loved the image and idea.
When I finally got to shoot with Coco Rocha I wanted to use this concept as I knew she was an incredible mover and bright Indian Festival powders on her body would help illustrate the movement and energy she brings to set. We started with one color and the first jump she did ended up in the book. That is the jumping image you see here. As she continued to jump and move we added more and more colors. By the end she was literally covered head to toe in powder like she had been in an actual Indian festival.” – James Houston
Glass Magazine -London
I posted the cover a few weeks ago (one of my favorites of the year) and now here are some of the shots from my editorial in the third anniversary issue of Glass Magazine!
Xx
Coco
L’Officiel - China
I’ve had such an overwhelming amount of support over the last few years from my Chinese friends on Tencent Weibo and Sina Weibo, who now number over 4 million strong! I’m so happy to have this Jun Liu shot editorial available in China right now. Stay tuned for the cover, interview and behind-the-scenes video.
Photographer: Jun Liu
Stylist: Julie Ragolia
Makup: Scott Andrew
French Glamour - April 2013
Yep, April magazines are already out! Here’s a brand new cover, editorial and interview I did for French Glamour.
Photographer: Nico
Stylist: Polina Aronova
Make-up: Kaoru Okubo
Behind-The-Scenes - Longchamp ‘You Should Be Dancing’
I posted the video last week and some of the images from the campaign yesterday. Now here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how we put it all together. Choreographer Salim Gaulwoos explains his inspiration and concept for the Longchamp woman. I have to say, working with Salim and the Longchamp team again was one of my favorite jobs of 2012.
Longchamp S/S 2013 Campaign - You Should Be Dancing!
A few weeks ago I posted the latest Longchamp film, and now here are some of the images from my third campaign with the brand! (See the other two HERE and HERE.) We shot this on location in the iconic TWA building at JFK airport and it was choreographed by Salim Gauwloos, who you may remember made a cameo on The Face last week with me. Stay tuned for the behind-the-scenes!
GLASS MAGAZINE - 3rd Anniversary Edition
By Jason Hetherington
GLAMOUR & ELLE - Orange ya glad?
Further proving that orange is THE color of the season, here are two brand new covers for Glamour and Elle. I posted the Rankin-shot editorial yesterday, but stay tuned for the Glamour ed coming soon. Xx Coco
GLAMOUR MAGAZINE - March 2013
Shot by Patrick Demarchelier
Go buy it today to read the accompanying interview between Jean Paul Gaultier and myself! Xx Coco
BANANA REPUBLIC - Mad Men Collection
In just over a week Banana Republic releases their third Mad Men-inspired collection - designed in collaboration with Mad Men costume designer Janie Bryant herself! It’s everything we loved about the 1960s - bold prints, designs and motifs. The clothes are all statement pieces and I’m so happy they asked me to be the face of this new collection! (You might remember my last collaboration with Banana Republic was the colorful Trina Turk collection.) Stay tuned for more! Xx Coco
Thank you to Zac Posen for giving me such a beautiful finale gown tonight. #nyfw
Sass & Bide - TAKEOVER
If you know me, you know I love my social media. Turns out my favorite Aussie brand Sass & Bide must have noticed because they’ve asked me to take over their online digital empire for the entire week! Starting tomorrow morning I’ll be running Sass & Bide’s five online channels: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and, of course, Tumblr. They’ve asked me to go nuts posting my own self-styled images featuring pieces from their most recent collection. You can view the campaign so far and enter the competition to win a look from Sass & Bide at The Take Over!
Xx
Coco
P.S Speaking of social media, have you checked out VINE yet? If not, you’re missing out!
Vogue Mexico - Behind-the-scenes
As I mentioned in my blog post a few weeks back, there is no crazier location to shoot than Times Square, New York, in the middle of the day. Here are a few of my personal behind-the-scenes shots from the Vogue Mexico shoot. My all-time favorite is the one where Woody from Toy Story is just passively standing to the side watching me model Dolce & Gabbana. I have a very, very strange life. To see the actual editorial go HERE.
Xx
Coco
