Behati & I - from YouTube to campaign.

This afternoon I’m having my good friend Behati over for lunch. She’s been in Mexico working so I haven’t seen her in a while. I recently re-discovered this campaign we both did together and I wanted to share the funny story behind it: When we were baby-models, Behati and I would always room together during the fashion weeks in London, Milan and Paris. We got a little loopy sometimes and made these ridiculous videos on our MacBook which we infamously posted on YouTube. (You can see examples HERE and HERE.) Apparently the creative people at Holt Renfrew loved the videos so much they PAID us to remake the experience in a hotel room in Toronto. Another example of art imitating life or something like that…

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THE MAESTRO OF HAIR - Odile Gilbert
Photos by Alex Cayley

Hairstylist Odile Gilbert is a legend in the fashion world and a favorite of people like Karl Lagerfeld and Jean Paul Gaultier - not to mention, a big favorite of mine! As an artist, she has been part of many of my most memorable fashion moments in the last 8 years and I’ve had the joy of working with Odile on countless shoots and shows.

A few months back, Odile came to NY to shoot this story all about her work with Allure and asked me to be a part of it. To find out more about Odile, please read the article in the October issue of Allure.

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Day Of Judgement - Daily Telegraph

A few months ago I was shooting in New York’s financial district on what was THE hottest day of the year. Needless to say, I was shooting fall fashion - coats, jackets and all. The story for the shoot was based around a fictitious A-list celebrity going in and out of court for a high profile case. Photographer Patric Shaw cast the lawyer, legal aid, paparazzi and police officer perfectly, but once we started shooting we found that what we needed was a second paparazzi. I knew just the man to call! My husband James came down to meet us and is the second paparazzo hand in half the pictures.

Just after lunch the actress playing the police lady said she had to go do another job, so we were left without a officer. James came to the rescue again, this time donning the uniform to act as my police escort in half the pictures. In one picture you’ll see James breaking up a brewing altercation between myself and the paparazzi - I wish you could see the outtakes from this series of pictures - quite hilarious. At one point I was fully on James’ back, trying to get at the paparazzi man.

This is now James’ second shoot with me. You might remember he shot with Patrick Demarchelier and I for an American Vogue story. Quite the little portfolio he is working up!

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Barbra Streisand - Model Inspiration. I posted my cover of Dazed & Confused a few days back and now I get to show you one of the editorial pictures! One of my personal icons has always been Barbra Streisand. Besides being an amazing performer, one thing that always stands out to me is how elegantly she holds her hands in pictures and on film (go, Google it for yourself!). She never forgets to pose her fingers and so whenever I model I always think “Barbra Streisand hands.” That’s my little modeling secret of the day.P.s. As added proof I adore Barbra, here is a video of me with photographer Nigel Barker, posing to “Don’t Rain On My Parade” a few months back.

Barbra Streisand - Model Inspiration.

I posted my cover of Dazed & Confused a few days back and now I get to show you one of the editorial pictures! One of my personal icons has always been Barbra Streisand. Besides being an amazing performer, one thing that always stands out to me is how elegantly she holds her hands in pictures and on film (go, Google it for yourself!). She never forgets to pose her fingers and so whenever I model I always think “Barbra Streisand hands.” That’s my little modeling secret of the day.

P.s. As added proof I adore Barbra, here is a video of me with photographer Nigel Barker, posing to “Don’t Rain On My Parade” a few months back.

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