The Fashion Industry’s Tribute to Marilyn Monroe

As a way of commemorating fashion icon Marilyn Monroe who last friday should have turned 86 years old, modelmanagement.com goes over some of the best tributes that the fashion industry dedicated to the Hollywood star over the last several years.

Guess? Jeans is well known for their sex-bomb ad campaigns. Starting with Claudia Schiffer in the 80′s followed by Eva Herzigova and Anna Nicole Smith in the 90′s, the jeans brand always went for a sexy blonde bombshell model who can show off real pin-up curves, just like Marilyn did back in the days.

Guess not only took inspiration for their campaigns from Marilyn Monroe, but also designed and launched a pair of jeans named after the star. The high-waste slim-fit ankle length jeans became a cash cow for the brand and an iconic garment for all women who wanted to show off their curves back in the 80′s.

Also many fashion magazine editorials have celebrated Marilyn by taking inspiration from some her looks and iconic images. In order to engage magazine readers, the choice of the Monroe-resemblance is perfect as women of all ages relate her beauty unanimously.

50 years after, it seams like the public cannot get enough of Marilyn Monroe! Cosmetic brand MAC Cosmetics recently announced they will launch a collection dedicated to the star.

The purpose of the collection is to celebrate Marilyn’s “legacy and iconic beauty look” with 30 limited edition products including all sorts of cosmetics from eye shadows and lipsticks to nail polishes and eyeliners. Products will be available online and at MAC stores worldwide starting in October, with prices ranging from $15 to $27.

By remaining truthful to Marilyn’s famous quote “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend”, swiss luxury jewelry brand Chopard payed homage to the actress by launching “Marilyn Forever” during the Cannes Film Festival- an exhibition with 25 unpublished photographs of Marilyn Monroe by Milton Greene.

In addition, the brand’s co-president, Caroline Scheufele, personally designed a diamond collier inspired by the star which features heart-shaped briolette and brilliant diamonds… just like Marilyn would like it! The collier was worn by Eva Herzigova during the Cannes Film Festival this year.

What makes Marilyn Monroe a fashion icon? is it her look? her style? her talent? We believe it’s the timeless beauty which she embodies. 50 years after her tragic death, women of all cultures and ages still relate to her proving that Marilyn not only is an icon, but is immortal.

MAC to Release Marilyn Monroe Collection

Feb 22, 2012 @ 2:30 pm

Marilyn Monroe is MAC makeup’s new muse! The cosmetics company is using the bombshell’s famous sultry cat eye, flawless nails, and crimson pout as inspiration for an upcoming lineup, which will include a range of eye shadows, nail lacquers, eyeliners, and lipsticks. The line will be priced from $15 to $27, and land in stores this October. Can’t wait until then? Swipe on a true red-inspired Norma Jean shade like MAC’s Lady Danger ($14.50,maccosmetics.com) in the meantime.

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Divine the fragrance of a diva....II

PERFUME called the substance to burn off a fragrant smoke and odor. In addition to any pleasant smell. Another meaning: it is the intensely odoriferous substance added to products to cosmetics and perfume provides a given odor agradable.Y do not forget that incense is the oldest form of perfume. The word perfume comes from the Latin "per fumum" meaning "through smoke". There are two kinds of perfumes: natural and sintéticos.Los natural perfumes can be of plant or animal. The first are extracted by various processes (solution, distillation, etc.). Various parts of plants (flowers, fruits, roots, etc.).. These essential oils also have animal properties antisépticas.Los few are obtained by maceration in alcohol (amber, musk, castoreum, and others). Synthetic perfumes are manufactured by chemical research laboratories specializing in this materia.Según indicate tablets found in the Royal Palace in the city of Babylon and Mari in 1810 BC had a "head of perfumery" which had the responsibility to produce by means of distillation several hundred liters per month. 11 were known ointments and essences, among which include the cedar, cypress, olive, ginger and mirto.Los Egyptians in 1,500 BC imported and exported natural elements perfumes. Egyptian women enjoyed wearing perfume solids applied in cabellos.Fueron the Dominicans of Santa Maria Novella in Florence the first to mount a perfume factory in 1508.

A master perfumer, alchemist by vocation and profession biochemist has created a special fragrance exclusively for MARILYN: based on natural essences with notes of jasmine, sandalwood, rose, chapanaca ... and a touch of mystery ...

Divine the fragrance of a diva....

Made with pure essential and exquisite touches
prepared by an expert perfumer alchemist an artist of the ether, more than a perfume an offering for a Diva...
cus she was and is simply DIVINE...

Since ancient times people seem to experience an instinctive pleasure when they rub their bodies with perfumed ointments made ​​from bark, leaves, flowers and plants. The perfume, ethereal, almost intangible, unique in its ability to evoke our deepest emotions, has helped us to pray, to heal and make love. Perfumes are not only directly related to their manufacturers, no more with his priests and alchemists, who were the first to discover the power of combining essences. However, in large measure, the perfume is a lost art. Its promise is eclipsed sensual creator with the advent of synthetic ingredients, chemicals lacking the subtlety and complexity of the oils derived from natural substances and their lustful stories, and which includes a high proportion in the manufacture of contemporary perfumes
Lamiquè resurrects the rich heritage associated with the alchemists, and unearths a forgotten world where the smell was praised by poets, philosophers and contemplated by the universally appreciated for its profound effects on the body, mind and soul and above all evokes the aura the DIVA as making an offering to the sexy angel star....
By Daiany Xiques

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Made In Brazil
I totally forgot about these shots I did backstage at Oscar for Juliano over at Made In Brazil. He loves getting shout outs from Brazil's best and the girls were excited to send some love back home. Raquel, Trentini, Flavia, Bruna, Caroline Ribeiro and Isabeli.

Alena Nikitina – Interview

 Comes originally from Russia, but lives and works in the Ukraine (Kiev). She started her career as a model and got after a short period a strong interest for the photography. She’s only since 4 months in the business now and we can tell you her works are definitely promising . Really natural, fresh & interesting. Alena has got a great talent and for this reason we are sure that she’ll do many works in the future. She’s still young and has lots of time. About her future plans – it will be a big surprise. You should make sure to keep an eye on Alena’s works. You can always get in touch with her via her e-mail – tigrrasha@gmail.com

How & when did you start your work as a photographer ?

It happend by accident. I worked as a model. When the photographers sent me the result from our test shoots, I learned to edit the pictures myself.  And then I thought, why shouldn’t I shoot myself, if I can edit the pictures. But then I had other plans – I wanted to become a photographer. I’m doing the photographs since 4 months now.

Did you always want to become a photographer ?

No, as a child my mother proposed me to become a doctor. And then I asked people about the doctor job and when I was 15 I have changed my mind and thought “Why I should become a doctor ?” Right after I started to work as a student and did some actress and modeling. The Serious passion for the photography came later.

How would you describe yourself and your works ?

I’m humble, I don’t like that much attention. I like to work in a small team and prefer not to be surrounded by so many people. I try to shoot the model from another side, which sleeps in most of the girls. I try to waken “this side in the model” – help her to feel herself and her body. My work is a kind of tenderness – grace – naturalness and sexuality.

Is there anything that inspired you reg. your work as photographer ?

Yes, I like to see beautiful things. Sometimes even a man, a flower, the lake, the sun or a model inspires me. The beauty inspires me as well.

5) We often hear about crazy happens during a shoot … Tell us did you ever made crazy experiences during one of your shoot ?

I’m a gymnast and in my past I had often had situations in that I did some very strange poses. I couldn’t understand for a long time – why my models has frightened expressions on their faces. Then, I checked the result from our shootings and I realized that the poses convenient for shootings can be scary for a model.

What does a model need in your opinion to make it big in the business ?

The attitudes and appearances are really important for the model. I think everybody knows that it’s also quite important to be able to work in stress situations, to be flexible, punctual and to take care on the body. Useful is to have the skills from a model – gymnast – stunt and actor.

What are your ambitions ?

I just want to do what I like most.

What are your future plans ?

I would like to improve my skills, to enjoy my live, to find love and to search for the beauty in everything that I see.

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ALTERNATE REALITY ANOOP SINGH AND ANDREAS LINDBACK AND THEIR STINT AS PHOTOJOURNALISTS.

Anoop Singh and Andreas Lindback are two aspiring fashion photographers who traveled into the desert of northeast Kenya in September 2011. Over the course of ten days, they documented the response to the famine in the Horn of Africa and the aid processes in place to deal with it. Here, an excerpt from their experience.

What could have possessed two aspiring fashion photographers to drop everything for a month and drive to the Kenya-Somali border, to document the lives of the people there? It’s a question I still don’t have an answer to. It is one of the most spontaneous things I have done, more so for Andreas who flew in from Sweden to accompany me. As we headed out of Nairobi into the desert, we were filled with nervous excitement—compounded by the uncertainty of a non-responsive press liaison. We didn’t even know if we would have accomodation provided. The atmosphere in Garissa town was straight out of a film: a tiny hotel, jam-packed with Land Cruisers toting huge antennae, “no guns” decals and flying their respective flags. Sweaty, officious people, having seemingly important conversations over lunch, completed the illusion. It felt like an alternate reality.
Multiple phone calls later and with the dubious advice to “just show up—I’m sure we’ll find space for you,” Andreas and I hunkered down in Garissa for the night and headed into Dadaab town in the morning. After the horrific images we had seen on television we were shocked, not by the desperation of the situation but by the apparent lack of it—a testament to the efforts of the United Nations and associated agencies like Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). These camps are 21 years old, and some people have lived their entire lives here. They have thriving markets and micro-economies (refugees are not allowed to enter Kenya proper), and it becomes evident to us
as we speak to people that, far from being a last resort, the vast majority of inhabitants prefer to be in Dadaab than return to Somalia, regardless of whether the situation there improves.
It is on the outskirts of the camps that the theme of death and disease is more apparent. This is where the huge numbers of new arrivals—as many as 10,000 a week in July—flee famine and persecution, and wait to be processed. Driving into the outskirts of the IFO camp we come across a funeral by the roadside, a father burying his twelve-year-old child. All the unassuming mounds we had been seeing with dry thorn bush laid over them were graves. Ten minutes later we come across another burial. This time a baby that wouldn’t eat, discharged by the MSF doctors only a couple days earlier, her parents younger than ourselves.
While living conditions in the camp may be preferable to those in Somalia (the alternative being Al Shabaab-controlled towns just over the border), mortality rates are still high. The predominant cause is malnutrition, with rates increasing amongst new arrivals during their first three months in camp (pre-departure mortality rates from the camp are even higher). This reality hits home as we come across a girl, unable to eat and desperately malnourished despite being in the camp for some time now, and the news that her baby sister had passed away overnight.
Driving away on our last evening in Dadaab, dark rain clouds loom in the sky, a harbinger of hope consistent with the nature of the town’s inhabitants.