There is only one way to top an impressive Vogue Italia cover - show up in the next issue looking even better. Rianne Ten Haken was sexy on the cover of October’s extravaganza but for November Steven Meisel takes her into a stronger territory. With flame red hair and a maniacal grin Rianne heads into a twisted world reminiscent of sci-thriller Safe, even with the dramatic backdrop its hard to take your eyes off Miss Ten Haken.

Who’s looking like a 90’s supermodel but Select Model Management’s new half Dutch, half Iranian beauty Asal Soltani? We are certainly mesmerized.

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WWD reveals that Lara Stone is the new Louis Vuitton face replacing Madonna. Shot by Steven Meisel, this is one campaign we are SO excited to see.

Ellen von Unwerth’s Fraulein is a gorgeous celebration of women by the former model.

Stars get polaroided too! Check out Scarlett Johanssen, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Connolly before they hit the big time.

Gisele Bundchen’s new Brazilian sandal line is out!

Check out Jethro Cave in a new film. Love him or hate him, he’s definitely unique in this cookie cutter modeling world.

Who is that mysterious male in the Emma Watson fronted Burberry ad? It’s rising young actor Douglas Booth.

“The most brilliant thing about photography is that it’s a passport into any social situation whatsoever,” says Nick Knight. “It’s a ticket to photograph the President of the US, or a heroin addict in Camden, or a prostitute in Paris, or the biggest recording star in the world. ” Why we love Nick Knight. Check out his blog for pics from his new book and some breathtaking images.

Spiros on the Ones2watch just may give new meaning to the phrase Greek God.

Ellen Harth passes away. One of those industry figures you thought would be around forever.

Fashion’s Night Out is returning in September 2010! The city was electric with energy so that is fabulous news!

Make me a superstar!! Naomi Campbell looks for a photographer and a model!

Want to see that naked boy at the Calvin Klein event in Rio? Made in Brazil has some new polaroids.

Ford Supermodels Final 12. (edited to add: for UK only)

WM Paris goes front row with Katy Perry while she meets with Karl, Marc and Jean Paul Gaulthier.

Every month Vogue Italia manages to keep us on our toes with its choice of cover subject and this month the surprise is especially pleasant. After a six year absence Rianne Ten Haken returns to the cover of VI with fiery hair and a sultry attitude. This cover plus the incredible season Miss Ten Haken has been having makes for the official haute comeback of the year.

Add to this the unmistakable presence of one Karlie Kloss, the unstoppable force that just keeps getting better and better with every editorial, cover or campaign. A Vogue Italia cover is the icing on the cake for a newcomer who has managed to continuously awe with her much heralded skills in front of the camera. With hot pink hair and an unexpectedly saucy demeanor, Karlie dominates every frame that she’s in.

Steven Meisel has quite a treat in store for us this month - the party to the limit action spied in this preview is sure to whet your appetite for the full issue. Iris Strubegger, Dorothea Barth Jorgensen and Simon Nessman all make appearances in what is sure to be an exciting affair.

Images courtesy of Next NY (for Karlie).

If model casting has a Superbowl then it would have to be the Prada show. No show is as watched, critiqued or analyzed as Prada when it comes to casting. Model fans and industry bigwigs alike wait with baited breath to see just who Russell Marsh will pick and when the dust settles everyone gathers around the proverbial water cooler for a bit of Monday morning quarterbacking. Who was the opener? Who closed? Who should have been walking? For the love of god where is Sasha!?!?!

And so on, so forth.

Top row- Lindsey Wixson, Jacquelyn Jablonski, Sharon Kavjian. Bottom row- Lyndsey Scott, Kate Kosushkina, Shu Pei.

This time around the show had no shortage of surprises. If you could tear your eyes away from the hypnotically over the top clear plastic pumps you’d be quick to notice just how many first timers there were. Girls like Valerija Kelava, Mirte Maas, Nicole Hofman and Patricia van der Vliet all made stunning debuts. The talk of the town is of course Lindsey Wixson, whose impish features and perfect walk landed her the coveted girl one slot but Kate Kosushkina’s ethereal ease closed the light and airy collection with a bang and who better to embody all that is light and breezy than the charming Miss Kosushkina!

Shu Pei and Liu Wen.

In a move that warmed my cold, jaded heart there was also a bit of diversity with Lyndsey Scott, Liu Wen and Shu Pei all walking and looking gorgeous in those Lolita pigtails courtesy of Guido Palau. It is wishful thinking to say that this could be the beginning of a campaign moment but after S/S 09’s blonde overload wouldn’t the ultimate cool move be a Steven Meisel shoot featuring this uber cool trio?

Arthur Sales/EP Models Brazil. Photos by Cristiano Madureira, courtesy of Made In Brazil.
Arriving this week is the amazing Arthur Sales from Recife, Brazil. Made in Brazil’s Juliano who has been tracking him since Arthur walked the DSquared show back in June, calls him one of the best Brazilian kids in a long time. Onset he is apparently like Caroline Trentini reincarnated as a guy. For more pics, click here. (with Elite Milan)

Dynamic duo: Marc Jacobs and Juergen Teller; Interview reviews the Marc Jacobs advertising book and for more Juergen fans, Cathyn Horyn talks to Juergen Teller.

Watch Karl Lagerfeld shoot Baptiste Giabiconi for Purple Fashion, with a giraffe and what looks like his cell phone. See some of his editorial here.

More Baptiste news, Naomi Campbell is envious of him!!

Here’s video of Jourdan Dunn and Chanel Iman from the i-D shoot. They talk about the pressures of being an ethnic model in this industry. The video is amazing, watch the girls work it, i-D’s signature winks and all, while Edward Enninful talks about the beauties.

More MTA’s (model turned actor). This time, it’s a male model, Trevor Donovan, who has shot D&G with Steven Klein and A&F with Bruce Weber and is on the next 90210.

WWD calls it the return of the “himbo” but mistakenly calls it a Numero shoot by Karl Lagerfeld, when it REALLY should be Lara Stone and the boys’ DSquared campaign by Mert and Marcus… Hmph, if they need help with boys they can certainly call us.. We know all the top males there is to know.

Supreme’s showcards reverberate down in Australia.

Mariano Vivanco shoots Megan Fox for Wonderland Magazine. She’s one of the few actresses that look like they could have been a model, especially in this moody shoot. See pics and behind the scenes video.

September’s Vogue Italia editorial by Steven Meisel has re-energized and re-invigorated me in a way that no editorial has done in a long time. The messiness, the fun, the contorted faces, the in your face energy is completely exuberant and what we need during these dour times. Vive la revolution!
For the entire ed, scanned by the lovely Diciassette, see Part 1 here and Part 2 here.

Sessilee Lopez and model. Photo: Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia

Summer is over. The always highly anticipated September Vogue Italia cover appears early with Sasha Pivovarova and Ash Stymest and catapults us into fall. Steven Meisel vibrantly captures the duo as contemporary urchins and delivers a frisson of energy and urgency to the season. Mark that 5 VI covers for Sasha and her hypnotic presence and Ash’s 1st for VI and 8th cover overall in just over a year.

Image courtesy of Blacklab at tFS

As a model you know you’re on the right path when the greats like Steven Meisel and Arthur Elgort are singing your praises. With her remarkable poise, tireless work ethic and sparkling personality Karlie Kloss has garnered some very big fans in high places. In the September issue of Vogue, Karlie is shot by Annie Leibovitz and we get a chance to find out just why she’s such a photographer favorite. Hear what some of fashion’s finest have to say about Ms. Kloss.

“She’s disciplined and has danceability, repetition and gorgeous legs. And she’s happy to hang up her clothes after each picture. She was first a Teen Vogue girl and I was so delighted to shoot with her - light on her feet, happy to work, like a young Christy Turlington.” - Arthur Elgort

“She’s an amazing model. She knows clothes. She has tons of energy. She will add things to the shoot that I would never have thought of. She thinks from the point of view of an editor and photographer, not just that of a model. When she’s allowed to be free, to be creative she’s at her best. She likes extreme things. She likes to go all the way.” - Steven Meisel

Karlie Kloss by Annie Leibowitz for Vogue US Sept 2009

Untitled from Victor Del Toro on Vimeo. Madison is 5′10″ and 15 years old, a classical South Carolina beauty comes to us from Vision LA.

Lansing’s face by Didio is very expensive.

Mikael Larsson with Red Model Management. An unconventional beauty. (Ph by Jon Malinowski)

Sam from Boss Models is a sculptor.
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Noot Seear is Canadian, totally cool and in the new Twilight movie, here she talks to Style.com and is very funny.

What do Erin O’Connor, Georgia May Jagger, Karen Elson, Naomi Campbelll, Jerry Hall, Thandie Newton, Elizabeth Jagger, Susie Bick and Elizabeth Hurley have in common? They will now be at Tess Management in London (formerly Independent Models). Tess, comprised of Tori Edwards and Sian Steel will debut in September 2009.

Here’s the preliminary New York Fashion Week calendar and here it is at the Tents.

Here’s the milliner background story behind that goooorgeous Madonna headpiece that Linda Evangelista wears.

Padma Lakshmi, photographed by Steven Meisel for her new jewelry line, is really as stunning in person as she is in the campaign.

Erotic magazine Jacques is going high class, in the fashion of French Playboy.

Untitled from Victor Del Toro on Vimeo.

Also 15 and out of Vision LA today is the lovely 5′9″ Maggiemae.