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Ultra-Editorial


DNA frontline Ph.Solve Sunsbo for V November/December
Anticipation continues to build as the release of the winter issue of V featuring the audacious Model UN story nears. Here is a choice sneak peek featuring DNA's frontline being very very editorial.And molto sexy!

The Look Of Our Times


The fashion of the Zeroes might still be bedded in revival fever but early 21st century industrial design has been fast forwarding with a brilliant new aesthetic. Designers like Phillipe Starck (with the seminal Louis Ghost chair), Ferruccio Laviani (with his eagerly anticipated Bourgie lamp) and Jon Russel (with the Ghost Candelabra) are addressing the computer age's tension between a digital aesthetic and the revisionist impulse towards the decorative .Our favorite new product though has to be Tord Boontje's insanely successful Garland light set which uses Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) routing to create a gorgeous tangle of stainless steel flowers and leaves. It is so this year's Milk Bottle lamp. And if you mod-minimalist friends want to sneer in disapproval, just tell them its your directional Art Nouveau gesture. All for a mere $70!

Head Of The Class


IMG All Stars Ph. Mario Sorrenti for V November/December
What happens when the best agencies in the world put their top models together for one very major shoot? A must collect moment ,as captured in the forthcoming issue of V mgazine! For model watchers of the world, its a climactic concept. The ever innovative people at V offered MDC a sneak peek of some of the images and they were so stunning we just had to share. Stay tuned for more.

Paging Paz de Huerta


Paz de Huerta/IMG. Ph by Paul Jasmin courtesy of IMG
She began her career playing an orphan in "Cider House Rules" and boy, has Paz de Huerta grown up nicely. So much so that she is the latest celebrity to join IMG's star packed board. ATM's (actress turned models) are a dime a dozen but very few have Paz's bonafide cool. We can just see the Marc Jacobs bag named in her honor already.

Eminently Elegant


Emina/Elite. Elite Promocard of S/S 05 European shows
How effortlessly elegant is former MOTW Emina/Elite right this minute. She glided seamlessly through several very key shows in Milan and Paris and is consequently zooming to the head of the pack of the most wanted campaign models of the moment....Speaking of campaigns... with WWD sighting Daria on location with Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel S/S 05 and Prada going into production on its new campaigns, stay tuned for MDC updates on who scoops what for the new season.

Top 10 First Season Faces


Nataliya/Ford. NY Runway Season Comp card from Ford NY
The shows are done and the audacious flock of stunning new girls had better get their beauty sleep. Why? Because the major Spring/Summer 05 campaigns are already starting to be shot. Based on runway mileage and the ensuing editorial bookings, here is MDC"s Top 10 First Season Faces.

1.Nataliya Gotsii/Ford
2.Shannon Click/Women
3.Maria D/IMG
4.Morgane/DNA
5.Alexandra Tomlinson/IMG
6.Mariana Peres/Women (NY)/Viva(Paris)
7.Solange/Next
8.Brandi Brechbiel/Marilyn
9.Allison/1 Mgmt
10.Narah/Ford

Top 10 Second Season Faces


Natasha/Women. Image courtesy Of Women

With YSL and Chanel left to wrap up the S/S 05 circus, here's MDC 's tally of the Top 10 Second Season Faces based on their runway track record as well as current editorial mileage. And these are indeed the girls most wanted for the impending Spring campaigns.
1.Natasha Poly/Women
2.Lily Donaldson/Marilyn (NY)/Select(Lon)
3.Cameron/Ford
4.Valentina Zeliaeva/Women
5.Lisa Cant/Trump
6.Polina/Trump
7.Iselin/Women
8. Kim Noorda/DNA
9. Cintia Dicker/Marilyn+Emina/Elite
10.Marta/ 1 Mgmt

Stay tuned next week for the Top 10 First Season Faces.

Manhunter


Manhunt candidates Ph. by Betty Sze for Models.com

When IMG announced that the candidates for the Bravo reality show Manhunt (airing Oct 12) would be mingling unsupervised at the Lot 61 launch party, our trusty Betty Sze was on the case. Here's a first glimpse at some of the ambitious contestants. How ambitious? Several of these fresh faced newcomers had their eye on breaking onto MDC's T-50 Faces. And why not?

Genius Gemma


Gemma/IMG. Ph. Greg Kadel Numero October 04
Is Gemma Ward the prettiest new star? She certainly looks like it on the cover of the current Numero, even as she continues her impeccable runway record right this minute in Milan. But who will be the next Gemma as the S/S 05 runway tally rolls in. Stay tuned next week for OTM's countdown of the Top 10 New Faces.