Fashion Models:
Frida Gustavsson

Yesterday exiting the Christian Dior show

Today exiting the Giorgio Armani Privé show

waist detail

good times

Jet lagged I sat in Stureplan when I saw BON magazine's (Swedish based mag) Spring/Summer 2018 cover girl Frida speed by. What a positive surprise!

dress -- vintage store in Tokyo, but hand made in San Franciscobag -- Miu Miu
shoes -- Dr. Martens "my favorite pair of shoes"

You're only new once to the runway's and last season Frida Gustavsson was already showing signs of being a media favorite (I don't mean runway, or editorial, or campaign) by sheer virtue of her great sense of style. She was always willing to give a picture, which if you ask me, is critical to helping a model become a household name -- which in turn increases her booking value and helps her make more money.

Stay tuned for tomorrows post in which I'll reveal my choice for which model at the Fall/Winter 2010 shows also displayed positive signs of being a media favorite.

Natasha Poly leaving the Celine show during the Fall/Winter 2010 Paris Fashion Week

Frida Gustavsson leaving the Louis Vuitton show during the Spring/Summer 2018 Paris Fashion Week

Dorothea Barth Jorgensen (Elite Paris) leaves the DIOR show

Sara Blomqvist (Viva Paris) leaves the BALENCIAGA show
her expression indicative of surprise at how many photographers wanted her picture (among other reasons)

Frida Gustavsson (IMG Paris) leaves the DIOR show

Together at the Fall/Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week shows

Together at the Spring/Summer 2018 Paris Fashion Week shows

The first time I shot Frida and Karlie together, I was really trying to get a shot of them standing side by side, since they are both at eye's glance, of similar height. Thought with two seasons worth of shots, you could finally get a decent idea.

After the Donna Karen show at Fall/Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week shows

Before the Hervé Léger by Max Azria show at the Fall/Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week shows

Before the Alexander Wang show at the Fall/Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week shows

With friend Frida Gustavsson after the Ohne Titel show at the Fall/Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week shows.

At the Spring/Summer 2018 Milan Fashion Week shows.

Frida Gustavsson (IMG NY)

Inna Pilipenko (Supreme)

As seen leaving the Elie Saab show together on the third day of the Couture shows.

ON DUTY ANALYSIS: ELIE SAAB'S COUTURE SHOW (for fun)
I'm no expert on runway show analysis, but I'll go out on a limb and say that Elie Saab was a good value show for the models that got to walk it:

--44 looks
--19 different girls, which improves mathematical odds for future face recognition and bookings/casting requests
--each girl walked the runway a minimum of two times, double face exposure time at minimum for each girl
--6 girls walked the runway three times (Karlie Kloss, Jac, Sigrid Agren, Magdalena Frackowiak, Kasia Struss, Karmen Kass)= triple face exposure time for girls lucky enough to walk three times.
--the face of each girl was still recognizable, unlike some shows where the girls face is disguised by makeup and/or costume

As spotted outside today's Chanel show coming to meet her friends Dorothea and Anna.

Not only do I like how Joan mixes a rugged boot with a soft and feminine top, but how both Joan and Frida add splashes of color to an otherwise neutral toned outfit.

bag -- Michael Kors Hamilton Bag

Of 11 new faces at the last Victoria's Secret Runway Show, one of them was Frida Gustavsson. I couldn't be happier for someone of Frida's calibre to arrive at one of the modeling industry's most coveted runways--with her total sense of down-to-earthness still intact. #classact

exiting the SS17 Marc by Marc Jacobs show at the Armory.

bag -- Michael Kors

NYC--L: Dorothea Barth Jorgensen (WOMEN NY) with R: Sara Blomqvist (DNA)

PARIS--L: Frida Gustavsson (IMG Paris) with R: Dorothea Barth Jorgensen (ELITE Paris)

Model/Fashion Editor Cosmo Sweden, Emma Veronica Johansson

Filippa Berg, model/blogger for ELLE Sweden (there's no Vogue or Bazaar in Sweden)

LONDON--Model/blogger Filippa Smeds

In London

In Milan

In Paris x 3

VOGUE's Brian Fee (VOGUE Art) took a moment to comment on Frida Gustavsson's personal style from London to Milan to Paris. Many thanks Brian!

"...she looks totally different with her hair pulled back man! But the one look, hair pulled back with jacket and trousers, I feel she comes off most 'mature'. I find sometimes when I see these girls with their hair down they seem a bit older but not Frida. Hair down is fresh and girlish but hair up is...how do I put this, sweet but collegiate? Like she's taking a semester off from Oxford to work the runway. I dig that she sometimes pairs her personal streetstyle with doc martens, too, it's a solid foundation to a sporty look."

Frida Gustavsson (IMG Paris)

I've been posting on Frida since London Fashion Week, so am including an update on her power show appearances at Paris Fashion Week: Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Lanvin, Yoji Yamamoto, Viktor & Rolf, and Celine.

Jacquelyn Jablonski (ELITE Paris)

Jacquelyn's (no relation to Constance) success began in New York with participation in 21 shows in total, including influential ones like Marc by Marc Jacobs, Rag & Bone, Richard Chai, and 3.1 Phillip Lim. In Milan she walked 10 shows in total, including Prada, Gucci, Dolce and Gabbana, Bottega Veneta. Her shows in Paris read like a who's who of power shows: Givenchy, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, Lanvin, Karl Lagerfeld, Viktor & Rolf, Sophia Kokosalaki (closed), and Dries Van Noten. She is truly firing up the City of Lights.

Carine Roitfeld, en route to the DIOR show

Heidi Mount on left (IMG Paris) leaves DIOR with Olga Sherer (NATHALIE Paris)

Frida Gustavsson (IMG Paris)

Frida really truly continues to dazzle the modeling world with her runway show accomplishments this season. From Marc Jacobs, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein and Rodarte in New York to Christian Dior AND Lanvin at Paris, Frida's success this fashion month is mesmerizing.