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Click here to see the interview if you are interested. China has over 1 billion people, very few of which have access to blogspot.

Many thanks to the team of editors at Vogue China for helping establish my presence in Asia.
That makes the sixth Vogue globally my work for Models Off Duty has been featured via interview format in (Vogue Paris.com, Vogue Italia.com, Vogue Mexico print, Vogue Latino America print, and Teen Vogue print/.com) and 10th Vogue my work has appeared in.

Carine Roitfeld

Emmanuelle Alt, Fashion Director for Paris Vogue since 2000

Virginie Mouzat, Fashion Editor for Le Figaro since 1996

If you had $100 to bet on the next Editor-In-Chief for Paris Vogue, who would you put your money behind? The two front runners are Emmanuelle Alt and Virginie Mouzat. Some contend the top position should go to the better writer (which would put Mouzat in the lead since she's written books).

What's your bet? No hedging!

I think anyone would be excited when their blog was featured in Paris Vogue. Click HERE or click the photo above to see it.

Daiane Conterato

Daiane has been opening and closing Paris shows since October 2006. She's currently in the DKNY Fall 2009 campaign.

Amanda Laine (L) and Taryn Davidson (R)

Amanda won the December 2007 V Magazine/Supreme Model Management model search contest. She's been opening shows in Paris since 2008 and in the last year was a face for Balenciaga.

Taryn has been walking the Paris shows October 2007 and recently was photographed by Terry Richardson for Paris Vogue's calendar.

First off, I wanted to wish everyone a happy and prosperous new year. I thought I'd pay homage to the year by quickly sharing with you some of my favorite shots from 2008. With two new fashion months coming up this year and undoubtedly more press too, 2009 stands to be an amazing year with startling photos and inspiration to share. So without further ado, I bring you:

Capturing Agyness Deyn with the sunset background and ensuing bokeh back in June. This was an exclusive shot of Agyness and is special since the Jean Paul Gaultier dress is atypical of her usual style.

Capturing Marc Jacobs and Rachel Zoe together back in spring. This was arguably, the first time the two had been photographed together since the media debacle back in Feb. when Rachel couldn't get into Marc's show. When I saw him again on the corner of Sixth and Bleecker, he said "thanks for that."

This picture of A Magazine's Fashion Editor Annabel Rivera is special to me because it's not just another picture of someone posing for a photo. There is motion: motion in her hair, motion in her shadow on the street, and the lighting was good too.

This picture was taken at Paris Fashion Week--an onslaught of photographers all leaning in the same direction at the same time to "blitzkrieg" Paris Vogue's Emmanuelle Alt. You should have seen the cloud of dust in the air over their heads as they ran across the Tuileries. Wait till I get a picture of that.

Can you say LONDON?

This picture of Net-a-porter.com's Head Buyer Holli Rogers is special to me for a few reasons. First, the background oozes Paris (it was taken outside the YSL show). Second, it was taken at night without a tripod and still turned out sharp. Third, Holli cooperated with me, despite their being a barrage of other flashes and photographers trying to borrow my "set up"

Cheers to 2009 folks! May we all be held in awe at the good things the world has in store for us!

As I write this, my hands are actually a bit sweaty. Maybe it's the old fight or flight response mechanism inside of me, knowing that some of the country's top editors will be watching my work. Frankly, I think it's the excitement of knowing that I'll be the first photographer to be hired by Teen Vogue.com for New York, London, and Paris Fashion Week to capture models street style and "it" girls street style--close up shots might be included too. An endeavor to be taken seriously, no doubt.
So for future reference, I'm going to ask that you click on the Teen Vogue.com banner links inside my posts and check out their new street style section for fashion week. The photos will be exclusive for use by Teen Vogue, so you won't be able to see them here. So go check out what's probably the first street style shot EVER, of FORD Supermodel of the World 2009 Winner, 14 year old modeling sensation Tayane Leao at Teen Vogue.com!.

So just a few weeks ago, my blog was featured in Paris Vogue. And now I get feature in Vogue Italy too!

Click HERE to see more...

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."

saying hello to Paris Vogue's Carine Roitfeld

Chanel

zippered flare leg trousers

fierce

Hope for those of you that celebrate Thanksgiving, you were able to enjoy it with your loved ones! It was the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. this last weekend, which is why I didn't post. Now back to "regularly scheduled programming."

While Constance may have walked more shows than any other model during the s/s 2010 season (72), she's one of the few who is maintaining that prominence in the right magazines during the off season as well.

Harpers Bazaar Russia--cover November 2009--editorial 12 solo pages
VOGUE Paris--October 2009--2 eds, 7 solo pages
VOGUE Germany--October 2009--ed. alongside Baptiste Giabiconi, shot by Karl Lagerfeld
VOGUE Russia--November 2009--ed. 10 solo pages
VOGUE Nippon--December 2009--ed. 10 solo pages
W--January 2010--editorial

I'm curious to see what the future holds in store for her.

User generated street style sites helped spawn the era of the personal style blog. Lookbook.nu and Chictopia collectively created enough social media attention to pave the way for the individual personal style blog phenomena. In an unprecedented move, L'Oreal Paris has created a new niche for user generated content: yourstyleyourstudio.

And it's all about Haute Hair.

Fashion Night Out in New York City inspirations:

Your Style Your Studio, blog landing page

WIN THIS MARC BY MARC JACOBS cross body strap bag

Win the above Marc by Marc Jacobs Cross Body strap bag filled with the above L'Oreal products

L'Oreal Paris recently approached me to help them launch this new hairstyle lookbook--Your Style Your Studio. To my knowledge, there exists no user generated hair style site like this--YET.
Lindbergh may have been first to cross the Atlantic,Earhart the first woman to do so, and now Your Style Your Studio is first in the niche of user generated hair style inspirations.

The site is all about YOUR inspired hair and YOUR individual style from bold colors to daring cuts to fashion forward looks. The look book, inspired by the brand's studio line of hair products as seen in the photo above, is meant for both men AND women. So if you are a guy, go forth and upload your own pictures.

I believe in this site so much, that for the first time in the 4 year history of altamira, I'm doing an exclusive giveaway sponsored by L'Oreal Paris. Not only can you win 1 of 2 Marc by Marc Jacob's leather cross body totes, but you can win it stuffed full of the exact L'Oreal hair styling products seen in the photo above. I will personally select 2 winners.

To be eligible to win 1 of 2 Marc by Marc Jacobs cross body totes stuffed full of L'Oreal products as seen in the picture above, you must:

UPLOAD A PHOTO TO YOUR STYLE YOUR STUDIO--upload your own Haute Hair style inspiration photo to the Your Style Your Studio look book. The picture should be horizontal in format and a minimum resolution of 560 x 370 pixels.

LEAVE A COMMENT by Friday, September 16th 2011 8 am Eastern Standard Time
With a URL link to your hair style photo. Make sure the URL works correctly and that it goes to the Your Style Your Studio site like this link HERE

CONTEST CLOSES on Friday, September 16th 2011 at 8 am Eastern Standard Time. The contest is open to anyone anywhere in the world. Winner to be announced on Saturday September 17th, 2011. I will personally select 2 winners based on the editorial QUALITY of the picture you upload. It's all about Haute Hair. Artsy, Avant Garde, Creative. Have fun with it. Be creative. Make your photo's better than mine as seen in the links below--as if you were submitting to Numero or Vogue.

You won't be alone in uploading images to the lookbook. I'll be uploading additional images too! Here are some of my examples but remember, you want to do better than me:
A Clean Sweep
Mod Squad
Perfectly Undone Pony
The Modern Bouffant
New Wave
Braids Envy

I doubt anyone would argue the power a feature in Paris Vogue has to help propel a models upwardly mobile career path. Here we have Carine Roitfeld as seen at the recent Paris Couture shows.

Teen Vogue, solo page, February 2009

Teen Vogue, solo page, June/July 2009

Teen Vogue, two street pics, August 2009

Vogue Girl Korea interview, solo page, May 2009

It's not often that I take the time to review my progress with altamira, so I thought I'd make a quick post, which is more diary like, documenting my progress. Sometimes I feel like a tug boat, chugging along...endlessly. And other times I feel like an eagle that is about to soar.

And then add in two seasons of shooting parties for style.com at Paris Fashion Week and I guess I'm not doing so bad after all.

Normal posts soon to resume!

Stormi Bree Henley

Stormi Bree Henley -- 1444 Skipper

Dana Bodourov -- 2610 Major in Black, zip calf

Rachel Cashman -- 1277 Bette

JBrand Jeans. Versatile--from American Vogue's Anna Wintour, to Paris Vogue's Emanuelle Alt, to supermodel Elle Macpherson. Here from the shores of Williamsburg (Stormi), to a post punk throw back to 1970's London (Dana), to a Brooklyn Staycation (Rachel), JBrand jeans fit the bill. You can upload your own street style photos in your own pair of JBrands at JWorld

Stay tuned for coming photos from Copenhagen and Stockholm Fashion Weeks :)

New Face to Watch: Erjona Ala (FORD, NY) exits Costume National

A lot of modeling agencies are stuck in the Print Era Paradigm--pre-internet thinking in which the Old School hierarchy of exclusivity dominated the management of models visibility. While this system may still warrant merit, the general lack of adaptability with regards to original content via the internet is appalling. Some agencies are kidding themselves if they think republishing editorial, campaign, or runway shots online will generate a sustainable presence. The editors of today may visit an agency site to get a models stats, but the editors of tomorrow will have grown up learning models names through tumblr, blogspot, and other social media. Modeling Agencies that fail to adapt now to the Internet Era Paradigm and it's vast plethora of opportunity will be still be riding horse and buggy while their competitors speed it out in Maybachs. The internet revolution is here and it's happening in Real Time.

I can't think of single better agency to team up with for the fashion season besides FORD models. Have a click on the previous link to see what I've been up to. They get it. In the same way Henry Ford said he'd belt the earth with his cars before the highways and roads for the cars even existed, FORD models is doing the same online. They dare to venture where other agencies fail to tread. They understand the Bookings Editor's of tomorrow are the teens of today on tumblr and iphones. Agencies which reproduce Print Era thinking online as their sole source of internet presence may as well have a horse tug a Model-T chained to it's back when they could just make their own car to begin with.

Even the fashion industry which for so long tried to protect it's exclusivity has gone on the record about the power of the internet many times. In her Interview Magazine article with Joseph Altuzarra, Anna Dello Russo remarked:

ANNA DELLO RUSSO: You’ve only done four collections and already you’re more popular than Tom Ford. How do you think that happened?

JOSEPH ALTUZARRA: [laughs] I think it’s because of the Internet. You can build a brand very fast now, especially with bloggers and how fast images can get out—the message just goes out faster and stronger than ever before.

And in similar fashion at the IFB Conference in 2011, Jack McCollough of Proenza Schouler remarked, "Blogs posting things about us, going viral, spreading throughout the interent...it has an extraordinary impact on the business"

With the speed at which images travel online now, a models off duty image is half the battle. Her sense of style and fashion can rapidly propel her press image online. Some within the modeling industry "get it" like Casting Director Jennifer Starr who was quoted by New York Magazine recently:

"Model street style has blown up significantly in the past few years, what do you make of it?

There is no doubt in my mind that if you have authentic personal style, it will help you as a model. Look at models like Erin Wasson, Abbey Lee, Freja Beha, and Daria Webowy, all of whom have great style. Personal style indicates to me that you have a great sense of self. The key is having authentic style. You must feel comfortable with the image you're projecting; otherwise, it's obvious you're trying too hard."

"Craig: Can a models sense of style positively impact her career?

Sarah: I definitely think it can positively impact her career. It's got to be simple but the point about that question is, that if they have absolutely no style and they go out just not looking great, they're wearing very unflattering clothes and things like that, then it's definitely going to have a negative impact."

Dree Hemingway, December 14, 2008...before she became a media celebrity.

Joan Smalls, back on June 3, 2009 before she became a Vogue It Girl.

Frida Gustavsson, at London Fashion Week back on September 23, 2009, in her first runway season, before she became a street style phenomena.

Tati Cotliar before she even finished her first runway season back at New York Fashion Week on September 25, 2009

Mirte Maas just after finishing her first ever runway season on November 19, 2009. Before she went on to multiple shoots with Steven Meisel, the Balenciaga campaign, and a Vogue China Cover.

Ruby Aldridge, on March 3, 2010. Before she went on to be shot by Juergen Teller for the Marc by Marc Jacobs campaign as well as by nearly every other street style blogger around.

Lindsey Wixson on February 10, 2010, just after debuting with a Miu Miu exclusive.

Ming Xi, during her first ever Paris Ready To Wear show on March 6, 2010, in a Paris Metro Stop. This is before her Givenchy campaign went mainstream.

Samantha Gradoville, on July 14, 2010. She hasn't even finished a complete runway season yet. Last season she Opened and Closed PRADA, one of the most influential shows any model can walk in, let alone a new model who Opens and Closes the show. Here she is at the recent Paris Couture shows.

The Independent, a British based newspaper recently mentioned this about altamira, "Dubbed 'Models off duty,' this blog captures the streetstyle of all kinds of fashion professionals including the industry's best-known models, often predicting soon-to-be-famous new faces."

Not only has this site been recognized as the single most powerful concentrated resource for models street style on the internet, but over time, that reach and influence will just grow more and more.

So stay tuned for updates during the coming fashion season.

L-Dorothea Barth Jorgensen (Women NY) and R-Anna de Rijk (DNA)

Dorothea was recently shot by Steven Meisel (again) for the Alberta Ferretti S/S 2010 campaign. She was also shot by Craig McDean for a Feb. 2010 W Magazine editorial.

Anna just shot a 10 Magazine editorial for the F/W 2009 issue and completed the Vera Wang S/S 2010 campaign.

L-Vanessa Hegelmaier and R-Amanda Norgaard

Vanessa Hegelmaier just shot an editorial for Vogue Greece and was shot by Nathaniel Goldberg for the DKNY S/S 2010 campaign

Amanda Norgaard walked Prada and Miu Miu last season and since has done editorial work with Interview Magazine and a 15 page editorial with the Feb. 2010 U.S. edition of Harpers Bazaar.

Amanda has a brilliant and fun personality....
Vanessa and I appeared together on German National TV last season on a special RTL segment on me.

Amanda's spunk and style popping for the camera

L-Alla Kostromichova (Women Direct) and R-Irina Vodolazova (Women Direct)

Alla was just appeared in the Jan. issue of Italian Vogue, and finished editorials with British Vogue, ID and 10 magazine.

Irina recently completed an editorial with L'Officiel Russia

Lindsey Wixson (Marilyn NY)

Shot by Mert Alus and Marcus Piggott for the Miu Miu S/S 2010 campaign, shot by Craig McDean for W, shot by Daniel Jackson for ID, featured in POP, and featured in LOVE magazine...I can't wait to see how she fares this runway season.

Lindsey Wixson Street Style: FW10 Paris

Lindsey Wixson Street Style: at the SS17 Milan shows

Lindsey Wixson Street Style: exclusive pre-fashion month photo

Models Off The Runway

Jourdan Dunn at Paris Fashion Week in Ocotober 2008, this photo appeared in the print issue of Feb. 2009 Teen Vogue

Jourdan Dunn at London Fashion Week Feb. 2009, this photo was in the Teen Vogue.com Models Off Duty section

I can't wait to see what kind of colorful outfit I hope to catch Jourdan wearing this Paris Fashion Week. You can see it all at TeenVogue.com

Iris (WOMEN Paris) leaves the Christian Dior show with hair extensions.

Here she retains the focus of this image despite being a part of the background, due to the dominant distraction in lower right foreground. Totally the Paris experience. For even more insight into the world of Women Paris, have a click to their BLOG

Erin appeared alongside model icon Lauren Hutton in the 2008 Lord and Taylor campaign, walked the 2008 Victoria's Secret fashion show, and is the June 2009 Paris Vogue Calendar girl.

leather jacket -- Balenciaga
bag -- Chloe
scarf -- Alexander McQueen