BONJOUR L'ESTONIE

Carmen Kass - Vogue - Italy - 12/2009

Tiiu Kuik : November 2009

Unfortunatly, lack of time forbids me to update Tiiu´s albums

Tiiu Kuik : Vogue - Mexico - November 2009

Tiiu Kuik - Elle - Norway - 11/2009

With a soft gaze, Tiiu Kuik graces the cover of this month’s Elle Norway. Photographed by Åsa Tällgård and styled by Petra Middelthon, the Estonian model bundles up for a fun-filled snow day in “Istid”.

Carmen Kass + Michael Kors 2010

Ad Campaign: Michael Kors
Season: Resort 2010
Models: Carmen Kass |Women Model Management| and Noah Mills |Wilhelmina|
Photography by Mario Testino

Website: www.michaelkors.com
Michael Kors Resort 2010 collection following the jet set life of supermodels Carmen Kass and Noah Mills, takes the MK faces onto a charming shopping spree. What else are you to do when your cruiser is in port than get your hands on some new Michael Kors designs? For the first time the famed designer found inspiration in Asia, Kors promises everything is packable, just like every resort collection should be.
+ Michael Kors Fall Winter 2009.10 Campaign
+ more Carmen Kass on Design Scene

Tiiu Kuik - Elle - USA - November 2009

Tiiu Kuik - Elle - Norway

Carmen Kass : Clown

Transforming Estonian übermodel Carmen Kass into a sinister high-fashion harlequin through photograph and moving image alike, a surreal and dreamlike vision takes a nightmareish twist at the hands of Nick Knight and Panos Yiapanis in this representation of Autumn/Winter 2009-2010 fashion.

Taken from Jack The Ripper's third victim, the title Dark Annie sets the tone for this haunting and foreboding film, in which cloudy shadows and barely-glimpsed reflections at the periphery of one's vision are not as benign as we may wish.

Watch it here...Download Dark Annie-Carmen Kass

Tiiu Kuik - Harper´s Bazaar - Russia - October 2009

Miss Kass - Harper´s Bazaar - US - November 2009

No Sleep for Brooklyn - Model Volunteers at ASPCA

Ben Widdicombe

Being in fashion, Brooklyn Decker is used to working with bitches.

But now the Sports Illustrated stunner -- aka Mrs. Andy Roddick -- will soon be reporting to work at the New York ASPCA shelter, where she will be volunteering, she says, to do things like "change poopy sheets."

Oh, the glamorous life of a model!

Decker (flanked by top fashion models Estonian Tiiu Kuik and Floridian Michelle Bushwell) was at the ASPCA Young Friends Benefit in New York, where she told StyleList: "I have four animals -- dogs, plus two cats."

And does one of those animals include her husband?

"Sometimes," she said, then quickly added: "no!"

Her family menagerie includes a bulldog puppy called Billie Jean (as in King), a name selected by Mr Roddick himself.

"All of my dogs have B-names, so we wanted to giver her a B-name and Billie Jean is an idol of my husband, so we decided to call her that," she said.

Decker will be volunteering at the ASPCA's New York shelter -- which rescues 3,000 animals a year -- as part of her ongoing work with the organization.

"They have workers at the shelter every day who are volunteering doing things like changing the poopy sheets and feeding the animals and caring for them," she said of her duties.

"Anyone who wants to help can go to ASPCA.org and see what the organization does."

(And no, you don't have to change poopy sheets to get involved.)

To witness a very different take on charity work, see what Kate Moss did for a good cause.

Carmen Kass : Vogue UK - November 2009

Ph: Mario Testino

Tiiu KUIK : Rena Lange F/W 2009

Rena Lange F/W 2009

Balmain : Christophe Decarnin sets his sights on army surplus

By Hilary Alexander,

Christophe Decarnin, the designer at Balmain, who launched this winter’s craze for ripped and torn jeans for £1,000, and strong-shouldered military jackets, emblazoned with crystals, with a price tag of up to £7,000, is at it again.

For next season, the rock ‘n’ roll designer has army surplus in his sights.

His spring/summer 2010 collection, featuring catwalk stars such as Carmen Kass and Daria Werbowy, was a cross between Tina Turner in 1985’s ‘Thunderdome’, and the kind of distressed, old military cast-offs you might find in a second-hand store, mixed in with a hint of Raquel Welch in One Million Years BC.

Distressed, aged, bleached, battered and splattered with holes, many of the pieces looked as if the patterns had been cut by a sabre-toothed tiger.

Faded military frock-coats and tailcoats, came in washed-out denim, khaki cotton and leather, their shoulders dripping with gilded, chain-mail epaulettes.

Carmen Kass´s hairy legs

Supermodel carmen kass was spotted on yesterday's Emilio Pucci show, in a bit of a hairy moment. I kid you not, those weren't photoshopped pics. according to the grapevine, carmen has a strong opinion when it comes to shaving, much like Julia Roberts and Bjork.

A reader commented that "it makes her more human". I have no problems with her as a person sticking to her beliefs. But Pucci employed her as a model to make the products look good, so i am struggling to come to terms with pucci's decision, not Carmen. Gosh this is a hairy topic, much like the discussion of having colored or plus sized models on the runway.
 

click here to see the complete Emilio Pucci spring 2010 collection, and here and here for the pics in question from style.com.
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The floor actually looks different ... and since many models can be wearing the same shoes .... !

Miss Bikini Luxe Spring 2010 : “Black is Fashion”

MILAN — With supermodels Alek Wek and Sesselee as the stars of the show, Miss Bikini Luxe interprets and promotes the claim “Black is fashion” on the catwalk.

“Miss Bikini Luxe responds through social commitment in favour of black models”, explains Andrea Teofilatto, CEO of the brand, introducing the new Spring/Summer 2010 collection inspired by African Pop.

The outcry on the “not brilliant” presence of “black goddesses” in the fashion system was started by the Independent on Sunday, encouraged by the top model Naomi Campbell.

The brand thus decided to participate and offer support in drawing attention once again to the Black issue with an eclectic collection glorifying the black world; the designers Alessandra and Francesca Piacentini offered to close the catwalk show wearing the Black Shirts realised specifically for this initiative with the original claim “Black Is Fashion”, acting as exceptional testimonials for a project in favour of black & white equality.

On the catwalk, in support of the black “colleagues”, there will also be the white top models Bianca Balti and Carmen Kass, the latter being one of the few top models committed to social issues.

BEST OF BEAUTY : Miss Kass

Allure October 2009
Hair: Marc Lopez
Makeup: Tom Pecheux
Stylist: Paul Cavaco
Photographer: Mario Testino

Carmen´s sexy legs

“Lots” : According to photographer Mario Testino, the amount of “very good sex” model Carmen Kass has enjoyed.

Jean Godfrey-June reports that Testino reportedly described Kass to Michael Kors by saying, “Zees leg…you only get a leg like zees by having lots of very good sex.”

Carmen : V Magazine - Summer 2009 Editorial

Models: Carmen Kass
Photographer: Mario Testino
Stylist: Beat Bolliger
Hair: Marc Lopez
Makeup: Tom Pecheux
Special thanks to Austin Smedstad at Starworks.

Tiiu : Finland - Elle - September 2009

Ph: Marcus Ohlsson