SIMONA ANDREJIC in Central Park by photographer CAMELIA MENARD

I'm working on my website right now which will be online I hope before NY Fashion Week this September, and I asked all photographers and people I've worked with to send me the pictures that I didn't have or lost... and I just received those pictures from photographer and best friend CAMELIA MENARD, who is just an amazing beautiful blond girl who became one the most accomplished photographer in just 3 years!!! We did this shooting in Central Park with model SIMONA ANDREJIC from MARILYN AGENCY.
I was 6 month pregnant at that time and running all around with my suitcases full of clothes and accessorizes. I loved styling that shoot, first because I didn't see Camelia for ages and also because Simona was just the easiest and most beautiful girls I have seen for a long time!!! Her face is just so different but never weird always chic and perfectly in phase with the emotion of the moment.

So I wanted to share with you this warm and sunny day in Central Park last autumn in New-York city and now I feel less worried and pretty excited about the next one when I see all the beautiful projects I have to work on during this busy season!

THE ARTIST: TIGRAN TSITOGHDZYAN

I'm so proud to present my friend and accomplished artist TIGRAN TSITOGHDZYAN, he is from Armenia originally but he has been travelling all over the world since he was a kid. He got discovered very early because he is without a doubt, so talented!!!
His technique is hyperrealism and every time I show his paintings to my friend, they can't believe me when I say that it is oil on canvas and not a picture!
He takes so many hours of work, that he can't even get enough sleep. But that's what I call PASSION and DEVOTION FOR YOUR ART!!! There is nothing more beautiful than seeing somebody doing what he loves and doing it with such PERFECTION! I'm so proud that I met him, that I asked him right away (a year ago already) to organize a private exhibit, but he is so successful that he never have enough paintings in stock!!! People order it in advance and I can never get them all together at the same time!!! He promised to me that he will for September after Fashion Week, have enough paintings for me to organize this real moment of ART so I can share it with the people I love. So here are some of his latest paintings, very CONTEMPORARY and I just adore them!!! / They represent his beautiful model wife NADIA KASAKOVA and their son ALLEN.His name is maybe hard to pronounce but you will never forget him.To see all his work go to: http://www.tigran.ch

My friend SALMAN is throwing tomorrow a nice private event at THE JANE HOTEL in NEW YORK, most of all the fashion brands representatives will be there to enjoy cocktails, gossip about the latest news in "the super cool but not that important" fashion world!!! Because they will be thirsty after talking about how becoming the most successful and powerful CEO those days at SOHO HOUSE before, I think we should all go cheer them up and show them that the most important is to have fun!!!

SEE YOU THERE MY DEAR CRAZY FRIENDS

JAMIE WISE for Suitcase My Life in a video

JAMIE WISE for Suitcase My Life shooting

Dear Mr JAMIE WISE, or Mr James Dean... You were just perfect that day, you looked great, you were patient, waiting all day long with your Stephen King book that you couldn't really read because I was bothering you all the time! It was your first week in NYC, you didn't expect anything from this crazy City, but she loved you right away and booked you for the next year. Now you are a busy star, on your way to the sky, don't loose your head "baby Jamie", because she is so much fun right now! The video is so real, so you, mister player, you can fool me but not her, and you are an actor first of all, you will see what I mean after you watch it. I hope this shoot will stay historical in your career, as for me I enjoyed, no doubt. I hope to see you soon, we all love you. Thanks to PHILIPPE REYNAUD, our classy photographer, and Jamie's agent DAVID RALPH from New York Model Management. GREGORIO FRANCHETTI at the video and JAPHER FARES at the editing and SCOTT WASSERMAN for the beautiful sexy hair. Me at the production, thank you so much guys once again, I love you.

ZACH KING for SUITCASE MY LIFE!!!

Baby ZACH KING, a cute face so cute that you wanna hold him in your arms and make him kisses. Every time I met you I felt like you just wanna have fun, but in the good way, always!!! On the other hand, you know exactly what you are doing and the business you are in, you only let go when you feel safe, and I know you felt comfortable with me, your mum and your sister at THE UNION SQUARE STUDIO, we all knew that it would just be a game so I asked you what you are the best at and of course it was being yourself.

Meaning the Zach who is annoying his sister all day long, the one who can't stop making fun of his mummy, but also can't live without telling her all he has been threw during the day or who he has seen, which to me seems just normal and sane! ZACH KING is an adorable boy but a responsible kid, a kid who knows what he is doing, and how to do it but never takes himself seriously. I wish him all the best but I know he doesn't need it. ENJOY BABY, STAY YOURSELF, LIFE IS TOO SHORT BUT I KNOW THAT YOUR SMART, PATIENCE WILL BRING YOU FAR IN THIS CRAZY INDUSTRY.

NATALIA WOWCZKO For SUITCASE MY LIFE

Here it is my lovely NATALIA !!! I met you one night at 4am after a really long night, outside of Avenue... And honestly you were so pretty and stylish of course that I couldn't help it.
I had to propose you SUITCASE MY LIFE, and you had such a positive energy, you gave me your number right away and you trusted me (even if I was a little tired, hehehe!!!). The day of the shoot you were sick but you still came with the same great energy and everybody loved you! ANNELIESE TIECK did your hair and make up so nicely that you looked like you had slept forever. PHILIPPE REYNAUD our star photographer had those wonderful jewels (not fake, oui, Monsieur!) that he put around your neck, you were his princess that night! Then you showed me all your favorite clothes, Mickey t-shirt, little jean short and transparent white shirt, everything was so you, fresh and sexy! So we couldn't help it, we shot you as much as we could until you were dead, until your friend came to pick you up to remind you that you had to wake up at 6am for a job the day after and it was already half past twelve.
So thank you my baby, we really enjoyed spending this intimate time with you, and we all hope that you will like those pictures my love.

Ambrose Carter For Suitcase My Life

Ambrose is someone shy, really shy, and every time I met him, it was with Zach King (the brother of Caitlin), and once they are together their energy gets crazy!!! Trust me, the studio was sans dessus-dessous!! Philippe starting crying and Nina didn't know where to shoot anymore so we decided to ask Philippe to shoot some cool portraits of them, ask them to focus and to give us their best character and to keep them long enough without laughing so we can have them on the film! Nina Robinson our guest photographer started to shoot them for fun while eating or even fighting like puppies!!! In the end everybody had fun and we got some awesome faces and also some really cool group shots! So thank you Ambrose for all your expressions because they are really talkative on there own, you are right in the end, no time for blablabla!!!

Japher Fares for Suitcase My Life in a MOVIE!!!

Japher Fares for Suitcase My Life...

Japher, my dear anti-model, anti-fashion, anti-everything in fact!!! Except love and his big perceptions of life, there is nothing else who does really matter to him. All he want his to live his life the way he wants, not having to justify about stupid and common subjects, like how are you today? or what are you doing tonight? He just started a month ago in the modeling industry, and this pure Brooklyn knight, who always says that his style is low key makes much more noises around him than he imagines! Yes Jay, people are intrigued by you and like to know you much more, let them come in sometimes! But I guess you right, you were born in the big apple and here the key is to keep low and prove who you are to yourself first, because making it here it's being able to survive and to create for yourself the perfect life. Everybody has his own idea of life and everybody has the right to be different from what fashion portrays in the magazines! So here we are my love, you are the best example of Suitcase My Life personality, you are you, and only you know yourself...Color picture by photographer Nina Robinson, and B&W pictures by photographer Philippe Reynaud

Mood of the week...

I had the best day today with my partners in crime Barbara, Kathy and Philippe of course! A huge casting at the studio, and after tonnes of cute boys and some girls (they were only 5 girls, snif!!!), I was swamp!!! But my friend Gregorio Franchetti, the most classy and humble italian in the world ( yes it's possible!) at this fashion dinner party at The Edi & The Wolf restaurant in the east village, I needed to post something and talk to you (or myself, I have only one official follower, thanks to Georgina!!!). Yes I needed to tell you, how much I love style and fashion but how much I just can't stand fake people who makes fashion sucks!!! All those girls were wearing great outfits at this dinner party but nobody really got out of the mass, and this is so sad, because you need to be lovely inside so you can be able to shine on the outside!!! Hopefully for me I was sitting next to Ian and Denny, a lovely couple and I was having a great conversation with them who were enjoying the food as much as me and my company I hope, but they were actually also very tired so I didn't feel rude to leave the table before the dessert, so relaxing not to have to fake it! Then I came home and look for some more cool looks on the web and of course after this glamorous italian dinner, I wanted to be back in the 60's where all the girls were superficial but real!!! So here it is my dears, some nice pictures that I found who nourished my inspiration of the week. Enjoy!!!

CAITLIN KING for SUITCASE MY LIFE in a MOVIE

We did a shoot but we have to record her impressions "Au naturel" which means no make up, no hair, no stylist, only her just her, the way she is in the streets of NYC when she is running for her next big campaign!! Yes Caitlin, you gonna get it, Suitcase My life in a Movie is here to prove it! U already did it for us! We love you, I love you and I can't wait for you to see this video and tell me what you think about it! Talk to you soon cherie!

CAITLIN KING for SUITCASE MY LIFE

I met Caitlin after I met her delicious mother Barbara King at the dentist, and believe me she is the queen of her team, she also has a son Zach who is gonna be in our next Suitcase My Life, and they are both delicious new faces, she didn't just helped me style her during the shoot, she also helped produce it and thanks to her and her professionalism. Now Barbara, Caitlin and Zach will always be on the street looking for cool models and the most important of all, real people!!! They are from Brooklyn, the only part of New york who makes you become a New Yorker, and be careful, she is here and there, always watching after her babies and looking for the new upcoming top! Barbara, you are my hero, and you have all my gratitude, I hope you wanna be part of my Wonderful World because Suitcase My Life needs you!!!

SUITCASE MY LIFE!!!

"Suitcase My Life" is just everything we wanna know about our favorites new faces of the modeling business. There is no fake here, just pure, raw style out of their suitcases!!! The one they bring everywhere they have to go, the one who makes them feel home when they arrives in an hotel or in a bullshit model apartment ALL AROUND THE WORLD ( which means New-York, Paris, Milan, Tokyo, Rio or even Seoul now aahahah!!!)
So "Suitcase My life" will features on this blog only the models not their agencies, we will talk about them, their favorite looks, their favorite moments during the shoot, why they choose to wear these pants or those pair of socks, why they love or hate modeling, who they are in reality not in fakality!!! By opening their suitcase to us, they will also open their hearts, and make us feel closer to them. The pictures and videos are produced by the Passage A l'Act team at Union Squares Studios on Broadway, Philippe Reynaud is our glamorous frenchie photographer, Me Maud Yeddou the crazy stylist who is shouting and directing her wonderful world ( they still need my help, oui, oui, oui!!!) Japher fares is editing those cool videos, Anneliese is our perfect more than professional and talented hair and make up artist and soon Katharine Polk is coming to join us to do a little bit of everything (like me, she has to call, cast, book and style). We are a big family and we only love to work with passion!!!

Back into my World!!!!

Hey everybody, It has been a long time since I didn't come here to write and talk about my Wonderful World, so to start lightly, I wanna introduce you the first personn who inspired me to post again... I was at the farmers market in Union Square last friday buying fresh goat cheese when I met Marc, who really really surprised me!!! And it wasn't the fashion week, it was just a cold sunny day in the dead NYC!!! So please have a look, this guy is real and it is so good!!!