Coco Rocha

[VogueElle Addict]

great cover!!!!!!!!

 

[stefanelle]

kathyisyourfriend

 

[Brighid]

^ Lovely shot Thanks for posting.

 

[discothequechic]

i think coco needs some kind of change to give her a bit of a shake up.
as much as i love her, i think shes in danger of getting a little boring and it's inevitable that models get old quickly if they've been around for a few seasons.
thoughts?

 

[82ndfrag]

Coco on the cover of W magazine (Korea), March 2008, ph. David Byun. Sorry if reposted.

scaned by janginhwa in W Korea March 2008... tread

Very nice cover!!! Coco looks great in it

 

[zig_zag]

i think coco needs some kind of change to give her a bit of a shake up.
as much as i love her, i think shes in danger of getting a little boring and it's inevitable that models get old quickly if they've been around for a few seasons.
thoughts?

yeah, i think you could have a point here. what kind of change would you like to see?

 

[izzie stevens]

i think coco needs some kind of change to give her a bit of a shake up.
as much as i love her, i think shes in danger of getting a little boring and it's inevitable that models get old quickly if they've been around for a few seasons.
thoughts?

imo, i think she is doing amazingly no matter the seasons she has been around and on the runway. she has a ferocity on the runway that no other model, i feel, currently has.

 

[westcoast1717]

From this morning's Globe and Mail

TORONTO FASHION WEEK: HOMEGROWN CATWALKER
WHEN COCO CAME TO TOWN

'Well, that was quick and easy," says a relieved Coco Rocha as she finishes her fitting at the Joe Fresh showroom in Liberty Village.

It's the day before the fashion show and Rocha, a model who skyrocketed to stardom faster than you can say mademoiselle, has become accustomed to time-intensive advertising campaigns (including Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent and Gap), magazine editorials (Vogues around the world) and runways (from Chanel couture to Dolce & Gabbana ready-to-wear).

Luckily, Joe Fresh, the Loblaws-priced, luxe-style label masterminded by Joe Mimran, does not require much fussing; there's only so much you can do to alter a classic camel-coloured shift dress. Plus, Rocha's body is well suited to being a human hanger. She's not painfully thin but her attenuated extremities are every bit envy-inducing.

After the fitting, I find myself sitting with her atop a white conference-room table. I note that her legs extend to the ground with aerodynamic exactness, whereas mine dangle. Awkwardly.

Nearby, are Rocha's mom, Juanita, a flight attendant with Air Canada, and her stepsister Lynsey Morandin, a student at York University whose mother is married to Rocha's father, Trevor Haines. Rocha's mother tells me that Coco is not her real name (which remains a closely guarded secret) but a sobriquet that stuck.

As far as entourages go, the two women seem happy to simply watch the action. They are also looking after Rocha's well-behaved new puppy, a Maltipoo (Maltese and poodle mix) named Peekaboo. He's nine weeks old and could easily fit into her gorgeous Luella handbag.

At 19, the Toronto-born, Vancouver-raised Rocha is still a teenager. But, having just purchased an apartment near Gramercy Park in Manhattan, she's grown up quickly. Although her beauty is often described as otherworldly, her attitude is down to earth. Volunteering her time at the Children's Aid Society of New York gets squeezed into her schedule when she's not in the throes of life à la mode.

"I try to go there once a week or every two weeks and hang out with the kids so they see that they can make it and still remember to never think they're all that," she says in teen-speak.

We discuss beauty secrets - no sun exposure and lip balm from Delta Airlines - and she points to a few blemishes as proof that makeup can take its toll.

Then, I ask: America's Next Top Model or Dancing with the Stars? Unlike other models, who enter the biz as gawky wallflowers, Rocha was discovered at an Irish dance competition when she was 14.

Without a second thought, she answers: "I love anything to do with dancing. Modelling, of course, is my life so I guess maybe that's why I didn't say America's Next Top Model. Dancing hasn't been a part of my life in a while and I would gladly do it now."

Not that she's indifferent to fashion. If anything, her personal style is beginning to materialize. "I like to get dressed up now," she says, naming each part of her ensemble: Anna Sui dress, Chanel leggings, 6267 blazer and vamp Max Mara booties.

She continues: "Before, I'd wear sneakers or whatever was comfortable. But when you're trying to make your own image, you have to, well, try. And I'm trying to be a little more posh, just not Posh Spice."

This haute-goth image works for Rocha. Still, there's no denying how good she looks in Joe Fresh. Today marks her first meeting with Mimran, who wanted to kick off L'Oreal Fashion Week with a bang. Rocha's agent, Alecia Bell at Elite, helped make the appearance possible.

"We just had to make sure she wasn't needed for Dior or Steven Meisel," Bell says. She is referring to possible last minute ad campaign decisions. (Meisel is the photographer who is credited for making Rocha famous.)

Meanwhile, Rocha and Mimran are deciding which looks she will wear for her day of press. Rocha announces that she's done some research. "I've been studying," she says of the spring collection. "It's none of this, like, art that you can never wear."

"It's certainly not," Mimran agrees. "It's definitely commercial."

"But it's good commercial," reassures Rocha.

Soon after we finish chatting, Jessi Cruickshank of MTV Canada arrives and the effervescent host learns some strutting and posing tips from the pro. This will be Rocha's first time walking the runway in Toronto, hence the media frenzy.

Part of what makes her such a powerhouse is her dynamic walk. But Mimran has his hopes set on Rocha doing a jig down the runway. When she did this for Jean Paul Gaultier last year, it drew more attention than the designer's collection. Bell says it's Coco's call.

Thirty-six hours later, Rocha comes out three times - including opening and closing the show. But she sticks to the walk. A wise decision if you ask me. The dance had been done before. Having her at fashion week was fresh enough

 

[Paws]

^Thanks for posting
Good article!

 

[adorkabledancerr]

Loved the article, thanks for posting!

As for change from Coco, I'm on the fence. I'm pretty new to all of this, so I'm enjoying everything that she is doing, but I'd be interested in hearing what you veteran fans would say on the subject.

 

[discothequechic]

"Rocha's mother tells me that Coco is not her real name (which remains a closely guarded secret) but a sobriquet that stuck."

(from the article above)

clearly coco isn't her real name.
would love to know what it is though.
amazingly it hasn't been revealed, unlike a certain laura hollins..

 

[leggy_e11e]

^I believe it's Michaela ...

 

[leggy_e11e]

"We just had to make sure she wasn't needed for Dior or Steven Meisel," Bell says.

Guess that means no Dior AW08 campaign for Coco ... she looked so great in the SS08 ads.

 

[discothequechic]

michaela?

hmm, now i know why shes likes to be called coco!

no offense to any michaelas out there, I just have a bad association with the name, ha!

does anyone remember the balengiaga ads she was in a few seasons back when she first made it big? those are possibly my favourite coco rocha ads to date.

 

[leggy_e11e]

^Yeah, Coco for Balenciaga was genius!! I adore those ads!

 

[izzie stevens]

^I believe it's Michaela ...

did you read that somewhere?

 

[tocceve]

she said that in several interviews

 

[leggy_e11e]

^Probably. I certainly haven't met her to ask her myself. I think it was a while back. I could be wrong, but that's been my opinion for a while ... can't remember exactly what it's founded on, sorry ... Maybe someone else has a more confirmed source?

 

[illinoise]

Article from today's National Post:


Hot Coco: Canadian supermodel spills her beauty secrets

Sarah Bancroft, National Post Published: Thursday, March 20, 2008

Photo Gap
"I'm in Canada today," Coco Rocha yells into her BlackBerry, as only a 19-year-old supermodel could. She's in Canada - specifically, Toronto - for L'Oréal Fashion Week, having just finished up fashion weeks in London and New York. We're backstage post-curtain at the Evan Biddell show. (He was the winner of Canada's Project Runway reality series.) Biddell has just presented Rocha with the écru woven leather coat that won him the competition, and she's thrilled.
"I think his dad shot - I don't even know what animal it was - and he skinned it himself and did it himself!" she trills. So, she's not the kind of model who eschews animal skins? "No, I'm not going to lie."
Just six seasons into her career, Rocha has already landed the covers of Italian Vogue and American Vogue, who named her one of the Top 10 models of 2007.
"It's been stepping stones," she says. "It could have been ‘Oh, she's No. 11.' I'm so lucky."
There also have been countless editorial spreads and runway shows, including Highland dancing in full regalia for Jean-Paul Gaultier: "My Gaultier moment - that helped my career," she says, laughing.
Naomi Campbell singled out Rocha, a dancer, her first season, telling her, "I like your walk." Her bouncy, confident gait is now her signature, the way other models are known for their hair (Gisele Bündchen) or their personal style (Kate Moss). "I hear comments like, ‘Oh, it's a dancer. Oh, it's Coco!' It's good to be able to show I'm not just a model who knows how to walk in heels."
The nearly six-foot, raven-tressed beauty of angular features and pale complexion was scouted at 14 at a Highland dancing event in Vancouver (she was raised in the suburb of Richmond). Five years later, she has purchased a Manhattan pied-à-terre and a puppy named Peek-a-boo, who has been laid low in her hotel with a cough. Although she tried to rally fellow Canuck models Lisa Cant, Julia Dunstall and Heather Marks to come to the Toronto shows, the deal fell apart. But Rocha still came to walk for Joe Fresh Style.
"It's important. Its nice to come home and - I don't want to say ‘be a celebrity' - but be able to say Canadian girls make it out there."
In the bag: What does a supermodel pack in her Luella tasselled leather bag?
Kett pressed powder
Shiseido Shimmer Stick "to touch the hot spots," a trick she learned from legendary makeup artist Pat McGrath
YSL Elle perfume (of which she is the face)
A Ziploc bag of Canadian change
Silk change purse of U.S. coins
Delta Air Lines's lip balm: "It's just amazing - makeup artists swear by it. They put it on you then they hide it."
Thakoon sunglasses
iTouch for music: "In the shows I was really psyched about Bob Sinclair. Gets you up, keeps you happy."

Copyright © 2007 CanWest Interactive, a division of CanWest MediaWorks Publications, Inc.. All rights reserved.

 

[izzie stevens]

^ she's right. bob sinclar is amazing! although they spelt his name wrong in the article.