Coco Rocha

[deboradematos]

The Gazette's Allen McInnis gets a behind the scenes snap shot of Canada's one and only Coco

elitemodel.com

 

[Ochi Chernye]

Coco was ranked #59 on AskMen.com’s Top 99 Women of 2010 list.

Victoria’s Secret and Sports Illustrated models are one thing, but haute couture models aren’t exactly the easiest sell when it comes to a male audience, unless, of course, this was Out magazine. Nevertheless, British Columbian Coco Rocha sits quite comfortably on this list at No. 59. Maybe it’s because she came into the profession accidentally after being discovered while competing in an Irish dancing competition in her early teens in Vancouver, or that she admittedly doesn’t care for Paris (a fashion world faux pas if there ever as one) or that her hometown friends had to quiz her on designers when she got started in the biz, but her quirky and sometimes goofy demeanor adds a refreshing sincerity to the fashion world. At 21 years old, she’s already an industry vet, modeling for the likes of Jean Paul Gaultier and Chanel. She might think that the word “supermodel” is something that belongs in the long lost era of the ‘90s, but Coco is proof that a model can still go by just her first name, if she’s in a league of her own.

 

[IAmLordZen]

I loved the article you quoted. It's so true. She comes off as very sincere and friendly. And a hope to other girls that they can dream and sometimes when you're in the right place in the right time, your dreams might just come true so never stop dreaming.

 

[atooomic]

Coco is proof that a model can still go by just her first name, if she’s in a league of her own

couldn't put it in better words

 

[AgrenateD]

^ i love that line

 

[Ochi Chernye]

twitter.com/jamesconran

 

[Alvedansen]

^wonder if they're watching Avatar

 

[VogueElle Addict]

Avatar 3D and she is heading to Miami so NOT HC shows

 

[francesca073]

^I don't really like the outfit I wonder if that's one of her designs too

It isn't. It's Victor de Souza.

Due to many people *coughs*Tyra Banks*coughs* over using the word fierce, it’s lost its true meaning.

Coco Rocha is fierce is the true sense of the word.

It oozing from her every pore, especially in this Victor de Souza Spring 2010 ensemble which she wore to the “3rd Annual Supima Design Competition” this week.

Victor de Souza’s Spring 2010 collection consisted of sophisticated pieces with a futuristic edge.

This we can see from Coco’s peaked blazer and plastic corseted belt.

Not many could pull this look off, but Coco does with ease.

The belt kind of reminds me of the ones presented in Christian Dior Fall 2008 Couture collection don’t you think?

Coco is launching her own fashion line for Spring 2011. I can’t wait to see what it consists of.

I can’t see her doing the girlie floral thing, and Erin Wasson’s done the grungy thing, so where does that leave Coco?

source | redcarpet-fashionawards

 

[Tom Linkens]

Avatar 3D and she is heading to Miami so NOT HC shows

Miami, and LA for the Grammy Awards.

 

[Ochi Chernye]

The meteoric runway rise of Coco Rocha

by Eva Friede

Perched on a see-saw in a grand taffeta ball gown lined in acres of tulle, Coco Rocha is slipping, almost falling. But that doesn't compromise her poise; she tries a funny face (very Audrey Hepburn), surprise and a cool couture profile as she lengthens her leg just so.

In the photo studio, a macaw, or maybe it was the cockatoo, shrieks.

The crew is used to this by now and nobody flinches.

Supermodel Rocha, who grew up in Vancouver, was in Montreal last week to shoot Ogilvy's spring catalogue, and six exotic birds were among the props, along with the see-saw and a swing.

At 21, Rocha has got it all -- an apartment in New York's Gramercy Park area, a boyfriend and a modelling portfolio to die for with covers and campaigns for the top magazines and fashion houses shot by the greats of the day. Mentored by photographer Steven Meisel at the start of her career, she's the face of Rimmel London, along with Kate Moss and Lily Donaldson.

Now, she plans to start her own line, with advice from a few of her friends like designer Zac Posen and inspiration from Balenciaga's Nicolas Ghesquiere.

She's also got a gig as fashion commentator at the Grammys this month with ET Canada. She'll tell it like she sees it, but won't be too mean, she admitted, because she might have to work with those designers at a later date.

And Rootstein, a top mannequin maker, has cast her face and figure, following models of Twiggy, Erin O'Connor, Agyness Deyn and Jade Parfitt.

Rocha's fashion line will reflect her own taste, she said, which is futuristic. She loves the Jetsons, but also Elizabethan and Tudor style. The name for the line is still in the works -- there are issues with both Coco and Rocha, she said -- and she's put a call for suggestions out on her blog, www.ohsococo.blogspot.com (So Coco, The Second Coco, COCOnut and Not So Coco are among the suggestions.)

"My first presentation -- I want it to be ‘Wow,' " she said, adding she hasn't decided whether she wants to brand it with a mega-chain like H&M or go more toward haute couture.

"I want to be taken seriously," she said. "That's the problem with models."

Rocha, accompanied on the set by her mother, Juanita Rocha, has certainly been serious about her job, speaking out about the pressure to be thin and the extent to which photos are doctored.

Last week, her professionalism, and inability to take a bad shot, impressed everyone, from Ogilvy marketing vice-president Steeve Lapierre to photographers Leda & St. Jacques and the crew. The shoot was way ahead of schedule.

Lapierre conceived the project, down to the birds, with sketches showing the pose for each page of the catalogue.

"The whole idea is about movement and light. That's why I thought about Coco. She's really the queen of movement," he said, referring to her background as a dancer. She opened a Jean Paul Gaultier show in 2007 with an Irish jig, leading Vogue to declare a "Coco moment."

"She gives you great faces. She's light and funny and happy. It works well for spring," Lapierre said.

Source

 

[marcjacobslvr]

yup its official no HC for Coco..
from her twitter:

"P.S Its true... I will not be doing haute couture this season. Heading to the Grammy's instead!!"

 

[Katnani]

OOOOHHHH.... HC without Coco?!

I'm sort of surprised she is 59# in askmen list, just because they have such a bad taste most of the time...

 

[deboradematos]

It isn't. It's Victor de Souza.


source | redcarpet-fashionawards

thanks for the info

too bad she's not doing HC
And I'm also surprised that she's in the askmen's list, but good surprised

 

[IAmLordZen]

No HC's for Coco? I will surely miss her. But happy to hear she'll be hosting the Grammy's and good luck on her clothing line!

 

[Ochi Chernye]

OOOOHHHH.... HC without Coco?!

I'm sort of surprised she is 59# in askmen list, just because they have such a bad taste most of the time...

Well, this isn't just a sexy list, it's a list based on traits beyond sex appeal, for instance the traits that they would want in an ideal companion. #59 is actually not that bad. It means people like Coco for more than just her looks.

 

[kokobombon]

Vogue Latin America December 2009
Photos by Tony Kim
Reprint from Vogue Korea October 2009 (pics posted were tagged)




my scans

 

[ErikaYoung]

coco will go to NY fashion week?

 

[Ochi Chernye]

Coco says yes

 

[Kenzofanatic]

The second season she skipped HC, that's more than sad Coco, please come back and rock the runways :/