Devon Aoki

[pinkyee]

those too

 

[pinkyee]

Mutant Chronicles: Devon Aoki as Valerie Duval

 

[Annu]

Was she a model before she made her debut as an actress?
Her face is more suited for the runway..

I have always think her more as a model than an actress.. She did lots of modelling earlier, campaings like Helena Rubenstein, Chanel, Moschino

 

[ruslana rules]

Quick question - does anyone ever remember Devon doing an Anna Sui print ad (not runway pic)? I think it had to be early in her career. Speaking of early in her career, I found a couple of pics from Dazed & Confused circa 1997. This is as good a resolution as I can obtain....Enjoy!

Source: ebay.com

 

[pinkyee]

black and deep blue.....so elegant!

source: http://cache.tianya.cn/publicforum/content/no11/1/352837.shtml

there's another big photo :

http://img4.tianya.cn/photo/2007/11/5/5532057_273922.jpg

 

[m.j.]

i loved her in primal scream's video kowalski....i thought she was a real sister to kate moss.
does anyone have good screen caps from the vid?

 

[pinkyee]

i loved her in primal scream's video kowalski....i thought she was a real sister to kate moss.
does anyone have good screen caps from the vid?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRKz02IctlY



she is really cool in that MV !
post it for other people to watch !

 

[m.j.]

karma for you!
how old was she back then?
was the vid from 1997 or 1996...?

 

[pinkyee]

Interview for Fashion Week Daily

Devon Aoki is a triple threat. The model, actress, and now designer is as talented as she is beautiful. This summer, she stars in the movie War with Jet Li and Jason Statham and is launching her denim collaboration with Levi’s in Japan. Aoki chatted with Chic Report about being the Chanel bride, using a katana sword, and her little sister.

What have you been up to this summer?
This summer I have unfortunately been working and I haven’t had any vacation time yet, but I think I’m going to Italy in October for a week to relax and not worry about work.
We’re going to travel all over the country and try to see as much as we can. I want to stay in great eclectic boutique hotels and see art and history and really experience Italy. I’m excited because I have only gone there for work, when there’s no time for the touristy things.

Do you prefer being on film or on the runway?
Right now I’m really having a great time doing film projects and it has been amazing. Working on War was great. It was a fun, high adrenaline action thriller, which we shot in Canada. You go on a movie shoot and you are there for two or three months as opposed to being on a fashion shoot for a day or two. Your film family becomes like your second family. But I just shot the Hugo Boss ads. Three days of shooting with Peter Lindbergh reminded me how much I love modeling. I really can’t complain. I have the best of both worlds.

What was your favorite show of all time?
Being the bride in the Chanel show was really amazing. I did that like five times and every season I had a different wedding gown and it gives you an idea of what you want your wedding dress to look like.
Any up-and-coming models you’re keeping your eye on?
My little sister Elliot Paige Price is starting to model. I just did a story with her for French Vogue over the summer. We shot it together in Newport Beach. It’s the second shoot I’ve done with her–I did a DKNY ad with her as well. She’s in school but she’s an unbelievably multitalented 13-year-old and an amazing pianist. I definitely think she’s one to watch. It’s trippy because we look a lot alike but she’s a redhead.

You have done a lot of action movies–what’s your karate rank?
I have a black belt but I don’t know if it means that much because I think if someone came up to me on the street and tried to fight me I would run in the other direction and cower. I’m a scaredy-cat cry baby. My film persona is so different. I’m great with a katana sword so that helps, but who carries around a katana? My 100 lbs. of muscle isn’t that much. I’m subject to the laws of physics.

Do you do your own stunts?
It’s great doing your own stunts because you get a lot of credit. People think I’m badass and could clear a room if I wanted to. I take out my arsenal of weapons and people back away. I’ve run up a huge tree and done a big back flip off of it. It’s really fun and of course the bruises are not so fun but worth it in the end. What’s even more fun is watching my mom try to do some moves. She came out when I was shooting Sin City and there was my mom in the hotel room, clunking around with a katana sword. If you put my mom and me in a ring she would have the best of me. She grew up with five brothers.

Where are you living now?
I just bought a house in L.A. I’m back and forth a lot, especially to Europe. I’m tired of getting on planes and wish there was some other way to get around.

Favorite place in the world?
I love Maui. It’s so beautiful. I grew up swimming and I was on the swim team and I love spending hours and hours in the ocean snorkeling and scuba diving. You forget about everything else when you’re in the water and when you get out you discover you were floating around for four or five hours. I love Paris too. I’m a hopeless romantic. I love being lost in the city with art, history, and culture.

Are you designing at all?
I have my jeans line launching in Asia right now. I collaborate on a line with Levi’s so I am going out there for my store opening and to promote the line. It’s been a long time coming. One of the coolest designs is an adjustable zip waist you can tighten with an elegant clasp closure. I’ll go to a Spanish restaurant and eat rice and plantains and need to open the top button of my jeans. So now the waist can adjust. Plus, they’re cool looking.



source: http://blogs.fashionweekdaily.com/?p=371

 

[Annu]

^great!

 

[sethii]

wow ! Skip to 01:35

http://youtube.com/watch?v=v0I5ssCdzhE

 

[voguelover94]

yaya thanx!! i love the interview.

 

[ruslana rules]

Pinkyee - You are the bee's knees! That French editorial was new to me. Anyone know what magazine it was from - Vogue Paris? What year? Anyway, karma to you pinkyee!

 

[ruslana rules]

Alix - you asked about lancome ads. I found a couple more...





View attachment like the picture - devonaoki free fr.bmp





Source: Pic 1 - Lancome poster- ebay Pic. 2 devonaoki .free.fr Pic 3 - netnamet.vn Pic. 4 - devonaoki.free.fr - the rest are from devolution.com

 

[pinkyee]

Thanks

Pinkyee - You are the bee's knees! That French editorial was new to me. Anyone know what magazine it was from - Vogue Paris? What year? Anyway, karma to you pinkyee!

I am looking for that mag ,too~
I think it's 2007....shoot in summer....range not big~
I googled her sister's name.....but nothing comes

And she mentioned the DKNY ad .....I do remember you posted one before....
Maybe that's the one??

Devolution was my favorite site years ago untile it stoped updating for some reason~
But it still a really data base of Devon~

 

[Annu]

^i think that Vogue Paris June/July 2007 with Catherine cover and her stuff was some kind of supplement. I have that mag but it came without supplement.
I found some info:
http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3166354&postcount=283 http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3180630&postcount=294

edit. I guess it would be this ed: #994
(but I don't see pics. I remember that it was romantic/bohemian as earlier described. One pic was with a horse. I find if I find it my home computer later)

 

[Annu]

^ok, this is the ed which Royal-Galliano posted earlier:
http://www.bird-production.com/Artist/JvB/Julia.htm)

 

[pinkyee]

Wow! Annu !you are good!
Thanks for the info!!!

 

[Annu]

^you're welcome. I hope I am right

 

[pinkyee]

Devon bought this house in Beverly Hills ???

check this! http://realestalker.blogspot.com/2007/08/model-home-devon-aoki.html