Frida Gustavsson

[iluvjeisa]

loved the dv interview. has it been posted?

Unless someone else gets to it, I'll post it tomorrow.

 

[WerbowyStegner]

^Please post it thank you! Karma in advanced

 

[soymilkfreak]

^ likewise.

lol these pictures are so cute, I'm glad the photographer caught them in that particular moment.


memamemo.blogspot

 

[atooomic]

those shots are just precious!

 

[soymilkfreak]

Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2011 details





eastnews

 

[sleepingbeauty13]

Alexander McQueen F/W 11.12 Paris
Details



eastnews

 

[meanced]

Grandma Gustavsson She looked so good at JPG!

 

[Markesina]

Alexander Wang F/W 11

models.com

 

[soymilkfreak]

Hermes, Nina Ricci, Rick Owens, & Giambattista Valli close-ups



headpress

 

[soymilkfreak]

PFW


fashionvibe-blog

 

[diamondsandstuds]

StockholmStreetstyle

 

[Philipp Revellh]

Fashion Pyramid

A few shots taken while she was leaving the Rick Owens Show

 

[Sigren]

She looked lovely at Nina Ricci.

 

[soymilkfreak]

Chanel Fall 2011 backstage


style.it

 

[wisheee]

repost..?
I don't think I have seen this picture.


SWEDEN.SE/BLOGS

 

[soymilkfreak]

^ no, it's new to this thread
I've seen it around but didn't know the original source so thank you for posting.
I checked it again and I think it was taken at the Filippa K show for FW11 Stockholm fashion week? It says there that she styled the show I don't know how accurate it is though lol.

+ 2 more shots, both by Liselotte Watkins


sweden.se/blogs, liselottewatkins.blogspot

 

[iluvjeisa]

DV interview - Part I

Note: This was translated by me on the fly, sorry for any mistakes...


DV: How did everything start?

When I was 13 I was discovered by a modeling sout when I was at IKEA with my family. Then, my parents thought I was too young. I didn't think more about it. Then I was scouted again on the street a few years later. I went to Japan to do my first job. After that, it's all been very fast. Suddenly I was in the international fashion industry and have led a grown up's life since 15.

DV: HOw did it feel to be on the school yard one day and the next walk a show for Chanel?

It was slightly surrealistic and felt unreal. After some of my first shows I got to write autographs myself. I almost immediately found myself in a world of people and models I had been looking up to, for example Lara Stone and Maria Carla Boscono.

DV: What famous fashion people have made the most impression on you?

All designers I have met are string, burning personalities who all work in completely different ways. Even though it's huge and chaotic at the shows they know who you are. When it comes to photogrpahers it has been incredibly inspiring to work with Patrick Demarchelier. He knows exactly the moment an image works.

DV: What shows have been the most fun to walk?

There is something special about Dior and Chanel. They have heritage and you really feel the presence of history. It's magnificent.

DV: Do you have a favourite designer?

I love an look up to Raf Simons. Miuccia Prada has a good eye for what's now. When it comes to swedes I like Rodebjer and Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair, that have a form language of their own.

DV: Describe your personal style!

Youthfully dressed and somewhat masculine but in a feminine way. I build up my own style with contrasts and mix the young with the old, the expensive with the cheap. I like vintage, in particular YSL-clothing from the end of the 1960s to the early 1970s. It's fun to do my own interpretation of clothes somene else has worn.

DV: What is your favourite garment this spring?

An orange Jil Sander skirt that I wear with a simple, white T-shirt.

DV: You competed and were good at track and field before? Do you have time to work out?

I try to stay at a hotel with a gym. I like pilates and running. When I grew up I worked out every day and it felt weird to get away from that when I started modeling.

DV: What are your beauty favourites?

I seldom use make-up when I'm off work, just red lip stick sometimes. I'm careful with staying out of the sun and use a high sun protection, at least 20. In the winter I use a cream from Dermalogica and in the summer a lighter one from Origins. For the body I use a tremendous oil from Nuxe. My skin has gotten better since I stopped eating red meat last summer.

 

[iluvjeisa]

DV interview - Part II

DV: What is the best thing about being a model?

It's fun to build a character, to be someone else by the help of make-up and clothes. Obviously, it feels fantastic when Karl Lagerfeld comes up to you and, for instance, comments that I'm from Sweden or when I get a hand-written greeting card from John Galliano. Or when I'm told I'm the only one who can do a certain Dior dress justice at a show. That is flattering an a fantastic affirmatin. I get to travel a lot and meet wonderful people. It is like constantly being exposed to an insanely marvellous inspirational bomb. Modeling life is lovely but also difficult.

DV: What are the drawbacks?

You don't have much of a foundation and no routines with new people, environments and travel all the time. You are often alone and exposed and have to be on top of it all and able to perform. The competition is fierce and you have to be mentally strong to make it as a model. It's not always lots of fun.

DV: What is the secret behind your success?

I have never dreamed about being a model, it just happened that way. Then I decided to make the best of it and see what would happen. Right in the middle of all this I still have a pretty relaxed attitude. And perhaps that is the secret. I have distance at the same time as I'm passionate about what I do. The fashion world is fleeting and success does not last forever.

DV: What do you do in order to relax?

These days I see to it to take and extra day for each place I go to. Then, I just walk around and look at people and visit museums. Also, I rarely go to fashion events and I prefer to spend time with people outside the business to get a little distance. I like to watch a movie, go to the theatre or to a coffee shop with a friend when I'm off from work.

DV: You just bought an apartment in Stockholm. Why did you choose to not live in a larger city?

I feel at home here and I like it in Stockholm. It's nice that there's not a lot going on and it's comparatively comfortable and safe.

DV: Along with your meteoric rise you have also continued high school and you are graduating this summer. How have you been able to do both?

The theoretical subjects I have studied off campus, and the practical on campus. When I come home to Sweden I go to school and lead a normal life. I wanted to get high school done right away. I think studying is important and finished Junior High with the highest grade in all subjects. Now, I'm studying the last semester at the crafts program at the gymnasium (loosely translated, Senior high school), specializing on textile and design. I like to sew, paint and sculpt.

DV: What are you doing in ten years?

I'm interested in styling and building different types of styles. Things happen in my life all the time now. Who knows, maybe I will tire of the fashion industry and do something completely different instead.

THE END

 

[rox_yr_sox]

DV interview - Part I
DV: Describe your personal style!

Youthfully dressed and somewhat masculine but in a feminine way. I build up my own style with contrasts and mix the young with the old, the expensive with the cheap. I like vintage, in particular YSL-clothing from the end of the 1960s to the early 1970s. It's fun to do my own interpretation of clothes somene else has worn.

Ah ha ha! Frida describes herself as "youthfully dressed"! You don't see many 17 year olds dressed like Frida. I don't mind her style at all, but it is certainly not youthful; if anything it is overly mature!

 

[iluvjeisa]

Ah ha ha! Frida describes herself as "youthfully dressed"! You don't see many 17 year olds dressed like Frida. I don't mind her style at all, but it is certainly not youthful; if anything it is overly mature!

Oh man, that was the weakest point of my translation She actually says "Ungt dressad" which is hard to translate. Dressad is more than dressed, really, but I can't describe it. Dressed you can be whether you care or not "dressad" means sort of conscious dressing. Maybe preppy is the right word.