Section: Features, Interview, pg. 10 - Style
The cult of the supermodel is giving way to a more fragile femininity, and
everyone's eyes are on a Canadian teenager. Claudia Croft meets the face of the future [FONT="]Jessica[/FONT] [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] wanted to be a dentist, but fate (and fashion) intervened.
Walking into the studio dressed in a sweatshirt, jeans and beaten-up trainers,
she looks more like she is headed for the sixth-form common room than a fashion
shoot, but then models these days are not the big personalities they once were.
Naomi's rages, Kate's partying, Claudia's babies, Cindy's business empire
-these women are celebrities. With [FONT="]Jessica[/FONT] [FONT="]Stam[/FONT], one of the biggest girls in
the new wave of models, it's all about the looks. In just two years, [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] (as she's known) has become one of the most sought
after faces in the fashion world. Something about her fragile beauty seems to have struck a chord with the times: the strong women of the supermodel-obsessed
1990s have made way for gentler, more delicate faces. It was the photographer Steven Meisel who made [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] who she is today. "He
changed me," she says. Before she met Meisel, [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] was just another 16-year-old
model struggling to make ends meet in a flat share in New York. "The only place
I had to myself was a top bunk and my suitcase." Eighteen years ago, Meisel discovered another Canadian schoolgirl, and his
obsession turned her into one of the world's most famous faces. Her name is Linda Evangelista. As soon as he set eyes on [FONT="]Stam[/FONT], Meisel pounced, casting her
in every ad campaign he did. He made her dye her hair often -at one point she
was changing the colour every week -and the effect, as with Evangelista, was an
intriguing chameleon-like quality. Campaigns for Versace and Prada led to shoots for Italian and American Vogue,
and suddenly [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] was a star. "I guess I'm his muse," she says of her mentor,
but the admiration clearly goes both ways. "He brings out the best in me. He's
inspired by works of art, old movies and paintings. If you work with him, you
learn about the same things." Not bad for a girl who grew up on a farm in the
Canadian coastal town of Kincardine. "I didn't know what modelling was," she
says in her soft, unassuming voice. [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] was raised in a God-fearing family
alongside six boisterous brothers. The biggest influence on her young life was
the church. "I had a religious upbringing," she says, and describes how she
sang in the choir and performed plays in front of the congregation. One day, while returning from a trip to an amusement park, [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] was spotted in
her local coffee shop by the model scout Michele Miller. "Her hair was adisaster. She had a perm and had been dyeing it blonde. It was this awful
yellowy orange," Miller says. "Boys ignored me," agrees [FONT="]Stam[/FONT]. "I never thought
I was gorgeous." Surprisingly, [FONT="]Stam's[/FONT] pious parents wholeheartedly approved of their daughter's
career choice. "They told me that this was my moment. They believe this
opportunity was given to me and I have to go with it." In between cover shoots, catwalk shows and interviews, [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] studies by
correspondence and is about to complete her Canadian high school education, but
church has fallen by the wayside. "It was a good base to grow up on, but I'm
not so religious any more," she explains with a hint of guilt. Nevertheless,
for a successful 18-year-old living alone in New York, she has so far resisted
the sinful temptations of the industry. "There are tons of parties," she says,
"but I'm not really into it. You can have fun and not get caught up in drugs
and alcohol." Despite her success, there's nothing of the diva about her, and she displays a
sage attitude to her chosen profession. "With modelling, you are judged on your
looks. It's easy to take that personally, but you have to realise that it's
only your appearance that's being judged, not you as a whole. If you didn't,
you'd be destroyed." Watch this face. Copyright (C) The Sunday Times, 2004
source: EBSCOhost
The cult of the supermodel is giving way to a more fragile femininity, and
everyone's eyes are on a Canadian teenager. Claudia Croft meets the face of the future [FONT="]Jessica[/FONT] [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] wanted to be a dentist, but fate (and fashion) intervened.
Walking into the studio dressed in a sweatshirt, jeans and beaten-up trainers,
she looks more like she is headed for the sixth-form common room than a fashion
shoot, but then models these days are not the big personalities they once were.
Naomi's rages, Kate's partying, Claudia's babies, Cindy's business empire
-these women are celebrities. With [FONT="]Jessica[/FONT] [FONT="]Stam[/FONT], one of the biggest girls in
the new wave of models, it's all about the looks. In just two years, [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] (as she's known) has become one of the most sought
after faces in the fashion world. Something about her fragile beauty seems to have struck a chord with the times: the strong women of the supermodel-obsessed
1990s have made way for gentler, more delicate faces. It was the photographer Steven Meisel who made [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] who she is today. "He
changed me," she says. Before she met Meisel, [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] was just another 16-year-old
model struggling to make ends meet in a flat share in New York. "The only place
I had to myself was a top bunk and my suitcase." Eighteen years ago, Meisel discovered another Canadian schoolgirl, and his
obsession turned her into one of the world's most famous faces. Her name is Linda Evangelista. As soon as he set eyes on [FONT="]Stam[/FONT], Meisel pounced, casting her
in every ad campaign he did. He made her dye her hair often -at one point she
was changing the colour every week -and the effect, as with Evangelista, was an
intriguing chameleon-like quality. Campaigns for Versace and Prada led to shoots for Italian and American Vogue,
and suddenly [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] was a star. "I guess I'm his muse," she says of her mentor,
but the admiration clearly goes both ways. "He brings out the best in me. He's
inspired by works of art, old movies and paintings. If you work with him, you
learn about the same things." Not bad for a girl who grew up on a farm in the
Canadian coastal town of Kincardine. "I didn't know what modelling was," she
says in her soft, unassuming voice. [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] was raised in a God-fearing family
alongside six boisterous brothers. The biggest influence on her young life was
the church. "I had a religious upbringing," she says, and describes how she
sang in the choir and performed plays in front of the congregation. One day, while returning from a trip to an amusement park, [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] was spotted in
her local coffee shop by the model scout Michele Miller. "Her hair was adisaster. She had a perm and had been dyeing it blonde. It was this awful
yellowy orange," Miller says. "Boys ignored me," agrees [FONT="]Stam[/FONT]. "I never thought
I was gorgeous." Surprisingly, [FONT="]Stam's[/FONT] pious parents wholeheartedly approved of their daughter's
career choice. "They told me that this was my moment. They believe this
opportunity was given to me and I have to go with it." In between cover shoots, catwalk shows and interviews, [FONT="]Stam[/FONT] studies by
correspondence and is about to complete her Canadian high school education, but
church has fallen by the wayside. "It was a good base to grow up on, but I'm
not so religious any more," she explains with a hint of guilt. Nevertheless,
for a successful 18-year-old living alone in New York, she has so far resisted
the sinful temptations of the industry. "There are tons of parties," she says,
"but I'm not really into it. You can have fun and not get caught up in drugs
and alcohol." Despite her success, there's nothing of the diva about her, and she displays a
sage attitude to her chosen profession. "With modelling, you are judged on your
looks. It's easy to take that personally, but you have to realise that it's
only your appearance that's being judged, not you as a whole. If you didn't,
you'd be destroyed." Watch this face. Copyright (C) The Sunday Times, 2004
source: EBSCOhost
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sethii said:This is scaryas stam walks, the studio lights are wobbling and the crowd are going 'oooohhhh' 'aaaaaaaa' that why she was smiling
brave stam
Viktor&Rolf AW07 video
vogue.fr
http://static.vogue.fr/video/2007/03/viktor.flv
omg that show was so stupid, all you can see is those girls struggling to walk and balance
Glam Stam
Section: Beauty Star
Jessica Stam tells us what it's really like cruising in modeling's fast lane
In just over two years, Canadian model Jessica Stam left her homestead in Kincardine, Ont., moved to New York's East Village and became the next big thing on the international modeling scene. She's been on the cover of Italian Vogue and this month's FLARE and in major campaigns for Prada, plus you'll see her starring in the new cK One campaign starting in January. We're happy to report her stardom started in our pages. She recalls: "My first job was for FLARE. We shot it at a country fair somewhere and it was freezing cold and very exciting. I was nervous because there were so many people watching me."
STAM, I AM We chatted with Stam (she goes by her surname) about her life as a model. She may work with the best in the business, but she's still your average 18-year-old: she loves junk food, suffers the occasional breakout and remains close to her family. The one difference is she's living in the high-speed world of fashion and doing it like a pro.
Q: Best beauty habit?
A: Washing my face every night and every morning. Moisturizing every day and wearing sunscreen so I don't get skin cancer.
Q: What do you do when you have a really important go-see and you have a big blemish?
A: I normally don't worry about it too much because I know they can retouch [pictures] and it's not that big a deal. I'm 18 years old--I'm gonna get pimples. If I didn't, it wouldn't be normal, so I just expect it.
Q: What do you eat to keep your energy up?
A: I have an omelette in the morning and maybe vegetables and some grilled fish for lunch, or salad, then some sushi for dinner. I love sushi.
Q: What's your favourite junk food?
A: Oreos dunked in peanut butter. No. Fudgee-Os and peanut butter. That's so good.
Q: You're known for changing your hair a lot. Whose hair do you wish you had?
A: Whose got good hair? I don't know. I love my hair. I just want my hair to be long and healthy, not falling out and damaged.
Q: Which model do you admire most?
A: I look up to most of the girls in this business because it's hard when you're working every single day from 8 in the morning till 11 o'clock at night.
Q: What's the best advice you've received about success?
A: Be smart and hide your money away like a little squirrel so you don't walk out of this business in five years and have nothing. I've gotten that advice from a lot of people and it's really true.
Q: What's the beat advice your mom and dad ever gave you?
A: Never forget where you come from. Never forget that you grew up on a farm in Kincardine.
FLARE beauty Purple eyeshadow spells g-l-a-m, especially in a matte powder finish, try: Lancôme Colour Focus Exceptional Wear EyeColour in Contrast, $23.
WHAT'S IN STAM'S BEAUTY BAG?
• "Rose water is always good to spray on your face to keep hydrated when you're flying."
• Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils in Burgundy, $33. "Since I've got blue eyes, it looks cool."
• "My hair was so damaged from bleaching it from black to blond and vice versa, so I used Dr. Hauschka's Neem Hair Oil, [100 mL, $34]. I put it on every night and washed it out in the morning."
source: EBSCOhost
flare magazine- dec.2005
Six brothers keep model down to earth Parents are amused but a little worried
Section: Fashion, pg. C04
They may have created a world-class supermodel.
But Rick and Debbie Stam, pig farmers from Kincardine, Ont., aren't seeking any credit. They are more at ease in the background watching as scouts, managers, agents, stylists and makeup artists fuss over their daughter.
They are amused by the exotic photos that have been appearing on the covers of and inside major fashion magazines around the world. But neither of them has actually seen her on a runway, though Jessica has worked them all. "That is something I would love to see in person," says Debbie, who also runs an in-home day care centre for preschoolers on the family farm.
In this beauty-based industry, where good bones are key, the real creators are often overlooked.
"I see she's got Debbie's eyes," says Rick, "and my dad's full lips. And in one picture she is standing exactly the way my mother used to stand."
Debbie adds, "She's got Rick's long legs," though height runs through both sides of the family.
With Jessica and her six brothers - Nathan, 22, Aaron, 19, Matt, 16, Christopher, 14, Justin, 11, and Micah, 9 - and a massive pig and cash crop operation to manage on their farm about 20 kilometres east of Kincardine, Jessica's parents had no idea they were also raising an international beauty.
The whole family was in Barrie on Sunday for a model search event, even Aaron, who had just returned from a six-month tour of duty with the Canadian Forces in Bosnia. The boys, who display a range of personalities from placid to playful, are clearly chuffed that their sister has reached such heights.
"Someone commented once when she was around 11 that she was pretty and should consider modelling," said her mother. But no steps were taken.
Even Jessica hadn't considered the possibilities until she was cornered in the parking lot of a Tim Hortons by Barrie-based scout Michele Miller.
"I wasn't known for being the pretty girl at school. Boys didn't like me at all," she says.
That's changed over the past two years. Jessica rose quickly and spent little time in the trenches, no Sears catalogues, no cheesy mall runway shows, no irritating freebies ... the life of a struggling unknown model.
Now, with her own apartment in New York's East Village, a new photographer boyfriend and travelling constantly to Europe and Asia, Jessica is enjoying the kind of life teen-style revenge movies are made of. Those same boys she grew up with pay attention when Jessica goes back home for brief visits.
Too little, too late, laughs the remarkably cool looking Jessica, wearing a slightly faded pair of flared jeans, a snug pink shirt, brown wallabies and a shrunken navy blazer. Her hair is still a little pink, the faint remnants of an orange dye job requested by renowned fashion photographer Steven Meisel, whom she casually calls just "Steven."
Jessica, who has been on the cover of Italian Vogue three times, was in Barrie to participate in a model search event organized by Miller, president of International Model Management.
This week was amazingly typical for the Kincardine teen. Monday morning she flew to London, England, for an H&M catalogue shoot, a cover shoot for the magazine Dazed & Confused as well as a "10-page, one-girl" photo spread for I.D. magazine. Then she's back in New York tomorrow for more assignments over the weekend.
"I'm pretty much working all the time now," she says, as we chat at the Roxx nightclub in Barrie on a rainy afternoon, hours before the model search event. I lean toward her and ask (not really expecting an answer), if she's a millionaire.
Jessica blusters for a moment and giggles, "No. I just turned 18."
It is telling, however, that she had to think about it.
There's a tired joke that Linda Evangelista quipped once that she wouldn't get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day. Miller knows the anecdote well and says Jessica is at that level. "It's a joke. But it's the truth, too." Miller adds, "Ask her again in a year if she's a millionaire. The answer may be different."
For now, Jessica has financial advisers who help her handle her money. And she hopes to stop renting soon. "Just a small apartment in New York would be nice."
Like other models on the verge of becoming stars, Jessica is still waiting for "the big makeup or perfume campaign." Runway shows and editorial shoots are small potatoes compared to the money earned by models who sign exclusive deals to promote cosmetics or fragrances. Jessica has been short-listed. But apart from a photo assignment for the Anna Sui fragrance, there have been no contracts.
Jessica, who is trying to get her high school diploma through correspondence courses (though she admits finding time for studying is difficult), acknowledges her stay at the top could be short lived.
In farmer's parlance, she's making hay. She hasn't been a star so long that she forgets her life as a farmer's daughter. At the time Jessica was scouted, she was considering a part-time job at a Tim Hortons, had just finished her lifeguard certificate and had been offered a position at a children's camp. "I grew up on a farm. I was in Grade 10 when this all happened. I feel sometimes that I've grown up at warp speed. This job makes you really mature quickly."
Jessica is quick to underline that the era of the out-of-control teen model living the high life in New York and Paris simply doesn't exist any more. She is convinced the whole cocaine and booze thing is so eight years ago.
"Back then models could get away with being divas. We all work too hard. And the bottom line is you get so much further ahead by being nice and helpful." These are rules of engagement she learned growing up on a hectic farm with six brothers. As Jessica will attest, they keep a girl real.
Speaking of divas, Jessica had an opportunity to meet Evangelista, notorious for being the mother of all divas. They came face to face at a Versace fashion show in Milan last year.
"She was sitting off in a little room waiting for the show to start and I was really nervous but I went up to her and told her I was Canadian. She is so gorgeous. She was great and gave me great advice, to keep my head on my shoulders and to manage my money."
Jessica feels the two Canadian models have a lot in common despite the 20-year age gap. "We both love changing our hairstyles and colour," she says. (In a short period Jessica has had black, blonde, brown, pink and purple hair. She has been most recognizable by her Louise Brooks bob. Now she is growing it long, a look she personally prefers.) And they both have enviable reputations among photographers, particularly Meisel, for being able to convey an emotion or a character in a single image.
Aware that modelling is a fickle industry, Jessica is considering acting as a second career. She has displayed glimpses of her abilities at a Chanel show, when she was asked to climb, like a cat, along a boardwalk railing on her hands and knees, and also in an Alexander McQueen fashion show when she had to play an exhausted dancer in a "They Shoot Horses Don't They" marathon.
The self-deprecating model beams, "I've never fallen down," though she confesses, "I still get freaked out on the runway sometimes."
For many fashion designers and photographers, Jessica's qualities are immediately apparent.
But she reacts like it's all beyond her control. "Some say it's my eyes. Others say I've got the look of a silent film actress. Others like that I can take on a character and portray it the way they want. I guess it's something that catches people's eyes and holds their interest."
And back on the farm Rick and Debbie, the source of all this fuss, deal as best they can with their mixed emotions, a lot of pride and a little worry.
Copyright (c) 2004 Toronto Star, All Rights Reserved.
source: EBSCOhost
Section: Fashion, pg. C04
They may have created a world-class supermodel.
But Rick and Debbie Stam, pig farmers from Kincardine, Ont., aren't seeking any credit. They are more at ease in the background watching as scouts, managers, agents, stylists and makeup artists fuss over their daughter.
They are amused by the exotic photos that have been appearing on the covers of and inside major fashion magazines around the world. But neither of them has actually seen her on a runway, though Jessica has worked them all. "That is something I would love to see in person," says Debbie, who also runs an in-home day care centre for preschoolers on the family farm.
In this beauty-based industry, where good bones are key, the real creators are often overlooked.
"I see she's got Debbie's eyes," says Rick, "and my dad's full lips. And in one picture she is standing exactly the way my mother used to stand."
Debbie adds, "She's got Rick's long legs," though height runs through both sides of the family.
With Jessica and her six brothers - Nathan, 22, Aaron, 19, Matt, 16, Christopher, 14, Justin, 11, and Micah, 9 - and a massive pig and cash crop operation to manage on their farm about 20 kilometres east of Kincardine, Jessica's parents had no idea they were also raising an international beauty.
The whole family was in Barrie on Sunday for a model search event, even Aaron, who had just returned from a six-month tour of duty with the Canadian Forces in Bosnia. The boys, who display a range of personalities from placid to playful, are clearly chuffed that their sister has reached such heights.
"Someone commented once when she was around 11 that she was pretty and should consider modelling," said her mother. But no steps were taken.
Even Jessica hadn't considered the possibilities until she was cornered in the parking lot of a Tim Hortons by Barrie-based scout Michele Miller.
"I wasn't known for being the pretty girl at school. Boys didn't like me at all," she says.
That's changed over the past two years. Jessica rose quickly and spent little time in the trenches, no Sears catalogues, no cheesy mall runway shows, no irritating freebies ... the life of a struggling unknown model.
Now, with her own apartment in New York's East Village, a new photographer boyfriend and travelling constantly to Europe and Asia, Jessica is enjoying the kind of life teen-style revenge movies are made of. Those same boys she grew up with pay attention when Jessica goes back home for brief visits.
Too little, too late, laughs the remarkably cool looking Jessica, wearing a slightly faded pair of flared jeans, a snug pink shirt, brown wallabies and a shrunken navy blazer. Her hair is still a little pink, the faint remnants of an orange dye job requested by renowned fashion photographer Steven Meisel, whom she casually calls just "Steven."
Jessica, who has been on the cover of Italian Vogue three times, was in Barrie to participate in a model search event organized by Miller, president of International Model Management.
This week was amazingly typical for the Kincardine teen. Monday morning she flew to London, England, for an H&M catalogue shoot, a cover shoot for the magazine Dazed & Confused as well as a "10-page, one-girl" photo spread for I.D. magazine. Then she's back in New York tomorrow for more assignments over the weekend.
"I'm pretty much working all the time now," she says, as we chat at the Roxx nightclub in Barrie on a rainy afternoon, hours before the model search event. I lean toward her and ask (not really expecting an answer), if she's a millionaire.
Jessica blusters for a moment and giggles, "No. I just turned 18."
It is telling, however, that she had to think about it.
There's a tired joke that Linda Evangelista quipped once that she wouldn't get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day. Miller knows the anecdote well and says Jessica is at that level. "It's a joke. But it's the truth, too." Miller adds, "Ask her again in a year if she's a millionaire. The answer may be different."
For now, Jessica has financial advisers who help her handle her money. And she hopes to stop renting soon. "Just a small apartment in New York would be nice."
Like other models on the verge of becoming stars, Jessica is still waiting for "the big makeup or perfume campaign." Runway shows and editorial shoots are small potatoes compared to the money earned by models who sign exclusive deals to promote cosmetics or fragrances. Jessica has been short-listed. But apart from a photo assignment for the Anna Sui fragrance, there have been no contracts.
Jessica, who is trying to get her high school diploma through correspondence courses (though she admits finding time for studying is difficult), acknowledges her stay at the top could be short lived.
In farmer's parlance, she's making hay. She hasn't been a star so long that she forgets her life as a farmer's daughter. At the time Jessica was scouted, she was considering a part-time job at a Tim Hortons, had just finished her lifeguard certificate and had been offered a position at a children's camp. "I grew up on a farm. I was in Grade 10 when this all happened. I feel sometimes that I've grown up at warp speed. This job makes you really mature quickly."
Jessica is quick to underline that the era of the out-of-control teen model living the high life in New York and Paris simply doesn't exist any more. She is convinced the whole cocaine and booze thing is so eight years ago.
"Back then models could get away with being divas. We all work too hard. And the bottom line is you get so much further ahead by being nice and helpful." These are rules of engagement she learned growing up on a hectic farm with six brothers. As Jessica will attest, they keep a girl real.
Speaking of divas, Jessica had an opportunity to meet Evangelista, notorious for being the mother of all divas. They came face to face at a Versace fashion show in Milan last year.
"She was sitting off in a little room waiting for the show to start and I was really nervous but I went up to her and told her I was Canadian. She is so gorgeous. She was great and gave me great advice, to keep my head on my shoulders and to manage my money."
Jessica feels the two Canadian models have a lot in common despite the 20-year age gap. "We both love changing our hairstyles and colour," she says. (In a short period Jessica has had black, blonde, brown, pink and purple hair. She has been most recognizable by her Louise Brooks bob. Now she is growing it long, a look she personally prefers.) And they both have enviable reputations among photographers, particularly Meisel, for being able to convey an emotion or a character in a single image.
Aware that modelling is a fickle industry, Jessica is considering acting as a second career. She has displayed glimpses of her abilities at a Chanel show, when she was asked to climb, like a cat, along a boardwalk railing on her hands and knees, and also in an Alexander McQueen fashion show when she had to play an exhausted dancer in a "They Shoot Horses Don't They" marathon.
The self-deprecating model beams, "I've never fallen down," though she confesses, "I still get freaked out on the runway sometimes."
For many fashion designers and photographers, Jessica's qualities are immediately apparent.
But she reacts like it's all beyond her control. "Some say it's my eyes. Others say I've got the look of a silent film actress. Others like that I can take on a character and portray it the way they want. I guess it's something that catches people's eyes and holds their interest."
And back on the farm Rick and Debbie, the source of all this fuss, deal as best they can with their mixed emotions, a lot of pride and a little worry.
Copyright (c) 2004 Toronto Star, All Rights Reserved.
source: EBSCOhost
Stam to headline Barrie model search
Section: Fashion, pg. D03
Are models born or made?
The truth is a little of both.
Take Jessica Stam.
The Kincardine native's cool gaze can be seen in virtually every top magazine at the moment.
But when Michele Miller, president of International Model Management in Barrie first laid eyes on Stam in a Tim Hortons on Highway 400 back in the summer of 2002, she was ... well ...a mess.
"She was on her way home from Canada's Wonderland with her dad and some friends. She had been on the water ride that day and her hair was wet and her makeup was running down her face. She was wearing a big baggy sweatshirt and I remember thinking, 'I wonder what her body is like under there?' But she had these incredible cat eyes that jumped out at me and she was tall - 5' 10" - and slim."
Miller chased Stam out to the parking lot and, since it was late in the evening, slipped her a card and said if she was interested to come in for an appointment. Stam brought her parents along and once they decided to pursue things, Stam moved to Barrie and a major renovation was under way. Miller tactfully refers to Stam's makeover as five months of "development."
"There was lots we had to change," Miller says. "Her hair was a disaster. She had a perm and had been dying it blonde and it was this awful yellowy orange. We cut it off and dyed it brown. She wore lots of dark eyeliner all the way around her eyes." That had to go. "And she had a bit of acne, so I took her to a dermatologist where she finally found Proactive worked the best."
Then the two packed their bags for Paris. "Things happened really, really fast," Miller recalls. "Photographer Michel Comte booked her right away for German Vogue, and Mario Testino put her in the MiuMiu campaign."
By then there was no looking back. Stam has three Italian Vogue covers to her credit and appears in ads for Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Versus and Alexander McQueen.
Stam, who is now 17, will be nipping back to Barrie on April 25 for the 11th Annual Cover Model Search at The Roxx nightclub. Miller is bringing in scouts from IMG Models in New York, London and Paris and Bravo in Tokyo for the event. Contestants will be narrowed down that afternoon and the finalists will strut their stuff on the catwalk that evening. Stam, and fellow International Model Management models such as Michelle Valencourt and up-and-comer Andi Muise will appear in a show of fashions from Holt Renfrew, Eryn Reid and Barrie's Q-4 vintage boutique.
Registration is free - an investment for Miller since, as the mother agent, she is entitled to 10 per cent of her models' gross earnings for whatever period is negotiated with the foreign agencies.
For more information, see www.michelesintl.com, the IMM Web site.
CHANELLING CHANEL: Stam has appeared in so many fashion shows during the past two seasons in both Europe and New York that we had plenty of images to choose from for this week's cover. But the decision was easy once we laid eyes on Stam in the pastel tweed jacket she wore during the spring 2004 Chanel show in Paris. That one item is the must-have of the season (and I haven't bought one yet!). While doing the look head-to-toe might have a cheeky irony on a teen or twentysomething, I'm more inclined to wear it like Uma Thurman, Nicole Kidman, Kylie Minogue and The O.C.'s Mischa Barton with a tank top, jeans and heels.
According to The Guardian newspaper, the style was also a favourite choice for the Queen's "women of distinction" luncheon at Buckingham Palace recently. British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman donned a white Chanel jacket with mismatched skirt and boots for the occasion and Jemima Khan and Sam Taylor-Wood turned up in identical navy jackets with white buttons and trim.
Coco Chanel's original cardigan jacket, inspired by a traditional Tyrolean garment, helped re-establish her as a style leader in the '50s when she reopened her couture house after World War II. The Chanel jacket is coveted for its exclusive tweeds with matching linings, and gilt chain handstitched to the inside hem, a trick that helps the jacket hold its shape.
While nothing will come near the real thing in terms of quality, and Chanel lawyers pounce if they sense any misuse of the term "Chanel jacket," the look can be had at all price ranges right down to H&M and Zara. Oddly enough, other designers are copying the style, too. Dolce & Gabbana sent tweedy jackets down its spring runway over hot pants and ruffled frocks. Marc Jacobs did knitted cardigan jackets over romantic camisoles and capris.
If you still want the real McCoy, brace yourself. Chanel jackets start at $2,500. But there are usually a few previously loved finds floating around for much less on www.ebay.ca.
Bernadette Morra is the Star's fashion editor.
Copyright (c) 2004 Toronto Star, All Rights Reserved.
source: EBSCOhost
Section: Fashion, pg. D03
Are models born or made?
The truth is a little of both.
Take Jessica Stam.
The Kincardine native's cool gaze can be seen in virtually every top magazine at the moment.
But when Michele Miller, president of International Model Management in Barrie first laid eyes on Stam in a Tim Hortons on Highway 400 back in the summer of 2002, she was ... well ...a mess.
"She was on her way home from Canada's Wonderland with her dad and some friends. She had been on the water ride that day and her hair was wet and her makeup was running down her face. She was wearing a big baggy sweatshirt and I remember thinking, 'I wonder what her body is like under there?' But she had these incredible cat eyes that jumped out at me and she was tall - 5' 10" - and slim."
Miller chased Stam out to the parking lot and, since it was late in the evening, slipped her a card and said if she was interested to come in for an appointment. Stam brought her parents along and once they decided to pursue things, Stam moved to Barrie and a major renovation was under way. Miller tactfully refers to Stam's makeover as five months of "development."
"There was lots we had to change," Miller says. "Her hair was a disaster. She had a perm and had been dying it blonde and it was this awful yellowy orange. We cut it off and dyed it brown. She wore lots of dark eyeliner all the way around her eyes." That had to go. "And she had a bit of acne, so I took her to a dermatologist where she finally found Proactive worked the best."
Then the two packed their bags for Paris. "Things happened really, really fast," Miller recalls. "Photographer Michel Comte booked her right away for German Vogue, and Mario Testino put her in the MiuMiu campaign."
By then there was no looking back. Stam has three Italian Vogue covers to her credit and appears in ads for Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Versus and Alexander McQueen.
Stam, who is now 17, will be nipping back to Barrie on April 25 for the 11th Annual Cover Model Search at The Roxx nightclub. Miller is bringing in scouts from IMG Models in New York, London and Paris and Bravo in Tokyo for the event. Contestants will be narrowed down that afternoon and the finalists will strut their stuff on the catwalk that evening. Stam, and fellow International Model Management models such as Michelle Valencourt and up-and-comer Andi Muise will appear in a show of fashions from Holt Renfrew, Eryn Reid and Barrie's Q-4 vintage boutique.
Registration is free - an investment for Miller since, as the mother agent, she is entitled to 10 per cent of her models' gross earnings for whatever period is negotiated with the foreign agencies.
For more information, see www.michelesintl.com, the IMM Web site.
CHANELLING CHANEL: Stam has appeared in so many fashion shows during the past two seasons in both Europe and New York that we had plenty of images to choose from for this week's cover. But the decision was easy once we laid eyes on Stam in the pastel tweed jacket she wore during the spring 2004 Chanel show in Paris. That one item is the must-have of the season (and I haven't bought one yet!). While doing the look head-to-toe might have a cheeky irony on a teen or twentysomething, I'm more inclined to wear it like Uma Thurman, Nicole Kidman, Kylie Minogue and The O.C.'s Mischa Barton with a tank top, jeans and heels.
According to The Guardian newspaper, the style was also a favourite choice for the Queen's "women of distinction" luncheon at Buckingham Palace recently. British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman donned a white Chanel jacket with mismatched skirt and boots for the occasion and Jemima Khan and Sam Taylor-Wood turned up in identical navy jackets with white buttons and trim.
Coco Chanel's original cardigan jacket, inspired by a traditional Tyrolean garment, helped re-establish her as a style leader in the '50s when she reopened her couture house after World War II. The Chanel jacket is coveted for its exclusive tweeds with matching linings, and gilt chain handstitched to the inside hem, a trick that helps the jacket hold its shape.
While nothing will come near the real thing in terms of quality, and Chanel lawyers pounce if they sense any misuse of the term "Chanel jacket," the look can be had at all price ranges right down to H&M and Zara. Oddly enough, other designers are copying the style, too. Dolce & Gabbana sent tweedy jackets down its spring runway over hot pants and ruffled frocks. Marc Jacobs did knitted cardigan jackets over romantic camisoles and capris.
If you still want the real McCoy, brace yourself. Chanel jackets start at $2,500. But there are usually a few previously loved finds floating around for much less on www.ebay.ca.
Bernadette Morra is the Star's fashion editor.
Copyright (c) 2004 Toronto Star, All Rights Reserved.
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The New Canadian Supermodels Section: Beauty Who: DARIA WERBOWY, 19
Height: 5′1″ Size: 4 Stats: 34-24-34 Hair: brown Eyes: blue-grey Descent: Ukrainian Hometown: Mississauga, Ont. Discovered by: superagent Elmer Olsen, at age 14, while at Toronto's Susan d. Model & Talent Management Agencies: Elmer Olsen Model Management (Canada), IMG Models (U.S.) First gig: Misura by Joeffer Caoc show in Toronto Career high-lights: Prada campaign, 30 shows in her first season at the collections Model icons: Angela Lindvall and Shalom Hadow Fabulous fashion moment: presenting a Modeling Association of Canada award with spinach in teeth Worst fashion moment: 21-hour-long Italian Vogue shoot in Monaco Snack: dried bananas Shoot music: The White Stripes Accoutrement: vintage jean vest Travels with: sketchbook Passport stamps: Milan, London, Paris Motto of the moment: "Prada or nada!"
Who: STAM, 17
Height: 5′10″ Size: 4 Stats: 34-24-35 Hair: blond for now Eyes: blue Descent: German, Swiss, Dutch Hometown: Kincardine, Ont. Discovered by: Michele Miller of International Model Management in Barrie, Ont., at age 9 Agencies: Giovanni Model Management (Canada), IMG Models (U.S.) First gig: FLARE [Fair Play, August '02] Career high-lights: Italian Vogue cover, ad campaigns from Miu Miu to Marc by Marc Jacobs Model icons: Gisele Bündchen and Linda Evangelista Fabulous fashion moment: meeting Donatella ("She's so fashion fabulous!") Versace during a Versus shoot with photographer Steven Meisel Worst fashion moment: taking a wrong turn on the runway Snack: fruit Shoot music: Justin Timberlake Accoutrement: tube tops Travels with: mobile and pillow Passport stamps: Paris, Milan, New York Saying: "Totally!"
Who: MICHELLE VALENCOURT, 16
Height: 5′9″ Size: 4 Stats: 33-24-34 Hair: light brown Eyes: hazel Descent: British Hometown: Barrie, Ont. Discovered by: Michele Miller (again!), at age 15 Agencies: Giovanni Model Management (Canada), IMG Models (U.S.) First gig: Yellow shoes Career highlight: "The FLARE surfer shoot [New Wave, July '03] was one of the best shoots I have ever had." Model icons: Gisele Bündchen and Milla Jovovich Fabulous fashion moment: surfing in Hawaii for Japanese Vogue Worst fashion moment: a runny nose at a Martine Sitbon fitting in Paris Lunch: pizza Shoot music: Sum 41 Accoutrement: novelty tote Travels with: Mom's homemade blanket and boyfriend's photo Passport stamps: Paris, London, Japan Fashion advice: "Stick to your guns."
Who: 16, Heather Marks
Height: 5′10″ Size: 3 or 4 Stats: 33-24-34 Hair: brown Eyes: blue Descent: British Hometown: Calgary Discovered by: Kelly Streit of Mode Models International in Calgary, at age 12 Agencies: Giovanni Model Management (Canada), Supreme (U.S.) First gig: FLARE (Phys Ed, July '03) Career highlights: from a Chanel show to Italian Vogue to Harper's Bazaar editorials ("I've only been a working model for three months!") Model icons: Karolina Kurkova and Natalia Vodianova Fabulous fashion moment: chatting with Karl Lagerfeld after the Chanel show Worst fashion moment: none yet Lunch: fruit salad and water Shoot music: hip-hop Accoutrement: white belt Travels with: passport and mobile Passport stamps: London, Paris, New York Fashion advice: "Listen and focus."
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Height: 5′1″ Size: 4 Stats: 34-24-34 Hair: brown Eyes: blue-grey Descent: Ukrainian Hometown: Mississauga, Ont. Discovered by: superagent Elmer Olsen, at age 14, while at Toronto's Susan d. Model & Talent Management Agencies: Elmer Olsen Model Management (Canada), IMG Models (U.S.) First gig: Misura by Joeffer Caoc show in Toronto Career high-lights: Prada campaign, 30 shows in her first season at the collections Model icons: Angela Lindvall and Shalom Hadow Fabulous fashion moment: presenting a Modeling Association of Canada award with spinach in teeth Worst fashion moment: 21-hour-long Italian Vogue shoot in Monaco Snack: dried bananas Shoot music: The White Stripes Accoutrement: vintage jean vest Travels with: sketchbook Passport stamps: Milan, London, Paris Motto of the moment: "Prada or nada!"
Who: STAM, 17
Height: 5′10″ Size: 4 Stats: 34-24-35 Hair: blond for now Eyes: blue Descent: German, Swiss, Dutch Hometown: Kincardine, Ont. Discovered by: Michele Miller of International Model Management in Barrie, Ont., at age 9 Agencies: Giovanni Model Management (Canada), IMG Models (U.S.) First gig: FLARE [Fair Play, August '02] Career high-lights: Italian Vogue cover, ad campaigns from Miu Miu to Marc by Marc Jacobs Model icons: Gisele Bündchen and Linda Evangelista Fabulous fashion moment: meeting Donatella ("She's so fashion fabulous!") Versace during a Versus shoot with photographer Steven Meisel Worst fashion moment: taking a wrong turn on the runway Snack: fruit Shoot music: Justin Timberlake Accoutrement: tube tops Travels with: mobile and pillow Passport stamps: Paris, Milan, New York Saying: "Totally!"
Who: MICHELLE VALENCOURT, 16
Height: 5′9″ Size: 4 Stats: 33-24-34 Hair: light brown Eyes: hazel Descent: British Hometown: Barrie, Ont. Discovered by: Michele Miller (again!), at age 15 Agencies: Giovanni Model Management (Canada), IMG Models (U.S.) First gig: Yellow shoes Career highlight: "The FLARE surfer shoot [New Wave, July '03] was one of the best shoots I have ever had." Model icons: Gisele Bündchen and Milla Jovovich Fabulous fashion moment: surfing in Hawaii for Japanese Vogue Worst fashion moment: a runny nose at a Martine Sitbon fitting in Paris Lunch: pizza Shoot music: Sum 41 Accoutrement: novelty tote Travels with: Mom's homemade blanket and boyfriend's photo Passport stamps: Paris, London, Japan Fashion advice: "Stick to your guns."
Who: 16, Heather Marks
Height: 5′10″ Size: 3 or 4 Stats: 33-24-34 Hair: brown Eyes: blue Descent: British Hometown: Calgary Discovered by: Kelly Streit of Mode Models International in Calgary, at age 12 Agencies: Giovanni Model Management (Canada), Supreme (U.S.) First gig: FLARE (Phys Ed, July '03) Career highlights: from a Chanel show to Italian Vogue to Harper's Bazaar editorials ("I've only been a working model for three months!") Model icons: Karolina Kurkova and Natalia Vodianova Fabulous fashion moment: chatting with Karl Lagerfeld after the Chanel show Worst fashion moment: none yet Lunch: fruit salad and water Shoot music: hip-hop Accoutrement: white belt Travels with: passport and mobile Passport stamps: London, Paris, New York Fashion advice: "Listen and focus."
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Oooh don't like her at Miu Miu. Looks like she's got a moustache - but that could very well be the make-up or the lighting.
Also looks like her hair is getting redder
Also looks like her hair is getting redder
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They did two editorials together but I don't think I've seen them together backstage either....
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I was surprised when I found out that Gemma, Caroline Winberg and Lisa Cant were friends.
That's so cool that Stam and Sasha are also...I'm more surprised about Julia Stegner, but Julia seems so friendly ... TheGlassAngel
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^ I know, eh? I've only really seen Sasha with the other russian girls.
