Joan Smalls

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Glamour Magazine

Glamour Magazine

Supermodels Do it Best! Joan Smalls Is This Week's Glamour Style Icon
by Fawnia Soo Hoo

While the term "supermodel" can be thrown about quite liberally these days (we might even be a little bit guilty of it sometimes, too, ahem), labeling Joan Smalls with the superlative is legit. She's graced the frenzy-inducing Victoria's Secret Show runway three times and counting, landed a top 10 spot on the Forbes Highest Paid Models list last year, and has the title of the first Latina face of Estée Lauder. Plus, she's walked every high fashion runway from Gucci to Chanel and appeared in designer campaigns from H&M to Versace. Never mind Joan's flawless off-duty-model street style when she's not strutting the runway, walking the red carpet, or posing for the cameras. So, with the aforementioned accolades in mind, we must crown Joan Smalls with the Glamour Style Icon of the Week award. Let's take a look at her across the board top looks, and, let me say, it was really hard to choose.

Yes, this up-to-here and down-to-there Balmain resort 2012 dress might look familiar. Probably because fellow Victoria's Secret model (and Glamour Style Icon) Alessandra Ambrosio wore it to a different VS event in 2011. And Zoe Saldana wore it to a movie premiere the same year. But Joan wore the dress FIRST—to a VS runway show after-party. So there.

Way ahead of the fashion game in 2012, she wore an easy, but impossibly chic leather t-shirt and brocade shorts pairing to the In Vogue: The Editor's Eye screening. I want to wear this look right now—in 2014.

As most high fashion models do, Joan has an impeccable eye for shape and detail. At the 2013 MTV VMAs, she kicked up the little white dress look with a sculptural box pleated silhouette by Viktor & Rolf and dominatrix-level Casadei gladiator heels.

I've said it before, I'll say it again. I love how Joan looked in this sheer-skirted floral Givenchy gown at the amfAR party at Cannes last year. Not the easiest look to pull off, but she did it flawlessly.

A Joan Smalls round-up would not be complete without one of her super chic, just running around Paris/New York/London outfits. During Milan Fashion Week, she layered a perforated leather tee over a camo button-down shirt and wore the pairing with distressed cut-off shorts. (I mean, with those legs... ) A luxe skin zip clutch and dapper loafers finished off her impeccably effortless look. Need. This.

Kapow. The Prabal Gurung model and muse wore the designer's asymmetrical layered and peplumed cocktail dress to the Vogue CFDA Finalists party last year.

At this year's ball gown-themed Met Gala, Joan just made the dress code in an embroidered drop waist gown by Vera Wang. She broke the rules another way—with her daringly vibrant purple lips.

Now I'm just thinking that Joan should wear Prabal every day. She just looks drop-dead stunning in this drape-y, cut-out gown from the fall 2014 collection (and bangs!).

Which one do you like best? I can't decide between the Givenchy (always and forever) or her Milan street style look.

Photos: Getty Images

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[fashionlover2001]

garancedore - Yesterday on set for @esteelauder with amazing beauty @joansmalls - so much fun!

walterschupfermanagement - The gorgeous @Joansmalls and @garancedore on set yesterday for @esteelauder ! Stay tunes for the rest of the shoot images! #beauty #supermodel #garancedore #joansmalls

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[valliaddict]

Surprise!! No Gucci campaign for Joan. Fan-f**king-tastic.

 

[Gaultier_Bandit]

It goes to show just how instrumental Kyle was at promoting Joan. Her stock plumetted after he left to NEXT. He's doing to Binx what he did for Joan and Liya.

 

[valliaddict]

^You're right. She needs to switch to NEXT right now!!

 

[Style Savvy]

Gucci F/W 14.15 by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott

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Now let's not get ourselves too carried away...

 

[valliaddict]

Well now I feel like a dummy…..

But whatever!! Yay Joanie!!!

 

[fashionlover2001]

I'm so happy for Joan!! She looks great. Such a Legendary Gucci Campaign. All the Gucci Muses

I'm also breathing a sigh of relief!!

 

[Firefly216]

Hehe she got Gucci!
I hope there are more pictures of her because I don't like her expression in this one.

 

[narcyza]

I'm glad for Joan <3 but I really don't like this campaign, these colors are awful even so amazing girls like Joan, Anja, Karmen and Natasha look weird.

 

[valliaddict]

Gucci F/W 14.15 : Anja, Karmen, Joan, Nadja, Natasha, Raquel & Suvi by Mert & Marcus


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[fashionlover2001]

Amazing!!! I'm dying!!!

 

[Nepenthes]

I am in love with her in the Gucci campaign!

 

[DanceFashionista]

Doesn't even look like her very photoshopped and bad expression.

 

[Avogadro]

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[fashionlover2001]

Estée Lauder



Estée Lauder

LIFESTYLE: MODEL CALL
Feel The Burn

The Estée Lauder spokesmodel, Joan Smalls, and her trainer, Marc Gordon, on building the “best butt in the business.”

In the post-supermodel era, Joan Smalls is as super as it gets. But the Puerto Rican-born beauty known for those enviable cheekbones and that gorgeous caramel complexion is just as sought after for her killer body, which is thanks in large part to one man: Marc Gordon.

"He's actually the first trainer I've ever had in my life. I was lucky to meet him," Smalls says of Gordon, the proprietor of Marc Gordon Fitness. She has been working with him for four years—and affectionately refers to him as her "big brother." Gordon, who typically only trains models, is tasked with the unique challenge of improving bodies that, by most accounts, need little improvement.

Gordon's hour-long training sessions are not for the faint of heart. "It's a lot harder than people think it is," Gordon insists of the exercises he designs for each of his clients, and Joan definitely agrees: "I like to work on my glutes and my legs because you feel the burn."

EL: Tell us a little bit about the approach you take when training models.

MG: It's tailored. I look at their structural weaknesses, and make them strengths. That's really the best way to take what most people think of as the perfect body and make it better. Most [models] have beautiful faces, but the body is really one of the things that you can manipulate. And nutrition is a big part of it.

JS: That's something we argue about. I think he's basically given up on me. He tried to have me write down my daily diet, and I never filled it out because I felt guilty if I had pizza for lunch, and rice, and this meat, and that meat, and pancakes, and bacon. And he would be like, "Joan, where are the vegetables?!" (Laughs). But one thing I did learn with [Marc] is portion control because a lot of people tend to overeat even though they're already full. And I started drinking juices that contain vegetables. Baby steps!

EL: Marc, what exactly is a "great" model body, in your estimation?

MG: A great model body for me, is a body that has curves. You want to see this kind of healthy, womanly body; that gaunt look isn't in anymore.

EL: Joan, have you always had an active lifestyle?

JS: I've always been athletic. Growing up in Puerto Rico, and being in the countryside, I was always running around. I also played volleyball, basketball, and I ran track. I was always very conscious of my body, even at a young age, because I was really thin, so I never wanted to seem unhealthy or weak.

EL: Marc, when you started working with Joan, how did you design a program for her specific needs?

MG: I always go with the butt first. Most women try to get to their butt through their legs, but when you do that, you tend to get more size in your legs because you're doing the same redundant exercises over and over again. I've found that it's always better to get to the glutes creatively. So most of my stuff does not involve weights. It involves body weight movement so I can get the body to think. I generally start with interval work, which for me, means a few minutes of some type of cardio activity; then I will generally do some type of lower body—what I call "model strong"—movement; then I'll do some type of core movement. And I'll repeat that process.

JS: His workouts really push you to do things that you wouldn't normally do. There were certain parts of my body that I needed to work on because I have scoliosis, and he noticed that, so he worked a lot on my lower back, and my butt to alleviate a lot of the pain I have because of my condition.

EL: Joan, what were some of the positive changes you noticed after starting to work with Marc?

JS: My posture changed a lot. My body became more toned, without being built. I wasn't bulking up, but I was getting more cut, and more lean. The improvement was evident after two weeks.

EL: Marc, you've stressed the fact that you only train models—and predominantly only women. Why?

MG: I like the challenge and creativity [of training models]. I go to great lengths to get their muscles to go, "Oooh, I've never done that before." Girls are super strong because their base is cardio. Guys just want to know how much they can bench press. They don't have the same endurance as women, either—and they whine like babies!

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[GlamVal]

Gucci Fall/Winter 14.15 Campaign -HQ-
Models: Natasha Poly, Nadja Bender, Joan Smalls, Karmen Pedaru, Suvi Koponen, Anja Rubik & Raquel Zimmermann
Photographers: Mert & Marcus
Stylist: Edward Enninful
Makeup & Hair: Orlando Pita
AD: Riccardo Ruini


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[fashionlover2001]

Estée Lauder

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[valliaddict]

^Oh my God that is stunning! If this is an only girl campaign with an only girl commercial then I'll be so happy!!

 

[Hot Cowture]

The Gucci pic is very disappointing but that Estee Lauder is absolutely gorgeous. Such a simple and effortless picture.