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Joan Smalls

Its been a long time since the last time I wrote in here because for me is easier to follow Joan's footsteps via her instagram, but since today something really great happens I want to share it with you guys, especially with valliaddict. Today was the meet & greet of Joan x True Religion at Nordstrom in Puerto Rico and as soon as I get notified I wrote to her mom to ask if it was true so that I can change my work schedule. Anyways, the day come and I arrived there on time. It was easy to know where she was because of the fuzz and the people around. At first she was being interviewed and later on she took like two hours to take pictures and sign autographs with the fans. Let me tell you guys that pictures does not make her justice. She's really beautiful, Very tall, with an amazing skin and perfect teeths. She was so gentle and kind with all her suporters. Her family also is so down to earth and they do something today that many do not notice but I did. Erika, who is also a beauty out of this world and Bernard (Joans boyfriend), make the dream of two little girls true. Apparently the 2 little girls cant afford something of the collection so they found a bag of the store and gave it to them so that they could have access to meet Joan. One of them was literaly crying. It makes me so happy to know that Joan and her family are such real and amazing human beings. Her mom also gave me the chance to meet Joanie so today is one of my favorite days so far. I also took a picture with her, ill try to post it. I think I sounded really cliché when I told her " Im your biggest fan since the beginning" hahaha I have been preparing myself for this moment and when it came I shoke and those were the only words I could say. She thanked me for being there, and she sounded so real, so grateful. Her sister Erika also thanked me many times for being there. Im so happy to finally met Joan, I even talked to Bernard and he's so cool, they all have this humble vibe that It just impress me a lot.

That is so awesome!! I'm glad to hear she was just as great as we had hoped. I should've skipped work & booked a plain ticket to Puerto Rico for this. Shoot. :lol:

Thank you so much for this story & your pics. :flower:
 
I think I sounded really cliché when I told her " Im your biggest fan since the beginning" hahaha I have been preparing myself for this moment and when it came I shoke and those were the only words I could say.
Ahaha :lol: it's actually very hard to start with something else!
Wow you both look really great in the pictures! Very glad for you Gabilan6 :flower: thanks for sharing it with us!
 
You May Have Heard of Her
Document Journal SS 2015
Photographer: Collier Schorr
Stylist: James Valeri
Set Designer: Peter Klein
Mdoels: Daria Werbowy, Freja Beha Erichsen, Joan Smalls, Katlin Aas, Astrid Holler, Zlata Mangafic, & Andreea Diaconu
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^I love how everyone of them is holding their own in this campaign. All of them look perfect.
 
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Those 4 would have been the perfect angel line up for VS .. they look perfect together. Can't wait for the commercial!
 
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Maybe the don't like her enough to put her on the Cover??

Anja is always on VP n hasn't had the cover yet she always shoot with top photographers
MCB is also a model with few covers. ..

^You're absolutely right!

Now that Emmanuelle Alt finally put her first(maybe Last) woman of colour on the cover of Vogue Paris, Hell Will Freeze Over, before we'll see Joan on an OG VOGUE PARIS cover. That VP Cover will NEVER EVER happen for Joan.

Emmanuelle Alt just isn't a fan of Joan Smalls.
I guess we'll have to deal with that crushing blow.

At least if any other woman of colour deserved that Vogue Paris Cover, I'm glad it was Liya. She's such great model and rolemodel. And An absolute legend.

I hope just because Emmanuelle Alt doesn't like Joan Smalls and would NEVER book her for a cover doesn't mean she won't book other women of colour for covers in the near future.
 
^I think "NEVER" is a bit of a stretch, but yes it's highly unlikely that Joan will land a VP cover under Alt's reign. That being said, Joan's had so many surprises in her career that I wouldn't count anything out for her. The first time she walked Chanel among 70+ models she got the campaign. She didn't even walk Versace during Spring 2013 & she got that campaign with the legendary Daria & Kate. She's also been on the covers of both Vogue Japan & Vogue Korea TWICE. That's almost unheard for a black/hispanic model. And if true, she could be starring in this season's Dsquared2 campaign, a brand that has never booked her for a single show. Her career path has been quite an unpredictable one, & that's one of the reasons I love her so much. She's constantly changing the definition of what's expected for models of color.
 
any campaign guesses beside Dsquared? Fendi is a no (looks like it's Lily D and Kendall)... I really want Balenciaga though I know it's not likely since she didn't walk BUT as you all said, she didn't walk for Ds so you never know
 
^I think "NEVER" is a bit of a stretch, but yes it's highly unlikely that Joan will land a VP cover under Alt's reign. That being said, Joan's had so many surprises in her career that I wouldn't count anything out for her. The first time she walked Chanel among 70+ models she got the campaign. She didn't even walk Versace during Spring 2013 & she got that campaign with the legendary Daria & Kate. She's also been on the covers of both Vogue Japan & Vogue Korea TWICE. That's almost unheard for a black/hispanic model. And if true, she could be starring in this season's Dsquared2 campaign, a brand that has never booked her for a single show. Her career path has been quite an unpredictable one, & that's one of the reasons I love her so much. She's constantly changing the definition of what's expected for models of color.

Don't get me wrong, I hear what you're saying...But the fact that Joan Smalls will NEVER EVER be on the cover of Vogue Paris just sounds about right!

Karlie kloss will get one eventually, but Joan Smalls WILL NEVER!!!

I think early in Joan's career when she was shooting for Vogue Paris, she had a shot! But I don't know what happened behind the scenes and all those plans fell through. Maybe Emmanuelle Alt decided to go in another direction...

Lets all just be happy for our Queen Liya's Vogue Paris Cover!
 
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If Adriana Lima can get one after 15 years, then I have hope for Joan and a number of other models.
 
Don't get me wrong, I hear what you're saying...But the fact that Joan Smalls will NEVER EVER be on the cover of Vogue Paris just sounds about right!

Karlie kloss will get one eventually, but Joan Smalls WILL NEVER!!!

I think early in Joan's career when she was shooting for Vogue Paris, she had a shot! But I don't know what happened behind the scenes and all those plans fell through. Maybe Emmanuelle Alt decided to go in another direction...

Lets all just be happy for our Queen Liya's Vogue Paris Cover!

Errrr we ARE happy for Liya's cover. I'm still going to say "highly unlikely" instead of "NEVER" about the Joan/VP subject. I'm sticking to that.
 
any campaign guesses beside Dsquared? Fendi is a no (looks like it's Lily D and Kendall)... I really want Balenciaga though I know it's not likely since she didn't walk BUT as you all said, she didn't walk for Ds so you never know ��

I think Tom Ford & Balmain are strong possibilities. I HOPE she will finally land a fragrance contract after years of publicly saying that's one of her big goals. Anything else? I could see more H&M work, La Perla by Mert & Marcus, and we know that she's back for another season of her True Religion line. Joan will have a good F/W 15 season. I feel good about it. ;)
 
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