Katharina "Kat" Hessen

[Laritournelle]

Gap S/S 11

source: vogue.co.uk

 

[juliedevon]

source: www.facebook.com/springstudios

 

[behansu]

After Alexander Wang

hanneli.com


Shot by Mauro Mongiello:

blog.mauromongiello.com

 

[Omnis]

Lovely, I'd love for her to book some nice print work.

 

[whippie]

Lovely, I'd love for her to book some nice print work.

Same her. I think she'd be quite impressive in print.

 

[behansu]

If I didn't already love her before, I most definitely love her now after this interview From The Cut:

Norwegian model Kat Hessen is on the rise, and she's determined to make it on her own terms. The enigmatic beauty first landed on our radar when her Polaroid sheet from Next London reached our in-box this summer. We were impressed by the 20-year-old's raw yet sensual face; it was apparent homegirl knew how to model. When she landed on our shores, Hessen's go-see chart was filled with casting's elite: Michelle Lee, Russell Marsh, and Anita Bitton. At the spring 2011 shows, Hessen debuted on New York's cooler runways, walking for Rodarte, Marc Jacobs, and Alexander Wang. This success followed her the remaining three legs of Fashion Week, as she walked for Topshop Unique and Christopher Kane in London, Prada and Missoni in Milan, and Miu Miu and Chanel in Paris. In the months to come, anticipate the Nirvana fan to be prominently featured in those directional British magazines.

Tell us something random and totally weird.
Horses can't throw up. This is a fact.

You walked for a slew of top shows; what's one of the most memorable for you?
Chanel had us parading in a huge pebblestone garden around fountains to hard-core classical music by a live orchestra. Enough said?

You're twenty minutes late to your appointment, and you have no time to get dressed, what would you wear?
A blue nylon blanket from British Airways. There's a possibility this might already have happened.

If not modeling, what would you be doing?
Backpack the world alone, do yoga on the top of remote mountains somewhere in Bhutan with my bearded guru, search for the holy grail in various shady pubs, etc., etc. Why? 'Cause that's what all the hip kids do.

Any models you look up to?
The ones who refuse to conform.

What scares you?
Time.

What's your ultimate goal in modeling?
Goals in modeling? What a tempting but impossible concept. I'm just enjoying the ride as the ruthlessly changing winds of fashion sweep me along.

Tell us something you learned from this Fashion Week.
I learned a whole encyclopedia worth of things about modeling. But maybe this above all; the fashion world giveth and the fashion world taketh away. And always bring a book.

 

[Carla-A]

Aaah that's the least one (or I) would expect from Kat! She oozes personality, and in spite of her Paris season not being that much of a break-out, she has what it takes to build up a steady, long-lasting career.. also glad to read she doesn't take modelling too seriously and isn't obsessed to death with it. As much as I appreciate models who put effort into their career I'm not too keen on girls who'd be ready to do anything to keep the pace with the industry and its evolution / whims..

 

[Omnis]

Haha, I love her interviews. I'd love to have a drink or two with this girl .. She seems like so much fun!

And btw; Horses can't throw up? That was news to me!

 

[whippie]

citizencouture


all about models.com

 

[nijuyanah]

That interview!!! This girl is just too cool for school. I was pretty intrigued by her very first digis already, but she didn't really excite me. With all of her recent work (even though there hasn't been anything exactly "major" so far) she has totally won me over though. Absolutely IN LOVE!

 

[behansu]

Flair November 2010
"Punto di Vista"
Ph: Jean-François Campos
Styling: Vittoria Cerciello


community.livejournal.com/noirfacade

 

[whippie]

Is this Kat or Britt Marren? Is so the two look quite a bit alike.

fashionshowphotos

 

[Vitamine W]

^Please that's Britt and they hardly look alike..B)

The interview is great. She's by far my favourite newbie.

 

[nijuyanah]

She's by far my favourite newbie.

Definitely! And I really couldn't care less if she maybe couldn't compete with other Newfaces (show-wise) this season or hasn't snatched the most major jobs so far. But with such an outstanding and swinging personality, which she manages to include in every single shot she's in (no matter if it's an actual shoot or backstage candid), this girl is certainly one of a kind and worth to follow.
Not to mention: I'm simply always a sucker for such "rough" and "imperfect" girls

 

[whippie]

^Please that's Britt and they hardly look alike..B)

Geez... sorry.

 

[Vitamine W]

Geez... sorry.

^haha sorry, didnt mean to sound harsh

 

[Magic Spells]

After Isaac Mizrahi SS 2011



bonaelamour

 

[whippie]

Kat was in Topshop ads recently wasn't she? I don't remember seeing them on here?

 

[Omnis]

Was she? Please share them!

 

[Carla-A]

Dazed and Confused December 2010 by Hugh Lippe
Styled by Karen Langley



exacteditions via Pedro