Kremi Otashliyska

[pellucid]

Balenciaga Resort 2013


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[LeRouquin]

SO happy to see Nicolas still loves her. I think she has a lot going for her, I just hope she lives up to her potential.

 

[cologne_rocks]

SO happy to see Nicolas still loves her.I think she has a lot going for her, I just hope she lives up to her potential.

Still? Funny how the time slice between RTW and Resort is considered a long term collaboration these days. (Absolutely nothing against you, of course)
She looks good there anyways, wouldn't be bad if she manages to channel more intensity.

 

[Prairie]

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[lanvinray]

Kremi's 1st major ed!

W July 2012
Double Edge (12 pg)
PH: Craig McDean
Models: Julia Nobis, Kremi, Maria Bradley

 

[LeRouquin]

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I can't wait to see her in W! Hopefully things will only keep going up from here.

 

[mom4etozavsi4ko]

Double Edge
Photographer: Craig McDean
Styling: Marie-Amélie Sauvé
Hair: Malcolm Edwards
Make-up: Diane Kendal
Models: Julia Nobis, Kremi Otashliyska, Maria Bradley

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[Stereo_Flo]

Meet the New Girl: Kremi Otashliyska Still Hasn’t Told Her Friends She Models for Balenciaga
By Rebecca Willa Davis

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It's sometimes hard to remember that Kremi Otashliyska is only 16 — although she's still mastering English, the Bulgarian beauty recites Oscar Wilde quotes like it's second nature (her favorite, she says, is The Picture of Dorian Gray gem, "Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing"). But since making her runway debut closing the Balenciaga fall 2012 show, she's been just as preoccupied with preparing to get her driver's license as she has landing editorial shoots. Luckily for Otashliyska's career, the latter has come much easier to her than the former; while she admits that she hasn't yet mastered the rules of the road ("I tried driving once but I was bad. My father said, 'If [you don't get your license] I can always get you a chauffeur"), in just a few months she's booked jobs for Numéro, AnOther, and W, and worked with Steven Meisel on the Balenciaga resort look book. During a recent visit to our office, Otashliyska filled us in on the stresses of modeling, wanting to be a young mother, and the reason why she watches Scarface on repeat.

Tell us a little about your childhood.
When I was in Bulgaria I think I had one of the best childhoods. Not like now, with Facebook and everything; no, I was outside, climbing. I grew up with bruises and stuff [laughs]. My childhood was basically me and two girls, and I was the really controlling girl. I would say, "If you don't do this we won’t play!" I was really mean.

How did you get discovered?
In Bulgaria my father has a friend whose wife has an agency there. She said, "You should do this!" I was like, "Okay, let's try." So I did a test in Bulgaria — I was 14, I think — and they sent it to Barcelona because that was basically where I was living. In Barcelona, View Management liked me, and from there Ford liked me.

What was going through your head the moment before you walked down the runway at the Balenciaga show?
I was really, really nervous. I was like, I hope I don't fall. The floor was made up of lights and when you stepped on them you felt like you were going to break them — and then [doing it while wearing] high heels! But once I was on the catwalk I was like, Oh that feels nice.

Did you ever practice your walk?
Maybe just a bit, when I was wearing high heels or something. But you can't really learn how to walk. It has to be natural; either you have it or you don't.

Has anything surprised you about modeling?
It's really hard. Many people think that you just stand there in front of a camera being pretty, but it's not; you have to wake [up] early, you have to go to castings, you have to meet a lot of people, you have to always look perfect no matter if you slept or not. Sometimes you work more than 12 hours, or you're arriving someplace at the airport and you just go [straight] to work.

What do your friends back home think about it?
Not that many know [because] I don't really like to tell. I'd like to tell them when I'm really famous! Now they’re beginning to know because they ask, "What are you doing in New York?" They're really happy for me. But most of my friends are boys — I don't like girls, I have only two or three friends who are girls. [Girls] are very fake and I don't like fake people.

Let’s talk about things you do like. What is your favorite…

Movie? Scarface. I really like it because it shows a part of life — I mean, not a lot, but … I like guns, I like that type of action movie. Oh, and I really like The Notebook!

Musician? House music and Bulgarian music. Now that I'm in New York, I'm beginning to like R&B.

Book? Roald Dahl. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG, they're cool books.

Food? Bulgarian — it's like Turkish food. I also like junk food, like McDonald's. Oh, and every day I eat chocolate!

Artist? Angelina Jolie. She's the prettiest woman in the whole world.

Do you consider yourself pretty?
No … I mean, I don't know. Maybe … yes … but I'm really critical about myself and other people. I'm a perfectionist, so I'm okay but I don't like my legs. I want them to be fatter, they're too skinny.

What’s your biggest secret?
I own a lot of shoes for my age — maybe 30 pairs? But I don't wear them all, I just wear two or three. That's what always happens! My favorite pair are tiger [print] wedges, they're nice and comfortable.

Do you have a life motto?
I can talk forever about life — like, "You have to do this and this." But basically, life is hard for everybody. It doesn't matter if you're rich or if you're ugly or if you're poor. There's this thing in Bulgaria which we say: To be the first one is hard, but to remain the first one is harder.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
I'll probably have one baby. Or maybe two — it depends how it goes. I want to be a really early [mother], at 21, 22, I want to have a baby. Many people say, "I don't have time for a baby." That's a really stupid thing for me because it's just a baby; it's not like you're dying or something.

And where do you see yourself tomorrow?
I'm going to buy shoes because I found really nice shoes from a really cheap store. I'll go buy them and then I'll go hang out and relax!

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[MulletProof]

I love her unapologetic, almost cynical sincerity .. even though it's partly due to her age, it's great adding substance to that face. It does kind of match. Go Kremi!

 

[cologne_rocks]

Is that you, Darya K? One of the best model Q&As ever, brutally honest and amusing this girl. And happily enough, not even in a hipster/pseudo-rebell-ish way.
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[mom4etozavsi4ko]

I love her unapologetic, almost cynical sincerity .. even though it's partly due to her age, it's great adding substance to that face. It does kind of match. Go Kremi!

she`s bulgarian- our entire nation is like this , well most of the people but we are very hones about life. The interview made me like her even more go Kremi makes us proud

 

[youarearockstar]

^^Darya was never that articular or well spoken. Kremi's more dry and blunt, with a twist of sarcasm. The other was a tad more..."savage" shall we say.

 

[visualoptimism]

i loved reading the interview. very refreshing considering how fake some interviews can sound.

 

[LeRouquin]

I know you can't judge an entire personality off of one interview - but I'm so happy to hear that she's more than just a strong face.

 

[penny609]

When I read the comments, I expected something bigger from the interview... Not to say I'm disappointed, I actually loved the simplicity and spontaneity of her answers and her way to explain things but I feel it's rather due to the low level of the average model's interview. So, yes... it is refreshing (yet a little frightening to remember what most other girls would have said instead). Also, I giggled when I read that part where the interviewer seems astonished because she quotes Oscar Wilde. I know people read less and less these days, but Dorian Gray isn't the most unaccessible book and in regards of her vision of life, I'd have been more impressed if she had quoted Bukowski (maybe Darya would have, if she reads ).

Well, anyway this interviews isn't the most important thing in her career. I must say I'm warming up to her print work lately. I've always loved her features but she remained unable to impress me when it comes to editorials or even tests. This spread from W is already a big improvement and I think the exercise wasn't that easy (styling is a bit tough and it's never a small thing to stand out next to two other models when you start). I hope that we'll see more soon and she stays on that good slope.

 

[lanvinray]

I love Kremi even more, that interview is fantastic! She seems really cool

 

[mom4etozavsi4ko]

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[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

that interview made me like her, kind of snobbish but her personality reminds me of Snejana's lol. I love that Scarface is her favorite movie

 

[MulletProof]

(maybe Darya would have, if she reads ).

Aw. I still love Darya and I'm not bothered at all by what I've seen from her personality, the difference between Kremi and Darya is that for me, whenever I see something from Darya, I feel like giving her a blanket and talking her out of modeling whereas Kremi, you just want to take her shopping and have a good laugh (and probably send her back to her teenager friends 40 mins later ).

I think it's the overall feeling you're left with after reading the interview what makes it refreshing, cause I think such natural answers come from someone that's not that impressed or nervous, like she has more things in mind that just modeling.. the way she replies to the last question is esp. hilarious (probably a misunderstanding but still..).

 

[Mea Culpa]

Aw. I still love Darya and I'm not bothered at all by what I've seen from her personality, the difference between Kremi and Darya is that for me, whenever I see something from Darya, I feel like giving her a blanket and talking her out of modeling whereas Kremi, you just want to take her shopping and have a good laugh (and probably send her back to her teenager friends 40 mins later ).

I think it's the overall feeling you're left with after reading the interview what makes it refreshing, cause I think such natural answers come from someone that's not that impressed or nervous, like she has more things in mind that just modeling.. the way she replies to the last question is esp. hilarious (probably a misunderstanding but still..).

You summed it up very nicely!