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I was so thrilled when I saw Lakshmi as an only girl for Hermes Spring 
. Subscribing to her thread now! And I wish I could split that Givenchy ad in half and leave Stone and Poly for the catalogue or something. Lakshmi and Mariacarla make it 
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. Subscribing to her thread now! And I wish I could split that Givenchy ad in half and leave Stone and Poly for the catalogue or something. Lakshmi and Mariacarla make it .I was so thrilled when I saw Lakshmi as an only girl for Hermes Spring
i agree with about the Givenchy ad. Lakshmi and Mariacarla outshine natasha and lara!
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The Givenchy campaign is so fantastic. Lakshmi, of course, looks phenomenal and her hair is stunning!
Ok, I found this in Mariacarla's thread (posted by Moofins), figured this picture could go in here considering it has the lovely Lakshmi in it.
PRIVATE EYE PT. 2 (Mariacarla Boscono's couture diary-Givenchy)
Yes, we really do a lot of waiting…
style.com
PHOTOS AND COMMENTARY BY MARIACARLA BOSCONO
), figured this picture could go in here considering it has the lovely Lakshmi in it. PRIVATE EYE PT. 2 (Mariacarla Boscono's couture diary-Givenchy)
Yes, we really do a lot of waiting…
style.com
PHOTOS AND COMMENTARY BY MARIACARLA BOSCONO
Ok, I found this in Mariacarla's thread (posted by Moofins
PRIVATE EYE PT. 2 (Mariacarla Boscono's couture diary-Givenchy)
Yes, we really do a lot of waiting…
style.com
PHOTOS AND COMMENTARY BY MARIACARLA BOSCONO
thanks for posting. She's lovely in this pic
Lakshmi and Mariacarla are a dream team. I wouldn't have minded if the ads were just them (hint Riccardo wink wink) Love how MC features Lakshmi in her backstage shots too.
I agree, Lakshmi and Mariacarla were definitely the standouts of the Givenchy ads that we have seen so far. It should have just have featured the two of them and their abundance of fierceness.
I found an old interview of lakshmi from timesofindia. Here's the link of the interview (sorry if reposts!) : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/17251538.cms
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No stars in Lakshmi's eyes (if The Hindu and Times of India interviews are any indication), eh?
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Haha, I was looking for some Indian models when I found Lakshmi at Limelight Talent Division in Mumbai. I know the two pictures were posted, but, yeah, it's still interesting to see who she's with in Mumbai.
http://www.pbase.com/talentsbiz/lakshmi_menon
Sorry if this is old!
I know the two pictures were posted, but, yeah, it's still interesting to see who she's with in Mumbai. http://www.pbase.com/talentsbiz/lakshmi_menon
Sorry if this is old!Haha, I was looking for some Indian models when I found Lakshmi at Limelight Talent Division in Mumbai.
http://www.pbase.com/talentsbiz/lakshmi_menon
i wanted to know what's her mother agency so thanks for posting. I
Lakshmi.
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Article from the Hindu 31/03/08
Lakshmi Menon sizzles
Lakshmi Menon, the dusky beauty with brains, tells BHUMIKA K. the international fashion world feels India is exotic
DIVA’S SECRET Lakshmi Menon: ‘I’ve never made an effort to look thin. My genetic pool is skinny’
Whether it’s the ramps of Paris or the cover page of Vogue, the face of Hermes or Stella McCartney’s shows, dusky, exotic Indian is the rage.
Lakshmi Menon comes blessed with the traditional south Indian good looks. Her tall lanky frame sets her apart from that archetype.
This season is at Lakshmi’s feet. Vogue India hits the stands this April with Lakshmi on the cover page.
Summer High
Iridescent bikini, oh-so-long faux ponytail, retro shades, a dash of colourful glass bangles and all, Lakshmi is the sultry beach goddess who’s risen from the seas off Thailand’s Koh Kood Island and into lensman Prabuddha Dasgupta’s view for the “Summer High” feature of the magazine.
The new face of Hermes, the legendary century-old Parisian fashion house, Lakshmi also features in a series of ad campaigns for Hermes with, what else, but elephants, with paint all over them, even toe-nails!
Hail the ever-exotic mythical Indian obsessed over in the wild wild west. Lakshmi sighs as she admits: “Unfortunately yes! That’s the sad part that they want to keep the myth of India being the land of elephants, and colourful women with pots on their heads intact. They are not comfortable with the new India emerging…the multicultural and global India,” she says talking of the unchanging image of the country in foreign media. “They’ve still not come to terms with it yet…there’s still wonder in their eyes.” But the 25-year-old doesn’t see herself in that mould.
’Exotic thing’
“I look at myself as any other model. But yes, sometimes I’m looked upon as an exotic thing that’s landed on their shores,” she says. There are many African-Americans and Brazilians on the ramp who make the same mark, she adds.
Having studied at Bangalore’s Jyothi Nivas College, she made a quiet entry on to the ramps of Paris.
“When I started off in Paris, no one knew me. In fact no one would have heard of Hermes in India four years ago. But this year, they are opening in Delhi. Fashion houses have become a new thing in India and the doors have opened to big foreign labels. People are more aware today because of travelling and the Internet. There’s no privacy and mystery left anymore…” she trails off.
On Vogue cover
So is it a big thing being on Vogue’s cover? “It’s considered the fashion bible by the urban Indian woman.”
Ask her about the worst part of doing a swimsuit shoot and she says “You need to make sure your body is in good shape because it’s as good as wearing underwear…the whole politics of the body come into play. I’m comfortable with my body and how I look, which is why I’ll probably never make it in Bollywood,” she laughs.
But hasn’t she been under the scanner for being rather lean, after the fashion industry set certain standards for models after the ramp deaths? “My BMI is pretty decent. I’ve never made an effort to look thin. My genetic pool is skinny. When I’m hungry I eat in moderate quantities and work out. I do Pilates.”
There is a serious problem though in the industry abroad because the girls hired for ramp shows are 14 or 15 and their bodies are barely developed, she says. While she was a reluctant entrant into the world of modelling, she says she had no real apprehensions about it.
Lonely profession
“My only concern was that people make a big deal of it, and about the glamour. But it’s a terribly lonely profession. It’s not really glamorous in the sense that you need a lot of patience, waiting for things to happen…for the hair to be done and the make up to be put on…for the ramp or a shoot. And the preparation can be tiresome.”
But Lakshmi says she’s quite happy doing what she’s doing, dividing her time between New York and Paris and doing international assignments. She loves travelling and isn’t complaining about the money either.
International assignments
She’s finished her first season in NewYork and is going back for the haute couture season. Lakshmi’s just made a quiet trip to Bangalore to visit her parents and prefers to do the interview from Goa. “I shifted base over a year ago and have been on the road for the last two months. It was becoming difficult to live in a crowded city and do grocery shopping without being stuck in a traffic jam,” she says.
The Hindu
Lakshmi Menon sizzles
Lakshmi Menon, the dusky beauty with brains, tells BHUMIKA K. the international fashion world feels India is exotic
DIVA’S SECRET Lakshmi Menon: ‘I’ve never made an effort to look thin. My genetic pool is skinny’
Whether it’s the ramps of Paris or the cover page of Vogue, the face of Hermes or Stella McCartney’s shows, dusky, exotic Indian is the rage.
Lakshmi Menon comes blessed with the traditional south Indian good looks. Her tall lanky frame sets her apart from that archetype.
This season is at Lakshmi’s feet. Vogue India hits the stands this April with Lakshmi on the cover page.
Summer High
Iridescent bikini, oh-so-long faux ponytail, retro shades, a dash of colourful glass bangles and all, Lakshmi is the sultry beach goddess who’s risen from the seas off Thailand’s Koh Kood Island and into lensman Prabuddha Dasgupta’s view for the “Summer High” feature of the magazine.
The new face of Hermes, the legendary century-old Parisian fashion house, Lakshmi also features in a series of ad campaigns for Hermes with, what else, but elephants, with paint all over them, even toe-nails!
Hail the ever-exotic mythical Indian obsessed over in the wild wild west. Lakshmi sighs as she admits: “Unfortunately yes! That’s the sad part that they want to keep the myth of India being the land of elephants, and colourful women with pots on their heads intact. They are not comfortable with the new India emerging…the multicultural and global India,” she says talking of the unchanging image of the country in foreign media. “They’ve still not come to terms with it yet…there’s still wonder in their eyes.” But the 25-year-old doesn’t see herself in that mould.
’Exotic thing’
“I look at myself as any other model. But yes, sometimes I’m looked upon as an exotic thing that’s landed on their shores,” she says. There are many African-Americans and Brazilians on the ramp who make the same mark, she adds.
Having studied at Bangalore’s Jyothi Nivas College, she made a quiet entry on to the ramps of Paris.
“When I started off in Paris, no one knew me. In fact no one would have heard of Hermes in India four years ago. But this year, they are opening in Delhi. Fashion houses have become a new thing in India and the doors have opened to big foreign labels. People are more aware today because of travelling and the Internet. There’s no privacy and mystery left anymore…” she trails off.
On Vogue cover
So is it a big thing being on Vogue’s cover? “It’s considered the fashion bible by the urban Indian woman.”
Ask her about the worst part of doing a swimsuit shoot and she says “You need to make sure your body is in good shape because it’s as good as wearing underwear…the whole politics of the body come into play. I’m comfortable with my body and how I look, which is why I’ll probably never make it in Bollywood,” she laughs.
But hasn’t she been under the scanner for being rather lean, after the fashion industry set certain standards for models after the ramp deaths? “My BMI is pretty decent. I’ve never made an effort to look thin. My genetic pool is skinny. When I’m hungry I eat in moderate quantities and work out. I do Pilates.”
There is a serious problem though in the industry abroad because the girls hired for ramp shows are 14 or 15 and their bodies are barely developed, she says. While she was a reluctant entrant into the world of modelling, she says she had no real apprehensions about it.
Lonely profession
“My only concern was that people make a big deal of it, and about the glamour. But it’s a terribly lonely profession. It’s not really glamorous in the sense that you need a lot of patience, waiting for things to happen…for the hair to be done and the make up to be put on…for the ramp or a shoot. And the preparation can be tiresome.”
But Lakshmi says she’s quite happy doing what she’s doing, dividing her time between New York and Paris and doing international assignments. She loves travelling and isn’t complaining about the money either.
International assignments
She’s finished her first season in NewYork and is going back for the haute couture season. Lakshmi’s just made a quiet trip to Bangalore to visit her parents and prefers to do the interview from Goa. “I shifted base over a year ago and have been on the road for the last two months. It was becoming difficult to live in a crowded city and do grocery shopping without being stuck in a traffic jam,” she says.
The Hindu
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Hear, hear! I love her for telling it like it is.
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She's so incredibly smart, level-headed and well spoken! (Not that I expected, otherwise)
)Hear, hear! I love her for telling it like it is.
That was one of my favourite parts of the article, I am glad she called Hermes out. I am really getting sick of the "exotic" India thing.
Completely off topic, I agree with her about living in Bangalore as being difficult, the traffic is beyond ridiculous nowadays.
