Miranda Kerr

[KateTheGreatest]

Elle Canada editorial:

http://visualizing.fashion/wp/blog/...lusive-elle-canada-december-2016-max-abadian/

 

[cocogirl]

Thank you for posting, KateTheGreatest! I personally love the editorial! Simple yet classy and she looks very nice. Love the styling.

 

[jexxica]

Model Miranda Kerr attends the 18th Annual Post-Golden Globes Party hosted by Warner Bros. Pictures and InStyle at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.

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[greenlandgem]

I've come across a few things lately that haven't popped up on this thread yet:

The full editorial from Elle Spain November 2016, "Face of an Angel" by Nino Muñoz and introduced in post #409, is hosted here by visualising.fashion.

*Note: I love the black and white dress in the last shot but can't find it anywhere - if anyone has any leads on that I'd be forever grateful!*

Back in November, she was a guest judge on an episode of Australia's Next Top Model. I think the colour of this is gorgeous - greens are often too washed out in clothes and sort of "meh" but this is so saturated - I love it. It looked better in motion, actually. It's like she's wearing a lawn but in the best possible way. I'm not sure if there are clips of her appearance available online, but it was interesting to watch - it genuinely looked as if she was trying to give the girls real advice on the shoot and it wasn't all about butterflies.

Source: Foxtel via www.adelaidenow.com.au

Miranda's brother and his partner had a commitment ceremony in Australia over the holidays. There are more, better pictures of the dress than this but they are clearly paparazzi shots and I just can't bear to link to them as it's such an invasion of privacy.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/theresekerr/

She has also recently been seen shooting a commercial in LA for Buick:

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

And for the grand finale, this week she announced her collaboration with Mother Denim to create a capsule collection. There are several different articles about it, and an interview with Vogue Australia in the upcoming March issue. She talks a bit about style and her thought process with respect to the design, and Kaeding and Becker both comment positively on her organisation and vision for the project.
Interviews: LA Times and Vogue.

Source: Mother Denim via www.vogue.com

 

[KateTheGreatest]

She also got Marella Spring Summer 2017, shot by McGinley.

 

[magsaddict]

looks like a superbowl ad for Buick? another addition to her collection of kooky commercials (especially those japanese ice tea ads). I hope she picks up a Vogue Australia cover this year, although she's less present in HF, since their last cover in july 2014 she's become engaged to a billionaire, which fits their profile if those Sarah Murdoch and Erica Packer covers are anything to go by.

 

[jexxica]

Miranda Kerr attends Harper’s BAZAAR celebration of the 150 Most Fashionable Women presented by TUMI in partnership with American Express, La Perla and Hearts On Fire at Sunset Tower Hotel on January 27, 2017 in West Hollywood, California.

zimbio

 

[jexxica]

At the Miranda + MOTHER Capsule Launch at Catch LA on February 1, 2017.

elle

 

[greenlandgem]

Miranda has given an unusually candid interview to The Times (from www.thetimes.co.uk

Miranda Kerr: Motherhood, love and my billionaire boyfriend

She's engaged to one of Silicon Valley's biggest players. The supermodel tells Richard Godwin about her life with Snapchat's chief executive.

Before I’m accorded the privilege of engaging in conversation with Miranda Kerr, I must agree to a few rules. The Australian supermodel, 33, will speak about her collaboration with the high-end Los Angeles jeans brand Mother — and not much else. Not the British actor Orlando Bloom, her ex-husband (2010-13) and father of her son, Flynn (born in 2011); not her controversially cancelled Victoria’s Secret contract; and certainly not her impending marriage to Evan Spiegel, 26, the co-founder of the messaging app Snapchat and the world’s youngest self-made billionaire. A proposed question about what she has described as her “modern family set-up” (she recently told Vogue that she and Bloom were like brother and sister, and that Flynn adored Bloom’s new partner, Katy Perry) has been politely vetoed.

I’ll admit that between these restrictions and the less-than-ideal interview location — a busy side table at Catch LA, the chichi Hollywood bar where the launch is taking place — I do not have high hopes for a meaningful tête-à-tête. So I’m a little wrong-footed when halfway through our denim-based exchange she asks me what contraceptive methods I use. “Can I just say something?” she says, laughing into her sugar-free margarita. “I feel like I’m talking to my friend . . . and you’re a journalist.” I am, Miranda. That’s absolutely right.

Kerr is so much the girl next door that I initially didn’t pick her out as the one who had made millions from being sexy among all the high-powered LA fashionistas. She dresses like a teenager on a date at a multiplex (black lacy top, sparkly belt, blue Mother jeans, half ponytail) and speaks in a cheerful bricolage of product placement and cosmic wisdom; she’s into crystals and meditates twice a day. It’s only when she stands up that her gazelle legs and impeccable posture give her away as someone with an eight-figure Instagram following, her own cosmetics line (Kora Organics), and contracts with everyone from Wonderbra to H&M. She was number six on Forbes’ highest-paid models list of 2015.

It all begins innocuously. Her entourage parts, I am pushed into her vicinity and wait as she concludes a Snapchat message to Spiegel. So . . . what made you want to work with Mother? “When they approached me and explained the whole charity concept and the design element, I was like, that’s an incredibly great fit for me — no pun intended!” she laughs. The capsule collection, co-designed with Mother’s founders, Tim Kaeding and Lela Becker, involves butterfly motifs and slogans such as “Attitude of Gratitude”. “It just felt right,” she says. “The jeans are called Mother, I’m a mother, and this is about supporting mothers.”

She is donating her fee to the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney, whose work with premature babies is close to her heart. She was born six weeks early, at 5lb 3oz. “If I didn’t have a humidity crib, I wouldn’t have survived,” she says. Since my own son was premature and spent his first few days in neonatal intensive care, I compliment her on her choice of charity. And we’re soon comparing notes on childbirth, baby weight, painkillers. Flynn was born at 10lb after a 27-hour labour. “They induced me and I didn’t take any pain medication. I was like, ‘I need everyone in the hospital not to offer me any pain medicine, I want to give birth naturally.’ ” She’s not sure she’d do that again, but does say it was “empowering”. And the moment after?

“It’s magical. I was so happy to have him out and connect with him and breastfeed him. I was like, ‘Oh my God, how’s he going to get out?’ And then he was out.”

We talk about our children for a while — she’s incredibly sweet about watching her son grow up. “It’s really a blessing,” she says. We establish, among other things, that my son shares a name with one of her dogs and that Flynn loves something called noni juice. What’s noni juice? “It’s the key ingredient in my skincare line. It’s a fruit from Tahiti with over 100 vitamins and minerals and it works on a cellular level and I’ve been drinking it since I was 13 years old, so for the last 20 years.”

She seems put out that this fact has eluded me for 20 whole years. She’s launching a skinfood supplement for Kora Organics and promises that there’ll be an “incredible amount” of noni in it. “So you can beautify your skin from the outside and the inside. Healthy skin is beautiful skin. You can’t be unhealthy and have good skin.”

Oh I don’t know. Some of it’s genetics, isn’t it? Kate Moss has never struck me as having the healthiest lifestyle . . . “Have you met Kate Moss recently?” I have not. “Yeah,” she says meaningfully.

Her skincare line is not just a product — it’s her “belief system”, she stresses. “I wanted to create a skincare product that I really wanted and I wanted to make it available to everyone. And I did that and my essence is in there.” So we can put it on our faces. “And you can put my essence over your face! Ha ha ha.”

Her friends the celebrity stylists Mary-Lou and Chloe Bartoli join us at our table. “Can you tell them apart?” asks Kerr. Everyone laughs at me because I don’t immediately register that they’re twins. “You can tell the difference because M-L is engaged so she’s always rocking this big diamond on her hand,” says Kerr, helpfully. (Apparently the other one once dated someone who once dated one of the Kardashians . . . google it if you’re interested.) “They’re like my best friends,” says Kerr. “They’re total hipsters.”

Does Kerr consider herself a hipster?

“No! I’m not a hipster at all. I’m like a nerd. I LOVE to read books.” (The Bartoli twins float away.)

What was the last book you read?

“I’m reading this book by the Dalai Lama about joy. Joy is my favourite word.” We talk about the joy of children again and as she describes her day with Flynn, she gets a little teary, before turning on me. “Are you going to have another baby?”

Oh hopefully some day, I say, but not while we’re living in California.

“So what are you using for protection? Are you pulling out or what?”

That’s a very personal question Miranda! She creases up. “I’m interested!”

Erm, we use birth control? “I don’t!” she yelps and begins to laugh.

So are you going to have another baby? “Not yet. Not until after we get married. My partner is very traditional.”

I am clearly so out of the loop when it comes to millennial sex trends that it takes me a while to grasp her meaning; she appears to be telling me that she and the man she is marrying have never had sex. Hang on, that’s really traditional, I say. She winces.

“We can’t . . . I mean we’re just . . . waiting.”

That’s like the 19th century. Who’d have thought? She nods so dolorously that I feel overcome with pity. “I know!” she cries. You poor thing, I console her, and she bursts into giggles. I begin to grasp why her numerous publicists were so keen to approve my questions beforehand.

She and Spiegel do Snapchat one another almost constantly, which does at least raise the possibility of sext before marriage. “I’m obsessed with Snapchat,” she says. “And by the way, I’d be obsessed with Snapchat whether he was in my life or not. It’s the closest thing to having a conversation with someone in the moment . . . It feels more connected. And people want to connect now more than ever.”

She uses it to communicate with her family in Australia and says that her son adores it. She particularly likes the fact that the messages disappear after a few seconds, leaving no trace of old conversations. “Every day, people are learning and evolving. Why are you going to judge me on things that I posted years ago?” And she certainly prefers it to other platforms.

“I cannot STAND Facebook,” she volunteers. She is not on Facebook itself, but she does have ten million followers on Instagram, which is owned by Mark Zuckerberg’s company. Instagram recently introduced a range of Snapchat-esque features, which has drawn out her protective streak. “Can they not be innovative? Do they have to steal all of my partner’s ideas? I’m so appalled by that . . . When you directly copy someone, that’s not innovation.” And then a sudden look of panic crosses her face. “Do I get to approve this interview? Crystal!” She admonishes her publicist who long ago drifted out of the conversation. “Oh I don’t even care. It’s a disgrace. How do they sleep at night?”

She impresses on me all of the ways that Snapchat has revolutionised her life. She is “obsessed” with bitmoji, a recent innovation that lets you create personalised cartoon characters to stick on your picture-posts; she announced her engagement to Spiegel by bitmoji in July. And she’s very taken with Spectacles, Snapchat’s new eye-mounted “social camera”, which aims to succeed where Google Glass tanked. “When you’re interacting with your child, you can get all of that first hand without them even being aware that you’re taking a video. My son is really camera-shy, but if I hug him with the glasses I get these really intimate moments.” She stresses that Snapchat is a camera company, a peculiar line since it makes almost all of its revenue from advertising.

“You’re looking at Snapchat’s PR girl right here,” says Crystal, finally tuning into the conversation.

Kerr and Spiegel met in 2014 at a dinner organised by Louis Vuitton in LA. Their seats happened to be next to each other, but despite already being on Snapchat Kerr had no idea who he was. “I was, like, ‘He’s cute . . . but he’s way too young to take anything too seriously.’ ” They spent the whole evening “connecting” but then he abruptly got up and told her that he had a meeting in the morning and had to leave. “I was like, ‘What?’ ”

They exchanged phone calls for a couple of months but then didn’t speak for another couple of months. “It was slow and steady. I was like, ‘Is he even interested?’ But once I let him know I was interested, he was very interested.”

Maybe he assumed you were out of his league? That must happen a lot, I venture.

“You’d have to ask him that,” she replies — but doesn’t take up my suggestion that we Snapchat him right now. She describes him as a “private guy. He’s very mysterious. And he’s very in the moment. And that’s exactly what his brand represents. I couldn’t be more proud of Evan and what he’s achieved. He’s put his heart and soul into something he really believes in.”

And with that, it’s time for her to go and have dinner with her friends. Crystal informs me that I have one more question. What scares you, I ask Kerr. She thinks about this one for a while.

“I try not to live in fear,” she says. “You can either come from fear or love. If you come from love, you’re much more able to give what is true to you. But if you come from fear, you’re limited. And that doesn’t feel good.” It occurs to me that there’s as much wisdom in that as in anything I’ve heard this year.​

Some, uh, interesting comments in there.

I'm really not keen on her look at the Mother Denim launch. As Godwin says, she looks like a teenager at the mall. Her earlier look at the Harper's Bazaar event is more mixed for me: I sort of instinctively like it, but I think it's slightly too tight across the hips and the Canadian in me can't help thinking of the Hudson Bay blanket.

 

[lucy92]

that's an interesting interview, especially in regards to her fiancee being a "traditionalist". here is what he has said about relationships in the past here
somehow i doubt what she had to say about it.

i like the mother collection for the most part - but only the bottoms. the tops with that silly embroidery i can do without. the quality of mother's denim is really really good. i recommend it.

 

[greenlandgem]

I suspect that her comments about her partner's traditional nature were misconstrued - that she was referring more to children out of wedlock than how the comments have been interpreted. Wasn't there a scandal several years ago of leaked emails from his days at Stanford?

I like the look of the jeans as well, though they all seem to be slightly cropped. I'm clinging to my youth in that I like longer jeans, though this may be because I'm tall and have spent much of my life showing everyone my socks whether I want to or not. I still have mixed feelings about high rises on jeans, though I've recently developed an affinity for NYDJ. I'd be interested to know anyone's take on the fit of the Mother jeans.

 

[Caroliiine]

Haha, the striped dress does give off an HBC vibe.

The journalist was bang on about her dressing like a teenager at the launch. That is a look I would see on a typical teen at the mall, which is odd because her decision to participate in this collaboration is based on her being a mother.

 

[greenlandgem]

Last month she had a feature in the Australian Weekly Review.

Miranda Kerr: the girl from Gunnedah
January 16 2017
By Jane Rocca

She has one of the world’s most recognisable faces, gracing campaigns for brands from Chanel and Miu Miu to Victoria’s Secret via the famous Pirelli calendar – and a personal fortune estimated at $6 million by Forbes magazine. She’s engaged to a billionaire – Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel – and owns her own successful skincare brand. But 12 years after her burgeoning modelling career swept her to the US to live, Miranda Kerr remains a down-to-earth Aussie girl at heart.

“Los Angeles is home but I love coming back when I can to Australia,” she says. “I still feel very connected to it. It’s where my family is, it’ll always be my spiritual home.”

Her latest venture is very much a return to her roots. This season, almost 15 years after she first appeared in a Bonds campaign at age 18, Miranda is donning one-pieces and bikinis in Bonds’ new Swim collection. It’s a part of her past she’s cheerfully nostalgic about.

“I grew up wearing Bonds from as long as I can remember,” she says. “I wore Chesty Bonds T-shirts, tank tops and underwear as a kid. When they asked me to be part of the campaign I said ‘Of course’. The brand is relatable and I feel they capture the Australian spirit.”

These days the 33-year-old former face of David Jones admits her sartorial preferences run to a girly style.

“I used to be a jeans and T-shirt girl but I lean more towards feminine these days,” she says.

“I am a very tactile and aesthetically driven dresser. I like different fabrics and the way they fit on my body and I hate clothes that creep as you stand or walk. They have to hang a certain way. I love a high-waist jean but I lean towards dresses and skirts.”

Born in Sydney, Miranda grew up in Gunnedah, NSW. She describes herself as being a bit of a tomboy as a kid, riding horses and playing outdoors with her younger brother Matthew. She also developed an early interest in healthy living and nutrition.

“My grandparents had a vegetable patch and my grandpa used to explain the importance of good soil and growing your own food.”

That interest stayed with her, even after she was discovered at 13 in a Dolly magazine contest. She juggled modelling for local surf labels such as Billabong, Tigerlily and Roxy with studying nutrition and health psychology at the Academy of Natural Living near Cairns, before moving to the US to pursue her career in 2004.

“I ended up studying nutrition in Australia and in America, and I really do feel that when I am eating something I think of the impact it has on my energy levels,” she says. “I don’t understand why people count calories – it’s more important that you’re healthy and exercising.”

Miranda’s interest in health and well-being also spurred her to create her own organic skincare range. Today her KORA Organics products, which are manufactured in Melbourne, are highly lucrative and sold around the world.

Recent reports speculated Miranda might be planning to move back to Australia, following a nasty incident at her Malibu home during which an intruder was shot.

But for now she remains in LA, where she can co-parent her six-year-old son Flynn with his father, actor Orlando Bloom (the couple divorced in 2013 after three years of marriage).

Her Los Angeles address also means Miranda can be close to her husband-to-be. She won’t name the date, but Miranda will marry Evan Spiegel this year. She met the Snapchat billionaire at a Louis Vuitton dinner in Los Angeles, and a friendship soon blossomed into something more.

“I adore him because he’s old-fashioned,” she says, smiling. “He’s passionate about what he does and I can relate to that. We have a mutual respect for one another.”

If it seems that Miranda has a lot going on in her life, she attributes her industrious personality to her upbringing.

“My parents taught me from a young age that it’s important to have a good work ethic,” she says.

“Things don’t come for free. You have to make your wealth by working hard. I also like to have lots of things on the go – from modelling to my skincare line. I need variety.

“I’ve been blessed to get some great work … I don’t take any of these opportunities for granted. They’ve all helped pave the way for me to get to the next exciting thing.”

But when it comes to raising Flynn, Miranda says she makes sure she puts away the phone to focus on one-to-one time.

“Flynn knows when I am home we spend quality time together,” she says. “We play hide and seek or jump on the trampoline. I ask him what he wants to do and let him lead. I also don’t let work get in the way of our time together. When I am home, it’s all about him.”

Her work ethic also helps when it comes to looking after herself. She sets her alarm an hour before Flynn wakes so she can do yoga or meditation. She’s not cardio-obsessed and says she gets dizzy from spin classes – preferring a more chilled approached to getting her body and mind in balance.

“I really try to look after myself on a daily basis,” Miranda says. “Consistency is important and I will try to work my routine for fitness around my schedule. When Flynn’s at school, I do a workout, I also take the stairs over lifts, if I can. I also like to eat healthy food – I have never been a calorie-counter.”

Photos from the Bonds swimwear campaign, shot by Russell James​

She clearly didn't have as many sugar-free margaritas before this interview!

It's funny how she says she used to be a jeans and t-shirt girl but now dresses in a more feminine style. I'm sure in one of the interviews about her Mother collaboration she comments that she's been wearing denim "more than ever". Someone needs to keep her message straight!

 

[greenlandgem]

I came across a shoot she did for Elle Brazil July 2016, shot by Nino Munoz.

Full spread is at Fashion Gone Rogue.

Funnily enough, it's all about denim.

I thought it had already been posted here, but apparently not - she must have done a similar photoshoot that looks just like this one. That's not really a great sign, is it?

 

[lucy92]

i had no idea that her nutrition coursework wasn't at an accredited school in Australia.

Where did she study nutrition in the United States?

 

[greenlandgem]

i had no idea that her nutrition coursework wasn't at an accredited school in Australia.

Where did she study nutrition in the United States?

The Institute of Integrative Nutrition, I believe.

As for whether it's accredited, they address that very question in their website FAQ:

ARE YOU ACCREDITED?
Our founder, Joshua Rosenthal, created the concept of Health Coaching and we’ve been training people to be health coaches for 25 years. Since 2009, we’ve been licensed by the New York State Department of Education, and are continuing to gain traction and recognition by the government.

We know how much our community loves learning, and we don’t think you should ever stop! Through our recognition by the National College Recommendation Service, we’ve developed educational partnerships with several colleges and universities so our graduates can use their IIN certification to get their bachelor’s or master’s degree. Some of our partnerships include: International Health Coach University, Goddard College, Excelsior College, SUNY Purchase, and Maryland University of Integrative Health.
​

So... no?

 

[magsaddict]

That weekly review article is so poorly researched... Miranda has done runway for Chanel and Miu Miu, not campaigns. They could at least say Prada and Givenchy campaigns. Likewise, her net worth is much higher than that, the $6 million is just her earnings in the past year.

 

[jexxica]

Australian model Miranda Kerr arrives to the Vanity Fair Party following the 88th Academy Awards at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on February 26, 2017.

zimbio

 

[tiffany]

Lovely dress. I especially like the pearl straps.

 

[greenlandgem]

I actually think this dress is lovely, but I wish the waist was set just 2-3cm lower. I saw an image of her inside the party where she wasn't posing and holding the skirt out like she was about to set sail, and it looked much better and more flattering. The pearl straps are awesome - a great way to dress up the back and move away from jewellery - but I can't help but think they'd get very uncomfortable by the end of the night. And you certainly couldn't slouch and lean back on anything!