Valerija Kelava

[cologne_rocks]

Yup, great things take their time!

 

[La bordélique]

Whoa! Is she a natural blonde? Because I would have never guessed!

 

[gossiping]

wow she looks different! i actually prefer her look right now though

 

[Teja]

She's been around since 2003? I had no idea!

Yeah but she only worked in Slovenia (if I'm not mistaken) mostly for Slovenian brand Oktober.

 

[cologne_rocks]

Do you know who her former motheragent was ? Not relevant but I'm just curious

 

[Teja]

As far as I know she didn't have an agency in Slovenia (99% sure about this). So her first agency (mother agency) was Next.

 

[gilsa0870]

Another polaroid they did for her first Cosmo shoot.

bravnicar.blogspot.com

 

[gilsa0870]

we love valerija!

ali toth with valerija kelava
The Pierre Hotel, November 18, 2010 in New York City

theroommag.blogspot.com

 

[Magic Spells]

fromato12th.blogspot

 

[gossiping]

stunning

 

[hysteria]

swinging-paris

 

[kwonsm]

vogue.jp

 

[WidowOfCulloden]

She has a very unique beauty! I loved her in McQueen! The first time i saw her i thought how perfect she would be for McQueen and when i finally saw her at his show, i was so happy!

Kind of irrelevant comment: i have the exact same eye color as Valerija!! I always thought this color was dull and hated it but at least now i can say that i have the same eye color with a super model!

 

[woemwoem]

No campaigns for S/S11?
How is it possible to go from Prada, Balenciaga, and Versace in one season to none the next? Her bookers at Ford need to work a little harder.

 

[nijuyanah]

No campaigns for S/S11?
How is it possible to go from Prada, Balenciaga, and Versace in one season to none the next? Her bookers at Ford need to work a little harder.

Well, sorry to disillusioning to you but this is just how the industry works. There are many girls who totally seem to explode, or at least, seem to be really in demand one season, but completely fade away in the next. Don't get me wrong, I agree that it's a shame she isn't getting more attention but I have mentioned it before, that I think her career and her management seem pretty well elaborated to me and I really enjoy the fact that we don't get to see Valerija in every single spread or show, but have some thoroughly pleasant moments every now and then when she pops up on a major runway/ in an a-list magazine
So I really don't think we can blame her bookers. Even though, I have to admit that I still don't see the reason why she switched from Next (or was it a "follow-the-booker" sort of thing? Can't remember anymore...)

 

[cologne_rocks]

Quite annoying how agencies always have to bear the blame for those called "day fly"-models on tfs, no? I'm not saying that decent management is irrelevant but at some point, a model's capacity is simply exhausted - which happens pretty quickly to exotic faces, almost without expetions.... Other than that, let's not jump the gun & write Valerija off just because she has not appeared in a SS11 print campaign so far.

 

[fadedcolours]

Marami (no idea what season or what this label is about either)
ph: Kacper Kasprzyk

*totalworld.us

 

[gossiping]

love this campaign!

 

[cologne_rocks]

Jil Sander Navy Spring 2011 campaign

scanned by fujiko from VI Feb '11

Looks so good!

 

[citygrrl]

OHMYGOD it looks so amazing! so excited to see it in hq!!