March '08
We're crazy in love with these new faces
By Joseph Tenni

Malin Ones
Norwegian knockout Malin Ones had everyone talking last show season after taking to the runways like the champ she is. The newcomer walked for Balenciaga (left), Calvin Klein, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Nina Ricci and Dolce & Gabbana, among countless other heavyweights.

Jen Messelier
Fetching femme Jen Messelier has it all wrapped up. After entering a model contest in her native France not long ago, she found herself walking for Jean Paul Gaultier, Alberta Ferretti and Wunderkind. Then she scored a spread in the current Italian Vogue, shot by Patrick Demarchelier. Expect to see a lot more of the statuesque stunner this year.

Olha Honchar
Ravishing Russian Olha Honchar, discovered while ice-skating in a St. Petersburg park, can't put a foot wrong. She's gained the attention of the Italians to boot, appearing in their versions of Vanity Fair, Glamour and Amica. Apparently they can't get enough of her icy northern gaze.

Anna Gushina
Also winning over the West is Anna Gushina, another red-hot Russian with a bone-chilling stare. Armed with runway appearances at Prada (where she made her debut for spring '08), Miu Miu, Jil Sander, Chloé, Louis Vuitton, Missoni and Fendi, Anna will soon rule the world.

Ilvie Wittek
Austrian import Ilvie Wittek possesses a quirky kind of beauty that's all the rage right now. The dark-blonde teen is bursting with potential; it won't be long before her distinctive face is splashed everywhere.

Amber Milam
From the heart of bluegrass country comes Kentucky cutie Amber Milam. After walking for Comme des Garçons (left), Undercover, Vivienne Westwood, Marc Jacobs and Diane von Furstenberg, as well as traveling throughout Europe, she must have experienced quite a hair-raising culture shock. She'll shine in 2008 and beyond.

Kris Jacob
Vancouver-born vixen Kris Jacob turns heads wherever she goes. The Lisa Bonet lookalike has posed in Cosmo Girl and Trace magazines, as well as featured in R&B music videos.
Study fashion at Parsons The New School for Design in NYC

  Hint Shop
If Rad Hourani were writing this blurb, it would be over already. That's because, for the soon-to-explode French-Canadian designer, it's all about extreme minimalism. Thus, the concept behind this one-size-fits-all, unisex, sleeveless T-shirt—printed with the dates and times of a calendar—is that it can be worn by anyone, anytime.

 Shoptart
01, 22, 16. Nope, it’s not bingo night; it's the numerical filing system at Maison Martin Margiela. Adding to the mathematical fun is a new line of fine jewelry in absurdist proportions and scale. Also this month: Comme de Garçons for H&M, Louis Vuitton and more. By Franklin Melendez

Message Boards
"Madonna starves herself on a raw macrobiotic kosher vegan kaballah diet and works out three hours a day to maintain the physique of a 12-year-old gymnast boy, and then has the cheeks of a 300-pound woman implanted into her face. And her forehead is like a plastic baby's bottom. It's like Nicole Kidman's forehead at the height of her botox addiction, and we all remember how unfortunate that era was."

 



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