Working with model Daria Werbowy is one of the nice parts of my job. I've probably said this on the blog before. She's insanely gorgeous, has great personal style and is so easy to work with. We did a shoot with Aaron De Mey and Daria the other week (for a U.S. magazine's December issue--details soon) and it was heaven. Daria had just returned from a month of sailing and she was the definition of tawny.
Daria made a rare catwalk appearance this afternoon in Paris for Balmain. She's all but retired from fashion shows, but she likes Balmain designer Christophe Decarnin so she hits their runway every other season or so.
She also modeled in Tom Ford's first women's presentation during New York Fashion Week. (Beyonce Knowles was one of the models too, as was new Lancome spokesmodel Julia Restoin Roitfeld.) If you hadn't heard, Tom is launching his women's collection in the spring. He, however, is doing it his way and is keeping everything under wraps until next year. The only photographer at the show was a house photographer and everyone invited was asked to keep mum. He wasn't Tweeting or live streaming from backstage or any of that. To paraphrase his WWD interview, and I hope I'm doing it correctly, he feels that social media has caused fashion to lose some of its mystery. Don't look for @mrtomford on Twitter any time soon.
That's one way to whip the social media scene into a frenzy! Deny them!!
Let me know what you think.
