Kirsi Pyrhönen for VOGUE ITALIA by PAOLO ROVERSI

Left. Jacket, Lanvin; hat Stephen Jones; Leg Covers, Ter et Bantine. Jacket and hood, Yves Saint Laurent; headpiece Donna Karan Collection; earrings Gripoix

Coat, Max Mara; skirt, Limi Feu. Headband, Karl Lagerfeld; cape, Jhon Galliano; belt Yohji Yamamoto; gloves Cornelia James

 Source: Vogue Italia

Jacket, Gianfranco Ferré. Hat angels the costumiers; veil VV Rouleaux; gloves, Ines Gloves

Hood, Viktor & Rolf; jacket and skirt; Trussardi 1911. Socks, Calzedonia; shoes Richard Nicoll. Next page. Coat and hat, Donna Karan Collection. Leg covers, Ter et Bantine. Bijoux Gripoix

Coat, Iceberg; tail­leur, Louis Vuitton. Brooch Gripoix. Next page. Jacket and skirt, Fendi. Headband Karl Lager­feld; micro-gloves Ines Gloves

make-up Sally Branka: @ Julian Watson agency. Manicure Elsa Deslandes @ majeure & événements. Fashion editor Jacob K

Discovered at the age of thirteen, now at seventeen she is one of the new faces of the fashion world. And yet, with that beauty of an "alien Laplander", she considers herself a normal teenager... with a suitcase

Two months have passed since that cover (May's Vogue Italia), but the excitement has still not died down in the fashion world.

With Kirsi Pyrhönen the expression "a star is born" is something more than a convenient cliché. Kirsi is a star born seventeen years ago, and that's that. As for the interplanetary aspect, that air of the alien Laplander who has just fallen to Earth. Finnish, from near Helsinki, an older brother and sister, two working parents - "my father is an engineer; my mother works at a gas company" - her dog Akusti, a Swedish Vallhund, Kirsi is a student with a suitcase. "I'm here at school for just one more week, then the holidays begin: I still have three years to go to finish high school".

Considering she is a teenager catapulted to the top of the profession in just a few weeks and one of the new faces to which the world will soon become accustomed, she displays noteworthy realism. "I'm just a student who sometimes takes a plane and goes to work, and has a great job".

A great job that she'll endeavour to keep doing. "It's what I've always wanted to do. Becoming a model was never a plan, even if I did want to do it when I was a child". She has not found the fashion world to be very different from how she imagined it. "Tougher and more tiring than I expected, that IS true". And it is still too soon to talk about a life "after": "I could remain in this world, but I also like design and furnishing. I'll certainly do something creative. Only time will tell me what".

Otherwise, her world is like that of any other teenager, with the same pastimes - "I don't have a favourite band or DJ: I like certain songs by Lady Gaga, MGMT, Lil Wayne, Kanye West..." - and the same concerns of someone who will inherit an ecologically semi-destroyed planet when she grows up. "We can truly change things for the environment if we all do something, even if it's small. And then I would like to help those who are in desperate need".

These photos by Paolo Roversi place her in a timeless classicity: it is no coincidence that she likes Audrey Hepburn films and has Coco Chanel as a reference. She loves vintage, "above all in summer. Here in the north, in winter you need to cover up in something more modern and effective".

Among today's names, she likes Christopher Kane and Alexander Wang
, designers for whom she has paraded. "They're both young and their collections are amazing. They have a style that's very close to my own tastes". For now, the whirlwind of events that has made her teenage life so crazy allows her little time, and the little there is she devotes entirely "to friends, to family... and to food".

Ending up on that cover designed by Steven Meisel - "there was a splendid atmosphere on the set; it was a very beautiful shoot" - was perhaps predestined, ever since she was discovered one day, at thirteen, shopping at Ikea together with her mother. "I don't remember what we were buying", she says, smiling, "probably nothing important". Perhaps she is right. The "discovery" would have happened anyway, maybe in a lift or at a bar. It is unlikely that such an "alien" beauty would have gone unnoticed for long.

Yet that shopping session offered the opportunity for a career that has a good chance of characterising the decades to come. Who knows, maybe the Swedish colossus will ask her to be the face for an ad campaign, to give her the opportunity to pay them back.


Leonardo Clausi, tratto da Vogue Italia, Luglio 2010 (n. 719), p. 160 - 173

JENNIFER LOPEZ FOR VOGUE ITALIA MAY 2010 BY MICHAELANGELO DI BATTISTA

On the left. Shirt, Yves Saint Laurent. On the right. Dress, Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci; hat, Katharina M; sandal, Giuseppe Zanotti Design

Despite her twins, Emme and Maximilian, her marriage with Latin pop star Marc Anthony, her long break and luxury commuting life between Los Angeles and her country home outside New York, she has not changed. She is still "Jenny from the block", thanks to a solid family, but also because of two failed marriages that have helped her understand what love is. Now she feels ready to talk about it. In song. 

Cardigan, corset, skirt and shoes by Dolce&Gabbana

"Going to love lessons could help us in our lives". With three marriages and a series of stormy relationships behind her, Jennifer Lopez speaks with experience. Sitting in the study in her country home outside New York, she touches on the argument by talking about Love, the first album produced since the birth of her two twins, Emme and Maximilian.

On the left. Dress, Gucci; gloves, Maison Fabre. On the right. Robe bustier, Antonio Berardi

"Love is the most important thing in life, but we never talk about it enough", she stresses. "Today, I feel I'm a more aware person. I don't want to try and teach anyone anything, because I don't reckon I have all the answers in my pocket. But I would like this record to help people think".

Bodysuit, Eres; dress and sandals Prada

The six years passed with Marc Anthony and maternity have changed her points of view. A few months before the birth of the twins, she chose to leave the public scene for the first time since coming to the fore as actress, in the mid 1990s. This has been a healthy break for her, giving her the time to reflect and the desire to restart the role of sexy diva she has always played. "At the beginning, everything revolved around the kids. Now, they remain the priority, but I've reacquired my sex appeal and energy".

Shirt and shorts, Yves Saint Laurent

Dress, necklace and shoes, Lanvin

Nicola Scevola, from Vogue Italia, May 2010 (n.411), p. 156 - 167

Source: (VOGUE ITALIA)

"A WHITE STORY": VOGUE ITALIA APRIL 2010 EDITORIAL BY PAOLO ROVERS

Left dress, Valentino; body, Wunderkind; gloves, Cornelia James; socks, Chanel; knee pads, Vanessa Bruno.
Right dress, Fendi; shawl, Angels the Costumiers.

Make-up Max Delorme @ L’atelier NY using Temptu.
Manicure Anny Errandonea @ Marie-France Thavonekham.
Fashion editor Jacob K.

Slip dress, Just Cavalli. Tights, Chanel; Knee pads, Vanessa Bruno and Emma Roach.

Left dress and tights, Chanel. Bra, National Theatre Costume Hire; knee pads, Emma Roach.
Right robe bustier, Gianfranco Ferré.

Top and dress; jacket, top and skirt: Comme Des Garçons. Knee pads, Vanessa Bruno and Emma Roach.

Left shirt and skirt, Ralph Lauren Collection; Top, Phi.
Right dress, Alberta Ferretti.

Left from left bra and knickers, Vivienne Westwood. Dress and shorts, Yves Saint Laurent; Top, Phi.
Right shirt, Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci; skirt, Ann Demeulemeester.

Slip dress, Missoni. Hair Odile Gilbert @ L’atelier (68).

Left top and knickers, Dolce & Gabbana; bra, Jean Paul Gaultier; crinoline, Emma Roach.
Right shirt, Yohji Yamamoto; skirt, D&G; bloomers, Angels the Costumiers. tights, Wolford; laces, Emma Roach.

Dress, Chloé; slip dress vintage, Angels the Costumiers. Knee pads, Vanessa Bruno and Emma Roach. Prop stylist Jean-Hughes de Chatillon.

"Close Up": Vogue Italia march 2010 by Miles Aldridge

Hair Kerry Warn @ The Milton Agency for John Frieda.
Make-up Alice Ghendrih @ Artlist.
Manicure Christina Conrad @ Management Artists using Chanel.
Fashion editor Alice Gentilucci.

Dress, Dolce & Gabbana. Earrings, Cartier; ring, Au Vase de Delft; sandals, Cesare Paciotti. Bag, Furla. Behind: suit and shirt, Dolce & Gabbana; bow-tie, Charvet; shoes, Studio Pollini.

Front décolletées Casadei. Dress, Chanel; earrings, Cartier. Shoulder belt, Kathy Van Zeeland. Behind: suit, Dolce & Gabbana; monocle, Dary’s; bow-tie, Charvet.

Dress and shirt, Francesco Scognamiglio. Pochette and décolletées, Pollini; shoulder belt, Studio Pollini. Suit, Lanvin; rings, Au Vase de Delft.

From left jacket, shirt and robe bustier, Yves Saint Laurent. Bow-tie, Charvet; earrings, Les Néréides; pochette, Mulberry. Suit and shirt, Ralph Lauren Collection; monocle, Dary’s. Pearles, Chanel.

From left dress, top, skirt and robe bustier, Aquilano.Rimondi. Platforms, Alberto Guardiani; décolletées, Baldinini. Tuxedo and shirt, Lanvin; bow-tie and band, Charvet; ring, Au Vase de Delft; shoes, Studio Pollini. Behind: suit, Jean Paul Gaultier.

From left dresses, Lanvin. Bracelet, Agatha; décolletées, Vic Matié. Bag, pochette and clutch, Gherardini. Fan, Véra Pilo. Suits, shirts and shoes, Dolce & Gabbana; bow-tie, Charvet; monocle, Dary’s.

From left suit, top and dresses, Miu Miu; earrings, Les Néréides and Agatha. Clutches, Carpisa; sandals, Le Silla. Suit and shirt, Dolce & Gabbana; monocle and ring, Dary’s. Prop stylist Fabienne Eisenstein; location Lancaster Hotel, Parigi.

A TRIBUTE TO A DECEASED FRIEND titled "A Note to you, Elte!"

PROLOGUE to the POEM:

This poem is composed for a deceased friend, Eltea, who was a wonderful friend. His absence has made me wonder about what thoughts might have been there behind those smiles, those true innocent smiles.... In this poem, which I have titled as "A Note to you, Elte", I have put inside a few names from amongst my circle of friends, who have also been good good friends to Eltea. And some lines might make you, as readers, feel somewhat not connected to the poem, because of the moments that I have put inside as a memory lane.
He truly was a friend indeed, and I want to take this opportunity to tell him that not only I, but our circle of friends have missed him so much. "Elte, you might not be here with us in this world, but we have memories of you and your sweet smiles, your laughs and your talks. We feel left out by you because you left so abruptly without leaving any goodbyes, you should have at least said goodbye in a proper way. At times, we feel like seeing you again just to slap your face because of the way you left us... May your soul rest in peace!"


A Note to you, Elte!

You were with us, oh yes, you were
There at the “Silvermoon” square;
Noel and B’no by your side
Laughin’ on and talking light;
Finding muses to make us smile
Filling glasses to drink in style;
Remembering your phrase “glass mate”
Ringing in our thoughts fully awake;
Midnight comes and so will morn
Who knows if morrow might scorn;
The night is young and so are we
Show must go on and so must we.

There we dance at the “Pink Party”
Your pink shirt starts with a ‘T’
It’s “Like a virgin” there we sang
The lil’ bitch kissing ‘A’ with a fang;
“Black n White Revolution” down the West End
Raymond pouting with’e ray-ban;
Madonna pushing us to ‘go with the flaw’
Manoah p’forming with a mighty thaw;
Fred and Bec in the ‘get busy’ groove
Nans and Goosh get down to the groove;
Those were the days that gone past us
Filled with memories of the lingered past.

Sev’n Nine Six O to pick you up
Xavy and Fab to follow up;
With Mike ‘n’ Machh’, be by their side
In their friendship you must confide;
Roaring aloud in the streets of ‘Zâwl
Anxieties have gone with the yawl;
The time has come to catch the wind
Go on my guys, go catch the wind;
Let time run past the speed of light
Whole night lay there enjoy the flight;
Traffics have gone, Elte, ya go drive
Way past that street, that Zarkawt Pride.

“Around we hang at the café there
Coffee we sip’d with g’sip no spare;
The smiles you flash what lies beneath
Beyond that space our senses seat;
Had we but known ‘ur inner fears
Drawn back might be a thousand tears;
In deep disgust U make us feel
Helpless in grief and tears in reel;
Realize you will what consequence
Lead us to that lonely sequence;
Realized we have of ‘ur goodness
Bearing burdens in singleness.”

Pompous days are ‘gone with the wind’
‘Lover’s Vows’ broken and in ruin;
Parting are friends to mend their ways
Only to find friends keep solace;
God only knows what lies ahead
Great deeds might lie with sinful dread;
Tears of joy and that of pain
Trickling down on cheeks like grain;
Melting in the sea of tears
Might we but find a track of fear?
Anxieties be cast away
Heav’n only knows what dreams might lay.

Michelle Williams for Vogue US October 2009 by Mario Testino

My PASSION IN THE ART OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENT

Since I was a child, my love for flowers have pushed me beyond the unreached, unwashed and untamed corners of the world, making me realize that there, in front of me, are obstacles which are about to define my life and yes, happy moments, that describes who I will be inside and out. The passion building up inside me has always been my source of inspirations and this is the state from where I will attain that level of being in a creative coma. My inspirations come from different places, things, times, situations and so on. Flowers give me so much amount of joy and peace that they tend to possess the very Nature of God, the Creator, which is unique and special in its own accord. I feel deeply blessed to have found so much inspirations from the wonderful creations of God. Flowers are, indeed, one special product of Nature in all its charms and special qualities.

Creativity comes from within and from the heart with a desired degree of passion. This passion is not to be let loose because if you tend to lose it, it cannot take the same form as it was before when u regain it again. It needs to be taken care of, because it bruises so easily and needs a tender touch. My favourite flower arrangements are shown here to depict my level of creativity. They are dedicated to all the people who are passionate about life and Nature, specially Flowers.

This particular arrangement was for 2008 Christmas service at Calvary Baptist Church at Lunglei, my hometown. It depicts that work of art which is stylish, yet very much natural and shows my inner self that longs for originality. I drew my inspiration for this arrangement from JJ Valaya's artistic Anthurium creations from his boutique.
And for this yellow Calendula flavoured arrangement, which has taken me back to those younger years when I used to play with roots and branches of a tree, mixing them together with dried flowers and mosses, collected from my grandmother's most treasured farm in Ramzotlang. This was a place that gave us so much amount of pleasure and those memories that we had in the farm will always be treasured forever.

As for the arrangement style and the background inspiration, it depicts that side of me, which is raw and natural yet quite amazingly soft and tender inside.

The next arrangement is all about joy, happiness and it shows a new beginning and a new start. It gives me hope for the future, and this was arranged for the Church Service on New Year's Day 2009. In a way, it is a depiction of my New Year's Resolutions which are being shown with flowers like Liliums and roses amongst a sea of limoniums.

And the next arrangement is taken out from my tranquil state of mind. It reveals that part of me wanting to have a peace of mind, expressing my longing for peace.

A White Bird of Paradise is something to behold!!

The following arrangements are done for a client whom I haven't met yet(till the date of her wedding). Her niece, a fashion Designer, hired my service for the client's wedding. I spent the whole day searching for different white flowers like Cala Lilies(wedding lilies), white roses, white Liliums, White Carnations and the flower that saved the day is a white colored 'Bird of Paradise' which was just so pure and wonderfully crafted by the hands of God. And I started my work from the evening till 2 a.m. on their wedding day. The guys from Zarkawt were just so helpful in drafting those bamboos for the flowers to be mounted on. The theme was orientally inspired.

Cala Lillies will never go wrong in any wedding.

Hlutea (middle) was the make-up artist for the bride on this day.

There is a very sweet lady in Aizawl and her son's wedding day was just as lovely, it was the Wedding of the year 2008 in Mizoram. I have been lucky enough to be a part of this wedding. The theme of the day was White and light yellow(Golden yellow) which makes it so much fun to undertake my work. I was working the whole day for this and my feet were hurting so much in the next morning, when I had finished my works of art. The twin arrangements in the Church shows an embellishments of white and yellow Liliums, Roses and Xanadu leaves from where a white linen ribbons fall down in spirals.

The reception hall contains different styles of arranged flowers which still conform to one another. The flower stands define a celebrated state of conformity for the flowers and the wedding day.

Gladiolas and Liliums are the main attractions for the hall and the cake table is tastefully done with a touch of ivy leaves that wrap the sides of the table around flowing down here and there.

The centre piece is specialy done with love for it is love that conquers the day...

Arranging the flowers inside the Banquet hall was so much fun, for the Ladies of Zarkawt were such wonderful companies. The grand arrangement, the centrepiece, has all the charms that an arranged flower can possess. I put a royale touch to it, making it look fabulous and eye-catching.