Italian Vogue Video Interview: Bruna Tenorio

Bruna Tenorio for Italian Vogue, ph: Mario Sorrenti, stylist: Camilla Nickerson:


Video Interview can be seen at vogue.it :

Famous for
Exotic features , endless legs, contagious cheerfulness. Her strongest asset is her intense gaze.

Personal style
Comfortable, first of all. She can carry off perfectly a pair of flat shoes and a country-style outfit: her charm remains unchanged.

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She was born in Maceio, the biggest town in the Alagoas region, in Brazil. Her ancestors were natives.
Her career started out when she was only 17, in 2006, when she walked runways for Chanel, Christian Dior and Dolce & Gabbana, in Paris and Milan.

She later moved to New York.
Her peculiar face landed her also several advertising campaign jobs for Anna Sui, Gap, Valentino Haute Couture and Vera Wang.

Style.com defined he right away one of the best up-and-coming talents of her generation.
She later appeared also on the most prominent magazine covers, from L'Officiel to Vogue, from Numéro to Elle.
She became the face of Giuseppe Zanotti, and graced the cover of French Revue des Modes.

She was shot by Thierry le Goues, Brazilian Eduardo Rezende, Mark Seliger.
She became the face of Ralph Lauren and landed her second cover for Vogue Brazil.

If she were to have kids in the future she would give them names that are a combination of hers and her husband's, although her favorite girl name is Alice.

Never leaves home without
Her Blackberry, a true vice. She just can't help checking it all the time.

Public style
She cannot stand anything that make her feel uncomfortable, so also in public she tends to wear comfy outfits, in beige hues or in total black.

Private style
Uniqlo cardigans, leather jackets and jeans by Brazilian designer Ellus, House of Holland t-shirts.

Shoes and bags
Ballerina flats and combat boots (she loves Dr. Martens, she own a whole collection), and bags by Michael Kors.

Favorite designers
Balenciaga, Anna Sui, Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang, Chanel.

Favorite music
In her I-pod, lots of hip hop, pop music and tunes by Brazilian singer Djavan. Her favorite songs of all time are Yesterday by the Beatles and Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls.

Favorite book
Still Alice, by Lisa Geneva, and The dream seller: the call, by Augusto Cury.

Favorite magazine
Vogue, Nylon and Rolling Stone.

Favorite city
Rio, Paris and New York.

Favorite drink
The Full cream milk at Starbucks, coffee and bottled water.

First thing in the morning
She rises so early (every morning at 6) that the first thing she thinks of is coffee.

Last thing before bed
She reads.

She loves
Rio's beaches

She hates
Almost nothing.

Good habits
"I am a very simple kind of girl"

Her website
BlogBrunaTenorio.com

ADDRESS BOOK

Shopping
"If I could, I would shop non-stop, from food to anything else, at Starbucks or Walmart".

Vacations
India. She's been to Agra, but she would like to see more of it. And Dubai, too.

Italian Vogue Video Interview: Giedre Dukauskaite

Giedre Dukauskaite, ph: Steven Meisel fot Italian Vogue April 2010:

Video can be seen at Vogue.it:

Famous for
She really has all that a model should never be lacking of: body language, an intense gaze, a charismatic face.

Personal style
Casual, but she likes to look chic even when wearing just a pair of jeans. Which she customizes with colored details and plenty of accessories.

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She grew up in a small, tiny Lithuanian village, where fashion is not one of the most widely-discussed topics.

As a kid she dreamed of becoming a doctor or a lawyer, but not a model for sure. Also because she was not exactly the most beautiful girl in school. On the contrary, precisely for her ugly-duckling fame, one of the prettiest girls in school invited her along to a casting, hoping she would look even prettier in comparison. Yet, talent scouts were very impressed with Giedre.

In Taiwan she attended a course to learn runway-walking and from there she flew directly to New York Fashion Week's shows, and walked for Diane Von Furstenberg and Marc Jacobs.

She did her first shooting with i-D magazine. But she will never forget the D&G campaign shot by Mario Testino. The photos were so beautiful that gave her instant fame, and made her a name in the fashion circuit.

As for Vogue Italia, she was first shot by Carlotta Manaigo, then by Paolo Roversi and Steven Meisel.

She also was one of Prada's faces.

Alongside with Stella Tennant and Lakshmi Menon she appeared in the H&M campaign.

She has walked runways for Prada, Miu Miu, Salvatore Ferragamo, Giambattista Valli.

She has bought an apartment in Lithuania, where she goes back often, and her greatest pastime now is traveling around the world hunting out for furniture pieces and accessories to make it look more homey.

Never leaves home without
Her pink Blackberry.

Public style
High heels, well-groomed make-up and hair, a precious clutch, a sexy mini-dress or tight-fitting jeans.

Private style
Just a good moisturizing cream, her jeans, her sneakers and a t-shirt.

Bags and shoes
She has a soft spot for shoes, but almost all the accessories she owns (including belts and bags) are by Miu Miu, from all collections. Her only rule is that she never wears flip-flops, the least chic thing a woman may bee seen wearing.

Hair
Her greatest asset, very beautiful au naturel by rather fragile. She nourishes them with a mask once a week.

Favorite designer
Miuccia Prada, Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang, John Galliano.

Favorite accessory
A handbag by Prada she bought a year and a half ago. White, hand painted in pink and yellow, inspired by old fairy tales.

Favorite music
Dance music, a bit Boney M.- style. She loves dancing and going to gigs.

Favorite food
Her mum's lasagne.

Favorite drink
Vodka.

Favorite book
A Lithuanian book, The forest of Gods, by Balys Sruoga. The book tells of the cruelty against the Jews during the Second World War.

Favorite city
Paris and New York.

Fashion tip
"Take care of yourself and never lose self-confidence."

Motto
Never stop respecting others.

Good habits
Organic food and a homemade body scrub (a family's recipe). Always on time and super-tidy.

She loves
Hanging out with friends, watching a movie, wandering around the city. And Christmas.

She hates
Getting hurt like she did once during a fitness routine.

ADDRESS BOOK

Restaurants
Almost all restaurants in the Noho neighborhood, from Japanese Mottsu to Spring Street Natural.

Cafeterias
Bite, in Lafayette Street.

Shopping
In Nolita, or around Union Square, you can always find something interesting and unique.

Vacations
Morocco.

Italian Vogue Video Interview: Rianne ten Haken

Video can be seen at Vogue.it:

Why she's famous
She's one of the iconic Versace models.
For someone who claims not to be interested in fashion and to not have had any idea what she wanted to do when she grew up, the speed and determination that she's shown in her career is quite impressive.

Magazine covers and ad campaigns, catwalks and fashion shoots all over the world: she's among the most requested models in the word. And she's still so young.

Her style
Sensual, enthusiastic, versatile. She looks great in a punk style, with bright red hair and a fiendish smirk, or dressed as a snow fairy. Basically, she looks good in everything. Which is not a common quality.

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She was born in Lelystad, Holland, a little town of just over 60 thousand citizens. One day, walking down the street with her mother, an agent asked her if she'd like to take part in one of the many contests put on by the Elite Modeling agency.

She was only 15, but she won - and her life would never be the same again. Two years later, she was on the runways.

She then moved to New York, which was a culture shock for her. But her sweet face and luscious lips didn't pass unnoticed and she was hired as the testimonial for both Versace and Chanel Cosmetics.

She's appeared in ads for various brands ranging from Armani to La Perla, from Fornarina to Pucci.

She's been photographed by Steven Meisel, Craig McDean, Patrick Demachiellier and Peter Lindbergh for the covers of magazines like Vogue Italia, Nùmero, Vogue UK, Vogue USA, Elle, Acne and W.

She's now the face of Pierre Cardin Parfum, and her career continues to rise despite the fact that she's a girl with solid dreams and the desire to return one day to live in Holland.

She played a sexy maid in an entertaining scene during the Louis Vuitton 2008 S/S runway show in Paris, together with Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell.

In 2009, she posed for the Pirelli Calendar set in Botswana and appeared on the covers of German Elle, Vogue Japan, and again, Vogue Italia.

She went back to her studies, which she'd interrupted to follow her modeling career and got her degree in Economic Science, hoping that one day it may allow her to follow other pursuits. She speaks Dutch, German, English and a bit of French.

After three years in Paris, she decided to go back to New York, where life is more stimulating - but also simpler - than it is in Europe.

Never leaves home without
Ipod and cell phone.

In public
Super short dresses, colorful, maxi furs, sequins, heels.

In private
Jeans, blazers, sneakers.

Shoes and bags
Ballerina shoes by Repetto and maxi bags by Chanel.

Hair
In 2009, she dyed her hair from light brown to bright red, for a Vogue Italia cover. It goes without saying that she looked great like that as well.

Favorite city
New York.

Favorite drink
Vodka orange.

Favorite food
Pizza.

Music
A mix of '80s music.

Film
Anything at the cinema.

Good habits
She reads a lot.

Bad habits
Smokes.

Loves
Being outdoors and immersed in nature.

Hates
Jealous men.

Site
MySpace

Address Book

Restaurants
She loves going out to dinner. At New York's Cafe el Portal for Mexican food , and Bistrot de L'Oulette, in the Marais areas of Paris.

Cafés
Gimme! Coffee in New York, on Mott Street.

Shopping
Sweet Tater, in Nolita is her favorite. They carry vintage clothes and clothes designed by the owners, each piece is one-of-a-kind.

Holidays
In Holland, where she has a beautiful house in the country.