New Face: Milou van Groesen
Meet Milou van Groesen, a 22-year old Dutch Model, who’s about to become big in the world of modelling. She has been modelling for a few years now. Yet it was only after Balenciaga let her open the latest show (SS2011) that Milou is getting everyone’s attention. Her agent has decided Milou she should take her career in a new, high end direction. ‘She represents a new cool’, she said. And it seems that’s already working out. We can’t wait to see more of this blonde Dutchie.
Name: Milou van Groesen
Age: 22
Birth Year: 8 April, 1988
Place of Birth: Den Helder, The Netherlands (she’s 100% Dutch)
Discovered: By A Models Amsterdam, while she was walking on the street.
Breakthrough: She opened the Balenciaga show (SS2011)
Fashion shows: Costello Tagliapietra, Staerk, Vera Wang, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Elise Øverland, Charlotte Ronson en Gaspard Yurkievich, Philip Lim and Balenciaga.
Agencies: Women Management (Paris)
Campaigns: Diesel and H&M
Signature look: Milou often looks like she’s under the influence of something. That’s probably what makes her stand out.
Admires: Kate Moenning’s style
Hobbies: Having a nice drink with my friends in the park and being at home with friends. Milou also plays guitar; her dad teaches her that. Yet she says her life is one big hobby.
Favorite music: She likes rock. Milou’s favorite bands are Uh Huh Her and Sleater-Kinney.
Check out Milou’s Screen Test below:
New Face: Saskia de Brauw
A beauty with brains, that’s how we would describe Dutch model Saskia de Brauw. She started modeling at the age of 16, then took a break to finish her study and now she is back! With her age, she’s 29 now, she has more to offer than just a pretty face. This girl has something to say too. And if she’s not modeling she works on her art projects.
Name: Saskia de Brauw
Age: 29
Birth Year: 1981
Place of Birth: a village near Amsterdam
Discovered: at the age of 16
Breakthrough: her second breakthrough happened in 2010. Saskia did a casting for Prada and became the new face or Eres (she took over Lara Stone for this job). Models.com named her (at the age of 29) as one of the New Faces.
Fashion shows: Givenchy, Balenciaga, Paul Smith, Matthew Williamson (SS2011)
Agencies: VIVA, Paparazzi
Signature look: Short dark hair, androgyny
Quote: ‘Modeling was never a dream. Yet thanks to my work as a model I could afford my study. I’d prefer to call myself a visual artist.’
Dreams of: Doing a shoot for Vogue in which she can be more of a character than a model. Saskia also dream of living in Paris.
Admires: Stella Tenant, Helena Christensen, Freja Beha and Lara Stone
Saskia has her own website, check: saskiadebrauw
New Face: Iris Egbers
Meet another new Dutchie. Her name is Iris Egbers and she’s become popular as a model very quickly. She was exclusively booked by Calvin Klein and walked some great other shows (SS2011) too. People love her because she is beautiful in a very classic way.
Name: Iris Egbers
Age: 18
Date of Birth: 12 May, 1992
Place of Birth: Breda, The Netherlands
City: Breda
Discovered: Iris herself sent pictures to modeling agency Micha Models.
Breakthrough: the Calvin Klein show SS2011
Fashion shows: Jil Sander, Dries van Noten, Calvin Klein, Barbara Bui, Alexander McQueen, Issey Miyake, Sonia Rykiel, Celine, Ann de Meulenmeester
Agencies: Women (Milan), Micha Models (Amsterdam)
Personal style: Jeans with T-shirt, high heels, long hair.
Obsessed with: Beautiful people
Dreams of:
Favorite food: Pasta, pizza, salads.
Favorite movie: The notebook
Favorite designers: Alexander Wang
Style Icon: Kate Moss
Personal motto: Just live every day and smile.
New Face: Daphne Groeneveld
October 26, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Fashion, Featured Items, models
Meet new beauty and upcoming topmodel Daphne Groeneveld. She’s only fifteen years old but is yet conquering the world with her unforgettable lips and classic beauty. She opened the shows of Maxmara and Calvin klein, is the face of MiuMiu’s ad campaign and is said to be on the cover of the November issue of Vogue Paris.
Name: Daphne Groeneveld
Age: 16
Date of Birth: December 24th, 1994
Place of Birth: Leiderdorp, The Netherlands (she’s 100% Dutch)
City: she currently lives in Voorschoten
Discovered: By Bloom Model Management while shopping with her mom.
Breakthrough: 2010; opening the Calvin Klein SS2011 fashion show
Runway debut: Calvin Klein SS2011
Fashion shows: She opened the SS2011 shows of MaxMara en Calvin Klein. She also walked the shows of Marni, Prada, Fendi, Bottega Venata, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Versace and Emilio Pucci.
Covers: Models.com and Style.com named her as one of the New Faces of SS2011.
Ad campaigns: MiuMiu
Agencies: Union Models (London), Women (Milan)
Interests: Holidays, dancing (ballet & modern dance), listening to Beyonce & U2.
Favorite piece of clothing: jeans and a little black dress
Personal style: sporty
Obsessed with: Doutzen Kroes
Dreams of: becoming famous and then having her own hotel
Favorite food: Fruit and Italian food
Favorite movie: 2012, by Roland Emmerich
Favorite designers Prada.
Personal motto: I want it, I like it, I do it.
Daphne Groeneveld outside the Gucci Fashion Show
September 23, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Milan, models, Streetwear, womenswear
Dutch model Daphne Groeneveld is one of the New Faces of this season. The 16-year old girl with the pouting lips is now popping up everywhere. On the first day of Milan Fashion Week she walked in the Gucci show. Right after she walked out of that show all cameras were pointed at her as you can see in the short clip below. We’re for sure we’re going to hear a lot more from this pretty girl.
Dutch Models: Lisanne de Jong
Dutch models are doing well at this moment. Out of the ten new faces Style.com selected three were Dutch. These girls are proclaimed to become the new Doutzen Kroes and Lara Stone.
Dutch 19-year-old model Lisanne de Jong did not make it to that top ten, but is actually just as successful as the other girls. She walked shows for Balenciaga and Hervé Leger, she opened the Miu Miu and Max Azria show and in Milan she walked exclusively for Prada. In that Prada show six Dutch Models walked the runway.
Lisanne de Jong proved she’s got more than a pretty face and a good walk; she can pose in front of the camera as well. She is the new face in the Balenciaga and Celine campaign and was photographed in all the new Burberry Prorsum and Missoni clothes for the lookbooks of those brands.
The title of topmodel is getting close…
This was Amsterdam International Fashion Week ss11
An impression of this years AIFW summer-edition!
Backstage Daryl van Wouw Catwalk Fashion Show SS2011
July 18, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Amsterdam, Backstage, Fashion, Featured Items, models, womenswear
We were backstage at the Daryl van Wouw fashion show. We spotted how the models got their remarkable make-up and the colorful hair. Check it out!
Backstage Hunkemoller Catwalk Fashion Show SS2011
July 18, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Amsterdam, Fashion, Featured Items, models, womenswear
Isn’t the backstage of a lingerie show the place everyone wants to take a look? We were there and spotted all the Hunkemoller models in their sexy pieces just minutes before the show.
Topmodel of the Week: Anja Rubik
June 14, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Fashion, Featured Items, models
Name: Anja Rubik
Age: 27 (she turned 27 last Saturday)
Date of Birth: 12 June 1983
Place of Birth: Rzeszow, Poland
Discovered: in a modelling contest in Paris. Her mother sent in her pictures.
City: Anja now lives in New York
Runway debut: Givenchy in Paris, 2000
Fashion shows: Givenchy, Chloe, Proenza Schouler, Hermes, Christian Dior, Valentino, Gucci, Fendi, Missoni, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Oscar de la Renta, Balenciaga, Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Karl Lagerfeld, Kenzo, and Ralph Lauren.
In 2009 she walked a Victoria’s Secret fashion show.
Covers: Vogue (Germany, Paris), Numero, Elle, V magazine
Vogue named her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.
She was on the 3d place in the Top 50 Models Womens List.
Style.com named her the rising star of 2005.
French Vogue featured Anja as a topmodel in 2008
Ad campaigns: Armani Code, Gucci, Barneys New York, Etro, Giorgio Armani, Valentino, Chloe, GAP, Jimmy Choo, Estée Lauder, Dolce & Gabbana, Tod’s, Belstaff, Dsquared, Oscar de la Renta, Fendi.
Tv Commercial: Armani Code
Agencies: Next
Quotes:
‘I have a ring that brings me luck’
‘I love tea so I always travel with it, like an old grandma’
‘New York is so busy, where I come from it’s rather calm and things change slowly’
‘I like my legs’
‘I hate my lower lip’
Extra:
Anja lived in several countries. She moved from Poland to Greece, Canada and South Africa.
She wanted to finish school before starting a modelling career (and so she did).
Rubik is featured in a 2009 fitness video game for Wii Nintendo.
She talks kind of funny, her lower lip indeed looks strange when she talks. She lisps a bit.
Her photos (covers, ads, editorials) were taken by Inez & Vinoodh many times.
Anja loves scuba diving.
