Looks like Lauren Santo Domingo has fallen in love with the adorable couple of Coco Rocha and James Conran, much like the rest of the world.
The Vogue contributing editor just Tweeted about her latest project, saying, “I just finished shooting @Oh_So_Coco and her charming husband for @voguemagazine #cutestcouple, ever.”
Coco and James aren’t the first couple to work together for fashion spreads. Natalia Vodianova and her husband posed together, while Heidi Klum and Seal regularly show off their love and affection for glossies. But the real question is, just what was the Vogue shoot for? Fashion editorial? At home spread? News story?
Either way, here’s to hoping that there are many future editorials in future for James and Coco, because one thing’s for sure: they’re beyond adorable together.
Source: Modelinia.
MODEL Coco Rocha will be the next guest to share her enviable wardrobe on our Today I’m Wearing, following in the footsteps of Alexa Chung, Olivia Palermo and Julia Roitfeld by sending in an image of herself every day.
The 21-year-old Canadian-born model has fronted campaigns for the likes of Balenciaga, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana and Yves Saint Laurent since she started her career in 2004.
Coco, who married interior designer James Conran last month, also writes her own blog, Oh So Coco, on which she famously spoken out about the pressures on models to be thin.
“I’m a 21-year-old model, 6 inches taller and 10 sizes smaller than the average American woman. Yet in another parallel universe I’m considered “fat”,” says Coco. “When designers, stylists or agents push children to take measures that lead to anorexia or other health problems in order to remain in the business, they are asking the public to ignore their moral conscience in favor of the art.”
Source: Vogue.co.uk.
Coco Rocha has reasons to be late for our cover shoot. First off, it’s the morning after her big charity bash—the second annual Strut for a Cure—in Toronto, presented by FASHION. Rocha worked room and runway, made an endearing speech, met new fans. Long night.
Secondly, duh, she’s a supermodel. Richmond, B.C.’s finest is ranked eighth in the world by Models.com, reps for Rimmel London and air-kisses Anna at the Met Ball. At 21, Rocha has moved beyond “just” modelling, becoming the face of her own personal brand. Not only did she guest-report on this year’s Grammys for ET Canada, but she did so in a (curiously medieval, but never mind) dress of her own design. Yes, yes, she’s launching her own line this season. The name, Rococo, was chosen by one of her 12,000-plus Facebook fans. And 12 days from this shoot, her number one fan—29-year-old interior decorator James Conran—will become her husband.
I LOVE Coco Rocha. Partially because flattery gets you everywhere—and the last time I interviewed her (for ELLE Canada), she said she “totally remembered me” from the first time we met, in Paris, the year before. (GAWD. Doesn’t that sound ultra-glamorous? Trust me, I’m not.)
But that’s not the only reason I think she’s the coolest. She’s also way more giving with her time than I would be if I was an in-demand international supermodel. Last week, she was in Toronto for Strut for a Cure (a very fashionable fundraiser for pediatric cancer that was held on Thursday night), and her schedule included appearances on FTV, Canada AM, CP24 and CTV, as well as a whole bunch of pre-event interviews… including one with lucky little me! (Thanks, Coty!) Coco is a spokesperson for Rimmel London so that’s the beauty connection, in case you’re wondering—make sure to check out my post on their summer collection, it’s FAB.
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International supermodel Coco Rocha alighted in her native Canada last week to own the runway at Strut for a Cure, a fundraiser for the Coast-to-Coast Against Cancer Foundation. Coco stomped, designer Todd Lynn showed his clothes, Jeanne Beker hosted, and Dragonette performed–a style all-star line-up if there ever was one.
Despite the sweltering heat in the elegant Berkeley Church, the models looked futuristic fierce in Todd Lynn’s Fall/Winter 2010 creations, which rocked his trademark rock-and-roll warrior aesthetic with plenty of dramatic leather and fur, big shoulders, and battle-ready angular cuts.
Lynn has made his name overseas, so it was a real treat to actually see his stuff in-person on the runway–he’s big-time enough to show at London Fashion Week, where this very collection got rave reviews from the venerable style.com.
Coco, who shimmied into one of the awesome Greta Constantine black-and-white catsuits post-show, wasn’t wrassled into the event by some faceless PR flak: it was, in fact, her wee preteen cousin who wanted to raise funds to battle cancer after being touched by the plight of her friend Adam, who is a cancer survivor himself.
Fashion was, she thought, a perfect fit for a fundraiser. “Fashion is in itself a community, and it’s always changing, and wanting to know what the next best thing is, so if they have the same drive to do something about this…” She smiled that famous Cheshire cat grin.
Charity is, after all, always in style.
Source: Toronto Blog.
When Allure photographed Coco Rocha wearing summer fashion trends for the June issue, we had to take the opportunity to ask the 21-year-old model about her beauty routine. Just how obsessed with makeup is she? “I have a makeup closet. The first thing I got done in my apartment were the closets—there are shoe closets, a clothing closet, and a makeup closet.” Fortunately, the Rimmel London spokesperson has plenty to fill it with, “If they send it, why not use it?” she said of her beloved freebies. “I just go full-on—I put on everything.”
The Cliffnotes version of her everyday look (and we do mean every day): “Cover-up, dark eyes, pale lips, contour, shimmer.” The dark eyes-pale lips combo has become something of a signature look for Rocha, and one that she gravitates to for a couple of reasons. “At first, [the dark eye look] was because it didn’t make me look as young I was; and now it seems like a lot of people go for that with me on shoots and I’m just so used to it. Plus, for me, keeping up with a red or a dark lip is complicated during the day,” she said, laughing as she mimed touching her face and drinking and eating. “It just doesn’t work out. I’m sticking with the kitty-cat eye.”
Be sure to check out more of Rocha—both her fab fashion spread and her thoughts on dangerously thin models— in the June issue, on newsstands now.
Source: Allure.
Canadian Coco Rocha, the fashion world’s reigning obsession, was famously discovered at an Irish dance competition in 2002 (a skill she later showcased to great fanfare on Jean Paul Gaultier’s runway). Since then, Rocha, 21, has served as muse to fashion titans including Karl Lagerfeld. She has appeared in campaigns for Marc Jacobs, Dior and endless others. Recently, she landed at the centre of a New York fashion-week battle over models and healthy weight (at a size 4, she was deemed too “healthy” by some). On May 27, Rocha will host Strut for the Cure in Toronto, benefiting children battling cancer. She talked to Canadian Business deputy editor Lianne George.
