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>> This year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show boasts an unprecedented 15 newcomers. Gone are the likes of Karolina Kurkova, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Isabeli Fontana, and in their stead come Karlie Kloss, Joan Smalls, Karmen Pedaru, Sui He, and Cameron Russell. We chatted with all five — plus veteran Anne Vyalitsyna, whose boyfriend Adam Levine of Maroon 5 is performing at this year's show, taping tonight — about their preshow fears, Angel aspirations, diet prep, and who's wearing wings backstage earlier today. Get the tidbits in the slideshow.
We have a few major model crushes here at Fab: Lara Stone, Daria Werbowy, Lindsey Wixson, Natasha Poly — and now add to that Eva Mendes look-alike Cameron Russell! Not only does she have major sex appeal, but even better, she's a brainiac, too. Cameron attended Columbia University, majored in economics and math, and also writes her own blog, Funny and Interesting. We recently caught up with the American beauty to discuss Fall trends, her personal style, cheap thrills, and upcoming philanthropic projects. Read it all below.
FabSugar: How do you approach dressing/styling day-to-day. Do you plan the night before, stick to a certain go-to style, or do you dress according to your moods?
Cameron Russell: I usually decide what to wear in the morning, but sometimes, I'll have a favorite coat or sweater or shoes, and I'll wear them everyday for a week!
FS: How do you deal with “I have nothing to wear” moments?
CR: Instead of trying to pull it together, I just let the whole outfit collapse. Usually this means I end up in these crazy MC hammer pants and black hoodie, or baggy men's jeans and an old t-shirt. Then, since I live in NYC, I pull on a giant coat and cover up the whole fashion disaster.
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Did you hear? We have a new model crush, and she looks just like Eva Mendes! The resemblance is uncanny — just see for yourself. The gorgeous American beauty's latest gig is playing up her sexy side in Numero's October issue. Black lace, black feathers, black leather — it's a noir fest, and we can't get enough of it. Enter the blackness.
While recently looking back on all the Fashion Week Spring '11 shows, I came across a model who looks so much like Eva Mendes, I had to do a triple take! After some more research, I found my new model crush. Cameron Russell is an American model, 23 years old, born in Boston, and the daughter of Zipcar's cofounder. What's more, in 2009, Cameron had a genius idea to have models campaign against climate change with a video, "Supermodels Take It Off For Climate Change." Amazing. Step inside to see how much she resembles Eva Mendes!
>> Flora Gill and Alexa Adams say that their Fall 2010 collection resulted in a 300 percent jump in sales for Ohne Titel, but they're still attracting the art fashion crowd that has been with them from the beginning: pre-show, Cecilia Dean, wearing an Ohne Titel dress, tucked away a bicycle helmet into her bag, while Olivier Zahm arrived half an hour late — just after a curtain was dropped at the entrance — still stuffing change from a cab ride into his pocket. Carine Roitfeld, who's attended the past couple of seasons, was nowhere to be seen, however (It seems she had not yet arrived, as she was first spotted this morning at Derek Lam).
For Spring, Gill and Adams were inspired by the Japanese woodblock artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi — thanks to a Japan Society exhibit earlier this year — and sent out neoprene tanks (which will apparently be special order-only), Alaia-esque knit dresses with flared skirts, and oversized tailored vests, all on a womanly cast of models: Catherine McNeil, who opened, Cameron Russell in her first and only appearance so far this week, Emanuela de Paula (who hasn't walked a Fashion Week since Fall 2007), and Lakshmi Menon among them. The designers, who collaborated with the artist Tauba Auerbach on lucite and elastic-banded jewelry — marking her first time as a jeweler — also premiered their first handbags.
