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Natalia Vodianova.(Biography)
Byline: Hamish Bowles
Russian-born model Natalia Vodianova says her childhood in grim downtown Nizhniy Novgorod "was more about survival, about very basic things" than it was about fashion. Yet even then she was fascinated by her grandmother's dressmaking magazines. "That was my first dream of fashion, to be dressed like that. But it was so inaccessible."
Her grandmother "never had much money. But she would wear big stone costume jewelry and scarves-absolutely perfect," she says. "I'd open up her closet and get into her jewel box and try on jewelry. She had a triple mirror, very feminine. I think that's where my girly side comes from, all the dressing up and makeup. I love jewelry and color. But I can also be tomboyish and much more messy and relaxed." That side is manifest in Vodianova's most dramatic style statement for 2006-having Luigi Murenu shear her tumbling Alice in Wonderland locks into a sleek, shoulder-length bob. "I can't imagine myself with long hair again," she says.
Her first modeling trip to Paris in 1999 was to provide a style epiphany: "The women were dressed amazingly," she recalls. "In Russia everyone is covered up-it's not about looking good but about keeping warm-so the chicness of Paris was really stimulating to me. Now I just love going to Paris to shop." (That usually ...
- L'Oreal Paris has appointed model Natalia Vodianova as a new international...
- Magazine article from: Cosmetics International July 18, 2003 700+ words
L'OREAL PARIS has appointed model Natalia Vodianova as a new international spokesperson for its brand. The 21-year-old, who comes from a small town outside Moscow, will be the face of the company's Pure Zone range.
- World: L'Oreal Paris has appointed model Natalia Vodianova as a new...
- Magazine article from: Cosmetics International Cosmetic Products Report July 1, 2003 700+ words
World: L'Oreal Paris has appointed model Natalia Vodianova as a new international spokesperson for its brand. The 21-year-old, who comes from a small town outside Moscow, will be the face of the company's Pure Zone range in the UK and lipstick brands in the US.
- Natalia Vodianova: the Cinderella of the Volga.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune March 9, 2007 700+ words
...Anatoly Korolev MOSCOW _ Natalia Vodianova, one of the world's top...sister to support. The man from Paris saw that she was what he wanted...New Russians flooded London, Paris, New York and Milan _ the...sensation, landing a job in Paris. Fluent English was the only...
- DIANE von FURSTENBERG and Francois-Marie Banier Collaborate on Advertising...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 24, 2008 700+ words
...Banier and the creative vision of David Lipman, featuring Natalia Vodianova, has created an unprecedented campaign that infuses the...emotional, seducing the eye and the mind. Photographed in Paris and New York, he captured Natalia in a way she had never...
- AT CFDA HEALTH PANEL, A MODEL'S STORY.(Council of Fashion Designers of America,...
- Magazine article from: WWD Karimzadeh, Marc February 6, 2007 700+ words
...of fashion's role in eating disorders better than model Natalia Vodianova. At Monday's Council of Fashion Designers of America health...was never something she obsessed about until she arrived in Paris in 2000 to model. "I was meeting other models and our conversations...
- FASHION SCOOPS: GOOSE BUMPS...BREAKFAST AT BARNEYS...THE SKINNY ON...
- Magazine article from: WWD February 2, 2007 700+ words
...actress Zooey Deschanel belting out a tune. "I live in Paris, where my collection is made, so I arrived here on Wednesday...the fashion industry, that will change, courtesy of model Natalia Vodianova, who will talk about her experiences as a model. CFDA president...
- MEMO PAD: CASE CLOSED...SEEKING ADVICE...IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N' ROLL.(Karl...
- Magazine article from: WWD Marsh, Emilie Smith, Stephanie D. Karimzadeh, Marc Wicks, Amy January 16, 2007 700+ words
...Karimzadeh, Amy Wicks CASE CLOSED: A Paris court on Monday dismissed a claim filed...Genius and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris," which focuses on the rivalry between...Klein Jeans is going back to house face Natalia Vodianova for spring. For her male counterpart...
- MODEL HOMES.(Natalia Vodianova )
- Magazine article from: WWD December 13, 2004 700+ words
Byline: Marshall Heyman NEW YORK -- It's after lunch in Natalia Vodianova's TriBeCa loft and she, her husband Justin Portman and their three...of heavy hitters," she says. "Do you know any?" Caption(s): Natalia Vodianova