models

Skankblogger Is The Real Victim Here

Hamilton Nolan · 08/24/09 10:29AM

All Rosemary Port (pictured) wanted to do was start an anonymous blog calling some skank a "psychotic, lying whore," and now Rosemary's reputation is being dragged through the mud! Outrageous.

His Age or Their IQ?

Brian Moylan · 08/19/09 03:52PM

[Project Runway mascot Tim Gunn posed today in Manhattan with a roving pack of models who were promoting the show's switch from Bravo to Lifetime (which is on channel 62). Image via Getty]

It's Hard Being a Hand Model

cityfile · 08/10/09 02:50PM

Lose your job recently? In search of a new career? Maybe you should consider becoming a hand model! Provided your hands are "veinless, poreless and flawless," you could follow in Ashly Covington's footsteps and earn up to $1,200 a day to fold a tortilla in half or squeeze a little mousse on to your fingertip. Not that it's a bed of roses, mind you. Covington, whose hand modeling reel is above, says she has to moisturize 20 to 30 times a day and estimates she wears gloves 90 percent of the time. "When it's your livelihood, you've got to think hands first," she says. Nor is it necessarily the most glamorous profession. "It seems people think we all live like supermodels and rockstars," says Kimbra Hickey, who made the hand model hall of fame when she appeared on the cover of the novel Twilight. "But it's really just a regular job." There go all your preconceived notions! [CNN via NYM]

Karolina Kurkova, Trendsetter

cityfile · 08/06/09 09:33AM

Supermodel Karolina Kurkova is pregnant, as you may have heard. Naturally, this means that what has taken place since the dawn of humanity is now totally trendy: "You know, it's probably the new thing to be pregnant," she says. "It's not to have the Chanel python bag. It's to be pregnant." [AP]

The LES Goes On Sale, Rihanna Sports a New Look

cityfile · 07/17/09 04:28PM

• A group of 21 stores on the Lower East Side are coming together to offer a weekend of discounts in honor of the (capsule) trade show that's currently underway. [Pipeline, Cut]
• Modeling rates really must falling: A Hugo Boss model has been charged for taking part in the robberies of 15 gas stations and delis. [NYP]
• Eddie Bauer will survive, after all. A private equity firm is buying the company out of bankruptcy for a whopping $284 million. [BN]
• Rihanna half-shaved her head this week. Exciting! Don't think for a moment, though, it was an original move on Rihanna's part, says an outraged Joe Zee of Elle. [People, Twitter]

The Attractive Person Crime Spree

Hamilton Nolan · 07/17/09 09:56AM

The Way We Live Now: Muhfuckas are robbing us! Male models are robbing people. Someone's robbing Orlando Bloom. Politicians are robbing us all. Looking good in hard times is a tough row to hoe.

Finally, the Models Catch a Break

The Cajun Boy · 07/16/09 08:43PM

Life sucks. Everyone knows this. Of course, life sucks most for the models. All those castings and photo shoots and cocaine-fueled orgies and whatnot! How do they do it?! Well, things are finally looking up, thanks to the "Model Lounge."

Karl Lagerfeld vs. Heidi Klum: Round 2

Foster Kamer · 06/13/09 04:45PM

The most exciting beef of the weekend has arrived: Mugatu inspiration Karl Lagerfeld and Heidi Klum are having a war of words.

Tesla Motors Moneyman Revs His Mouth on Camera

Owen Thomas · 05/12/09 12:46PM

Morgenstern runs Valor Equity Partners, which led a $40 million investment in Tesla in February 2008 and controls a seat on the board. The badly mismanaged electric-car startup quickly blew through Valor's money; by October, it was down to $9 million in cash. Despite raising more money from investors, Tesla is running on fumes, and collecting deposits for its Model S electric sedan, a car which exists only as a barely drivable quasi-prototype. Tesla requires hundreds of millions of dollars more than it has to make the Model S a reality — which is why Morgenstern's talk of new money is so interesting.