Elena for Cosmopolitan Magazine August Issue

Our divine Elena stuns in the latest issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine's 'Neutral Territory'

STYLING: NICOLE ADOLPHE
PHOTOGRAPHER: TĀNE COFFIN

HMUA: Joel Phillips.

Svetlana for Sunday Life Magazine

Our incredible Svetlana looking absolutely flawless in Sunday Life Magazine's 'Bright Sparks'

Photographer: Jake Terrey

Fashion: Penny McCarthy

Hair: Keiren Street

MUA: Molly Oakfield

WWD: Maddison Brown

Our rising star Maddison Brown is a force to be reckoned with. Featured in the latest Miu Miu Campaign & a comfortable co-star to Nicole Kidman, Maddison is making a mark on the fashion & film industry like none other. We're so proud of what you've already achieved Maddison, we cannot wait to see what's next!

Recently WWD caught up with Maddison to talk about her first film role in 'Strangerland'...

Watch the official trailer here! 

WWD: How did this part come along?

M.B.: One of my agents had read an earlier draft of the screenplay and immediately thought of me for the role of Lily. When casting began I was called in to audition.

WWD: What was the audition process like?

M.B.: Long, arduous, draining, rewarding and absolutely 100 percent worth it. The process made me learn a lot. I went in for my first audition in October 2013 and got the part in March of the next year, so yeah, it was a long, tough process. I auditioned several times, almost seven. But like I said, it was worth it, a total labor of love.

WWD: Tell me about Lily.

M.B.: Lily is very much a teenager starting to discover herself. But in other ways, she is lost. She lives in a dysfunctional family. Her relationship with her father is a very thankless and loveless one. He loves her based on principle, but he resents her and her burgeoning sexuality. Basically, Lily has daddy issues, and it’s because of these issues that she craves the attention of other males. She craves the male connection she is lacking from her father, and the only way she knows how to connect with men outside her family is through sex.

WWD: What was it like the first time you met Nicole Kidman?

M.B.: I was nervous but she was so warm and lovely. Nicole is someone who wants to nurture and support young actors and it was such a relief to be able to connect with her in a real way. I’ve heard stories about more established actors not taking too kindly to young talent, but with Nicole, it was nothing like that.

WWD: Did she give you any acting advice?

M.B.: She didn’t give me tips as far as techniques, but one day we were chatting and I was telling her about all of my modeling experiences. I was sort of at a crossroads: I wanted to pursue acting 100 percent but still felt ties to the modeling industry. I still do. So she said to me, “You should keep doing this. You’re good at it.” Which was, obviously, really encouraging. One day she said to me, “You never complain! That’s good.” And I was like, “Nicole, I’ve been a model for four years — I have nothing to complain about.” Treatment on-set as an actor versus treatment as a model is very, very different.

WWD: I quickly just wanted to ask you about the Miu Miu campaign. How did you find out you had been cast in that?

M.B.: Ha! Oh dear. I was in bed, I had slept in and woke up to like, 10 missed calls from my managers in L.A. I kept trying to call them back, and we kept missing each other. The suspense was killing me, I knew something was up and I wanted to know!

WWD: What was it like shooting with the other actresses [Stacy Martin, Mia Goth and Hailey Gates]?

M.B.: It was pretty cool; as a model, shooting with Steven Meisel was one of my ultimate career goals. It was one of those pinch-yourself moments. They were all supernice and insightful. I was the youngest by a long shot and I enjoy hanging out with older people who are more experienced in the industry than I am. I am a sponge, soaking up information.

 

WWD: Did you give them modeling tips?

M.B.: No way. I left the modeling tips to Meisel.

Dancing With The Stars Au Meet Samantha Harris

We're SO excited to see our beauty Samantha Harris light up the big screen on Dancing With The Stars 2015! ... Stay tuned as the countdown begins and get ready to VOTE!

Kim Leutwyler & Ollie Henderson Archibold Prie 2015 Finalists

 Kim Leutwyler has just been announced a finalist in this year’s Archibald Prize. 

The Archibald is awarded annually to the best portrait, ‘preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in art, letters, science or politics, painted by any artist resident in Australasia,’ and is judged by the trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW. 

Leutwyler’s portrait is of her good friend, our top model and activist, Ollie Henderson.

 

The Story Behind the Portrait

The Subject: “The subject is a friend of mine, who also happens to be a an activist, designer and one of Australia’s top models, Ollie Henderson. This 24 year old has received global recognition for founding fashion label and youth empowerment project House of Riot. She uses fashion as a vehicle for encouraging young people to start productive conversations about social change in Australia. House of Riot started in the form of 100 hand painted T-shirts with positive political slogans worn by her friends in between runway shows at Fashion Week Australia, 2014

 To read more about Kims inspiration, why she chose Ollie & how the works came about then click here. The portrait of Ollie will be on display at the Art Gallery of NSW from July 18 until late September. Then the exhibition will be displayed at another 6 galleries across Australia...!

Congratulations to you Kim. We're in love with your work!

#KimfortheWin

#ArchibaldPrize2015

Grace Simmons for Valentino Fall 15 Couture

Chantal Monaghan for Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 15 Couture

Grace Simmons for Viktor & Rolf Fall 15 Couture

Catherine McNeil for Chanel Fall Couture 15

Bianca Brombin for Style Me Romy!

Our South African beauty Bianca shines in her latest editorial 'Boogie Wonderland' featured on Style Me Romy. Looking ultra chic, we cant help but love every way Bianca is captured in this story.. Bravo!

 All Photos & Styling: Romy Frydman for StyleMeRomy.com
Hair: Renya Xydis for Valonz
Make Up: Noni Smith (The Artist Group)

Rachel Roberts for Rhianna's BBHMM Video

"Music videos can be every bit as important for a model as a magazine cover, especially when the video is for an artist as powerful as Rihanna. If you haven’t seen the pop provocateur’s explosive video for “Bitch Better Have My Money,” trust that the short film will prove inescapable in the coming weeks...." - Style.com

The unstoppable Rachel Roberts has worked for the likes of Ralph Lauren & Victoria's Secret is no stranger to the big screen. With an impressive client list that includes Entourage, Ugly Betty, S1m0ne, and the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host, Roberts can safely add music Royalty Rihanna to her list...

If you are yet to see the most watched music video in the world right now then do yourself a favor and click here.... Amongst all the chaos you'll recognize the divine Rachel Roberts as the wife of the man who clearly, hasn't paid Rihanna. Rachel, we're thrilled to see you in one of musics biggest, hottest & most influential artists latest work.

 

Grace Simmons for Schiaparelli Fall 15 Couture

Hugh Vidler for AFR Magazine!

The incredible Hugh Vidler looks ultra handsome in his latest shoot for AFR Magazine!

Photographer – Liz Ham

Stylist – Virginia van Heythuysen

Hair – Kimberley Forbes

Make up – Sasha Nilsson

My Dream For Animals

At Chic, we work closely with animal welfare organizations, such as RSPCA to help contribute in raising awareness of animal cruelty, abandonment & mistreatment.

We've just learned that George Speros from The Society Management New York, an agency we work very closely with has recently launched 'My Dream For Animals.'

MyDreamForAnimals.com aspires to educate readers to the widespread mistreatment of animals, critters domestic and exotic alike. As the name implies the site proposes achievable “Dreams” and details the dire situations, but also includes how actions can translate to positive change. The site also profiles people and organizations actively impacting the well-being of animals. 

George didn’t have to look far to find other animal lovers to help him with outreach for the launch of his site, wildly good-looking ones, too. Runway and editorial stars such as our Alisa Ahmann and Catherine McNeil amongst them jumped on the chance to get behind his cause, sitting for the lens of Scott Mac Donough, all subtly channeling their primal nature. 

Follow My Dream For Animals below...
Website – mydreamforanimals.com
Facebook – My Dream for Animals
Instagram – @MyDreamforAnimals
Twitter – @mydream4animals

What is “My Dream For Animals” all about?

George Speros: It is a website created to educate people about animals and how they are treated. My intention is to hopefully inspire them to make different choices and/or take action to help.

In just a few words, why is this an important cause?

Because animals are feeling beings and should only be treated with compassion, dignity and respect.

You described the approach as non-confrontational, can you expand on that?

I feel the key to change is educating people about things they might not be aware of, showing them the wide range of feelings and emotions animals possess, and then letting them make their own choices. You’re not going to change a woman’s mind about fur by spray painting her fur coat, but you might if you show her the personalities and emotional lives of the animals used to make the coat

What were some difficult habits for you to kick that went against this new-found pursuit?

Pizza! I love cheese but became a vegan after I made the connection in my head that the dairy industry is the veal industry. Cows need to constantly have babies to produce milk. If the newborn is male it is sold to veal farms within a day or two after birth

 “My dream is that animals will not be used in lab testing anymore”

-Catherine McNeil

“My dream is that people will give the same respect and value to an animal’s life as they do their own”

-Alisa Ahmann

Photographer: Scott Mac Donough
Hair: Ryan Mitchell
Makeup: Angie Parker using RMS beauty
Art direction: Stephan Moskovic

CATHERINE MCNEIL FOR BALMAIN SS16

Gabby Westbrook for ELLE Croatia

Our divine Gabby Westbrook shines in her latest editorial for ELLE Croatia in 'Prerijski Blues'

Photographer: Karla Majnaric
Styling: Kate Gaskin

Make-up: Victoria Martin
Hair: Kevin Murphy.

INSTAGRAM PICTURES OF THE WEEK!

Remy Lloyd for Fashion Gone Rogue

We're in LOVE with our Remy Lloyd's latest exclusive for Fashion Gone Rogue 'Natural High'

 Photographer: Zoe Economides @ Network Agency
Stylist: Carli Johnston
Makeup & Hair: Kristyan Low @ Work Agency

Samantha Harris for DANCING WITH THE STARS!

Chic are VERY excited to announce that our very own Samantha Harris will join the cast of this years DANCING WITH THE STARS on Channel 7!! We cannot wait to watch our extremely talented Samantha to tear up the competition! Stay tuned for all voting info!.....

For all latest updates and behind the scenes action follow Samantha on Instagram here!!

#DWTS15

#DancingAU

Noam Frost for IMZCR8

Our Noam Frost features on IMZCR8 this week in a tell all interview... If you thought you knew Noam Frost, think again.

WHO IS NOAM?

From Israel. Born in tel aviv. I am passionate about music. I can spend hours filing through old records and going to concerts. I love tattoos 

DO YOU HAVE ANY?

Not yet. But I will.

WHERE DOES YOUR NAME COME FROM?
(pronounced No - Am)

All the names in Hebrew have a meaning, Noam used to be a boys name until the 90s, but now it's unisex. It means gentle, so basically when someone touches you with that 'softness'.

Frost - my grandparents are Polish/Hungarian/Russian. It's such a young country that there is a really big mix of cultures. French, Spanish, Moroccan , German...

WHAT'S THE MOST DOMINANT CULTURE?

There are 2 million Russian. I guess Polish, Russian, Moroccan or Spanish are most dominant. It's so diverse.

HOW DID YOU GET INTO MODELLING?

My mum used to model in the 80s in Paris. She did pageants in Israel. When I was young I would look through her portfolio. My dad is a reality TV director for shows such as Israel's Next Top Model, Survivor, Amazing Race, Master Chef, Beauty and the Geek - all the Isrealie versions. He used to tell me I'm not aloud to model until I was 16. Then he made a film on the fashion industry and worked with my mother agent. He said if you are going to model this is the woman you should do it with. So I started doing it a little at high school. Then when I finished I flew to London and Paris fashion week walking for Mulberry, Acne, Johnathan Saunders, Christopher Kane. It kind of all took off from there.

WHAT'S THE BEST PART ABOUT YOUR JOB?

That I can get into character and play around. It's fun to travel not just to locations, but within my head and get something new from every shoot. It's like acting.

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR FAVOURITE BITS SO FAR?

Christopher Kane was my favourite show to walk for. His collections are like art. Such talent and so nice. I recently shot the Dion Lee Resort 16 collection in Sydney. I also walked for him in London. I really liked that.

WHAT WOULD BE YOUR DREAM JOB?

Celine. It's so clean and refined.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE GROWING UP IN ISRAEL?

I think there is a lot of misconceptions about Israel . A lot of the time I get asked if we have to walk around covered up. Tel Aviv is a beach city. It's a hot country and the night life is amazing. There is such a big restaurant and food and coffee culture there. I love Tel Aviv. It's my favourite city in the world. 

YOU MENTIONED YOUR DAD DID NEXT TOP MODEL...WHAT IS THE FASHION INDUSTRY LIKE IN ISRAEL?

It's quite small. After a few months you will know everyone. It feels like family. For 20 years there were no runway girls. Just commercial jobs. When my mother agent, Elinor Shahar, sent me overseas to do the shows and it went well, it started a wave of Isrealie show girls. Israel is a small country so when the girls do well we are very proud.

There are a few big designers. One, Alon Livne, he just did the Beyonce tour, and the designer for Lanvin, Albert Albez is Isrealie. The style is beach clothes and fine taloiring. Israel is like Australia, we don't really have a winter so that restricts the style. There is a massive vintage scene and ripped jeans and Tshirts. We dress in a in a similar way to you guys.

WHO WOULD BE YOUR THREE GUEST OF CHOICE AT A DINNER PARTY?

- Kate moss, Kurt Cobain and Andy Warhol.

IF YOU COULD GIVE THE WORLD ONE TIP...

That there is life after high school. For me being so tall and awkward at school , I felt really insecure. But that doesn't matter anymore, now it is a virtue in my career. Things get better with time and you are accepted for who you are. We develop, and become stronger, and everyone becomes more considerate and respectful.

PHOTOS AND INTERVIEW BY IVANA MARTYN 

MAKEUP BY ANIA MILCZARCZYK @ DLM

Grace Simmons for Victoria Beckham SS16

We're in love with Victoria Beckham's latest collection & loving it even more that our Grace Simmons is the star of it! To view the full collection, click here!

Gabby Westbrook for Sunday Life

The incredible Gabby Westbrook is the ultimate ethereal beauty in her latest editorial 'Field of Dreams' for Sunday Life...

FASHION EDITOR Penny McCarthy 

PHOTOGRAPHY James Mullins
HAIR Kenneth Stoddart  

MAKE-UP Charlie Kielty

2015 Girlfriend Model Search is here!

Think you've got what it takes? Always dreamt of being a super model?
 Well now is your chance to try out!

The 2015 Girlfriend Model Search is here... with MAJOR prizes to be won!


WHAT  YOU  COULD  WIN!
* $5,000 cash for YOU and $5,000 cash for your scout!!
 * A two-year contract with CHIC Management 
* A four-night trip to NY or London to meet Next Model Management Worldwide.
* An appearance in two fashion shoots for Girlfriend magazine.
* A $1,000 prize pack from Priceline Pharmacy.

Neeed to know when Girlfriend Magazine and Chic Management are coming to town?
Click here for all Roadshow details!
 

Stephanie Joy Field for Costume National Spring 16

Catherine McNeil for L'Express Styles June

Our Catherine McNeil looks flawless for her latest cover & editorial for L'Express Styles Magazine.

Photographer: Robbie Fimmano

Styled by Vanessa Metz