MTV's Red Carpet Report

Two weeks ago I told you I was skipping town on New York fashion week to go host the red carpet event for MTV's VMA's. Turns out it was actually a white carpet but needless to say, it was a very fun experience. For a few hours I was interviewing everyone you can think of and asking them any question I could think of. Really, I had no idea what I was doing but if you missed it I'm posting some of my highlights in this blog. The links will probably only be available to my American readers so, for the rest of the world,  please go to your countries MTV website (Canada is MTV.ca) and look for my "Red Carpet Report".

1. See Snooki visibly disgusted by my lack of tan - http://on.mtv.com/bo8nKj
2. Watch me blatantly ask Amber to let me be on Glee - http://on.mtv.com/dmUNsm
3. Jared Leto from 30 Seconds To Mars admits to an identity crisis - http://on.mtv.com/9yyhBq
4. Akon confesses aspirations to be a runway model - http://on.mtv.com/9jjQVK
5. I found out what exactly is Rick Ross and Neyo's "swag" - http://on.mtv.com/dqEPBb
6. In this clip B.o.B and I yell at each other - http://on.mtv.com/btcah5
7. Travie McCoy tells me I need "a little shining" - http://on.mtv.com/aiLwwn
8. I ask deadmau5 if he's ever been a livemau5 - http://on.mtv.com/aNOgQ3
9. Pitbull claims to have put this whole outfit together for $5 -  http://on.mtv.com/duVjb7
10. I tell Chuy from Chelsea Lately he can call me Cock Roach - http://on.mtv.com/aErDP5
11. My girl Ciara loosing feathers and looking amazing in Givency - http://on.mtv.com/dAsqmQ
12. Fellow Canadian Drake and I discuss fashion - http://on.mtv.com/aGVogC
    

I created an album of all the cell phone pictures I took and tweeted HERE annnd, if that wasn't enough for you - Here's some video footage James took of me while on the red (white) carpet, edited by every ones favorite editor, Mr. Gilbert Le.

VMA's Red Carpet Hosted by Coco Rocha by James Conran.

There, now its like you were actually there with me!

XOXO COCO

Backstage Pass

Two down, two to go. New York fashion week ended last Thursday and as usual, there was a little under 24 hours before London Fashion week began. Its so funny to go to the airport and see every model, stylist and editor you can imagine, all cramming onto flights from NY to the UK. I spent a few days in London and did few shows there but I had to leave early this morning to head to Berlin for a job. I'll be here in Germany for a little over a day followed by Budapest for another job followed by.... Milan and Paris Fashion weeks!!

Yeah I know, it's a crazy month!
If you'd like to see what I did in NYFW go here. To see LFW go here.

This season I have James traveling with me for the first time, which is lovely. Going from city to city it can get a little lonely in this industry, so its nice to share this with him. We bought a new digital camera not long back and so James is also documenting everything we do. He actually came and hung out for the amazing Fashions Night Out Show Vogue put on 2 weeks ago and he got some pretty unprecedented backstage access and video. Our friend Gilbert Le edited the footage James took and the result is this little montage. I hope you enjoy it!!

Vogue's Fashion's Night Out Show by James Conran Vimeo.

XOXO COCO

A day in the life

On the night of September 10th the whole city came out and shopped for Fashions Night Out. I know there were a million stories of fun events around the city but for my story to be told I asked Gilbert Le and his film crew to come follow James and I for the entire day. You might recall that Gilbert's company, Americana Cinema, were the ones who created our wonderful wedding movie.

The day was packed: we went to a radio station, a BCBG show and then we hit the town for FNO - hanging with Behati, Zac Posen and thousands of New Yorkers. I hope you enjoy the video! A special thanks to the entire crew for their hard work, to Gilbert for his artistic touch and to my James for putting this all together.

xoxo
COCO

I WANT MY MTV!

I just left New York Fashion week in full swing to fly to LA for the gig I have out here tomorrow. MTV has asked me to come host their red carpet coverage of the Video Music Award's for MTV.com - As torn as I was to leave NYFW I just couldn't turn down the opportunity!! 

The MTV VMA Pre-Show I'm hosting airs live on the web tomorrow (Sunday the 12th) at 8/7c. Tune in to Style.MTV.com or MTV.com to watch my Red Carpet Report!!

I've done my crash course on who's who and I feel somewhat ready for the big day tomorrow but I wanted to ask all you fashion fans: Are there any questions you think I should ask? 

Let me know by tomorrow afternoon!!

xoxo

COCO 

FNO 2010

Fashion Week SS-11 really crept up on me this year. People, IT ALREADY STARTED?! That having been said, the question everyone in fashion has been asking ad nauseum is "What are you doing for Fashions Night Out?". The problem is, there's so much going on! I guess that is a nice problem to have, I've managed to narrow down my list so I just wanted you to know three spots I'll definitely be at.

First stop will be the Fratelli Rossetti Boutique (Madison & 59th) to support my sweet friend Behati Prinsloo in her first ever photo exhibition! I saw her yesterday and she says she's been setting up all week, hanging the photos just so and deciding on lighting. You might remember a few months ago I showed you the amazing engagement pictures she took of James and I. Now I'm super excited to see her work on a large scale!

The next stop will be to meet up with Zac Posen at Saks Fifth Avenue (5th and 49th). People always ask me if I can get them tickets to shows, as if I just get handed a stack of them at the beginning of every fashion week. Sadly I don't, but this time I can at least try to get you a ticket. As far as NY shows go, it doesn't get much better than Mr. Posen and everyone who shows up at Saks will be able to enter to win tickets to his show on Saturday! In fact he has invited me to help him pick the winners with him!

After 8pm I'll be heading downtown to the Reiss London store in Soho for my own event with Rimmel. The theme of the party is all things British. Being that this year I married myself a Brit and the slogan on my Rimmel campaign is "Get the London Look!" I felt it was a good fit. Makeup Artist Liz Pugh will be there (she did my wedding make-up in France FYI) along with stylists and Vogue experts who can help you create your own London look and makeover. Come get a goodie bag, get your make up done, get glammed up for the rest your night out on the town and take a picture with me!!!

So those are the main three stops, but there are sure to be others!! The whole night I'll be tweeting from http://twitter.com/Oh_So_Coco so follow me to find out the details of my night and tweet me  to let me know whats going on around you - I just might stop by!

Ok your turn, what are you doing for FNO 2011??


xoxo
COCO

Let the madness begin...

Here we are, Monday of THE busiest week in fashion. Tomorrow night is the first ever Fashions Night Out runway show put on by Vogue magazine. I'll be one of over 150 models walking in the largest fashion show New York city has ever seen. More than 1,500 ticket holding guests will be spectators in person with millions more watching the live stream on CBS.com - If that wasn't enough, you can watch a whole CBS documentary about Fashions Night Out on Wednesday, September 15 at 8 pm.

But after the show tomorrow night comes the event I'm most excited to talk to you about and guess what? YOU'RE ALL INVITED!!!

Back in February I hosted an event for Lakay Pam which aimed to raise money for Haiti. The event was more successful than we could have ever imagined, raising over $60,000 for the children of Haiti. In fact it went so well we are going to do it again tomorrow night...

Who's "we" you may ask?

MODELS! Lots of us. In addition to yours truly top models Aline Weber, Caroline Trentini, Hannah Holman, Lisanne De Jong, Valentina Zaliayeva and Michelle Alves will be there – Victoria's secret models Alessandra Ambrosio, Candice Swanpoel, Izabel Goulart and Ana Beatriz Barros will be on hand - annnnd, (yes theres more!!) Sport’s Illustrated models Fernanda Motta, Cintia Dicker and Damaris Lewis will all be there. That's a lot of girls.  Please come join us at Opera Gallery 415 West 13th street New York TOMORROW NIGHT at 8:30 pm. There's an open bar, music by DJ Harley Viera-Newton and amazing sports and fashion items up for auction: For example, you could be the proud owner of a Sport’s Illustrated swimsuit issue signed by the SI girls or a Soccer Ball signed by the entire Milan AC team. Even if you just want to stop by to say hello, your donations will go to good use as 100% of all the proceeds go to rebuilding schools and helping orphans.

So I'll see you tomorrow night, right!?

xoxo
COCO

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

To celebrate 25 years of British ELLE, I was invited to join them in their biggest editorial ever. The inspiration for the shoot was a 1969 Jane Fonda movie called "They Shoot Horses, Don't they?". The premise of the film and of the shoot was a depression era dance competition in which couples literally danced until they dropped, sometimes for days on end with little to no sleep.

The Elle team and I set up in a giant warehouse in Brooklyn to reenact this movie. For three days the other models and I pushed ourselves past the point of exhaustion to dance all day, every day in a space that was probably over 100 degrees in temperature. This was method acting at its finest as we were literally living the movie. The shoot was probably one of the most intense I've ever experienced, but the pictures that resulted were worth the effort. I was so thankful to have such an amazing group to work with. Anne-Marie Curtis the fashion director at Elle UK was wonderful and a genuinely sweet lady. Billy Brasfield and Rolando Beauchamp were on make-up and hair - both are masters at their craft and also two of the funniest men you'll ever meet. They managed to keep everyone's spirits up despite the heat and the exhaustion. I thank my dream-team from the bottom of my heart for making this shoot one I'm sure we will all never forget.

For more of the 25 incredible pictures, please visit my Official Facebook page, here.
xoxo
COCO