Irina Kravchenko - Ukrainienne - 1m81 - 82/68/89
Agences
Nathalie
Premier Uk
Women NY
Uno Models
Vogue Ukraine
Octobre 2013
Sebastian Kim
Vogue Italie
Mars 2013
Peter Lindbergh
SS13 TOTAL SHOWS: 32 SS13 MILAN/PARIS: 23 OPENED: 4 | CLOSED: 3 NEW YORK Alexander Wang (O) Belstaff Marc Jacobs Narciso Rodriguez Philosophy Thakoon Tommy Hilfiger Tory Burch Victoria Beckham MILAN Bottega Veneta Iceberg Jil Sander Marni Missoni Prada Roberto Cavalli Sportmax Versus (C) PARIS Balenciaga Chanel Costume National (C) Givenchy Haider Ackermann (O) Kenzo Loewe (C) Louis Vuitton Miu Miu Nina Ricci Paco Rabanne Sacai (O) Valentino Viktor & Rolf (O)
Irina Kravchenko from Ukraine Ford New York – Premier London – Monster Milan – Nathalie Paris 33 Shows | Open: 4 | Close: 3 Highlights: All eyes on the girl who opened Alexander Wang during the middle of New York Fashion Week! The redhead that was on fire this runway season, Irina booked major top shows, such as Marc Jacobs, Bottega Veneta, Jil Sander, Marni, Missoni, Prada, Roberto Cavalli, Sportmax, Balenciaga, Chanel, Givenchy, Kenzo, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Nina Ricci, and Valentino. One of the strongest faces that debut this season, we’re sure all the editors are just as intrigued as us about the girl that also opened Haider Ackermann, Sacai, and Viktor & Rolf and closed Versus, Costume National, and Loewe.
The casting landscape of the Spring/Summer 2013 season in New York, London, Milan, and Paris demonstrated the fickle recessional taste of designers, stylists, and casting directors in the current economical climate — a phenomenon that is heightening worries in the modeling world as new and old faces are now even more disposable than ever. S/S 2013 was undoubtedly the season of new faces — and a powerlessly long list of exclusives. In fact, there were few runways that were not dominated by beginner catwalkers. Nonetheless, in the sea of hundreds of girls that began their first full international runway debut this season, there were some standout and breakout stars that caught our eyes a few times over. The following 13 new runway models have made an impression this season from a combination of the quality and quantity of their show list and notable opening and closing spots. Throughout the entire fashion month, it was these 13 girls that continued to inspire multiple designers and tastemakers of the cities in which they walked. All 13 models are true new faces — girls who have not fully debut intensively in more than one major fashion capital until S/S 2013. The list includes 2 Americans, 2 Ukrainians, 2 Frenchies, 1 South Korean, 1 Russian, 1 Belgian, 1 Canadian, 1 Pole, 1 German, and 1 Dane. While there were also other girls that caught our attention, we definitely believe that these 13 Top Breakout New Faces should be recognized for the outstanding show season they just had, and we wish them more success and an enjoyable modeling career!
She's received a lot of job offers since she did the Prada campaign. She didn't know much about fashion prior to starting her modeling career. She met a lot of people during the fashion week and when they would see her again and be like 'hey, great to see you again,' she'd reply that she was happy to see them too while at the same time trying to remember who they were. She was told that she'd be opening Wang a couple hours prior to the show. She didn't even realize how special it was. She was just too worried about falling down or slipping. When she first went to Wang casting, he wasn't there. When they first asked her to try on a look, she slipped while walking and thought it was gonna be it for her. She has since done a lookbook for his namesake brand and they called her to model some old Balenciaga archives for him after he got the job there. She's only been given Balenciaga pieces so far. Was promised some from Wang, but hasn't received those yet. Said Balenciaga is the best when it comes to giving models free clothes. They just bring the model into the room and let her pick from the racks. She picked this gorgeous dress that she thought would go well with some shoes she had. However, she forgot those shoes at Dior casting and when she went back the next day, they were gone. Still can't believe all this success. Says she came to New York without any specific goals set; didn't really set out to achieve great success, but she went to all the castings she could and was just being herself. Doesn't know how long she'll be modeling because of how fickle the business is with the rises and falls. She will stay with it to see how far she can go, but told her mother agent to let her know when the business is no longer interested in her, she'll go do something else. She has a degree in Interior Design. She taught art in school briefly after graduating and before taking up modeling. Her hair color is not natural. She can't be serious backstage, that's why all the pictures of her laughing and acting out. Unless she's tired, then she sleeps. Her most recent shoot was for an American publication, shot by Craig McDean, styled by Karl Templer. Most famous person she met during the fashion week is David Beckham.
IRINA KRAVCHENKO (compiled by Stereo_Flo) FW13 TOTAL: 51 FW13 MILAN/PARIS: 30 OPENED: 1 | CLOSED: 1 London: Antonio Berardi Erdem Giles Jonathan Saunders Paul Smith Peter Pilotto Preen by Thornton Bregazzi (O) Sister By Sibling (C) Milan: Alberta Ferretti Emilio Pucci Etro Fendi Iceberg Marni Max Mara Missoni Moschino Prada Roberto Cavalli Salvatore Ferragamo New York: Alexander Wang Altuzarra Anna Sui Belstaff Derek Lam Marc Jacobs Narciso Rodriguez Philosophy Proenza Schouler Reed Krakoff Rodarte Tommy Hilfiger Tory Burch Paris: Acne Studios Balenciaga Costume National Dries van Noten H&M Haider Ackermann John Galliano Kenzo Loewe Louis Vuitton Miu Miu Paul & Joe Rick Owens Rochas Roland Mouret Sacai Sonia Rykiel Valentino
The hunt for the next big thing begins immediately after the last show has ended. Bitton and Wang have been in communication about the casting since March. They've tracked a handful of candidates, many of whom will end up in the lineup, but zeroed in on one in particular: a snub-nosed henna redhead named Irina Kravchenko. She is 23 years old, five-feet, ten-and-a-half inches tall, Ukrainian, and speaks very limited English. Bitton and Wang call her a new Freja, after Freja Beha Erichsen, the boyish, multi-tattooed Danish model who was a sensation a few seasons back. She, too, projected a sinewy, loose-limbed aura of not giving a sh**. If many new models—essentially, teenagers plucked from obscurity and sent around the world to be dressed up by teams of adults chattering in languages they do not speak—seem like lost sheep separated from the herd, Kravchenko is a wolf. "There's a certain toughness," Wang says. "There's kind of a provocative way that she wears the clothes, and everything is just believable on her. She's very blasé. She came and met with me and was just, like, 'OK? Can I go now?'" Wang first saw a photo of Kravchenko two months before the show, when her agent showed him one on his smartphone while out one night. He has occasionally complained that his much-remarked-upon love of models has been overstated—"pigeonholed" is his word—but the way he speaks about models can seem like a religion, complete with icons and idols. "I was like, 'Oh, my gosh! You have to send her to me tomorrow,'" he recalls of speaking with Kravchenko's agent. "I knew from that one photo. I knew that I loved her and needed her." If there's a decisive moment in the career of Irina Kravchenko, it may be that one—at which she wasn't even present. "He had that in his head," Bitton confirmed. "I want to say that he might have captured that face and worked around it, because the minute he saw her, he was like, 'Oh, I love her.'" Had Wang carried the image of Irina in his mind for months as he'd worked on and styled the collection? "Definitely," he said. Saturday afternoon at the pier-side space where Alexander Wang shows his collection, the 43 models who will walk in the show are gathered in the hangarlike backstage area, having their makeup done, their hair blown flat, strips of tape applied to their heads. Liberty Ross, the English model-turned-tabloid-fixture, is among them. So is Alex's old friend, the model Erin Wasson, who has graduated from runway regular to a kind of emerita position, and now designs jewelry and, occasionally, clothing collections. But the opening spot is going to Irina Kravchenko. She has been held back from all prior shows to make her grand debut here; before now, she has walked precisely one local fashion show in her entire life, back in the Ukraine. Wang's Spring collection is a dark, largely black-and-white riff on sportswear: padded sweatshirts, baseball jerseys, and dresses, riddled with cutouts and threaded together with iridescent wires that look like tiny fish bones. Kravchenko is wearing a black zippered jacket with a pull the size of a silver dollar, tailored shorts, and knee-high piecemeal boots that reveal slats of skin between their leather strips. After this show, she will go on to do several more in New York (Marc Jacobs, Victoria Beckham) and a handful of the best in Milan (Prada, Jil Sander, Marni, Bottega Veneta), then graduate to fixture status in Paris (Balenciaga, Givenchy, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Valentino…). Kravchenko takes the key closing spot at Versus in Milan and opens Haider Ackermann and Viktor & Rolf as well. She is—model agents at rival agencies grudgingly admit—the new girl of the season. But on Saturday afternoon in New York, that's all still ahead of her. Does she like her outfit? "Yes, very much. It's beautiful," she says haltingly. ("My English is very bad.") She's nervous, she admits. What will she think about just before she takes that first big step? "My legs are so angry," she says, with warrior logic. Forward march.
DUTCH MASTERS: Valentino went Dutch for its fall advertising campaign, calling on photographer duo Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin to snap a bevy of international beauties in scenes evocative of the golden age of Flemish portraiture. The cast of models includes Maud Welzen, Kati Nescher, Magdalena Jasek, Irina Kravchenko, Sam Rollinson, Erika Labanauskaite, Tamara Weijenberg, Laura Kampman, Nouk Torsing and Sasha Luss — “women represented like paintings, caught in the intimacy and magic of their gestures,” said Maria Grazia Chiuri, while co-creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli said the campaign showed “the magnificence of Flemish lights and 10 different characters of contemporary feminine grace and regality.” The images make use of classic still-life elements — a vase of flowers, say, next to a bunch of grapes and a brightly plumed bird — but red leather pumps are also thrown in for good measure. The campaign, shot at Pier 59 Studios in New York, breaks internationally this month. Christiaan worked on the models’ hair, and makeup was by Dick Page.
NYC S/S 2014 Total Shows: 11 Opened: 0 | Closed: 0 Alexander Wang Altuzarra Anna Sui Derek Lam Helmut Lang Lacoste Marc Jacobs Narciso Rodriguez Philosophy Proenza Schouler Rodarte Tommy Hilfiger Milan S/S 2014 Total Shows: 10 OPENED: 0 | CLOSED: 0 Fendi Francesco Scognamiglio Iceberg Marni Moschino Prada Roberto Cavalli Salvatore Ferragamo Sportmax Trussardi Paris S/S 2014 Total Shows: 16 OPENED: 0 | CLOSED: 0 Acne Studios Balenciaga Dries van Noten Emanuel Ungaro Haider Ackermann Kenzo Lanvin Louis Vuitton Maison Martin Margiela Maiyet Miu Miu Rochas Roland Mouret Sacai Sonia Rykiel Valentino Total Shows: 37