TMSRRE part 17: Frida
Frida Gustavsson @ IMG (Paris, NY, Milan, London)
She walked everything a girl has to walk in New York (including Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Philosophy, Rodarte and Ralph Lauren). She was everywhere she had to be in London from Christopher Kane to Pringle, she opened Gianfranco Ferré in Milan and walked for Alberta Ferretti, Fendi, Jil Sander, Missoni among others in the same city. Sounds like name dropping and even if some will point out how one show is missing in that line-up, we just have to say she doesn't need anything more to save her spot in the fashion world. A career built like an "alternative breakthrough" introduced last July when she opened Valentino Haute Couture, a face that you easily remember and hardly forget mixing sweetness and strength in the most subtle manner and you've got what makes Frida's appeal so special and welcome. And for those who haven't tasted her editorial power yet, here is a few bits of her story by Martin Lidell, styled by Vanessa Bellugeon for L'Officiel Paris. Seems that the sweetest Swede also has a great sense of humour in front of the camera.