The Daria Files Resurructed

Lately, I haven't been that inspired by this blog. It's very limiting and the layout is pretty gross to be honest. So I've decided ....

THE DARIA FILES IS MOVING

click click click on the above link for a better, smarter, quicker, easier and overall nicer site!

SO CHANGE YOUR LINKS AND BOOKMARKS PEOPLE!
* If all else fails, then I can come back here - but I love a fresh start!
* And I'll still keep this site, but from now on you know where to go!

H&M Spring 2009: Daria by Solve Sundsbo

Some more glimpses of the new H&M by Matthew Williamson Spring 2009. Daria and Matthew Williamson "traveled all the way to Mexico to shoot what could be a studio shot, but the airtime was done for the sunlight on the Mexican beach." I'm not too fond of the idea of logging so much miles for such a campaign, but hopefully the images will change my mind.
But apart from that the candids look great!

images courtesy of grazia

Top of the Tops

According to glamurama, all of the top models (including Gisele Bündchen, Kate Moss, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Elle Macpherson, Eva Herzigova, Natalia Vodianova, Carmen Kass, Daria Werbowy and Isabeli Fontana) will be in a massive editorial of 45 pages about summer in V magazine. The photographer is Mario Testino...I am not his biggest fan, but he did make an amazing editorial in the recent Vogue UK so we'll see how this turns out!

Numero Tokyo Outtakes

Remember this Numero cover? It seems that after all this time, we finally have the outtakes of the shoot!

Dusan Reljin via calikartel.com and the Darialogist

H&M Spring 2009: Daria by Solve Sundsbo

Looks like we finally have the image! Here is the latest shot of Daria by Solve Sundsbo for H&M by Matthew Williamson. It actually reminds me of her editorial in Vogue Paris about a year ago and a combination of her recent Vogue Nippon editorial.

Sneak Peek: Daria Werbowy for H&M Spring 2009

We have our first look at Daria's ad campaign for H&M by Matthew Williamson shot by Solve Sundsbo. Thanks to debora25 at theFashionSpot for the picture.
According to aliensexfriend Daria has "2 pictures in same outfit, but different poses, very similar to her last ed in Vogue Nippon April 'uptown girl'" in the April issue of Vogue Paris.
Hopefully we'll see scans soon - but this is a preview!

Picture of the Moment

Daria and Erin Wasson a long time ago - they look so different today!

Vogue US April 2009 | The Shape Issue

Finally, a new editorial in Vogue US! After a million editorials shot by Inez & Vinoodh, "The Deep End" is the newest editorial in the April issue of Vogue US, shot by Mert & Marcus
Apparently, this is only the fourth time Mert & Marcus have ever shot for US Vogue, the last full editorial they did for them was way back in March 2004.You can see all of the pictures here

Vogue Portugal April 2009

Daria is on Vogue Portugal April 2009. It looks like she is yawning!

Lancome Photoshoot

I haven't had the chance to post this set of pictures as well. It is a new (or old?) Lancome photoshoot. They're not too great in my humble opinion, but at least there is something to post about!
The full set of pictures can be seen here

Assortment

An assortmen of pictures - I haven't had the chance to post them, so here are a few unseen images. Your present for the day!

Daria for Lancome 1000 women

outtake from Numero editorial with Greg Kadel

Numero outtake

Lancome shot

Forum Tufi Duek Fall Winter 2009

And we finally have the long awaited Forum Tufi Duek campaign with Daria. The anticipiation has paid off, because this is a beautiful campaign. Shot by David Sims, it feautures Daria in black and white shots that are anything but simple. It's a very beautiful campaign and just further indication that Daria needs to work with photographers other than Inez & Vinoodh...

Vogue Nippon April 2009 | Uptown Girl

Along with the new Vogue Paris editorial, Uptown Girl is the newest editorial from Daria - and this one is not disappointing at all!
It's such a strong set of shots with amazing posing. The full editorial can be seen here

La Veste

Sorry for the lack of updates - life has been very busy lately! Daria has an editorial in the March issue of Vogue Paris. She is back to working with Inez & Vinoodh and stylist Emmanuelle Alt. The entire editorial can be seen here. I'm never a big fan for the chic tacky look stylists go for and even though it's supposed to be ironic, this editorial has lost it's appeal to me.

The Creation Of Toronto's Mille Femmes by Maraval

Thanks to anton, I have a heads up on the Mille Femmes projet by Maraval. It's quite interesting - I saw a piece on this a while back but never really read into it. In June of last year there was an exhibit of 1000 influential women in Toronto, coinciding with Maraval's previous collections with Canadian women in Montreal. A bit more info on the show ...

Toronto's Mille Femmes is a tribute to 1,000 artistic, creative and inspiring women from Toronto and their protégés, who embody the passion and heritage of the city. Architects, actors, dancers, designers, journalists, musicians and others have been chosen in recognition of their achievements and leadership in their field. Joined together, the 1,000 portraits will become a visual network, a chain of recognition that celebrates not only an extraordinary community of women, but also the creative character and diversity of Toronto.

We have a video and a photo. And a screencap. I couldn't help laughing when comparing the Daria in the foreground to her Lancome picture in the background! It's quite an interesting project and I wish I could have visited the installation. Daria is featured along with Adrienne Clarkson, Shannon Mercer and other talents ... quite an honour!

The picture is very beautiful and natural - a great shot! And here's the video below. Daria comes in at around 3.00 minutes.

Can you find Daria?

Daria Ressurected?

SCOOP DU JOUR: AN ICON RESSURECTED
TI's spies peeping on the set of that certain VI shoot spotted a recent cosmetics campaign queen...being brushed and dusted for an upcoming shoot. She wasn't alone as another beauty was also booked for the same edit...but TI for one is very happy to see this recent icon basking again in Meisel's immaculate light.-- The Imagist

The imagist posted a very intriguing piece of news ... the last time Daria worked with Meisel we received brilliant Vogue Italia shots. 2004 was her year but then Meisel dropped her and moved on ... maybe he is reconsidering? Either way, as someone on tFS said "Julia Stegner (Maybelline), Doutzen Kroes (L'Oreal) and Hilary Rhoda (Estee Lauder) come immediately to mind." And Daria is not a recent icon...

Iron Maiden | Vogue UK March 2009

The pictures of Iron Maiden are finally here and I can safely say it's the best yet of 2009. This has to be one of my favourite editorials in a while. It has such a great rock vibe and Daria pulls of the androgynous look extremely well. This shot in particular, reminds me of another favourite model of mine - Amanda Moore.
After being used to seeing Daria shot by Mario Testino in a lifeless Vogue US editorial, this is an amazing piece of work from the two.
The full editorial can be seen here


My favourite shot

Iron Daria

Great news - Daria has an editorial in the March 2009 edition of Vogue UK. It's entitled Iron Maiden, so maybe some rock reference?!

Iron Maiden
M: Daria Werbowy
P: Mario Testino.
Fashion Editor: Lucinda Chambers

12 pages

reconfigured

I've changed the entire look of the Daria Files gallery. You can see all the updates here!

Daria and Matthew Williamson for H&M

Today we have news on two campaigns, one familiar and one I'm not so familiar with:

"Matthew Williamson will be the face — alongside Daria Werbowy — of the campaign for his upcoming collection for Hennes & Mauritz. In the campaign, shot in Tulum, Mexico, Williamson models pieces from his men’s wear collection. The campaign, shot by Solve Sundsbo, will break in May, although no titles have been confirmed. The H&M campaign marks Williamson’s modeling debut, according to his business partner Joseph Velosa, and the designer will appear in the H&M TV ads as well. Williamson’s men’s and women’s collections for H&M bow in April. "
vogue.co.uk

There's also news of a collaboration between Daria and Dormice
an art duo consisting of Heinrich Nocholaus and Sawan Yawnghwe known for their extreme use of colour and form.

"The next step is more ambitious, with approaches made to designers and models to appear in their paintings; they’re in talks with Daria Werbowy to star in a campaign that is first accessed by portraiture and they're looking for designer patronage from some new de Medici of schmutter. "
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This particular article seems very intriguing. Dormice have collaborated with Versace and Roberto Cavalli on a variety of occasions and the little I've seen of their artwork is impressive. This will be great to see how it turns out. Here are a few selected works and a short article on the duo

Balman Spring Summer 2009

Daria has the Balmain Spring Summer 2009 Campaign! I'm pretty sure it's another collaboration between Emanuelle Alt and Inez & Vinoodh.

Last season, we only had one image from Balmain so this may be the only campaign image they release.

Isabel Marant Part Three

More Isable Marant ads have been found. This campaign is quite nice, but so far I've only really loved the first picture we've seen and the center one here.

Isabel Marant Part Two

A new Isabel Marant ad was posted at the Fashion Spot - for now, it's just a preview. Hopefully we'll see the full picture soon


credit: debora25 at tFS

Absentee

It seems that Daria didn't show up for the Forum Tufi Duek show at all. I've searched but found no pictures and seeing as how I know zero Portugese I can't decipher anything from news articles.

So no Daria at SPFW - but here is Daria at Stella McCartney, my favourite designer and favourite show that Daria has walked in:

The Daria Files on ViewOnFashion

Pretty cool - I just learned that The Daria Files was featured on ViewOnFashion! Thanks to Maxxie for the heads up. So if anyone from VOF came here, welcome!

Harper's Bazaar Dubai

Searching through Alan Gelati's site I came across the Harper's Bazaar Dubai cover! I think it is a very beautiful shot for a cover - simple and clean. Daria has six pages of photos, and a three page article, according to the fashist.
I'll be adding this cover to the Daria Files gallery, along with some old work I will be putting up soon!

source alan gelati

Marie Claire Ukraine

We finally have the new scans of Marie Claire Ukraine! Daria is featured in an editorial, along with a full-length interview but I have no idea what any of it says - so if there is somebody who speaks Russian it would be greatly appreciated to have a translation!
It turns out that the interview is old (from autumn 2008) where talks about Ukrainian traditions in her family and about her modeling career.

Edit: We had a very helpful anonymous fill us in with the interview!
"I study russian for one year so i have some basic knowledge of it.I find some new details in the interview.First she said than she really wants to be mother and have more than one child because she know how precious is to have brother or sister.Second detail is that she like to watch blockbusters :) she said also that people stop her sometimes on the street and thinks that she is actress.She said also that she want to create her own female snowboard line."

thanks to mariya s. and the darialogist!

Roberto Cavalli The Fifth

Um. I am sitting at the keyboard not really knowing what to type ... this is probably my least favourite image I have ever seen in a campaign ... Let's just please focus on her beautiful Isabel Marant campaign to make up for this ...

scanned by The.Rock.Inc at tFS

Roberto Cavalli Spring Summer 2009

The fourth Cavalli image has been released:

Harper's Bazaar Dubai

We've been getting so many updates all at once! Daria is on the cover of and has an editorial in Harper's Bazaar Dubai. The accompanying editorial is in the post - it's very beautiful and feminine. She is photographed by Alan Gelati, but I don't have the cover image yet. If there are any people in Dubai who read this blog, then keep your eyes open for this magazine!

My favourite image

The full shoot here:


thanks to the darialogist