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Snow storms derailing clothing deliveries (including a Tom Ford suit stuck in London!), SAG Award stylists hoarding shoe samples and 2 model moms in tow, are all in a weekend’s work as we shoot supermodel Irina Lazareanu for our behind-the-scenes issue as a modern day fashion editor.

Go behind the scenes of our shoot now! »

Also, be sure to check out Irina’s personal Shopping List »

She’s been keeping a low profile since being discovered in 2007, but Montrealer Anaïs Pouliot pulled off an impressive casting coup during the Spring 2011 shows, walking for Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, D&G, Marni, Prada and Miu Miu. SEE POULIOT SPRING 2011 RUNWAY »

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Up-and-comer Arizona Muse posed in Marrakesh for YSL‘s spring campaign. The American model will also star in Prada’s spring ads. [The Fashion Spot]

“Lady Gaga wants to look crazy — her next outfit I know is going to be surf and turf. It’s the ones that think they look great, and you go, “Are you out of your mind?” Or the ones who have become total fashion victims. I just think Prada should be shut down, and truly I think they hate Americans. I think they’re still angry at us for WWII.” More of Joan Rivers‘s bon mots at the link. [The Cut]

Name: Lauren Berntzen

Agency: Sutherland Models

Where you’ve seen her: Lauren, who recently moved to Toronto from British Columbia, shot a look book for eco-fashion label Thieves earlier this fall, and appears in our holiday Style Studio video series.

Sudanese beauty and model icon Alek Wek was spotted going into the lounge at The Drake Hotel last night. Did anyone see her? Talk to her? Take blurry cellphone photos? We want details! Send tips to fashiondiaries@fashionmagazine.com.

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Name: Brenda Mutoni

Agency: Sutherland Models

Where you’ve seen her: Our first Style Studio video, where she helped us show how to wear one of fall’s coolest footwear trends, the oxford.

We head backstage at New York Fashion Week with One Management editorial director Christopher Michael (pictured, far right) for a behind-the-crazy scenes peek at the action. READ THE ARTICLE Read more from our Model Issue

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Kirsten Owen‘s turn on the Fall 2010 Joe Fresh Style catwalk was one of our favourite moments of LG Fashion Week. We sat down with the poster girl of ’90s grunge models (think Helmut Lang and CK One) to talk favourite cities, model heros and moving back to Canada:

At 40, you’ve walked runways for over 20 years and been in campaigns for Helmut Lang, Givenchy and Marc Jacobs. Which job are you most proud of?
“I loved Helmut Lang, and the Emanuel Ungaro shoot with the dog—it’s one of my favourites. That was with Mario Sorrenti.”

You also did a campaign for Lida Baday.
“Yeah, I loved that work. Chris Nicholls doing that was amazing because they embraced my ‘real-ness,’ and they didn’t want me to look like a model or be like anything that would be expected, you know.”

Last week, we posted Q&As with the 19 Canadian models we featured in our August “Casting Call” shoot. (Check out the issue, on newsstands now.) We also grabbed a video camera to capture the action on set and to chat with the stars of the show about their off-duty style, favourite models (hint: They all […]

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Name: Stephanie Christian

Agency: Ford Models

Where you’ve seen her: On the runways at Halifax’s Atlantic Fashion Week and at LG Fashion Week in Toronto, and in our On The Market video sporting fashion market editor Sarah Casselman’s top denim picks.

How did you get into modelling?
“I never really considered modelling before I was approached by a friend to model for a magazine she was creating as part of her thesis in fashion communications at Ryerson University. From there I realized that I had potential and decided to pursue it further.”

We had a blast shooting our “Casting Call” story from our August issue–the Model Issue! We called in 19 up-and-coming Canadian models for a huge shoot documenting the process of something models know all too well–the casting call. The story also features fall looks from some of our favourite Canadian labels–from Jeremy Laing to Denis […]

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We asked the industry’s top hair and makeup artists—from Oribe to François Nars–to name their favourite models from the past and present. Click the images below to see who made an indelible beauty mark.

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