Tuesday, February 16

Scarlett Johansson in Mango and Dolce & Gabbana



She is definitely something... lost in translation...


She is also the face of Dolce & Gabbana Cosmetics. Styled as a 50's pin-up model and accompanied by David Gandy. Shot by fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø.



Saturday, February 13

The muse... Helena Christensen



Helena Christensen was born December 25, 1968 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her unique exotic beauty comes from her mixed roots, a Danish father and a Peruvian mother. Christensen won the Miss Denmark crown in 1987 at the age of sixteen, and represented Denmark in the Miss Universe in 1988 at the age of 17. She left her home soon afterwards to pursue modeling in Paris.



Christensen appeared in the main international runways, magazine covers and fashion campaigns during 1990s. She was in the Victoria's Secret catalog and in their television commercials as one of the signature Angels. She also became a spokesmodel for Revlon cosmetics. The late designer Gianni Versace said she has the most beautiful body. Karl Lagerferld described her as possessing a figure type that's very rare. Nobody has better legs. John Galliano comments, she fills clothes with life and fire.


Helena has also worked in various film and television projects. These include: the MTV fashion show Fashionably Loud, the 1992 independent film Inferno, and Chris Isaak's hit music video Wicked Game. The video was later featured on MTV's "Sexiest Video of All-Time".









She was also known for some of her personal relationships. She has an 11 years old son named Mingus Lucien Reedus with actor Norman Reedus (split in 2003). She previously lived with INXS frontman Michael Hutchence on and off for a period of four years in the early 1990s. From 2004 to 2006, Christensen dated Danish rock band Grand Avenue frontman Rasmus Walter-Hansen. In 2008, Christensen was romantically linked to Interpol frontman Paul Banks. Christensen friends include R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe and Bono.



Helena continues modeling and currently lives in NY where she has an antiques shop. She was part of Nylon magazine as the original creative director with American entrepreneur Michael "Mic" Neumann. She has launched her own clothing line Christensen & Sigersen, with long-term friend Leif Sigersen. The pair also ran Butik, a shop in New York. Browse her clothing line at http://www.net-a-porter.com/christensenandsigersen


Christensen is also a photographer, and her photos appeared in magazines such as Marie Claire and ELLE. Her exhibition A Quiet Story, curated by Jim Cook, premiered in Rotterdam in 2006. Chanel Tokyo's NEXUS Gallery is scheduled to mount the exhibition this year. See some of the photography at http://www.dactyl.org/art/2008/HelenaChristensen.html


Friday, February 12

What's the fun in doing something others want you to do - Juana Molina



Juana Molina  was born in 1962 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a singer-songwriter and an actress. Lived in Paris for 6 years during her infancy where was surrounded by music and her guitar since the age of five. She worked as a comedian to make money for her music career, but became more famous than what she betted for. She first appeared in the Argentinean TV in the 1990's in the well known satiric show "La Noticia Rebelde". She later starred her own TV show "Juana y sus hermanas", that was hit across the Spanish-speaking world, for which she remains better known in Latin America.


In 1996 she decided to pursue her true love for music and from then released five albums. The lyrics on her albums are sung in her native Rioplatense Spanish, except in "The Wrong Song," sung in English, from Segundo, and "Insensible," sung in French, from Tres Cosas, and often accompanied by acoustic guitar among other instruments. Her music features elements of ambient and electronica, and she is often compared by critics to Björk, Beth Orton, and Lisa Germano.  Visit her website a www.juanamolina.com


Listen about her story in the next videos, how she explains her acceptance as a musician was first outside her home country, where her audience still saw her as a great comedian. Her decision to do what she liked best and eventually people will follow... and they did.


She usually writes, mixes tracks and performs on her own. Her second album, Segundo, was named Best World Music Album 2003 in Entertainment Weekly and gained a Shortlist Award 2004 nomination. Tres Cosas was placed in the Top Ten Records of 2004 by the New York Times. It was recently announced that Molina has been chosen by Matt Groening to perform at the edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival he is curating in May 2010 in Minehead, England.