VERA WANG: MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK SPRING 2014 COLLECTIONS

Fashion show looks from the Vera Wang Spring 2014 Collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York.  The Official Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week YouTube channel provides extensive coverage of runway shows including Rachel Zoe, Carolina Herrera, Vera Wang, Diane Von Furstenberg, BCBGMAXAZRIA, Michael Kors, Monique Lhuillier, Tadashi Shoji, Rebecca Minkoff and Badgley Mischka.

Americas Next Top Model Contestant Angelea Preston

Shauntee Thompson CEO of So Seductive Cosmetics with Angelea Preston a contestant from Americas Next Top Model at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York SS/2011. This 23-year-old Buffalo, New York native worked as an answering service operator prior to her appearance on America’s Next Top Model.

Viewers might remember Angelea for making the semi-finalists for Cycle 12; unfortunately, she did not make it into the house. When she auditioned for Cycle 12, she said on camera, “These girls are here trying to be like America’s Best Friend. I’m not here for you. I’m here because I want to model. I want to be Americas Next Top Model.”(Some may remember the argument she had with Sandra during the goddess shoot in episode 1.) She also had some issues with Sandra before they even stepped in front of the camera. Angelea talked tearfully about having a daughter who passed away prior to auditioning for Cycle 12. She also talked with the panel about sleeping in the Port Authority bathroom stall in order to make her call back for the show.

During initial panel interviews in episode 1 of Cycle 14, Angelea said that she was out of control during her audition for Cycle 12 because she was seeing a guy that had her feeling angry and combative. She revealed that following her failed attempt at being on Cycle 12, she saw a counselor to help her deal with her anger issues. She said she’s now a changed women, although she’s still “ghetto” in a good way.

So far in the competition, Angelea has really impressed the judges by looking soft in all her photos, even though she comes off tough during panel. She was first runner-up for best photo during the second panel judging and called seventh for the third elimination.
During episode three, Angelea was called second following the ‘dance’ photo shoot with Cade Martin. Her ‘moshing’ photo really impressed the judges, keeping her overall performance incredibly strong and proving herself to be a tough competitor for Top Model. All though Angelea did not win Americas Next Top model she still continues to win the hearts of Americans across the globe.

Elle Magazine Creative Director Joe Zee

Shauntee Thompson Founder of So Seductive Cosmetics with Creative Director of Elle Magazines Joe Zee during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York SS/2011. Since February 2007 when he was appointed to creative director at Elle, he has since brought his exceptional creativity, style and editorial expertise to the magazine. The move to Elle followed Joe’s many successful years as fashion director at W, and contributing fashion editor at Details and House & Garden. He was also editor-in-chief of both the men’s and women’s editions of Vitals.

Joe is the talent behind the TV and print advertising campaigns for a variety of prominent clients such as Lancôme, Banana Republic, Elie Tahari, Celine, Oscar de la Renta, DKNY, Perry Ellis, Kenneth Cole, Escada, Anne Klein, H&M, Jones New York, Estée Lauder, M.A.C. Cosmetics, Chanel, Coty and Tiffany & Co. He has also styled the most memorable celebrity advertising campaigns for the Gap including the “(PRODUCT) RED” campaign featuring Penelope Cruz, Jennifer Garner, Chris Rock, Don Cheadle and Dakota Fanning; The unforgettable pairing of Madonna and Missy Elliot in cord jeans, the 35th anniversary campaign with Sarah Jessica Parker, and the “Favorite Fit” jeans campaign with Alanis Morissette, Liz Phair, Keith Urban, John Legend, Joss Stone, Brandon Boyd of Incubus and Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child.

Styling TV commercials has allowed Joe the opportunity to collaborate with well known directors such as Mario Testino (Lancôme), Jake Nava (Heat by Beyonce), Jean-Paul Goude (Covet by Sarah Jessica Parker), Michael Thompson (Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker, a winner of the 2006 FiFi Award for Best National Advertising Campaign-Television), Paul Hunter (Gap) and Francis Lawrence (Gap).

Joe is regularly sought after by celebrity clients resulting in an impressive list of actresses, actors and musicians among them Justin Timberlake, Sarah Jessica Parker, Fergie, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Rhianna, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Reese Witherspoon, Megan Fox, Drew Barrymore, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lindsay Lohan, Scarlett Johansson, Kiera Knightley, Cameron Diaz, Uma Thurman, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Cruise and Jude Law.

Mr.Zee is the one Elle is thrusting in front of the cameras for its next television show on the Sundance Channel, called All on the Line, in which the creative director will consult young designers "in crisis" to ready them for "make-or-break" meetings with buyers. Zee is in the process of casting the eight designers, who will each appear in one episode.