A Changed Woman

Alessandra Ambrosio has been reinvented, and I like it. In fact, quite a few of the Victoria's Secret Angels have changed their careers around as of late and have been very successful in doing so. I'd always felt a bit sorry for the VS Angels because they never seemed to get any notable editorial or campaign work outside of the lingerie sector. Victoria's Secret pays really well but it's a bit cheesy, no? You just can't quite imagine Marisa Miller or Selita Ebanks taking on Vogue or i-D.....

I'd always thought it was because their looks did not translate well into high fashion, but after taking a look at the following images I'm starting to wonder. Maybe their agencies consciously groomed them into 'Angel' material in order to grab the most lucrative contracts? Whatever's best for business, I guess. Maybe we all could get modelling work with a bit of eyebrow bleach and straightened hair. Just remove all of your cosmetics, ladies, a bare face is high fashion. Or not.

Whatever the case is, I'm not hating. Check out the new sophisticates, Alessandra, Adriana and Miranda:

Couture editorial from Vogue Russia, May 2010 (Alasdair McLellan)

Moschino F/W 10 Campaign (Inez & Vinoodh)

One of the six covers subjects for Love issue #4 (Mert & Marcus)

Givenchy F/W 09 Campaign (Mert & Marcus)

Loewe F/W 10 Campaign (Nigel Shafran)

Jil Sander F/W 10 Campaign (Willy Vanderperre)

Cover of i-D, Summer 2010 (Willy Vanderperre)

Thanks to Fashion Copious, trendhunter, stylefrizz, Andrey's World, sassisamblog and Fashion Gone Rogue for their copies of the images.