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Frida Gustavsson
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My French is absolutely terrible and I only understand half of this so if a lovely French skinny could help translate... It would be much appreciated!
BEAUTIFUL FIGHTER
Frida Gustavsson dreamt of being an airline pilot, she was a champion runner... now she runs on runways round the world!
by Stéphanie Chayet
When she comes to NY for work, Frida Gustavsson (IMG agency) always seeks harbour at the Maritime Hotel. 'I feel at home here' she says, showing us a sofa by the Swedish designer Joseph Frank, the print of which reminds her of her grandma's sitting-room. Born in Stockholm, she's not yet 20 but has already been in the business for four years - four years spent travelling the world. After being discovered at 14 in an H&M where she was shopping with a schoolmate, she found herself immediately booked out. 'The day after I turned 15 I left to spend the summer working in Japan, accompanied by my Dad. Every day a car would come for me at dawn. I only had two days' holiday'. She followed up with London and Paris, where, at 16, she opened the Valentino Haute Couture show. If she had her time again, she wouldn't change a thing; Frida's living a fairy-tale. So what do we need to know?
She has two moon-shaped scars on her knees, marks from a fall during a relay final. Ever since she was little, Frida's run fast - very fast. She was spotted at seven years old by a coach who was passing through her school, signed up for a competition out of curiosity and scooped all the prizes. A revelation. 'Up until then, I'd never thought that I could excel at anything. That's a problem you have, growing up with two brothers'. As the years went by she accumulated both medals (more than two hundred) and injuries; two broken arms and a fractured hand. 'I was clumsy. When I stopped to become a model my parents were relieved'.
She did her first shoot for a Swedish magazine called Frida, like her. 'It was a story for Christmas. There were gold and sequins everywhere. I fell head over heels for the job'.
She got her break walking for Valentino. 'The day of the casting I saw all my idols going past. They kept me in the showroom for five days for fittings, without even telling me that I'd been booked for the show. The day before, my agent called me with the announcement that I was opening and closing. That was huge. I'd never walked in a show before, I was terrified. But once I started heading into the catwalk lights I felt euphoric'. The following season she walked in seventy-two shows.
She got good high-school grades [the BAC is the Baccalauréat, the final high-school exam which allows you to go to university] ... without once setting foot at her school. Starting from the first year of high-school, Frida completed all her studies by distance learning. 'Since I was doing a specialist fashion course, I had to lug my sewing-machine everywhere I went'. She doesn't take it with her any more, but she still sews. 'Certain clothes are hard to find in my size. I made myself a long cashmere coat like a dressing-gown, which I always have with me'.
She wanted to be a pilot when she was little. And she still loves planes today. Just as well, since she travels 250 times a year. 'I take flight SK903 Stockholm-New York so often that the air hostesses know what I eat for breakfast'.
She never goes anywhere without a Moleskine notebook and the Polaroid camera she bought in Tokyo. She fills her notebook with recipes, ideas, little drawings. And she takes pictures of landscapes that she stores in shoeboxes. 'One day I'd like to make them into a book'.
She dresses like a guy. Her uniform: black cigarette pants, an oversized white shirt and men's shoes by APC or Sebago ('I've got them in every colour!'). In the evening she wears the same thing, accessorised with silver-heeled Céline boots and some statement jewellery [I was tempted to write big blings there but I take my work as translator too seriously, you hear?
]. Frida collects Lanvin chokers; 'I get myself one every season'.She's hooked on stickers. Her Blackberry and Macbook are covered in them.
She swears by beauty oils. Argan oil, morning and night, on her face, and olive oil for her hair once a month. 'You have to leave it in all night and wash it out in the morning. It's a ritual I inherited from my Mum, who has amazing hair'. For makeup, she makes do with a Laura Mercier foundation and a classic Dior rouge (no 452).
She loves music from the '70s. Pink Floyd, the Velvet Underground, Neil Young; 'Everything my Dad used to listen to in the car'.
Thank you so much!BEAUTIFUL FIGHTER
Frida Gustavsson dreamt of being an airline pilot, she was a champion runner... now she runs on runways round the world!
by Stéphanie Chayet
When she comes to NY for work, Frida Gustavsson (IMG agency) always seeks harbour at the Maritime Hotel. 'I feel at home here' she says, showing us a sofa by the Swedish designer Joseph Frank, the print of which reminds her of her grandma's sitting-room. Born in Stockholm, she's not yet 20 but has already been in the business for four years - four years spent travelling the world. After being discovered at 14 in an H&M where she was shopping with a schoolmate, she found herself immediately booked out. 'The day after I turned 15 I left to spend the summer working in Japan, accompanied by my Dad. Every day a car would come for me at dawn. I only had two days' holiday'. She followed up with London and Paris, where, at 16, she opened the Valentino Haute Couture show. If she had her time again, she wouldn't change a thing; Frida's living a fairy-tale. So what do we need to know?
She has two moon-shaped scars on her knees, marks from a fall during a relay final. Ever since she was little, Frida's run fast - very fast. She was spotted at seven years old by a coach who was passing through her school, signed up for a competition out of curiosity and scooped all the prizes. A revelation. 'Up until then, I'd never thought that I could excel at anything. That's a problem you have, growing up with two brothers'. As the years went by she accumulated both medals (more than two hundred) and injuries; two broken arms and a fractured hand. 'I was clumsy. When I stopped to become a model my parents were relieved'.
She did her first shoot for a Swedish magazine called Frida, like her. 'It was a story for Christmas. There were gold and sequins everywhere. I fell head over heels for the job'.
She got her break walking for Valentino. 'The day of the casting I saw all my idols going past. They kept me in the showroom for five days for fittings, without even telling me that I'd been booked for the show. The day before, my agent called me with the announcement that I was opening and closing. That was huge. I'd never walked in a show before, I was terrified. But once I started heading into the catwalk lights I felt euphoric'. The following season she walked in seventy-two shows.
She got good high-school grades [the BAC is the Baccalauréat, the final high-school exam which allows you to go to university] ... without once setting foot at her school. Starting from the first year of high-school, Frida completed all her studies by distance learning. 'Since I was doing a specialist fashion course, I had to lug my sewing-machine everywhere I went'. She doesn't take it with her any more, but she still sews. 'Certain clothes are hard to find in my size. I made myself a long cashmere coat like a dressing-gown, which I always have with me'.
She wanted to be a pilot when she was little. And she still loves planes today. Just as well, since she travels 250 times a year. 'I take flight SK903 Stockholm-New York so often that the air hostesses know what I eat for breakfast'.
She never goes anywhere without a Moleskine notebook and the Polaroid camera she bought in Tokyo. She fills her notebook with recipes, ideas, little drawings. And she takes pictures of landscapes that she stores in shoeboxes. 'One day I'd like to make them into a book'.
She dresses like a guy. Her uniform: black cigarette pants, an oversized white shirt and men's shoes by APC or Sebago ('I've got them in every colour!'). In the evening she wears the same thing, accessorised with silver-heeled Céline boots and some statement jewellery [I was tempted to write big blings there but I take my work as translator too seriously, you hear?
She's hooked on stickers. Her Blackberry and Macbook are covered in them.
She swears by beauty oils. Argan oil, morning and night, on her face, and olive oil for her hair once a month. 'You have to leave it in all night and wash it out in the morning. It's a ritual I inherited from my Mum, who has amazing hair'. For makeup, she makes do with a Laura Mercier foundation and a classic Dior rouge (no 452).
She loves music from the '70s. Pink Floyd, the Velvet Underground, Neil Young; 'Everything my Dad used to listen to in the car'.
Frida seems so fun and down to earth... the Moleskin notebook thing is super cute and I love her style.
Thank you so much!
A pleasure!
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BEAUTIFUL FIGHTER
Frida Gustavsson dreamt of being an airline pilot, she was a champion runner... now she runs on runways round the world!
by Stéphanie Chayet
When she comes to NY for work, Frida Gustavsson (IMG agency) always seeks harbour at the Maritime Hotel. 'I feel at home here' she says, showing us a sofa by the Swedish designer Joseph Frank, the print of which reminds her of her grandma's sitting-room. Born in Stockholm, she's not yet 20 but has already been in the business for four years - four years spent travelling the world. After being discovered at 14 in an H&M where she was shopping with a schoolmate, she found herself immediately booked out. 'The day after I turned 15 I left to spend the summer working in Japan, accompanied by my Dad. Every day a car would come for me at dawn. I only had two days' holiday'. She followed up with London and Paris, where, at 16, she opened the Valentino Haute Couture show. If she had her time again, she wouldn't change a thing; Frida's living a fairy-tale. So what do we need to know?
She has two moon-shaped scars on her knees, marks from a fall during a relay final. Ever since she was little, Frida's run fast - very fast. She was spotted at seven years old by a coach who was passing through her school, signed up for a competition out of curiosity and scooped all the prizes. A revelation. 'Up until then, I'd never thought that I could excel at anything. That's a problem you have, growing up with two brothers'. As the years went by she accumulated both medals (more than two hundred) and injuries; two broken arms and a fractured hand. 'I was clumsy. When I stopped to become a model my parents were relieved'.
She did her first shoot for a Swedish magazine called Frida, like her. 'It was a story for Christmas. There were gold and sequins everywhere. I fell head over heels for the job'.
She got her break walking for Valentino. 'The day of the casting I saw all my idols going past. They kept me in the showroom for five days for fittings, without even telling me that I'd been booked for the show. The day before, my agent called me with the announcement that I was opening and closing. That was huge. I'd never walked in a show before, I was terrified. But once I started heading into the catwalk lights I felt euphoric'. The following season she walked in seventy-two shows.
She got good high-school grades [the BAC is the Baccalauréat, the final high-school exam which allows you to go to university] ... without once setting foot at her school. Starting from the first year of high-school, Frida completed all her studies by distance learning. 'Since I was doing a specialist fashion course, I had to lug my sewing-machine everywhere I went'. She doesn't take it with her any more, but she still sews. 'Certain clothes are hard to find in my size. I made myself a long cashmere coat like a dressing-gown, which I always have with me'.
She wanted to be a pilot when she was little. And she still loves planes today. Just as well, since she travels 250 times a year. 'I take flight SK903 Stockholm-New York so often that the air hostesses know what I eat for breakfast'.
She never goes anywhere without a Moleskine notebook and the Polaroid camera she bought in Tokyo. She fills her notebook with recipes, ideas, little drawings. And she takes pictures of landscapes that she stores in shoeboxes. 'One day I'd like to make them into a book'.
She dresses like a guy. Her uniform: black cigarette pants, an oversized white shirt and men's shoes by APC or Sebago ('I've got them in every colour!'). In the evening she wears the same thing, accessorised with silver-heeled Céline boots and some statement jewellery [I was tempted to write big blings there but I take my work as translator too seriously, you hear?
She's hooked on stickers. Her Blackberry and Macbook are covered in them.
She swears by beauty oils. Argan oil, morning and night, on her face, and olive oil for her hair once a month. 'You have to leave it in all night and wash it out in the morning. It's a ritual I inherited from my Mum, who has amazing hair'. For makeup, she makes do with a Laura Mercier foundation and a classic Dior rouge (no 452).
She loves music from the '70s. Pink Floyd, the Velvet Underground, Neil Young; 'Everything my Dad used to listen to in the car'.
Thank you so much!!!
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Frida Gustavsson by Hasse Nielsen for Cover April 2013
(sorry for the super long post, but she is beautiful)
(sorry for the super long post, but she is beautiful)
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Frida Gustavsson by Hasse Nielsen for Cover April 2013
Her face looks absolutely perfect here. Her bone structure. I want it all.
BEAUTIFUL FIGHTER
Frida Gustavsson dreamt of being an airline pilot, she was a champion runner... now she runs on runways round the world!
by Stéphanie Chayet
When she comes to NY for work, Frida Gustavsson (IMG agency) always seeks harbour at the Maritime Hotel. 'I feel at home here' she says, showing us a sofa by the Swedish designer Joseph Frank, the print of which reminds her of her grandma's sitting-room. Born in Stockholm, she's not yet 20 but has already been in the business for four years - four years spent travelling the world. After being discovered at 14 in an H&M where she was shopping with a schoolmate, she found herself immediately booked out. 'The day after I turned 15 I left to spend the summer working in Japan, accompanied by my Dad. Every day a car would come for me at dawn. I only had two days' holiday'. She followed up with London and Paris, where, at 16, she opened the Valentino Haute Couture show. If she had her time again, she wouldn't change a thing; Frida's living a fairy-tale. So what do we need to know?
She has two moon-shaped scars on her knees, marks from a fall during a relay final. Ever since she was little, Frida's run fast - very fast. She was spotted at seven years old by a coach who was passing through her school, signed up for a competition out of curiosity and scooped all the prizes. A revelation. 'Up until then, I'd never thought that I could excel at anything. That's a problem you have, growing up with two brothers'. As the years went by she accumulated both medals (more than two hundred) and injuries; two broken arms and a fractured hand. 'I was clumsy. When I stopped to become a model my parents were relieved'.
She did her first shoot for a Swedish magazine called Frida, like her. 'It was a story for Christmas. There were gold and sequins everywhere. I fell head over heels for the job'.
She got her break walking for Valentino. 'The day of the casting I saw all my idols going past. They kept me in the showroom for five days for fittings, without even telling me that I'd been booked for the show. The day before, my agent called me with the announcement that I was opening and closing. That was huge. I'd never walked in a show before, I was terrified. But once I started heading into the catwalk lights I felt euphoric'. The following season she walked in seventy-two shows.
She got good high-school grades [the BAC is the Baccalauréat, the final high-school exam which allows you to go to university] ... without once setting foot at her school. Starting from the first year of high-school, Frida completed all her studies by distance learning. 'Since I was doing a specialist fashion course, I had to lug my sewing-machine everywhere I went'. She doesn't take it with her any more, but she still sews. 'Certain clothes are hard to find in my size. I made myself a long cashmere coat like a dressing-gown, which I always have with me'.
She wanted to be a pilot when she was little. And she still loves planes today. Just as well, since she travels 250 times a year. 'I take flight SK903 Stockholm-New York so often that the air hostesses know what I eat for breakfast'.
She never goes anywhere without a Moleskine notebook and the Polaroid camera she bought in Tokyo. She fills her notebook with recipes, ideas, little drawings. And she takes pictures of landscapes that she stores in shoeboxes. 'One day I'd like to make them into a book'.
She dresses like a guy. Her uniform: black cigarette pants, an oversized white shirt and men's shoes by APC or Sebago ('I've got them in every colour!'). In the evening she wears the same thing, accessorised with silver-heeled Céline boots and some statement jewellery [I was tempted to write big blings there but I take my work as translator too seriously, you hear?
She's hooked on stickers. Her Blackberry and Macbook are covered in them.
She swears by beauty oils. Argan oil, morning and night, on her face, and olive oil for her hair once a month. 'You have to leave it in all night and wash it out in the morning. It's a ritual I inherited from my Mum, who has amazing hair'. For makeup, she makes do with a Laura Mercier foundation and a classic Dior rouge (no 452).
She loves music from the '70s. Pink Floyd, the Velvet Underground, Neil Young; 'Everything my Dad used to listen to in the car'.
Thanks for posting this sweetie!
Anyone else want to see the recipes written in her notebook!?
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H&M lookbook
i usually love her legs so much but they made them look so weird and plasticy here
