Why Gisele is a genius model

Your daily must-read 9 May 2010

Sally Singer is leaving American Vogue to become editor of T magazine (the style magazine of The New York Times): http://nyti.ms/aKYd0c. This is a mixed blessing: although I'll miss her in Vogue (not that Mark Holgate and Eve MacSweeney, her replacements, won't do a brilliant job),T is absolutely my favourite fashion magazine. If only it wasn't so bloody difficult to get hold of in London.

Here's a diverting mini documentary about scouting for models in South Brazil, where Gisele was discovered http://nyti.ms/bfYUio; they really do seem to be genetically superior down there.

Following her CFDA awards win, Tonne Goodman talks to Paul Cavaco http://www.vogue.com/voguediaries/2010_June_Tonne_Goodman/
(Check out my coverage of the CFDA red carpet trends here.)

Of course you've all seen it a hundred times by now, but here's Lady Gaga bringing Steven Klein to the masses, as the director of her new single. Personally I'm not a fan of that photographer's aesthetic - people are going Gaga for it though, if Twitter is to be believed. http://bit.ly/bk2rIF

Have you seen this shoot of Kate Moss by Sam Taylor Wood? http://huff.to/aSq8AM

Image: Kate Moss photographed by Sam Taylor Wood

Still got it - Gisele post-baby

Gisele on the April 2010 cover of US Vogue.

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A fresh face for 2010

Kasia Struss, the Polish model, is my hunch for a favourite new face for 2010. As well as featuring on the December cover of Vogue Italia, alongside Christy Turlington, Gisele and Lara Stone, and nabbing a few campaigns like Chloe AW09, she suits the new mood of restraint in fashion (see previous post). Here's a piccie of her I found on models.com, taken by Craig McDean in the most recent issue of Interview.