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Happy holidays from all of us at Wilhelmina. The agency will be closed during the holidays and will reopen on Wednesday, 2 January 2013. Until then, keep up with the agency on Twitter. 🎅🎄

Sung Hee | Vogue China January 2013

With less than a week until December 25th, Sung Hee has gotten a jump on Christmas by opening her presents early. Yesterday, there was Sung Hee's Prada Spring 2013 campaign, delicately wrapped in Japanese floral print, perfect for the season ahead. Today's present — nestled inside a thick volume printed in Chinese — is a pair of portraits of the South Korean model by photographer Amy Troost in the January 2013 issue of Vogue China. Titled "Masculine Impression," the Alastair McKimm-styled story does what it says on the tin by serving up a series of menswear-inspired looks for spring.

To that end, Sung Hee wears an unfussy affair for her first look comprised of a men's Spring 2013 Balmain jacket in gray worn over a white top and gold belt. No menswear story would be complete, however without a trench coat. In the second picture, a Chloé Resort 2013 trench is draped over Sung Hee's shoulders atop a considerably busier ensemble than styled in the first shot. Taken together, both pictures give a masculine impression, a subtle suggestion, without ever deigning to go the Full Monty. If Christmas proves even half as promising as its lead-up for Sung Hee has been, then this will be a truly festive period.

Credits include: Publication, Vogue服饰与美容; Title, "Masculine Impression"; Photography, Amy Troost; Fashion, Alastair McKimm; Hair, Rita Amour at Streeters; Makeup, Karan Franjola; Casting, Angus Munro and Noah Shelley at AM Casting; Studio, Fast Ashleys Studio.

Sung Hee Kim | Vogue China January 2013 (Photography: Amy Troost)

Sung Hee Kim | Vogue China January 2013 (Photography: Amy Troost)

"Masculine Impression" (Photography: Amy Troost) | Vogue China January 2013

Sung Hee for Prada Spring 2013

Prada may well have traveled a distinctly celebrity route for its men's Spring 2013 campaign, as reported Tuesday in WWD, but the storied Italian house took a different tack for its women's campaign, which includes model Sung Hee and no celluloid stars whatsoever. No stranger to Miuccia Prada, Sung Hee has previously featured in the Miu Miu Resort 2013 campaign and most recently on the runway for Prada's Spring 2013 show last September.

If Prada's Spring 2013 show was "literally a Valentine to women" as Cathy Horyn of The New York Times suggested, what with its obsessive repetition of Japanese florals and retro pink and red satins, then the corresponding campaign by photographer Steven seals the envelope with a kiss. The campaign portraits, shot against a backdrop of blacks and grays, similarly echo the blacked-out runway from last September and thereby treats the collection as a veritable celebration of what the Japanese call Hanami, that annual spring tribute to viewing cherry blossoms. Whether it's Valentines or cherry blossoms, Sung Hee and Prada point the way to sunnier days.

Please visit 10 Magazine to see the complete Prada Spring 2013 campaign.

Credits include: Client, Prada; Campaign, Spring 2013; Photography, Steven Meisel; Styling, Olivier Rizzo; Hair, Guido Palau; Makeup, Pat McGrath; Casting, Ashley Brokaw, CJ; Studio, Highline Stages.

Sung Hee for Prada Spring 2013 (Photography: Steven Meisel)

Francisco Peralta for Givenchy Spring 2013

WWD announced today that Francisco Peralta (Wilhelmina Men) features in the upcoming Givenchy Spring 2013 campaign photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, styled by Carine Roitfeld, and with graphic design by duo M/M. Until campaign photos featuring Francisco are released, we will leave you with a recent digital of the Dominican model's. Hashtag Male Model Monday.

A recent digital of Francisco Peralta (Photography: Courtesy of Wilhelmina)

Ava Smith | W January 2013

Ava Smith features in W January 2013 in a story titled "Optical Allusions," photographed by Roe Ethridge and styled by Giovanna Battaglia. That artist-cum-photographer Ethridge is the personality behind the lens, all but guarantees an engaging editorial, and the portraits described and shown below are no exception.

Standing alongside model Bette Franke (DNA), Ava opens the story wearing a Louis Vuitton paillette-embellished jacket and skirt, a David Webb 18k yellow gold, platinum, enamel, and diamond ring, and a pair of Marc Jacobs pumps. Two besuited male models, replete with Residents-inspired eyeball headpieces occupying the frame's periphery, set the tone for the proceedings.

Page ahead, the hem of Ava's skirt adjusts considerably higher for her second look, a Moschino triacetate blend jacket and skirt, Cornelia James gloves, and Stuart Weitzman shoes. For Ava's final look, she elegantly reclines wearing an all-Marc Jacobs sequin-embellished ensemble comprised of dress, bag, and shoes.

If "Optical Allusions" extrapolates the dominant themes of artist-specific inspiration that emerged from the Spring 2013 runways, then it is Ava Smith's effortless transmission of those themes that so dramatically dilates the collective eye.

Please visit W online to see the complete story. 

Credits include: Publication, W January 2013; Title, "Optical Allusions"; Photography, Roe Ethridge; Styling, Giovanna Battaglia; Hair, Duffy at Tim Howard Management; Makeup, Sil Bruinsma for Diorshow at Streeters; Manicure, Honey for Exposure NY; Models, Ava Smith at Wilhelmina and Bette Franke at DNA; Set design, Viki Rutsch for Exposure NY; Lighting, Christopher Bisagni Studio; Digital, Jonathan Nesteruk at Root Capture; Photgraphy assistance, Jonathan Ciamillo, Will Englehardt; Fashion assistance, Solange Franklin.

 

Ava Smith (Wilhelmina) & Bette Franke (DNA) | W January 2013

Ava Smith (Wilhelmina) | W January 2013 

Ava Smith (Wilhelmina) & Bette Franke (DNA) | W January 2013

Coco Rocha for Longchamp Spring 2013

If you are one of Coco Rocha's combined 700K+ followers on Twitter and Instagram, then her Spring 2013 campaign outing for Longchamp won't exactly be news as the Canadian supermodel broke the story two days ago on both networks. "I can't tell you too much about it," admitted Coco, "other than this is my favorite so far!" The campaign, Coco's third for the French luxury goods maker, was photographed at JFK's landmarked TWA Flight Center terminal, which was designed in the early 1960s by Finnish architect Eero Saarinen. Until more is revealed about Longchamp's spring campaign, you can satisfy your appetite for all things Coco by watching the trailer for her upcoming TV series "The Face" on Oxygen.

Coco Rocha for Longchamp Spring 2013

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