Italian Vogue Video Interview: Director: Tommaso Cardile Video interview & stylist: Vittoria Cerciello Editing: Carlo Crocchiolo Makeup: Nicol Guilis Producer: Alessia Glaviano
Entire Video interview can be seen at: www.vogue.it
Nimue Smit for Italian Vogue January 2009, ph: Steven Meisel, stylist: Marie Ameie Sauve:
Famous for Long giraffe-like legs, witty and relaxed attitude, endless energy, intelligence & ambitions, and of course her many editorials and campaigns shot by some of the worlds best photographers.
Zoom She was born in Bussum, a small town near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands.
When she was 15, she received a message over Hyves (a Dutch version of Facebook) from her mother agency Code Management. Judging from the pictures she had on her profile, the agency saw a great potential in Nimue. Not much later she had her first editorial in the Netherlands.
Her big break came in September 2008 when she exclusively walked the Prada spring 2009 show.
In Paris, she opened the Miu Miu show and she went on to shoot the Prada campaign with Steven Meisel, who also shot her for Italian Vogue. In the same season she appeared in editorials in Dazed & Confused, Vogue UK and Numéro.
Style.com named her one of the top 10 new models to watch in March 2009, after her first full show season.
Once again Steven Meisel shot her for a campaign, this time it was the fall 2009 Alberta Ferretti campaign. In the same season she also became the face of See by Chloé.
Spring 2010 was another succesful season, with only-girl Giorgio Armani and Anna Sui campaigns to add to her career highlights.
Between all the shoots and shows, Nimue was still attending high school, following education on the highest level possible in the Netherlands.
Looking back now, she thinks her agencies have played a very important role in managing her career in such a way she could still attend school. She also thinks her mother agency helped her a lot with inspiration for photoshoots in the beginning. They would ask the client what they had in mind and sent her some pictures or a movie with examples for that specific mood or personality.
She graduated in June 2010 and moved to New York not long after that. At the moment she's modeling full time and she's now fronting the Mulberry and Givenchy fragrance campaigns.
Also she just shot various editorials for Harpers Bazaar, Vogue America, Another Magazine and more.
As for the future, she has always dreamt of becoming a vet and of traveling the world. The last part is a dream come true at the moment. She's trying to decide what she wants to study, and veterinary medicine is still a possibility.
Never leaves home without Her bag, mobile phone, wallet, lipgloss and a hair brush.
Public style Casual with a chic twist, mixing designer with vintage and less expensive brands.
Private style Jeans and a tshirt or sweater. When no one 's watching big fleece sweaters, ugly but so comfy.
Shoes and bags For shoes I'm a big fan of Acne and Givenchy and my favorite bags are by Céline, Mulberry and Proenza Schouler.
Hair Natural! " I'm too lazy to do anything with it."
Favorite music She loves listening to relaxed guitar songs like Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Train.
Book reading right now Right now she's reading 'New York' by Edward Rutherfurd, which she got for her gratuation from friends of her parents.
Favorite magazine She likes the different editions of Vogue, when in Holland she reads the Dutch Glamour and Elle.
Favourite cities New York is an amazing city to live in. She's still discovering and trying out new things every day. At one point in her life she'd love to live in Paris to learn to speak French (more).
Healthy habits She likes to cook and never gets take-out or fast food.
First thing in the morning Stretching and yawning to wake up.
Last thing before bed Reading a book.
She loves Walking through a city, swimming at sunset and puppies!
She hates Stories with an open end, octopus (the food) and delays that leave you stuck in the airport for hours...
Address Book
New York Cafe: Little Bird, The Boathouse Shopping: Intermix Food: Republic @ Union Sq Market: Hell's Kitchen Flee Market
Paris Shopping: Isabel Marant, Chloé, Et Vous & Maje Cafe: Le Coin Bio
Famous for Exotic features , endless legs, contagious cheerfulness. Her strongest asset is her intense gaze.
Personal style Comfortable, first of all. She can carry off perfectly a pair of flat shoes and a country-style outfit: her charm remains unchanged.
Zoom She was born in Maceio, the biggest town in the Alagoas region, in Brazil. Her ancestors were natives. Her career started out when she was only 17, in 2006, when she walked runways for Chanel, Christian Dior and Dolce & Gabbana, in Paris and Milan.
She later moved to New York. Her peculiar face landed her also several advertising campaign jobs for Anna Sui, Gap, Valentino Haute Couture and Vera Wang.
Style.com defined he right away one of the best up-and-coming talents of her generation. She later appeared also on the most prominent magazine covers, from L'Officiel to Vogue, from Numéro to Elle. She became the face of Giuseppe Zanotti, and graced the cover of French Revue des Modes.
She was shot by Thierry le Goues, Brazilian Eduardo Rezende, Mark Seliger. She became the face of Ralph Lauren and landed her second cover for Vogue Brazil.
If she were to have kids in the future she would give them names that are a combination of hers and her husband's, although her favorite girl name is Alice.
Never leaves home without Her Blackberry, a true vice. She just can't help checking it all the time.
Public style She cannot stand anything that make her feel uncomfortable, so also in public she tends to wear comfy outfits, in beige hues or in total black.
Private style Uniqlo cardigans, leather jackets and jeans by Brazilian designer Ellus, House of Holland t-shirts.
Shoes and bags Ballerina flats and combat boots (she loves Dr. Martens, she own a whole collection), and bags by Michael Kors.
Favorite designers Balenciaga, Anna Sui, Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang, Chanel.
Favorite music In her I-pod, lots of hip hop, pop music and tunes by Brazilian singer Djavan. Her favorite songs of all time are Yesterday by the Beatles and Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls.
Favorite book Still Alice, by Lisa Geneva, and The dream seller: the call, by Augusto Cury.
Favorite magazine Vogue, Nylon and Rolling Stone.
Favorite city Rio, Paris and New York.
Favorite drink The Full cream milk at Starbucks, coffee and bottled water.
First thing in the morning She rises so early (every morning at 6) that the first thing she thinks of is coffee.
The face of an angel that doesn't hide her determination to be always true to herself. Famous for big blue eyes and a cheeky, elf-like look. She's known in the fashion world for being one of the doll-like models.
Personal style "Pretty much you just have to be yourself! Every girl has their own style, and that's what clients like. They like to see variety. I wouldn't really say that I adjust my style to match those of designers etc, I dress to be comfortable."
Zoom Born in Calgary to British parents, at 11 she won a local beauty pageant. She immediately started working in advertising for brands like Calvin Klein and Karl Lagerfeld.
"Starting at the age of 14, you're thrown into such a crazy industry. You're working with girls double the age of you, I found I was always the youngest girl out there. I find you have to mature in this business, it's almost like you're forced to; personality and maturity is about 80 percent of the business."
One of her first modelling jobs took her, at 15, to Zanzibar for a photo shoot. "The whole experience was absolutely amazing, taking a two-seater plane over the ocean, seeing monkeys in the forest, and the children there are absolutely amazing!"
She's a volunteer for NewYorkcares, she looks after the animals that the association rescues. But when she's at home she takes care of her English bulldog, Otis. She has a tongue piercing and a tattoo on her left ankle.
Like all Canadians, she loves sport: soccer, snowboarding and wakeboarding.
Never leaves home without Her BlackBerry and her chapstick.
In public Totally casual.
In private "I wear tracksuit trousers when I'm at home."
Shoes and bags "My favourite bag is the Brenda by Alexander Wang. As for shoes, I usually wear ballerina pumps. But my favourites among high-heels are Christian Louboutin booties."
Jewellery "I currently prefer to mix delicate jewellery with rather more chunky pieces."
Hair "I cut my own hair, I'm used to it. My best look is when I've just washed it, very natural."
Fashion tip "Be yourself, don't be afraid of saying who you are. Don't follow the latest trends just because it's easy."