New York Fashion Week saw ticket scalpers and three models toppling on the runway, but the star models shined onstage! New York Magazine reviewed the top 10 models from fashion week, and these are the PIA favorites:

Jourdan Dunn at Oscar de la Renta

Sasha Pivovarova at Rodarte

Selisee Lopez at Christian Siriano

We are pleased to announce Stacey Weisser, one of PIA’s fashion photographers,  has been selected to be our February guest blogger.

As Valentines Day comes and goes, love continues to be on the mind of many women. Now that winter begins to roll over into spring, it’s not just the love of men that we seek, but it’s the love of fashion that we chase after.

Before you get too jumpy for spring, enjoy what’s let of winter and the fabulous fashions that come during these cold weather months. In winters past, fashion has embraced and celebrated the feminine woman, with bright reds and yellows, knee length skirts and tall-high healed boots and delicately fabric coats. Now, with the ringing in of 2009, the latest’s fashions and trends give the big boot and good-bye to these girly girl looks, and say hello to the alpha-female!

It’s been called the Hilary Clinton effect: this season’s trend: the sleek and contemporary tomboy. Say goodbye to the frills and lace and say hello to the modern power suite. This winter’s clothing have been made up of mostly heavy and thicker fabrics like tweed, wool and stylish fleece. The colors have gone from the brighter blues and reds to the sophistication of black, grays, browns and off whites. These bold colors may scream masculinity however, sleek curves and a fabulous fit keeps your shapely feminine figure gorgeous and desirable.

These trends hit the runway in Europe and The United States with designers such as Bill Blass and Zac Posen, they dressed their models up in very sleek and fitted tuxedos with sheer jackets and blouses, masculine velvet pants and tweed vests. Celebrities, such as Carolina Herrera and Ashley Olson showed up glamorous and swanky in sequenced suites and an all white tux.

So how do you get these same fabulous without breaking your budget? Well first, take a note or two from your stylin’ masculine counter parts. Grab those old wide legged pants that you bought a few years back that have been hiding in your closet ever since the birth of the skinny jean. Don’t be afraid of playing with patterns when wearing wide legged pants, matching a pair of plaid pants with a solid top tends to be a great choice. Also, go bold when choosing a great jacket, those small pieces of fabric that only covered your shoulders have seen their days, get a good and warm jacket with a little bit of length, this will elongate your torso and give you a nice curve down your hips. Next grab a belt; thick belts are always in style and if you have a flirty vintage edge then go with a skinny belt. Wrap this belt around the outside of your jacket to get a great form fitting twist on this masculine style. Now that you are showing you pseudo male side, feel free to throw in some stylish feminine accessories into the look. With the wide legged pants, a great pair of pointed strappy heals will give you a nice tall tailored look, and to finish it off drape a colorful silk scarf around your neck.

Embrace winter, in these cold months there are so many choices and layering different types of fabrics and patterns allow you to have fun and play with your outfits each day.

On Friday night, the models and the diamonds sparkled on the runway at the Premier Image Agency and Purple Martini jewelry showcase, “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend”.

Nicole

First down the runway was the showcase from Denver Diamonds. The models wore gold, semi-precious stones, and diamonds from this local Denver boutique.

Brittney

Andrea

Nicole

Next, Omerica organic jewelry came down the catwalk - they even presented a custom PIA necklace!

Ashley

Thank you to everyone who made this event shine! A special thank you to Kim Nordft and Ricardo Mejia for shooting this event!

Premier Image Agency

Designer Jason Wu continues his time in the fashion spotlight as rumors are confirmed that Michelle Obama will be wearing one of his gowns on the cover of the upcoming March issue of Vogue. The Washington Post reports:

In the cover photo, taken by Annie Leibovitz, Obama is leaning on a soft beige sofa at the Hay Adams Hotel, where the first family stayed days before the historic inauguration. Obama is wearing a magenta dress by designer Jason Wu, who designed her inaugural ball gown. Her hand rests under her chin. Her left hand folded beneath her. She is wearing a diamond that you do not often see her wearing in recent appearances.

Jason Wu also designed the First Lady’s inauguration dress, and all of this before the age of 26, we can’t wait to see what this talented designer will show us in the future!

We are pleased to present our February Featured Faces. We also offer a 15% discount when you book these models for any booking in 2009, as long as the contract is finalized by February 28th, 2009.

Spike-

Has appeared on stage, on camera and in print longer than he is willing to admit in public. Having lived or worked in Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix and currently in Chicago, being available for where the experience will take him is part of his fabric as an actor. As a young speaker, Spike attained National and State Championships in speech competition accumulating full ride scholarships along the way. After graduating from the Walter Cronkite School of Broadcast Journalism at Arizona State University, Spike booked a series of magazine, industrial and commercial film work achieving his Screen Actors Guild card.
Most recently in 2008, he booked a wide variety of commercial shoots including State Farm, Siemens and Marlboro; live work with Effective Arts national improvisation group; and film acting most notably on the 2009 upcoming summer release Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and directed by Michael Mann. Traveling nationally, you will be able to see Spike onstage during the auto show this season speaking for Chrysler and their high profile concept vehicles.
As any dedicated actor and comic will admit, his years of hospitality service have made him excel in customer related events. From teaching his craft to children and teens to working Golf, Nascar, MLB and NFL events to hosting technical and entertaining programs, Spike brings his high-energy personality to every occasion. Just be mindful of handing him a microphone…it might be difficult to get him off the stage.

Angelina-

Moved from Russia to New York City to pursue modeling several years ago. After having a lot of success in the pageant circuit she began pursuing other modeling opportunities. After being signed she quickly began expanding her resume and comp card with many print, runway and promotional clients.   She has worked with world renowned clients such as Piaget, Nikki Hilton, Escada, Paul Mitchell and many others.

Angelina is a very professional model she is an extremely hard worker, especially communicative, and has an outgoing fun personality.

Premier Image Agency is proud to present “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best friend: A Jewelry Showcase” to take place tommorow night at The Purple Martini . Premier Image Agency models will showcase sparkles and baubles from Denver Diamonds and Omerica. The mixer begins at 5:00pm, and the show will begin at 7:00pm. We hope to see all of you there!