>> THE MODELIZER —Iekeliene Stange isn't ready to give up the runway yet, but she's definitely transitioning more and more into photog mode.  She had exhibits in Berlin and London earlier this year, and now she wants "to get into more photojournalism": "Those photographers just don’t exist anymore, who really love to go in there and show the world what’s going on.  Now with television and everything, you have these different types of media that are taking away the interest in photography. The quality is really missing.  [Before] they actually changed people’s opinions of what was going on. People now look at these pictures of dying children in Africa, and they’re like, “OK, I’ve seen this, I’ve seen that.” [Nylon]
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>> Karl Lagerfeld gives us the quotables, Marc Jacobs gives us a little tabloid-style drama, and Rick Owens, who recently stated that "working out is modern couture," is starting to hold his own in the interview arena — there's nothing like a good, strong opinion. 

He recently sat down in his Paris showroom for a ten-minute video interview with Hint, covering everything from what he thinks is "icky" to why we almost didn't have any Rick Owens runway shows.  The highlights:

Though he used to be based in LA, he finds designers there "arrogant and demanding."

LA is great at making sitcoms.  Paris isn't as good as LA is at making sitcoms; every place has their specialty.  And then they do LA Fashion Week, which is incredibly arrogant and demanding.  I mean, these editors have been all over the globe for a couple of weeks [for Fashion Month] and then LA is saying 'Okay, now you have to come here.'  Please, I mean, get off your ass and go to Europe.  I mean, that's what I did and you just have to go where you have to go.  They just don't have the tradition, and they do other things really good, so why do they have to be a fashion capital?  They're the movie capital of the world and they've always been that, can't they just be satisfied with that?

So why Paris over New York?

Excess and being more extreme, Paris is the place to do it.  Not only is it accepted in Paris, it's practically enforced, and I knew that's the kind of designer I wanted to be.  I knew I wasn't going to be Comme des Garcons — I don't think anybody is going to do that anymore — but I knew that I wasn't going to be straight enough for New York.

Doing runway did make him feel like a sell-out. »

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>> BLOWING THE COVER —While we're waiting for the much-anticipated May 2009 model-filled cover of Vogue, here's some more upcoming cover intelligence for you: Speculation was kickstarted earlier this week when Anna Wintour was spotted with Sienna Miller at The Mysteries of Pittsburgh premiere, and now it's confirmed — she shot the July cover last week in Los Angeles, likely to coincide with the release of G.I. Joe later this year.  Wonder if Karolina Kurkova, who also has a role in the movie, will make a cameo in the feature inside? [NY Post]