TB’s ANTM [trademark symbol] in the SFV

The realization that the second episode, cleverly named “the girl who went to prom”, of the new cycle [why cycle and not season, I've never figured out] of Tyra Banks’ America’s Next Top Model was filmed at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys–the alma matter of several very close friends of mine–inspired a flurry of internet searches on models, the San Fernando Valley, America’s Next Top Model, and so on. Here are a handful of pleasing, albiet quick, reads on Birmingham High’s fifteen minutes:

Blog entry on said episode from Media Bistro’s Fishbowl LA blog

Find the images from the on-site photo shoot, in all their pop-up window glory on this Phoenix (?!) newspaper blog

Or, find the images from the on-site photo shoot here, at the show’s ubiquitous site,although the PHX blog is more fun

An oldie but goodie, faux Tyra Mail, courtesy McSweeny’s

ANOTHER model show! NYT on The Agency

fierce!

farmer’s tans…

Thanks to Paper Magazine’s esteemed co-editor-in-chief, Kim Hastreiter, for spotting what was clearly the best photo-op of Milan’s recent fashion week. Image courtesy Hastreiter’s blog column, Fashion Schmashion. Check it out.

the little Bush that could

<a href=”">Fashion Week Daily reports that Laura Bush, neice to Señor Presidente, has “an organic concept of lifestyle branding” in the works. Presently, though, she’s focused on the “Feed the Children of the World” burlap shoulder bags campaig coming to amazon.com near you on April 1. Good Magazine did a nice little spotlight on the “Feed” bags in December.