Adina Fohlin

[maxlinden]

I miss Adina on the runway, saw her about a month ago riding a bike around Union Square(NYC)...she winked at me. I guess I was staring to hard trying to figure if that was her or not

But here's her opening the Gucci F/W 2004 2005 Fashion Show

 

[Nefertiti87]

Celine Fall Winter 2003


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[woemwoem]

I've spotted her a few times around NYC just shopping, buying grocery/household things, once with a bouquet of flowers in her hands in a long sun dress. I don't know how tall her agency says she is, but in flats, she looked over 6 feet.

 

[Nefertiti87]

Yves Saint Laurent Fall Winter 2004


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[Vanillaqt]

I saw her on the plane yesterday and yes, she is so tall!!

 

[cestmagique]

Elle Norway July 2010

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[cestmagique]

There is a Vogue Italia interview video of Adina here, from August 2011.

It may sound as the ordinary, common story of the model scouted while strolling down the street. But one of the first to see Adina Fohlin’s pictures who was 16 at the time, was Emmanuelle Alt, at the time working as a fashion editor for Vogue France and now its Editor-in-Chief.

What struck Alt, in 2000, were neither the model’s blue eyes and her long brown hair, nor her height, 5ft 6in but rather her eccentric and very individual look. And also her deep gaze, that surely did not go unnoticed. And it is not by accident that all those who have worked with the Swedish model claim the same thing: she is not like the others.

Starting from her face features that are very different from the doll-like and elphin-like faces we often see on the catwalk. Addi, as friends call her, did not seem too keen on fashion, because her dream, at least at the beginning, was to be a dancer.


She studied ballet at the Royal Swedish Opera, but in the meantime also began working for Next, the agency that launched her right away on international prêt-à-porter runways. Not too satisfied with her career, in 2003, after being the face of Moschino and opening shows for Donna Karan and Marc Jacobs in New York, thought about quitting. But when Myriam Obadiah, the creative director at her agency, told her that Alexander McQueen was looking for someone exactly like her for his Parisian show, someone unconventionally looking, far removed from the stereotype of the typical model, she reconsidered.

And she did the right thing, because the collaboration with McQueen launched her on top runways, and she became soon a much-coveted name, by Christian Dior, Prada, Stella McCartney, Viktor and Rolf, Alberta Ferretti, Chanel, YSL Rive Gauche, Gucci. Meanwhile she posed for editorials and magazine covers like Vogue Italia and Vogue Japan, Flair, Revue de Modes, Elle, The Face, i-D, Numéro.

She was the face of Alessandro Dell'Acqua ad campaign, and was shot by top photographers Steven Meisel, Patrick Demarchelier, Mario Testino, Laetitia Negre, Andreas Larsson. Other campaigns include those for Rocco Barocco, Extè, Tommy Hilfiger and David Yurman.


Until she appeared in a commercial that rather than success brought her notoriety also with people who don’t follow fashion: in 2009, after appearing in a video for Swedish personal care products brand Apoliva, Adina became, in spite of herself, the target of a derogatory campaign on the internet.

The commercial shows the supermodel singing a traditional Swedish song and in the meantime around her the weather changes, going from snowstorm to sunshine. The Swedish viewers found the ad somehow scaring, so much as to create groups on Facebook or other social networks to support all the people terrified by Adina.

But, being a witty girl she did not take it personally, and laughed the whole thing off. The right thing to do.

Director Tommaso Cardile
Interview and styling Vittoria Cerciello
Clothes and accessories America Apparel, Costume National, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Rag & Bone
Hair and make up Nico Guilis
Editing Max Finotti
Text Marika Surace

 

[Nefertiti87]

Catherine Malandrino New York SS 2007

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[Nefertiti87]

Gucci Spring Summer 2004

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[cologne_rocks]

A comeback of her would be too good.

 

[Nefertiti87]

Viktor & Rolf Spring Summer 2005

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[fujiko]

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[zoom]

Is that a new ed?! If so Im intrigued! Looking incredible, a dead ringer for Isabeli in a few shots. More!

 

[cestmagique]

Looks recent! Yay, I love Adina...

 

[dior_couture1245]

She looks GORGEOUS! Such a surprise seeing new work from Adina!

 

[fujiko]

d.repubblica.it
The ed. was inside D a fashion supplement of "La Repubblica" newspaper.
There is a backstage video too.
http://video.d.repubblica.it/moda/do-you-believe-in-love/2903/2967

 

[modelista]

Sooo beyond glad to see new work from her. She was probably one of THE most distinct & intriguing faces of her time and nothing would please me more than to see her mount a major comeback

 

[modelista]

New pics!!!

VVV Magazine Spring/Summer 2015
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[modelista]

Buffalo Zine by Nina Andersson
Styling by Julie von Hofsten
Hair & Make Up by Maja Soderlunds

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[modelista]

Adina Fohlin in Nathalia Edenmonts work "Holy Ghost", 2015 at Wetterling Gallery

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