CELEBRATING JULIET BIRTHDAY LAST NIGHT
THE GLAMOUROUS BY LESLIE KEE


Yesterday Leslie Kee shot my beautiful miss Japan(S). Satomi Ogawa 1999, Miyako Miyazaki 2003, Kurara Chibana 2006, Hiroko Mima 2008 & Emiri Miyasaka 2009. In a studio in Aoyama, Tokyo where we shot with Jennifer Lopez 2 months ago for Glamorous magazine.(昨日レスリー・キーが私の美しいミス・ジャパン達、小川里美(1999)、宮崎京(2003)、知花くらら(2006)、美馬寛子(2008)、宮坂絵美里(2009)の5人の撮影をしたの。2ヶ月前にジェニファー・ロペスと撮影をした青山のスタジオでね。)
(カリスマ・デザイナー、岩谷俊和さんは私のお気に入りの日本人デザイナーなの。彼のブランドはDRESS33というの。岩谷さんは過去にDress Campで働いていて、去年独自のブランドを立ち上げたの。彼の服はとても”東京”らしくて、アバンギャルドね。私からすると、彼は日本のアレクサンダー・マックイーンね。でも彼は本当に彼だけの素晴らしさを持っているから、誰かと比べるなんて失礼ね。 彼のヴィクトリアン・パンクロック・プリンセスのような”バロック”スタイルに、黒のプラットフォームシューズ、シルバーとゴールドのレースがついたロングブーツのようなソックス。ゼブラと花柄のプリント。服に横たわるスワン。ずばぬけたコレクションとアクセサリーは本当に素晴らしいわ・・・。私はたくさんのドラッグ・クイーン達と友達だけど、いつも彼らのファッションセンス、奇抜で個性的な創造性を賞賛しているの。男性として生まれて女性になってことなんて誰が気にするの。大事なのは、どれだけ飛躍した女性になるかということよ。岩谷さんは私の女の子達のような姿勢で、女性のためにデザインをしているの。素晴らしいわ! 日本一有名なトランスジェンダー、愛するIKKOさんへ。NTVのスタジオでくれた、美しいプレゼント、本当にありがとう。あなたは最高よ!)IWAYA FOR DRESS 33Toshikazu Iwaya, the charismatic designer is my favorite Japanese designer. The label he designs for is called DRESS 33. Iwaya used to design for Dress Camp and started his own label last year. His outfits are very TOKYO, very avant-garde. To me he is the Japanese Alexander McQueen, I am sorry for comparing him to anyone as he is a star on his own, truly.His “baroque” influences, like victorian punk rock princesses, with platform shoes paired with black, silver and gold lace socks in a form of a very-high boot. Zebra & floral prints. Swan leaned on the clothe. Outstanding collection and the accessories are to die for…I have many drag queens among my friends and I always admire their fashion sense, their eccentricity and personal creative sense. Who cares if you were born a man and became a woman, what’s matter is the striking woman you became. Iwaya designs for women with an attitude like my girls. Love it!My love to Ikko san, the most famous transgender in Japan. Thank you again Ikko for the beautiful gift you gave me backstage at NTV studio. You are the best.
Leslie shot for a high fashion magazine, which name I cannot reveal yet…… a 26-pages with individual and group shots. Plus the cover with the 5 girls together. Enjoy those behind the scenes pictures. Thanks Yuuka for the pics while I was working.Fuji TV (CX) chanel 8 was filming all day for a documentary to be aired quite soon. Will let you know about the OA date. (まだ教えられないけれど・・・、レスリーとはハイファッション雑誌用に撮影したの。26ページに渡る個人写真とグループ写真よ。そして5人揃っての表紙。撮影中の写真を楽しんでね。撮影中、写真を撮ってくれてありがとう、ゆうか。 フジテレビ(CX)はもうすぐ放送されるドキュメンタリー用に終日撮影していたわ。オンエア情報はまたお知らせするわね。)
MY BEAUTIFUL TEAM!
OISHI!
SIMPLY THE BEST CANDIDATES OF 2009!
At the rehearsals & backstage photos by Andrea Keats
General rehearsal at the Conrad Hotel in Shiodome, Tokyo, the day before the final.
Team MUJ:
Milly Kellner, Choreographer;
Claudia Zuleta, Show Stylist, swimsuit designer,
Andrea Keats, Backstage Director;
Richard Gazo, performer (Chicago character)
Emiri Miyasaka and Naomi Obata during the rehearsal
The parents meeting at my home…
There were people at every corner of my home, amazing! I was very sick in the morning with food poisoning but I managed to get out of bed to meet and greet all the families. It is one of my favorite moments during the 5 month process of this competition. I love meeting each girl parents, also their grand parents and siblings. It is an emotional time each year for me, it makes me reconnect with life reality in the middle of this typhoon of medias, stress and around the clock work. Itfeels to me like if I was stepping in a quiet sanctuary, time suddenly moves in a slow motion for a couple of hours. I am speaking with Ayaka Konagi and her parents on the photos.
The gorgeous MUJ Team backstage before the show starts including designer Maria H.; Andrea Keats; Milly Kellner; Tina Lutter, Erica Angyal
Emiri was fixing her dress at that time and was asked to jumped in the picture. Good coincidence!
































































































