Casting Directors : Who Are They? What Do They Do? Etc...

[dfwn2n]

no its maida and ramy from CK. its well known they keep the girls books and make them wait all day. also i think the photog is Sims. jumping pics?

I completely agree. Maida & Rami immediately came up in my thought when James exposed that dirty tactic. I hope they learned their lesson.

On a different note, I think they might have split because models.com only credit Maida, not together with Rami.

 

[wannabemodelbook]

I guess now i know why i've hated most of ALAIA's recent casts. I think his audience is much more diverse than his runway shows nowadays....

We can expect no diversity at CK again. It will not be a big change actually...

Maida & Rami are not casting CK anymore

 

[Marc10]

^Really? Who's Raf going to work with, do you know?

 

[fer19dog]

Thats great news, I just hope its not Piergiorgio but anything is better than Maida and Rami.

 

[nirvanana]

CK/Raf (Mens) will be Ashley Brokaw.

 

[Marc10]

Ha I knew it! Excited for this, hopefully Raf's castings will be more diverse now.

 

[anlabe32]

CK/Raf (Mens) will be Ashley Brokaw.

Best news ever. Thanks.

 

[FraItlay]

Guys,do you know who cast Dior Homme?Thanks!

 

[Lola701]

Best news ever. Thanks.

She is officially the most powerful CD in the industry.

 

[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

wow amazing news for Ashley!

 

[Vinciano]

Now give her back Miu Miu please!

 

[Freespirit]

The model that was pregnant I think was Liya Kebede

Who is the casting duo that locks models in a room ?
Who is the model that was pregnant ?
My previous comment got deleted because of the "f" word, not the "f bomb", the other one

 

[sixtdaily]

From James Scully's insta:

So true to my promise at #bofvoices that I would be a voice for any models, agents or all who see things wrong with this business I'm disappointed to come to Paris and hear that the usual suspects are up to the same tricks. I was very disturbed to hear from a number of girls this morning that yesterday at the Balenciaga casting Madia & Ramy (serial abusers) held a casting in which they made over 150 girls wait in a stairwell told them they would have to stay over 3 hours to be seen and not to leave. In their usual fashion they shut the door went to lunch and turned off the lights, to the stairs leaving every girl with only the lights of their phones to see. Not only was this sadistic and cruel it was dangerous and left more than a few of the girls I spoke with traumatized. Most of the girls have asked to have their options for Balenciaga cancelled as well as Hermes and Ellie Saab who they also cast for because they refuse to be treated like animals. Balenciaga part of Kering it is a public company and these houses need to know what the people they hire are doing on their behalf before a well deserved law suit comes their way. On top of that I have heard from several agents, some of whom are black that they have received mandate from Lanvin that they do not want to be presented with women of color. And another big house is trying to sneak 15 year olds into paris! It's inconceivable to me that people have no regard for human decency or the lives and feelings of these girls, especially when too too many of these models are under the age of 18 and clearly not equipped to be here but god forbid well sacrifice anything or anyone for an exclusive right? If this behavior continues it's gonna be a long cold week in paris. Please keep sharing your stories with me and I will continue to to share them for you. It seems to be the only way we can force change and give the power back to you models and agents where it rightfully belongs. And I encourage any and all to share this post #watchthisspace

 

[GreyVetiver]

I'm forever in awe of James, thank god someone finally called Madia & Ramy out. This really needs to stop!

 

[TheoG]

Unbelievable, thank god he's speaking out. It's ridiculous to read how M&R are treating these girls like cattle. And also the "no black models" request is repellent but certainly not surprising.

 

[Marc10]

I'm so glad Raf dumped them, hopefully the rest of their clients follow.

 

[GreyVetiver]

Unbelievable, thank god he's speaking out. It's ridiculous to read how M&R are treating these girls like cattle. And also the "no black models" request is repellent but certainly not surprising.

I was furious to see that such request was from Lanvin, this just makes me miss Alber even more. It's sad to see this brand is going downhill so quickly.

 

[Edie123]

That is disgusting. Lack of care is bad enough, especially when you're dealing with young girls, but some of this sounds like willful, intended cruelty. What sick pleasure do they derive from doing things like this?!

 

[RedSmokeRise]

^ A boost to their already overblown egos? Glad James Scully is calling them out by name this time.

Awful awful people.

 

[fashionlover2001]

I'm glad people like Maida and Rami are being called out. They need to be black listed from the industry.

We need more people like James Scully in this world. Just hearing what continues to go on in the fashion industry sickens me to the core.