Catherine McNeil

[AL92]

EIC Vogue Australia, Kirstie Clements:
Off to Pucci now. Can't wait. Wonder if Catherine McNeil will walk? I'm wearing new sequined Giorgio Armani flat evening shoe, bliss.

Chance?

source: her twitter account

 

[Thanatos]

^I hope that means she will be.

 

[Thanatos]

what?! she wasn't even there.

 

[AL92]

Yeah, I have no idea what happened. Pucci clothes is revealing with high slits and cutouts and this collection was no exception...tattoo fail...
Maybe she'll do better in Paris!

 

[Thanatos]

Maybe she's in Milan and went to the casting and Kirstie thought she could book it. She should start lasering that tarantula off her foot now if if you ask me.

 

[AL92]

At least Kirstie still has faith in her...and oh boy she better have booked few appointments to laser i.e. that flower on her ribcage

 

[IceePriincess]

glad to have her presence in runways again. That showcard is way too bad. I know they arent similar, but she kinda reminds me of Jo Calderone.. Lady gaga's alter ego

 

[FrankieP]

So lovely to see her with Abbey again backstage! Just like old times. I think when Abbey really got going Cat was still the big star? Funny how things change..

 

[Nani]

 

[Yelizaveta]

Thank you for the video Nani! It's like they didn't want to take the camera off of her at the end because she's so mesmerizing!

 

[maybelaterblue]

She's so beautiful in motion, I don't know how she hasn't booked more shows this season.

ok probably the tattoos...

 

[IceePriincess]

my only hope: to see her in more runways!
thannks for the video!

 

[Esperanza]

is that a spider tattooed on her foot?

 

[rox_yr_sox]

i don't think it is the tats holding her back; quite a few other major models have a number of tats. must be something else...

 

[coco vaughn]

^ i agree. but i have no idea what can be exactly the reason.
she's mesmerizing in that video above, you can't see faces like hers on the street

 

[candlebougie]

i don't think it is the tats holding her back; quite a few other major models have a number of tats. must be something else...

They may not be the sole reason, but I think the tattoos are certainly part of the problem.

They are so big and distracting, the one on the foot is always visible, the giant rose and the big letters on her back are a problem too in a revealing dress.

The tattoos just seem so random, they don't have a concept, overarching theme or style (like Freja's for example).

 

[Thanatos]

^She has a lady bug, the flower and what looks like an insect on her foot so I suppose you could say it's a nature theme she's going for now? I have a feeling many people would be put off by them when she goes to a casting regardless of whether or not they would show on the runway. They don't give the impression of a fresh and clean model who cares about her career.

I would have thought some designers would have shown a bit of loyalty but she's been rejected by brands she once faced fragrance campaigns for. I don't know maybe it's a combination of the tattoos, a bad reputation and the fickleness of the industry but it's such a shame because her face is breathtaking.

 

[kournikov]

WOW, she looks so gorgeous in motion, she really does, not so much in those pictures though.

Yeah, around the time that Abbey Lee started getting buzz on the HF walk, Catherine was already established as a top model.

 

[maybelaterblue]

Hopefully she'll do more shows in Paris.

Maybe soon fashion will go through a "heavily tattooed" model phase and Cat will book all the shows, like how last season pink dip-dyed hair was in.

 

[Psylocke]

She's at Gareth Pugh!