pinkylam said:
i guess that wont happen to Fernanda, since she's shooting a 'campaign' according to the earlier news...
and i thought VS is the exit door of 'real fashion'; if VS didnt do that to Fernanda, then IS certainly wont do that to her (note: this is the 3rd time she's in it)
I'm glad to hear it. And will she continue in Nine-West? I've seen a new blonde model in some of the 9-west shop windows here in NY.
But I don't think VS is the exit door for "Fashion". Everybody wears underwear and underwear
is "Fashion". And, here in the USA, VS is the 800 pound gorilla sitting in the middle of Fashion's living room. I dare say any number of jet-lagged models, wearing themselves out walking like the living-dead in countles shows all over the world (and often getting paid next to nothing - and, in many cases,
literally nothing at all - except the - often ugly & poorly made - clothes they've just modeled - as has been recently & amply documented in the
Wall St Journal and the
NY Times, apropos of Fashion Week here in NY) would like nothing better than to get a nice, big, juicy contract with VS (or Maybelline or Revlon or whatever). While it may often serve as such, the VSC,
unlike SI, or Playboy, or FHM, or any of that other crap, is not a "lad mag" - it's a clothing catalog directed, first & foremost, at women. And the models: Gisele, Adriana, Alessandra, Karolina, etc. become real celebrities, are paid millions, and are good for 5, 6, 7 years in the VS spotlight, while continuing to appear in the high end golssies, like US VOGUE, where Gisele & Karlolina are still regulars, continuing to appear in other high profile ad campaigns, and even continuing to walk in the occasional show. Not bad, really. The real exit comes
after VS, when the over-the-hill girls, like Daniela, Veronica, Yamilla, Elsa, etc. end up doing nothing
but catalogs like Newport News, Brooks Bros and - OMG - Sears!