Christopher Michael: Would you say that your taste is more character-based than aesthetic-based? Or do you think there is any sort of common thread in the look of your casting?
Tom Van Dorpe: Kai Newman is so, so stunning. Her first-ever editorial was with me and Benjamin Lennox for V, that is now out. She’s so incredibly beautiful and also such a natural. I think it’s really nice, because you’ll notice there is a classic and timeless element to each of these girls’ beauty, but they also each have something that’s quite unique unto themselves. I was so stunned by this girl’s beauty, and her smile, and she is really a girl with whom you want to spend time, which is very important to me. All of these girls have that. I think that it would be really wonderful to go back to a time when we have more chance to gradually develop a relationship with these girls. Even I can’t keep up with the new girls anymore. It’s all just happening too fast. If I can’t recognize these girls, looking at magazines constantly and every single show, then who is it that can? It makes me wonder if this is the ‘revenge of the casting director’ or something like that. Everyone finds a way to make themselves needed, I suppose. (laughs)
