Model Behavior (PLEASE READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING)

[billiejbob]

Good on her for calling them out. What a ridiculous thing to ask the models how many followers they have as part of their castings.

 

[sixtdaily]

It's not new, for the past two years or so I've seen similar casting sheets where girls have to say the number of their followers. It's ridiculous, so I'm glad Hana called them out.

 

[kokobombon]

At least they're being honest about the fact that pretty much that is all that matters...

 

[Scotty]

MESS!!! But i love her answer though.

 

[RedSmokeRise]

"Quality NOT Quantity" lol kudos to her!

 

[Benn98]

What a sassy answer, and I'm not sure where I stand on this, but she'll obviously not book this gig. Poor Charlene Högger only have less than 2K followers, next to Amanda Wellsh's 61K. Maybe she's very new to the industry.

 

[anlabe32]

I don't like Hana but I LOVE her for doing this.

They've hit rock bottom asking for followers. Sad world we live in.

 

[tapenerd]

I used to intern for that casting director, so this is even for hilarious for me. Go Hana!

 

[Mea Culpa]

Hah!!! Love Hana for that!

 

[Elite13]

I think I read somewhere that models will only be considered for a job if they have at least 10,000 followers. It's messed up.

 

[modellove]

Does every single casting asks for followers? Or just some? Glad she did this. The quality of the photos a model can bring to the photo shoot should be of much higher importance than follower count

 

[dsamg]

I think I read somewhere that models will only be considered for a job if they have at least 10,000 followers. It's messed up.

The other girls must hate it when Nobis writes a big 0 next to her name and still books more campaigns than anyone else

 

[Benn98]

Let's be fair though, the majority of Julia Nobis' bookings come from her ties to designers, stylists and photographers....meaning, connections.

 

[dsamg]

Let's be fair though, the majority of Julia Nobis' bookings come from her ties to designers, stylists and photographers....meaning, connections.

So then are followers only really important for new girls? Genuinely curious about how it works. Do you think that girls on Julia's level that do have social media would ever have to worry about how many followers they have or do designers not care?

 

[sixtdaily]

Let's be fair though, the majority of Julia Nobis' bookings come from her ties to designers, stylists and photographers....meaning, connections.

And how did she get these connections in the first place?! Her bookings come from the reputation she has created for herself in this industry. If she wasn't delivering, she would not be one of the most sought-after models after more than 6 years in the business...

 

[dsamg]

And how did she get these connections in the first place?! Her bookings come from the reputation she has created for herself in this industry. If she wasn't delivering, she would not be one of the most sought-after models after more than 6 years in the business...

Exactly. It is not like she had any connections as a teenager in NSW.

 

[kokobombon]

I think that when Julia started IG wasn´t a thing so she was able to make those connections. I´d think it´s harder now for a new model to make her path when everyone is so interested in followers... those girls with so few ones should buy those followers packs and be done

 

[mackos]

They've hit rock bottom asking for followers. Sad world we live in.

True that, I've been thinking exactly the same thing since a friend of mine told me how does it work right now.

I feel like going back to the early 00's, honestly.

 

[Runabout]

Has anyone seen this posted by Hana Jirickova? I can't believe the client asks models about the number of their followers. How lame is that?

I wanna scream for this...

But what Hana did deserves a Play of the Game if fashion were Overwatch

 

[Benn98]

So then are followers only really important for new girls? Genuinely curious about how it works. Do you think that girls on Julia's level that do have social media would ever have to worry about how many followers they have or do designers not care?

The point I'm trying to make is that Julia's clientele are really not that diverse. She's not even that hypersuccessful to be used as an example of 'oh look, you can book tons of Vogues and have zero followers!' In most cases you'll find that it's either a Simons/Vanderperre/Meisel/Mcdean or Jackson gig that she books. That, for instance, cannot be leveraged against Arixona Muse, who worked with a vast and often random selection of people and editions.

Followers are a commodity as we speak. And weeping and wailing all over the place won't end it. Change will once again come from the inside. Hana's move was great and ballsy, but how many others will follow suit? I'm not for it at all, it's just that I rationalise that it's clearly an awful means to an equally awful end for most girls. And anyway, there were loads of other disgusting movements in modelling before this crass commercialism/popularity contest (p*rno and heroin chic with eerily young-looking girls taking the lead etc).