Model Behavior (PLEASE READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING)

[mathiaskatz]

Now I'm curious to see if Brokaw/LV will book Ulrikke to save face or Ulrikke is quietly blacklisted from the fashion industry.

Good on her for speaking out, but I'm not gonna pretend to be surprised. This has happened many times before with LV/Brokaw.

 

[MulletProof]

I think documenting these incidents on a public platform is what matters and ultimately has an effect (not necessarily a revolutionary change), big or small.. especially if it's related to someone currently revered and that no one has the guts to defy their judgement and ethic.

Good for this girl, she seems well-educated and with a solid background.. kind of wonder if she wants to continue in a generally stupid occupation such as modeling, she writes well and sounds smart, go back to school!

 

[fashionkitten7]

Completely join everyone cheering Ulrikke for speaking out! So brave of her, because she's putting her career in risk, literally, for speaking out, but she still does.

 

[Scouting Snapper]

I was in Japan for the LV cruise i heard about this from our girls .....Also Ulrikke is one of the girls who does not take **** from anyone i think Alexia has a personal vendetta against her....I personally have never heard of any problems with Ashley,Nicloas or LV.. if anything LV is one of the better shows to work on the circuit ....But this does happen a lot i hear these types of stories loads of times during fashion month or couture week ...sad ..more girls need to speak up that's the only way something will change ...

 

[Littleathquakes]

Now I'm curious to see if Brokaw/LV will book Ulrikke to save face or Ulrikke is quietly blacklisted from the fashion industry.

Good on her for speaking out, but I'm not gonna pretend to be surprised. This has happened many times before with LV/Brokaw.

I suspect she''ll be blacklisted. The industry when it comes to race and size, does not want to change. She'll get pushed to the back, and eventually, disappear. If they actually listened to any criticisms, the race issue would already be non-existent by now, let alone the size issue.

 

[eizhowa]

I suspect she''ll be blacklisted. The industry when it comes to race and size, does not want to change. She'll get pushed to the back, and eventually, disappear. If they actually listened to any criticisms, the race issue would already be non-existent by now, let alone the size issue.

Yup.

If we start now, we might get enough models in a union by 2117!

2217 at the latest.

 

[StoneSkipper]

Ashley Brokaw seems to have replied to Ulrikke's post:

This post makes me sad to read. Of course its always difficult when a model is canceled, and certainly a horrible position to be in, but I think its important to be fair here. At no time did anyone from my team say to drink only water and not eat. Not only is that untrue, but it's unhealthy but downright dangerous. We told all the girls coming off the plane to drink plenty of water as we did not want anyone dehydrated after such a long flight. The first time I went to Tokyo I was super ill with dehydration and was concerned that girls understood the importance of rehydrating.
Your measurements were never an issue. We flew you to Paris a few weeks before the show to make the clothes specifically for you whatever size you were. We had a fur coat and a trouser made to your measurements. No one asked you to lose weight or slim down to fit a different size. When you arrived in Tokyo the clothes that were made for you, did not fit. We tried you in a few other looks but unfortunately could not find something that worked. We did not have the full atelier in Tokyo so we were left with very few options. We apologized to your agent with you in Tokyo and of course paid you in full for the job.

I know you were disappointed with the outcome but please know, we were as well. We started your visa processing for Japan, back in January. Of course the intention was always to have you in the show. You have been an LV girl since the beginning and we always love having you. We were very limited with what we had in Tokyo and regretfully, didn't have other options. I hope you can find it in your heart to understand this. Much love, ashley

 

[Littleathquakes]

HAHAHAHAHAHA @ the dehydration angle. That's like celebs getting nose jobs for that Hollywood-specific deviated septum. But a least she still got paid.

 

[MulletProof]

I feel like she attempted honesty but ends up displaying her true s*itty colors.. she starts paragraph 2 by saying her measurements were never an issue only to finish implying that they clearly were, unless a piece of fabric inexplicably shrunk, then yeah, mysterious case that has nothing to do with the model or them.

Suggesting the model is just having difficulty dealing with rejection and throwing in the visa and payment is soo typical resentful employer and just pathetic trying to manipulate it with an empathic tone, "we bent over backwards for you!....cause we always love having you!".. (will next season included in always?)

The girl's story is sad to read but Ashley's is just tragic. Nowhere in her reply does she show any sign of accountability or at least a fake attempt to show responsibility or hint at the state of her rotten modeling business for the sake of diplomacy/self-PR and stay in a favorable light... probably because she knows being openly and proudly desensitized has free reign in her field. The again, she's a casting director.. if I had studied international law at a top university with some potential to perhaps improve social systems, only to end up sorting through models for a living and subjecting young women to comply with unattainable beauty standards.. I would shoot myself.

(also, anyone gets dehydrated in long flights, I assume a model or businessman would know that better than anyone.. ugh.. I'll pretend I didn't read that gem ).

 

[dsamg]

No weight talk but..I am shocked at Ulrikke's story and feel so sorry for the poor girl. I am glad we are in an era where models feel more comfortable to speak out.

HOWEVER, I do not think it helps her case in her Facebook post by posting pictures of Teddy and Camille to invite comments that say they are 'disgusting.' It is not their fault that this happened.

 

[ErnstLudwig]

ahh ok so it is the fault of the unpaid tailor intern that botched the measurements!
Very unprofessional LV, very unprofessional...

 

[Runabout]

I can't believe that this whole thing still exist in the modeling world. Model tries her best to be fit in the show, all of the sudden the "too this" "too that" argument pops out and moments later the model gets cancelled. Really feel bad for her for being another many victims of such a system.

Kudos for Ulrikke for fighting the system, though! She stood up there, but I'm worried that she'd be off the modeling world map like everyone here pointed out...

 

[fashionista-ta]

I was in Japan for the LV cruise i heard about this from our girls .....Also Ulrikke is one of the girls who does not take **** from anyone i think Alexia has a personal vendetta against her....I personally have never heard of any problems with Ashley,Nicloas or LV.. if anything LV is one of the better shows to work on the circuit ....But this does happen a lot i hear these types of stories loads of times during fashion month or couture week ...sad ..more girls need to speak up that's the only way something will change ...

What about someone who's not a 'girl' who knows about the problem speaking up ... that would work too, would it not?

 

[Scouting Snapper]

I agree with you...More folks in power positions or influence need to speak about this ..But for someone like me with the job i do there is no way i can get involved with anything that does not involve our models..

What about someone who's not a 'girl' who knows about the problem speaking up ... that would work too, would it not?

 

[fashionkitten7]

Alright, I know I will probably get some fire for saying this, but now I don't know whose side I'm at. Ashley sounds convincing as she provides a lot of details. And if Ulrikke is knows as someone, who "doesn't take sh*t from anyone" I take it as she may be sort of conflictable/diva-ish, whatever you might call it, as are some people, who "don't take sh*t from anyone".

I'm not saying that Ulrikke is lying, but it's just that now there are two sides of the story that contradict one another and I think we have to admit that we simply don't know which side is telling the truth.

 

[style_expert]

I feel like she attempted honesty but ends up displaying her true s*itty colors.. she starts paragraph 2 by saying her measurements were never an issue only to finish implying that they clearly were, unless a piece of fabric inexplicably shrunk, then yeah, mysterious case that has nothing to do with the model or them.

Suggesting the model is just having difficulty dealing with rejection and throwing in the visa and payment is soo typical resentful employer and just pathetic trying to manipulate it with an empathic tone, "we bent over backwards for you!....cause we always love having you!".. (will next season included in always?)

The girl's story is sad to read but Ashley's is just tragic. Nowhere in her reply does she show any sign of accountability or at least a fake attempt to show responsibility or hint at the state of her rotten modeling business for the sake of diplomacy/self-PR and stay in a favorable light... probably because she knows being openly and proudly desensitized has free reign in her field. The again, she's a casting director.. if I had studied international law at a top university with some potential to perhaps improve social systems, only to end up sorting through models for a living and subjecting young women to comply with unattainable beauty standards.. I would shoot myself.

(also, anyone gets dehydrated in long flights, I assume a model or businessman would know that better than anyone.. ugh.. I'll pretend I didn't read that gem ).

I fully agree with your post. Also, what doesn't help Ashley's case is that she has been deleting all criticising comments people posted on her latest Instagram post. This tactic sounds somewhat familiar

Her response is an empty politically correct answer and it feels like she is trying to dismiss the point made by Ulrikke. Hey, we humiliated you, but at least we paid you and it wasn't our intention.

I think one look at Ashley's latest casting for Prada Resort is sufficient, in particular one model who looked terribly unhealthy and should not have been on any runway.
I'm glad someone finally spoke out on this!

 

[Benn98]

Nowhere in her reply does she show any sign of accountability or at least a fake attempt to show responsibility or hint at the state of her rotten modeling business for the sake of diplomacy/self-PR and stay in a favorable light...

That's the first flaw I noticed in that non-apology. 'You, you, you...we've done this for you, that for you'. I'm actually rather surprised to hear she's got a law background because her veiled accusations was terribly executed here.

@Eizhowa: I do agree with you somewhat, but I think we are getting somewhere. This outrage culture is really a gift and a curse. A few years Ulrikke's complaint would not have received such response, especially not from a casting director. But not only is Brokaw's career at stake, but also LV's PR.

 

[Valentine27]

It is very brave of her to speak out like this. I'm glad and relieved she did. It feels somewhat refreshing. We all know about these issues, but of course models hide behind it in case of losing their job. So it's not easy for them to say anything about that at all. She takes a big risk here. But we'll see what happens in the future for her career. Andie Arthur wrote something similar two weeks ago on her Instagram, with a pic of her before and now. It may be not on the same scale, but the matter is the same.
After Ashley Brokaw's response, it will be interesting now to see if Ulrikke's ever going to walk again for Louis Vuitton. Do you think Ulrikke got any approval from her agency to post this? Because if she did it on her own, she put them in a tricky position as well. Especially when Ashley Brokaw said that she got paid the full job afterall (which I think is a good and decent thing at least, in the whole story!)

 

[dodencebt]

We had a fur coat and a trouser made to your measurements... When you arrived in Tokyo the clothes that were made for you, did not fit.

This is one of the most hilarious things I've ever read.

 

[MyNameIs]

Ashley Brokaw seems to have replied to Ulrikke's post:

Sounds reasonable and plausible to me. Of course, it doesn't fit the narrative, so it's not surprising to see it be completely dismissed and ridiculed.