Model Behavior (PLEASE READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING)

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^ but which photo was it?

 

[Mihona]

This picture

 

[kenndale]

While one has the right to their own opinions on this photo, send a message don’t comment publically if you’re truly concerned.

 

[mikel]

Everyone would like tired with that kind of lighting.

 

[dsamg]

This picture

65!! If I look like that in 40 years I'll be a happy woman

 

[cestmagique]

While one has the right to their own opinions on this photo, send a message don’t comment publically if you’re truly concerned.

I don't understand this logic. Positive and negative opinions are both acceptable but only the positive ones should be public? Public pressure can be a good thing and it might be helpful for Kaia (and other girls) to see those comments.

 

[Runabout]

inb4 the Kendall-gate she literally disrespected the models. but then again the media enabled her as well, like... are there over 9000 street style articles of her already? 4815162342 styles that other models could do better? I hate Kendall, but this gave a harsh reality of how modeling business is run; models who started from bottom has more chances of getting overtaken by those with Instagram followers AND probably a famous family (the moment "IG follows" pop out, I consider it as just a blanket term for that). If every other model gets equal exposure we'd have Sora Choi, Lineisy Montero, Anok Yai, etc. on the headlines on regular basis.

Other than that, nice job on having the adaptation of the 2017 Supergirl panel drama on San Diego Comic Con, Love Magazine. Learning one from the shippers, huh?

 

[Morgane07]

If social media existed when Kate Moss started, God knows which turn here career would've taken.
And using an unflattering picture with an unflattering lighting is a bit too easy and hypocritical.

 

[mathiaskatz]

Devon's apology

cr: dm

 

[lightblue]

I believe Devon in this one, I watched the show and I think she did not mean no harm when she said what she said.

 

[kenndale]

Yeah Devon didn’t mean any harm because she’s obviously not smart enough to put the connection together.

 

[Benn98]

I saw the clip and what struck me most was Devon rudely trying to minimise the Asian girl's serious statement! That annoyed me more than her actual comment. That she was completely unable to sense that this was a serious discussion. What I've found is that when you're in a position of privilege, as I've personally encountered countless times due to my gender, race, nationality, socioeconomic status or whatever, you shut up and listen when someone from a disadvantaged group air their views. Devon however didn't event pause for a moment to process what the girls said.

I always hear people say 'oh the youth of today and tomorrow will be more progressive in thought when it comes to diversity', but I really doubt it. Here you have a girl who's work environment at any given point would entail people of different creed, gender and whatnot, yet she still believes having to speak 'Paris' and getting the luxury of being morphed into the much revered 'thin, white and blonde' archetype, and subsequently reaping those benefits, is a struggle.

 

[magsaddict]

I found Devon's comments just mind boggling. Like come on Dev, read the room?! She should be ashamed of that. I don't want to defend her in anyway but, years of analysing partially scripted reality shows means there's a fair chance that the scene we saw could be out of sequence to the actual events and very selectively edited. Still, there's no excuse for that level of insensitivity.


Regarding Gemma Ward's comment on Kaia, i think that's totally coming from a good place, but just not expressed on the right forum. Gemma is probably one of the few people in the world who could understand the level of pressure, scrutiny and work of being a teenage supermodel, even Cindy was well into adulthood when she reached that level of success. I'm sure now Gemma's re-entering the industry as a grown woman and a mother, she's much more likely to speak up for what she believes in.

 

[happytrail]

That's clearly Devon's PR team writing that apology because most of those words have more than one syllable!

I REALLY REALLY want her career to be over, but I'm afraid this exposure might even help her.

 

[ghostwriter10549]

Gemma probably said that because she can relate with a girl who started so young in the industry. She is concern about it.

 

[FRANCY ITALY]

Devon sounds completely tone def here.

Here a video where you can hear and read better

 

[xoxoadore]

yiiiiiiiikessssss she brought all this backlash on to herself tbh

 

[magsaddict]

I REALLY REALLY want her career to be over, but I'm afraid this exposure might even help her.

I think if she had ambassadorial contracts with big companies, it might affect her more since they could get skittish from the backlash and publicly drop her, but because she's more of a freelancer, she can probably just weather it unscathed, and like you said, enjoy the exposure from the mainstream media.

 

[Deleted member 130879]

I echo everyone's feeling on the Dolce show but I would like to explore one more thought here regarding models:
It's not only influencers there this time. You have well known models, openly "feminists" and "activists" walking this show. Karen Elson closed it. This is some major f***fest of hypocrisy right there. Some of the models are just eager status hunters and I'm not one bit surprised to see them there. But Karen? I won't even refer Ashley Graham because I always thought she was only looking at her own agenda. I'm very disappointed.

 

[Benn98]

I echo everyone's feeling on the Dolce show but I would like to explore one more thought here regarding models:
It's not only influencers there this time. You have well known models, openly "feminists" and "activists" walking this show. Karen Elson closed it. This is some major f***fest of hypocrisy right there. Some of the models are just eager status hunters and I'm not one bit surprised to see them there. But Karen? I won't even refer Ashley Graham because I always thought she was only looking at her own agenda. I'm very disappointed.

I was too, as I saw all the famous names parade down that runway. Most I never really cared for. Ashley was one of them, but Isabella Rossellini is a disappointment for me. Huge one, because I really admire her. The biggest danger about D&G is that their kind of behaviour will ultimately be normalised. I was appalled when Alexandra Shulman remarked in her memoir something to the effect of 'despite Stefano often riling people up with his outlandish views, he was still a nice guy and that she very much enjoyed their company and shows.' It just sounded so....diminishing. I imagine this is very much the murky sentiment for all these women and their relentless effort to push for 'feminism.' Same goes for Naomi, Karlie Kloss, and now Ashley. The irony is that the latter names are actually the first to start waving flags. Money talks!