The Girls Who Matter Now!
Submitted by
Wayne on Sun, 2008-02-03 03:32.
Pity the life of a model manager this week. Let's say you are at a blue chip agency, minding your blue chip business when all of a sudden your rising star of a girl starts to shoot everything in sight. With all those editorials in circulation, of course she is now in demand for "The Shows". You didn't ask for it, but now you have a war on your hands because everyone, all the different booking camps are flooding your extension with demands...not requests...demands. KCD on this side, Katie Grand on the other, Maida on line 2 and Russell Marsh with his eagle eyes circling off his prey for Prada. Then that certain client makes a phone call and offers your girl an exclusive that only a madman would refuse. Which means she will not be a common factor on the runways of NY. Sweet dreams are made of this for one particular, very must-have editorial queen of the moment, who might have just become the belle of NY show week on that genius stroke alone. Wonder who among our modelwatchers will be first to figure out her name...And since" exclusives" have become the new status symbol in model bookings, the heat for slots in the Rad just went into hyper-drive. Three fantastic faces have now been contracted to Mr. Hournai on a NY exclusive,including one who is being flown in from foreign shores to canter down his catwalk before being whisked back to the airport. Don't you love the drama of that?...My phone has been blowing up all day with agents reporting in on their confirmations for Proenza which must mean it now joins the limited ranks of 'NY shows that matter". That would be the two Marcs, the Sui, Calvin and now Proenza. It does make for an clear cut five no?...Kamila S who scored the first Top 10 Newcomer slot at MDC is another girl set to have a champion NY moment. Isn't it great? Season 1 in NY and already A-list...The presence of SS 08 European show stars like Kamila, Agnete, Diane F and Adina this season makes it all the more difficult for the completely new girls to find a berth in the very conservative castings of NY. Several agents have been expressing their bewilderment as to why their amazing first season faces are being brushed aside. That's because its always so much easier to book a pre-built name, already bearing the seal of the likes of Prada and Balenciaga , than to present that totally new face who you really really believe in. Irony is, New York's best newcomers are going to have to wait for Europe for an official certificate of approval. Again.
