Model Casting F/W 17

[jj36]

Why did Dolce and Gabanna change their cast last minute? Didn't they announce it earlier on instagram and Vittoria was the only model in the line up? Does this type of casting actually help sales? The clothes look awful, even if bella/kenall/gigi tell you its amazing it doesn't make it any less hideous.

 

[guimon]

I dont know exactly what went on, but they decided to have 10 more models last minute. ^

 

[dsamg]

TFS is dead because fashion is dead...

Yep. Fashion isn't exciting and models aren't exciting. The top walkers' threads don't even get updated that much. Do you remember Vlada or Freja's threads in the old days? Now the top walkers last two or three seasons and are barely remembered a year later. Collection threads would have pages and pages of comments. Now they are just dead.

 

[MyNameIs]

Yep. Fashion isn't exciting and models aren't exciting. The top walkers' threads don't even get updated that much. Do you remember Vlada or Freja's threads in the old days? Now the top walkers last two or three seasons and are barely remembered a year later. Collection threads would have pages and pages of comments. Now they are just dead.

This. It used to be that the same top girls would be doing the major shows for years, so you got invested in them. You could expect to see so and so at this or that show. Casts were focused and curated. Frida had her girls for Gucci walking every show, and if a newbie made the cut, it was a big deal. The casts were smaller. Girls walking the runway actually had the look and the walk. There was a certain fantasy and unattainability about all these things. There was also rhyme or reason for girls getting campaigns and covers based on their runway lists.

With the rise of social media, everything has been flipped upside down. Anyone can be a fashion model now. Everyone and their mother (literally) gets to walk shows. It's all about pandering to the lowest common denominator. Someone who walked 80 shows and opened/closed 20 this season will probably only walk some D-list show next season. Casts have ballooned to about 100 models each, yet they're all so anonymous and interchangeable that it's impossible to care for any one of them. Models get Vogue covers and campaigns not because they "deserve it" (I understand that this in itself is subjective) but because of reasons completely unrelated to modeling. Not to mention the race to the bottom with collections, where it no longer seems to be about fantasy, unattainability and escapism, but rather about affordability, mass production and appeal to the twitter and instagram crowds.

As for tFS specifically, I think there's too much censorship and control that has resulted in stifling of free exchange of ideas and opinions. That has rarely - if ever - been a recipe for success.

That's just my take on it all.

 

[lilgruner]

Amen!

 

[fashunviktim]

This. It used to be that the same top girls would be doing the major shows for years, so you got invested in them. You could expect to see so and so at this or that show. Casts were focused and curated. Frida had her girls for Gucci walking every show, and if a newbie made the cut, it was a big deal. The casts were smaller. Girls walking the runway actually had the look and the walk. There was a certain fantasy and unattainability about all these things. There was also rhyme or reason for girls getting campaigns and covers based on their runway lists.

With the rise of social media, everything has been flipped upside down. Anyone can be a fashion model now. Everyone and their mother (literally) gets to walk shows. It's all about pandering to the lowest common denominator. Someone who walked 80 shows and opened/closed 20 this season will probably only walk some D-list show next season. Casts have ballooned to about 100 models each, yet they're all so anonymous and interchangeable that it's impossible to care for any one of them. Models get Vogue covers and campaigns not because they "deserve it" (I understand that this in itself is subjective) but because of reasons completely unrelated to modeling. Not to mention the race to the bottom with collections, where it no longer seems to be about fantasy, unattainability and escapism, but rather about affordability, mass production and appeal to the twitter and instagram crowds.

As for tFS specifically, I think there's too much censorship and control that has resulted in stifling of free exchange of ideas and opinions. That has rarely - if ever - been a recipe for success.

That's just my take on it all.

agreed and i will add there are too many shows! the stylist takes all these crappy shows to make money and then the models have to be in them because top stylist B, insists they do their shows.

 

[sixtdaily]

Any rumors/ideas/wishes for Saint Laurent tonight?

 

[Cute]

Aleyna Fitzgerals is debuting at YSL, Adut Bior, Mag Cysewska are also there and I expect the faces of the new campaign to be there as well (they're posted on Vaccarello's and YSL's instagram)

 

[RedSmokeRise]

Terrible cast at Theyskens...

As for Saint Laurent, ideally I'd love a return for Freja and the gang like last time (I'm predictable).

 

[Cute]

Marine, Nina Marker, and Valery Kaufman will also be at YSL.

And Jess PW and Vittoria are getting ready for a show, I'm sure it's YSL too.

 

[anlabe32]

How nice seeing Kim Noorda at Lanvin!

 

[MagFan]

Waste of money cast at Lanvin. All these veterans were completely unnecessary there. Im not sure what make collection look even worse venue or cast or both

 

[RedSmokeRise]

What a spectacular cast at Dries

 

[orthelian]

Dries was mindblowing! Finally (and only) mature adult women on the catwalk!

 

[Lifeispeachy]

Dries Van Noten's cast was amazing! My favorite so far.

 

[sixtdaily]

This cast was major!!!

 

[Style Savvy]

What a cast at DVN!!!

 

[StoneSkipper]

Dries just single-handedly made Fashion Week for me

 

[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

Dries Van Noten's casting won fashion month. There is no topping that roster of women

 

[TheoG]

A smile from ear to ear, brilliant cast at DVN!