Model Casting F/W 2025.26

[Cute]

Hollie-May Saker just made her runway comeback at Richard Quinn.

 

[tapenerd]

Lara Stone opening Dilara!

 

[Simera]

Dilara had Hannelore and Jea Campbell.
Shocked to see Lara open though!
God so many of the girls were actually stunning vs the usual scary models.

Is Richard Quinn a good place for a comeback though?

 

[Cute]

Is Richard Quinn a good place for a comeback though?

Tbh not really. Styling was done by Carine Roitfeld but the cast was mostly lesser known models. But Hollie hasn't done a show since 2016 and hasn't really worked much in the past decade too so it was more of an announcement that it seems like she's back.

 

[tapenerd]

There was a girl at Connor Ives (second look) who looked a bit like Molly Bair. Anyone know if it was her or am I just buggin?

 

[tapenerd]

Also Ryleabeth finally appearing at Simone Rocha.

 

[penny609]

There was a girl at Connor Ives (second look) who looked a bit like Molly Bair. Anyone know if it was her or am I just buggin?

Couldn't find good pictures of the show but if the second look is that one with a black cap and red lipstick then it's not Molly, unfortunately. Hadn't thought about her for a while, by the way. She's never been a ultimate favorite of mine but surely I did love that energy of hers, perhaps not versatile to the max but she had that signature style and much presence on pics.

 

[prylvi]

There was a girl at Connor Ives (second look) who looked a bit like Molly Bair. Anyone know if it was her or am I just buggin?

not molly

 

[tapenerd]

Thank you both! Had my suspicions that it wasn’t her but I also love her and wanted it to be her lol.

 

[Simera]

Also Ryleabeth finally appearing at Simone Rocha.

I love someone called this out after I called her done 😝 Excited to see her, but sad this is probably the level of what she will book now 😅 unless she shocks us, I think she will probably be a b list girl.

But speaking of 😅 Esther Santos… I had such high hopes for her! But she’s literally getting cast in shows with random girls that I can’t even name. ( well Roos Abels ) If she was at Simone Rocha, maybe I would have had hope she would at least become a b-list staple. But not!

 

[tapenerd]

I do believe you are right about Ryleabeth. Sadly. I can see her doing shows like MSGM or Vivetta.

Also saw a better picture of who I thought was Molly at Conner Ives and I was def buggin! Need to get my eyes checked STAT.

 

[Simera]

I have this gift for falling for fresh faces that have good debut seasons, then flop the following or totally vanish. So if you're a new face and I like you, your career is over, sorry! lol

 

[tapenerd]

^Me with most Paul Rowland girls from the 2000s 😂.

 

[Simera]

At some point I should list them haha
But I loved seeing Louise Robert at Erdem! One of my favorites . Still don’t know how she fell out of favor so fast.

 

[Stereo_Flo]

Thank you both! Had my suspicions that it wasn’t her but I also love her and wanted it to be her lol.

I think you're talking about Bella Rose—now I see the resemblance too.

 

[tapenerd]

^Yes, that’s who it was! And thank you for seeing the resemblance too because I really thought I was going insane for a minute 😂

 

[penny609]

I have this gift for falling for fresh faces that have good debut seasons, then flop the following or totally vanish. So if you're a new face and I like you, your career is over, sorry! lol

I share this gift with you I guess... Actually it's like this since I started being seriously interested in fashion modeling. Like one of my first real favorites was Dovile Virsilaite back then. She was working with Meisel at that very moment and just stopped as I started following her career. She didn't quit modeling the minute after but had a long record of B-list jobs since.

Another highlight of mine was when I was in Berlin for a week with two famous tFS members, over a decade and a half ago. 95-99% of the discussions were model-related as one can guess and the question of the day was 'who do you think is going to make it big now'. Always felt uncomfortable with such predictions but I tried and just dropped something like "Simona McIntyre seems here to stay". Me to myself, like 6 months later : "You're such a hell of a fortune-teller, Penny"...

I guess we all have experienced these things once or twice at least. It's just that some of us are more 'talented' to spot those models we'd bet a lot on and who will immediately prove us wrong.

 

[Simera]

Well, since I started getting back into runway modeling it has been...
Grace Cameron, Kanon Hirata ( Because for some reason I had it in my mind she was the next big Asian star ), Jade Nguyen, Valeria Buldini, Mary Ukech, Laura Reyes, Africa Garcia, Mariam de Vinzelle, Huijia Chen, Eliise Jaasma, Jennifer Matias, Nikki Vrekic, Addison Soens, Ava Christen, Xu Wei, Heather Diamond Strongarm, Ana Rossolovich, Camille Chifflot and we can add Esther Santos + Ryleabeth to this list haha

Vanessa Pompucci & Noemi Kassa never happened and I blame that on me liking them too!

 

[penny609]

Well, since I started getting back into runway modeling it has been...
Grace Cameron, Kanon Hirata ( Because for some reason I had it in my mind she was the next big Asian star ), Jade Nguyen, Valeria Buldini, Mary Ukech, Laura Reyes, Africa Garcia, Mariam de Vinzelle, Huijia Chen, Eliise Jaasma, Jennifer Matias, Nikki Vrekic, Addison Soens, Ava Christen, Xu Wei, Heather Diamond Strongarm, Ana Rossolovich, Camille Chifflot and we can add Esther Santos + Ryleabeth to this list haha

Vanessa Pompucci & Noemi Kassa never happened and I blame that on me liking them too!

Some of theses names are/were on my lists too, among countless others. To the point I got used to be violently happy when one of my favorite newcomers gets second-tier editorial jobs, as long as the pictures look great and her career keeps going on, even at a slower pace or lower level. It didn't really improve with the turnover rate remaining quite nuts and the decreasing amount of good editorial work being produced lately.

 

[penny609]

^Me with most Paul Rowland girls from the 2000s 😂.

Oh yeah, call me a die-hard hardcore fan of Andressa Fontana's work! And that's just one among a dozen of others I liked/loved from the Supreme years (and early Ford moments to some point). And while I did enjoy the work of the most successful ones like Alanna Zimmer or Hanne Gaby (or Meghan Collison!), it always seemed I had a soft spot for the slightly less-known (or totally undercover) ones. Even the most 'commercial' model of the back-then Supreme board (hello, Edda Petursdottir) was some kind of a standout and had quite that edgy book (with gorgeous polaroids).

Jokes aside, that's what I loved with the 'Paul Rowland years' of mine (literally what made me wanna stay late at night on tFS in the mid-2000's). Was inspiring and beyond. I'm not the one who'll call him the 'ultimate starmaker' but I will always disagree with those thinking he failed or whatever dubious of this kind. His work at the helm of an agency was nothing less than a 24/7 aesthetic statement, from the models he chose to work with to the way he promoted their work (book and those unforgettable polas). And this is impressive enough for someone as passionate as I am.