Model Casting S/S 10

[1FashionVictim]

Did Missoni have exclusives this season?

 

[Faith Akiyama]

^Don't believe so

 

[mikel]

^really? So that means Julia Hafstrom wasn't an exclusive? So one of the current Prada campaign girls was in Milan and only got booked for one show? Milan can be very harsh.

 

[CharlottefromCA]

well Hannah Holman also only did 3 shows.. sure she opened Missoni.. but I think we have to remember their height? Maybe they will do better in paris.. hopefully, I like both girls.

 

[mikel]

^You're indeed right about the height. Hope both girls will do better in Paris.

 

[Mr-Dale]

^I hope so too...love Julia in particular. I hope they won't turn into the new Tayla Collins or Felicity Gilbert remember them? Hyped, but turned out too short to succeed.

 

[CharlottefromCA]

wasn't Felicity Gilbert like 5'7''?? And I don't think Tayla's look translated onto the runway at all. Well I think they both already have done more than Tayla and Felicity regardless..

 

[mikel]

^I don't entirely agree. Up until now, Julia did pretty much the same type of stuff as Tayla did at the start of her career. Tayla had a Jil Sander campaign, Julia a Prada campaign. Tayla worked with Meisel for VI, Julia worked with Meisel for VI; Tayla did some shows during her first runway season, Julia did some shows during her first runway season.

 

[CharlottefromCA]

Yeah its a toss up maybe? But for me I give it to Julia.. she has a Dazed cover and she walked for Prada/Miu Miu in resort shows. She also did Valentino couture. The only show I remember Tayla in was Marc by marc.. but then again I have to admit I never followed her career too closely. And I think Julia has lots of room for growth (maybe not physically hehe..)

 

[mikel]

^I forgot that Julia already has a big cover. Tayla never scored a big cover for herself.

 

[J'ador-DioR]

Is it just me or has Russell Marsh picked up a lot of shows in Milan?. It seems like he cast Alberta Ferretti, Missoni and Ferre judging by all the girls that showed up at those particular shows. Could be wrong, though. Anyone know more about this.

 

[Faith Akiyama]

^No, he only cast Prada and just consulted on Marni. According to yaars Ferretti was Michelle/KCD, Ferre is Rami/Camilla Nickerson, and Missoni is in house/stylist Vanessa Reid. With many of the top girls missing it does explain why the casting has shifted towards the same newer faces much more.

 

[madame_georgiana]

Hannah Holman should of walked Versace, shes young but she more va-va-voom then a few of the girls that just looked awkard...

 

[BLACKLAB]

any guesses as to what is going to happen at balenciaga this morning? i can't wait to see the cast.

 

[CharlottefromCA]

me either!!!! I can't wait for Balenciaga, Givenchy, Chanel, Miu Miu, Chloe

 

[Mr-Dale]

I think it is safe to say we can copy/paste the Balmain showlist for the coming few seasons....it's impossible for a new girl to get into that cast.

 

[MyNameIs]

I always wondered about this. Does the model's pay differ depending on how many looks she has in a given show? Like is someone hired for three looks at x amount for each, or x amount to do the show and then determine the number of looks?

 

[foreverandnone]

well Hannah Holman also only did 3 shows.. sure she opened Missoni.. but I think we have to remember their height? Maybe they will do better in paris.. hopefully, I like both girls.

Very unlikely. Paris is the city that adores tall girls.

 

[foreverandnone]

wasn't Felicity Gilbert like 5'7''?? And I don't think Tayla's look translated onto the runway at all. Well I think they both already have done more than Tayla and Felicity regardless..

She was actually 5'5". But her proportions didn't allow for much lengthening sadly.

 

[style_expert]

I found this a pretty interesting read from theimagist

Earlier today, while making my afternoon agency rounds , I confessed to a certain power manager that I no longer had a working compass on which shows to use to track breaking new models. That's being dramatic but it makes for a theatrical assertion. Every season the pattern shifts. There are seasons when New York spews out a flood of new models at Marc, Calvin, Donna, Alexander, Proenza..and then these girls migrate to Milan only to find themselves deliberately ignored. That is then followed by the very parisian practice of every designer convening his own hermetic cabine, opening with who he damn well pleases, thus destroying any hope for continuity of booking patterns.
But look at what's happening for SS 2010. Bizarrely enough,this year there is actually consensus among rival casting camps and design houses as to who constitutes the ranks of the current crop of in-demand girls. IMG's Jak, being a great case in point, is still holding strong from last season as a premiere girl and among the newcomers girls like Mirte (Women) Frida (IMG) Kate Kosushkina (Supreme) Jacqueline (Ford) and Anasataja (Next) have actually had an impressive follow through out of NYC into Milan.
You can clearly see also the girls who are being clustered around the Prada camp ( Lisanne de Jong/Elite, Amanda Norgaard ) as opposed to the Calvin/Jil Sander camp ( Sona/IMG, Kristy/Major, ) with the pivotal Givenchy circle already marshalling its very personal and peculiar body of girls. The latter house has the great advantage of being the last big-make or break booking of the season. That means Givenchy has the great privilege of being able to render a culminative casting.
Does this mean then that for the first time in years Paris will lock those popular new faces into key runway slots? Or will we say another burst of previously unseen faces in the way that saw the rise of Ranya out the Givenchy camp last season. The final cycle for SS10 starts in two days but the interesting question to filter now is , will the girls who performed consistently across all four runway platforms (NYC, London, Milan, Paris) be the ones who convert into the key editorials and campaigns with the Meisels, Sims and Testinos or will the bookings swing left field towards the Paris exclusivity girls.
All this is not rocket science but for model watchers it is our peculiar amusement. The cynical anticipation in all this is that this rush of 15 and 16 year olds stand little chance of swiping campaigns from those long-distance runners firmly entrenched in the business. But the truly formidable one or two just might and those are the girls who make the game worth playing. Stay tuned.