Anyone else think there might be a shift towards a separation between 'runway models' and 'editorial models' like it used to be the case before the Supermodel era? I know there have always been models that were strong in print and didn't walk many shows and vice versa but at the moment I feel like none of the girls that are racking up a lot of significant print work (Daphne Groeneveld, Lindsey Wixson, Saskia de Brauw, and as for newer faces Kelly Mittendorf and Anais Pouliot) are doing well during Fashion Week. And we are seeing so many girls walking tons and tons of shows and yet they never ever get a big cover or campaign. I don't remember this difference being as apparent before. Even typical runway fillers like Anabela Belikova and Vlada would at least star in some blue chip campaigns in the beginning of their careers, I don't see this happening with many of the top walkers of the last few seasons. It will be interesting to see how Ava Smith's and Tilda Lindstam's stellar runway season will translate into print work because quite frankly I can't imagine them fronting any major campaigns yet. Maybe I will be proven wrong, though
As for the Julia Nobis discussion, I think she's great. Sure, she looks rather bland but she's a solid walker and she fits every show. And I like that in spite of her somewhat plain look she has this great personality shining through in everything she does. I totally get her appeal. It's crazy she's still walking such an insane amount of shows, she was the top walker two seasons in a row and she's not showing any signs of slowing down!