Model Casting S/S 13

[matsuchan92]

No any Asians at Givenchy ........

 

[anlabe32]

Givenchy openers and exclusives always fade into obscurity in a nanosecond...

Kelsey Van Mook
Antonella Graef
Yuliana Dementieva
Alyona Subbotina

And these are only the openers, i'm not even talking about the exclusives... I'm sorry Riccardo but you don't have the eye that Miuccia, Marc and Nicolas have.

Alexandra Martynova is doing fine and she showed up at Givenchy closing the show which is nice for a change.

 

[LucaNatashaFan]

i have seen a pic of Natalia Vodianova bacstage at Stella McCartney but she wasn't there

 

[Vitamine W]

Since we're sort of nearing the end of another season, i think we can say the most dominant trend is that of the decimated casting budget. Supers, veterans and girls with relevant mileage are underperforming or underepresented. We all know we will see them back in the campaigns and eds but show producers are not willing to lay down 10.000/20.000$ for every girl anymore. Especially not if the market is oversaturated with willing newbies eager for a break.
Also the promising or winning girls from last season (except maybe for Nadja, Elza etc) are hardly visible; check Franzi Mueller, Melissa Stasiuk, Ros G. Katryn Kruger...just to name a few..And these are not just blips. They scored campaigns AND relevant time with the photographers. Obviously their prices racked up as well in one season.

 

[CharlottefromCA]

Well at least the Stella cast was solid. very solid.

 

[ohmyy]

stella had the best cast of the season, so many strong girls unlike all other shows. yay!

 

[LucaNatashaFan]

Until now the best cast of the season was Zac Posen but there are still Saint Laurent, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu. I hope they'll surprise us (which i doubt)

 

[Omnis]

Stella McCartney was sensational. They really had an old school cast, and I actually recognized 80 % of the girls at first glance.

 

[MyNameIs]

Since we're sort of nearing the end of another season, i think we can say the most dominant trend is that of the decimated casting budget. Supers, veterans and girls with relevant mileage are underperforming or underepresented. We all know we will see them back in the campaigns and eds but show producers are not willing to lay down 10.000/20.000$ for every girl anymore. Especially not if the market is oversaturated with willing newbies eager for a break.
Also the promising or winning girls from last season (except maybe for Nadja, Elza etc) are hardly visible; check Franzi Mueller, Melissa Stasiuk, Ros G. Katryn Kruger...just to name a few..And these are not just blips. They scored campaigns AND relevant time with the photographers. Obviously their prices racked up as well in one season.

Yepp, that's the theme of the season alright. If the reason for that is that the brands are not willing to spend the extra money on them, then I'm surprised it's happening now. You'd think it would've occurred 3-4 years ago when the economy first took a nose dive.

 

[MyNameIs]

What in the world is Revillon? I don't remember ever hearing of it before, this is the first collection of theirs on nowfashion, but they had quite a few of the newer it girls in the cast.

Also, Valentin Yudashkin seems to be making improvements in the quality of his cast each season.

 

[rockangel]

I still don't get it I mean when a small B-brand like Valentin Yudashkin is even more exciting than Chloe casting(plain and lifeless). I quite enjoyed seeing those powerful models at such small brand show.

 

[penny609]

I still don't get it I mean when a small B-brand like Valentin Yudashkin is even more exciting than Chloe casting(plain and lifeless). I quite enjoyed seeing those powerful models at such small brand show.

It's the definition of "small B-brand" that might be incorrect, then. Of course, in Paris' fashion world, Yudashkin doesn't appear as one of the highlights of the week. But, if I'm not mistaken, he is very well-known in his own country and had big jobs there (don't remember exactly what it was but it was pretty huge). That means he's got the money required to hire bigger names at his shows in Paris, even if his collections don't make the headlines there.

 

[jmrmartinho]

Until now the best cast of the season was Zac Posen but there are still Saint Laurent, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu. I hope they'll surprise us (which i doubt)

How can anybody tell that Zac Posen was the cast of the season? That cast was shown as lack of experience. I mean, you had all those amazing models. But first not all of them fit the colection, second when you have a cast like that you need newbies to offset and he had none, third other than the supermodels there were just rrunway fillers and models that are out a long time ago.
So Zac Posen had amazing casting choices but overall was very weak.

Best cast of the season may be something like Stella becuas eit was very sold. That is a case of amazing casting, every model made sence on that colection.
Givenchy had a great cast, I hardly like their casts but they had great newbies this season (even tho I would like to see a super in the midle like Kristen M. for example)

 

[Marc10]

Jim Shi ‏@jimshi809
Hedi cast all new girls from internet & Lily McMenamy(Kristen McMenamy's daughter) as exclusive 4 Saint Laurent show

 

[MyNameIs]

Jim Shi ‏@jimshi809
Hedi cast all new girls from internet & Lily McMenamy(Kristen McMenamy's daughter) as exclusive 4 Saint Laurent show

Sounds pretentious. I hate it already, lol.

And I still can't believe they changed the name/logo of the brand. "Yves Saint Laurent" and "YSL" name and logo sounded and looked AMAZING.

 

[StoneSkipper]

Hold up. Are we talking about the cast being completely made of newbies, or are there just a few exclusives? Please say it's the latter. Please say it's the latter.

 

[anlabe32]

Not all are newbies. I see Hanne and Julia N. opened. Great, my favourite girls...

 

[LucaNatashaFan]

ahahahha @anlabe32
Julia anyway is on fire. She opened Roberto Cavalli and now Saint Laurent (super huge in general, especially for a first collection with a new designer). I bet she will have an amazing campaign season..

 

[HeatherAnne]

She didn't even fit the vibe of this collection in my opinon. I am beyond baffled by her dominance this season.

 

[anlabe32]

^I'm baffled by all her success she's had so far...