Live Streaming... The S/S 2025 Fashion Shows
I miss this era I remember mystery girl Stephanie Rad at Prada F/W 2009, it took weeks to ID herSurely that was. Despite the less-appealing sides of modeling during that decade as I wrote before, the "process" and the excitement it used to bring was clearly miles and miles above what we have now. There was no Instagram and other tools (or toys?) like that and when a new face came out of the blue, you had to dig deep to find out who she was etc. I recall convos here with the likes of @Faith Akiyama or @mariemaud among others, trying to find out where this or that newcomer came from, what was her mother agency, does she have polaroids somewhere etc. Same with magazines, we didn't get a zillion covers for an issue, had to wait until it hit the bookstore shelves (unless some keen model agent gave us a hint every now and then) before have the delightful surprise (or sometimes big disappointment). We used to be true detectives and patient, passionate hunters relentlessly looking for what will thrill us for days. Now we just sit down and watch, squeezed or smashed by the overload of information available, even against our will.
I miss it too. I mean, I deeply miss that special atmosphere and the thrill it used to be. I miss those days we were already dreaming when the show packages were released (now look at the package section on MDC...). I miss going to the shows in Paris when it used to be full-schedule, only had invitations for the small ones mostly but with a little luck (or the helping hand of some bouncers or press agents) you could enter some bigger ones every now and then. I miss the mystery around some new faces like Stephanie as you mentioned her, or Othilia Simon when she first appeared on a runway. I'm french and didn't know she was too, it took me days (with the help of @Faith Akiyama) to get that info and another full bunch of weeks before discovering who scouted her!I miss this era I remember mystery girl Stephanie Rad at Prada F/W 2009, it took weeks to ID her
Sadly, Instagram polluted the fashion industry