I think some of you are jumping to conclusions far too quickly. For example: “Ava flopped,” “X is missing,” “Y is skipping shows,” “Where is Z?”
But we have to remember that management plays a big role in modeling careers, and we don’t know what these girls might be going through in their personal lives.
I don’t want to make assumptions, but take Sasha Rajasalu as an example, she has been very open about being trans. What if she’s undergoing surgeries and had to take time off? Or what if she just started university and couldn’t commit to a full season? Or maybe her team is holding her back until Paris? Sasha is very loved in the industry, there is no possible way that she booked all those shows last season, and went to absolute zero this season. She is obviously not in town for a personal reason, that is not our business.
“Claire and Libby T. being MIA after being break out stars was an utter shock!”. But Libby dominated New York, and then suddenly did zero shows in Milan, that’s clearly a management choice. Maybe she had an important appointment back home in Australia she couldn’t miss, and she’ll be back in Paris? I don’t know.
Some models also need to work extremely hard to maintain “show shape,” and sometimes that means taking a season off to rest, spend time at home, and return the next season to be able to model long term. There are countless reasons why a model could skip Fashion Week. Someone could have lost a loved one (i hope not), started uni, health issues, family issues, simply taking a break after working full time for seasons… And here, I’m specifically talking about girls who aren’t walking a single show in a given city. So let’s not immediately label someone as “flopping” when we don’t know the reason they’re absent. Of course, if a model shows up here and there only in random, smaller shows, that’s a different situation.
