The supermodel is dead, says Claudia Schiffer

[Les_Sucettes]

Yeah, who cares about the people who make up a majority of the world?

Yes who cares about the tastes of the majority of the world. Britney Spears sold millions of albums and I deserve the right to think that some tiny band I've heard last night at the pub is better than her, it's the same with this new models, they may not please everyone but why should they?

I'm glad there are no supermodels anymore, why would someone deserve to be very very famous and very very rich because it was blessed with what the majority of people considered good looks I don't get it now and i did not got it back them. People have selective memories about supermodels It was mighty stupid and tacky how some of them used this desirability factor to men to become "actresses" in soft erotic movies, making complete fools of themselfs or how they got payed thousands to appear half drunk in fashion weeks in the middle of nowwhere where no one could care less about the clothes and the crowds just gathered to see this beauties, like it was a circus.

No I prefer this new girls, they are truly models and doing it great, in my opinion modeling should not even be considered a career, should be something girls do when they are young but always conscious that they have to go to school to learn a profession. What type of job is this that relies only on something you have no control of, like the size of your nose and the beauty of your skin r?

 

[smartarse]

what? Claudia Schiffer is dead?

 

[smartarse]

^ woops! nevermind, i read it wrong.

 

[izzie stevens]

what? Claudia Schiffer is dead?

 

[Mchunu]

yeah really i think i wouldn't be so interested in high fashion models if general public was interested in them

umm..why?

 

[Mchunu]

Well, everyone is saying who cares about what the general public thinks but the general public is why don't have any supermodels, now.

All of the girls you think are so successful that you may consider supermodels to everyone else are just working girls

 

[Navygreen]

Well, everyone is saying who cares about what the general public thinks but the general public is why don't have any supermodels, now.

All of the girls you think are so successful that you may consider supermodels to everyone else are just working girls

I am gonna have to disagree. I believe back in the days, the general public did care about supermodels, hence why they are still around and so memorable to us. Models nowadays only get attention -from the general public that is- due to their ridiculous figures.

Sheesh, we all sound like we're part of a cult or something, and that's not right

 

[vogue28]

i've been saying that for years... after the 90's, the supermodel term was just abused.

could not agree with you more.

 

[Nemezide]

umm..why?

because it just smth different, smth others don't know or don't understand, like navygreen said:

Sheesh, we all sound like we're part of a cult or something, and that's not right

 

[Navygreen]

because it just smth different, smth others don't know or don't understand, like navygreen said:

Why being this way though?

 

[Nemezide]

i don't know, i think people like to have smth what it is undescovered of others, it is like for example fans like when their band is underground and when it goes mainstream they leave it and find smth else. of course it is not for all people but i have heard a lot examples of it

 

[Mchunu]

I am gonna have to disagree. I believe back in the days, the general public did care about supermodels, hence why they are still around and so memorable to us. Models nowadays only get attention -from the general public that is- due to their ridiculous figures.

Sheesh, we all sound like we're part of a cult or something, and that's not right

Models nowadays get attention?
Like...? I believe there are models who are popular amongst celebrities which is why you have so many celebrities who attend the Victoria's Secret fashion show, however celebrities,too, aren't part of the general public As i said in my previous post, someone like Anja Rubik, whom i love & in her native land probably is somewhat recognized but i don't think to the extent of a celebrity, despite her success and current ubiquitouness in the business to someone of the general public would just seem to be a "working girl".

Which is why i am happy for the likes of Adriana Lima, Gemma Ward, Doutzen Kroes, Liya Kebede etc. who are getting their little bit of exposure with their own projects because it does give them some chance of really being considered "supermodel". So many want their favorite models to be exclusive in High fashion? Do you want them to be at the exact same point they are right now 5 years from now? because when you get to a certain point called a "peak" there is no where else to go but down & if they're lucky, they'll just be consistent & be in the same place. umm..Mariacarla Boscono, perhaps?

Modeling is the ultimate MICROCOSM of the fashion industry. It's not all that big. Think of all the other money that doesn't go towards models that go towards other things in the fashion industry. Remember, the fashion industry is a MULTIBILLION dollar industry, you know. & a very funny industry indeed. It's funny how you get paid so much less to do Couture, more prestigious modeling, than to do something that's more mainstream eg. CK,VS, cosmetics,lingirie/swimsuit which probably pays 2 or 3x's as much as couture.

As someone said earlier, supermodel is truly and undeniable abused with this generation of girls. Why? it's not so much the success because i do think you have girls who are considered supermodels again Gemma Ward, Doutzen Kroes, Daria Werbowy, Liya Kebede etc. because of their excellence & success in the industry. I do not believe it's fair to discredit them as supermodels with their achievements & i do believe that your accomplishments should be enough to really rectify whether or not you are a supermodel, but in terms of pop culture a supermodel should be someone who is internationally known.

 

[Mchunu]

i don't know, i think people like to have smth what it is undescovered of others, it is like for example fans like when their band is underground and when it goes mainstream they leave it and find smth else. of course it is not for all people but i have heard a lot examples of it

i understand exactly what you're saying. It's like even before someone say, KK, was not known in her early career but was HUGE amongst the HF market. Then when she gets more popular for VS a lot of so called "fans" disown her.

But that IMO isn't being a true fan or makes it seem like you're into the model (or w/e you may be interested in for that matter) only because other ppl don't know them & you feel as if they're "exclusive" for you.

IMO that doesn't make sense, but to each his own

 

[Nemezide]

i'm true fan, i wouldn't leave Julia even if she went crazy and become vs angel (please god no)
and yeah it is the same with KK for me, i liked her before but when she became vs it was over

 

[candysweet21]

I disagree with her TOTALLY! I honestly find the 90s "supermodels" average looking. Their features are nothing special. They where more like celebrities back then rather than just fashion models. People knew them not necessarily from their work in fashion but from other campaigns and endorsements.
I honestly think that the true supermodels are the girls modeling now! Go walk in the street and see if you can spot any girl that looks like Jessica Stam or Gemma Ward or Natasha Poly, Coco Rocha, Lily Cole etc...
These girls are the true supermodels IMO. They have such unique looks that are incredibly hard to find.

 

[happycanadian]

ultimately, the term Supermodel is one that has its grounding in a specific time in the fashion era. when we think of Supermodels, we think of the girls that that word was used to describe. Naomi, Cindy, Christy, Claudia, Linda, Eva, Stephanie, etc. The models of that particular era who were successful and well-known throughout both the high fashion world and mainstream popular culture. At the same time, there were models who were never part of the high fashion world, but who worked primarily in swimsuit/lingerie or cosmetic campaigns who also became extremely well-known celebrities and thus also were labeled Supermodels; Elle MacPherson, Rachel Hunter, Niki Taylor, Paulina Poriskova, etc.

sure, the term may have originated years before, but really it is via that era of models that we connect to the term, Supermodel. Since then, truly the only models who have been as widely successful in either the high fashion and/or commercial modeling worlds AND who have also managed to parlay that success into a celebrity status comparable to the models of the Supermodel Era, are literally countable on perhaps one hand: Kate Moss, Heidi Klum, Tyra Banks, Gisele Bundchen.

obviously there are plenty of others who had great success; Shalom Harlow, Carmen Kass, Karolina Kurkova, Liya Kebede, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Daria Werbowy, Stella Tennant, Amber Valetta, Angela Lindvall, Laetitia Casta, Marisa Miller, Petra Nemcova, Natalia Vodianova, etc etc. and for all of US fashion people who are totally aware of them all, we call them supermodels and when they're referenced in the media they are called supermodels, but none of them have achieved the ubiquitous international awareness that the original Supermodels had and still have.

When Naomi Campbell got sick and had surgery in Brazil a week or so ago, it was reported in newspapers all around the PLANET. and if it were Claudia or Cindy or Gisele or Tyra or Heidi it would have been the same. But what about Angela? Stella? Shalom? Carmen? Adriana? Karolina? I sincerely doubt it. they are supermodels to US because they are the most successful that we've got, but to compare Jessica Stam to Christy Turlington is absurd. NOT in terms of modelling -- because tastes vary and i'm sure there are plenty of people who prefer Stam, but in relation to the actual term Supermodel, i just don't think an appropriate comparison can be drawn.

so then, the only conclusion is that since the word "Supermodel" is still being used, the term has evolved to include those who are successful today, while acknowledging that the particular kind of tremendous, mass successes of the previous Supermodels is simply unattainable. Daria will not have 600 magazine covers, like Cindy or Claudia or Gisele. but in relation to the other models of the moment, is she at the top of the heap? Absolutely. Unarguably. Is she a Supermodel? By present day definitions, it appears so... but compared to the original Supers .. afraid not.