Vogue Adria April 2025 : Paloma Elsesser by Davit Giorgadze

[vogue22]

Paloma who??

I am still waiting for Faretta to grace Vogue Adria.
(Faretta by Benny Horne for Zimmermann Spring Summer 2020 campaign, theimpression.com)
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Girl this is not 2019, pack it up.

 

[BalkaniStaCouture]

Girl this is not 2019, pack it up.

I guess “a model” can only last 3-4 years by your norm? Is that what are you saying???

So Loli Bahia will be “last thing” next year???

Guuurl!!!

 

[blueorchid]

So Loli Bahia will be “last thing” next year???

We can only hope.

 

[TomBlanksFullFatMiuMiu]

And this has gotten out of hand a 5’6 Paloma with 2 runway shows a year won Model of the year over Anok Yai. This is a direct slap on the face.

No hate towards Alex, but she won Model of the Year 2024 over Lulu, Anok and Rianne is actually quite similar

 

[Phuel]

No one would be so mercilessly harsh on her if she weren’t so reliably mid in every single image as a Super: shattering that escapism/illusion/magic of high fashion and dragging us to the reality of mediocrity/average/normal daily grind of the average person. Even if she lost weight and/or became toned, there’s just no potential in her at all with that permafrown signature of hers.

There’s a shot of a group of models, Paloma included, photographed by Annie for Vogue several issues ago, where Paloma looked good. But that takes effort— both on the part of the photographer, the creative team and of the cast. Unfortunately, the new talents that are working with Paloma, lack… talent-- and that's another topic in itself. Even Annie’s shot only printed that sole select, so It’s highly suspicious if Paloma would even be able to maintain the momentum for an entire story. She never can. But Binx no doubt would and could. And one has to ask oneself: As a high fashion vision when both are exerting minimum effort, which one would look effortlessly transcendent, elevated, immaculate just standing there.... Simply not comparable. Just look at the difference in head size alone… (Reading the comments for the i-D feature, one will understand why Paloma is so popular: Low standards of the masses represented by this woman as high fashion.)

 

[svpernova]

No hate towards Alex, but she won Model of the Year 2024 over Lulu, Anok and Rianne is actually quite similar

I actually can justify Alex because she walked a lot of runways and also scored top campaigns. In other words she at least worked that specific year but Paloma had scored little to no campaigns and 2 runway shows. It’s unexplainable. Plus she isn’t even well known amongst youngsters anyways. Her winning pleased absolutely nobody, in fact it made the antipathy against her even stronger.

 

[TomBlanksFullFatMiuMiu]

No one would be so mercilessly harsh on her if she weren’t so reliably mid in every single image as a Super: shattering that escapism/illusion/magic of high fashion and dragging us to the reality of mediocrity/average/normal daily grind of the average person. Even if she lost weight and/or became toned, there’s just no potential in her at all with that permafrown signature of hers.

There’s a shot of a group of models, Paloma included, photographed by Annie for Vogue several issues ago, where Paloma looked good. But that takes effort— both on the part of the photographer, the creative team and of the cast. Unfortunately, the new talents that are working with Paloma, lack… talent-- and that's another topic in itself. Even Annie’s shot only printed that sole select, so It’s highly suspicious if Paloma would even be able to maintain the momentum for an entire story. She never can. But Binx no doubt would and could. And one has to ask oneself: As a high fashion vision when both are exerting minimum effort, which one would look effortlessly transcendent, elevated, immaculate just standing there.... Simply not comparable. Just look at the difference in head size alone… (Reading the comments for the i-D feature, one will understand why Paloma is so popular: Low standards of the masses represented by this woman as high fashion.)

Last year's Olympics had a diversity quota to encourage smaller countries to participate, even if the athletes didn't meet their usual standards. I do pity Paloma for all the hate she is receiving; she must realize that she is often viewed as a DEI hire and a token in a runway show (because designers don't approach this from a sincere honest perspective). At the same time, she is quite wealthy from all the lucrative jobs she is getting, so the criticism (if fair) is part of the deal I guess.

 

[proseccotabis]

We can only hope.

Waiting for the day brands realize she’s bland af

 

[Cute]

Title says 2024 by the way.

 

[vogue22]

Waiting for the day brands realize she’s bland af

You know they love a bland girl who just stands there (Mica, Julia, Binx, Selena, Lexi etc...)

 

[vogue22]

So Loli Bahia will be “last thing” next year???

Guuurl!!!

Hopefully she is! Guurl chile the tea!

No hate towards Alex, but she won Model of the Year 2024 over Lulu, Anok and Rianne is actually quite similar

Except none of the girls above were nominated except Anok so.

 

[BalkaniStaCouture]

Last year's Olympics had a diversity quota to encourage smaller countries to participate, even if the athletes didn't meet their usual standards. I do pity Paloma for all the hate she is receiving; she must realize that she is often viewed as a DEI hire and a token in a runway show (because designers don't approach this from a sincere honest perspective). At the same time, she is quite wealthy from all the lucrative jobs she is getting, so the criticism (if fair) is part of the deal I guess.

(architecturaldigest.com)

Very wealthy indeed!

 

[TomBlanksFullFatMiuMiu]

(architecturaldigest.com)

Very wealthy indeed!

good for her

 

[JohannesL]

The illusion ordinary people have in high fashion make them believe that they have a say in it when it comes to DEI, but at the same time they are equally tempted by its strategic marketing of exclusiveness like those snobs that they don't like. I think it reminds me what I hate about the hypocrisy of the industry promoting inclusiveness while irrespectively discriminating poor people regardless their race, gender, ethnicity and other identities.

 

[vogue22]

Reading the comments for the i-D feature, one will understand why Paloma is so popular: Low standards of the masses represented by this woman as high fashion.)

You do realize most if not all these comments are praising Binx and not Paloma right?

 

[vogue22]

I guess “a model” can only last 3-4 years by your norm? Is that what are you saying???

Do you think I'm the reason why she flopped after 2020?

 

[oaklee91]

tokenized for filling the plus slot

 

[NicholasII]

One thing I noticed with Paloma is that she always tilts her head up when she does fashion shoots! Trying to be “fierce”. I mean she kind of have to because of her short neck.
Beautiful girl but very limited modeling skills.

 

[BalkaniStaCouture]

 

[BalkaniStaCouture]