Who Are The New Supermodels?

[smartarse]

The Name behind the model

Back in the day before the word "supermodel" ever flowed from the lips of fashionistas people always see the face and rarely seen the name behind the face. When Calvin Klein did the infamous commercial with Brooke Shields it inadvertedly sparked people's interests -- in the world of fashion. Linda, Christy, Naomi etc. came in at the right place at the right time. Media focus on these fresh young faces , editors jumped on the bandwagon and plastered them in adverts, commericials, magazines. Their names print in bold... people are now able to put a face with a name. Wonders of advertising.

Fashion shows in NYC wasn't a big deal and it was often done in designer's showroom with as little as 20 people if that in attendance. When the masses can be heard saying "Christy", "Linda" a noncelebrity it soon send waves of interests in Modeling and in Fashion alike from the public. Eileen and Jerry (Ford) soon became synonymous. FORD was put in the forefront. And right behind it ELITE. Calvin Klein, again, made headwaves when he put a young Kate Moss, topless and in jeans in billboards and ads with the heroin chic written all over it from fashion journalists alike, it not only became scandulous it also put the industry in the same position. People wanted more. They want the name behind all the models and soon the birth of 1993 7th on Sixth. Designers at that time wanted to ride the wave of the 'supermodels' in the forefront to give publicity and notoriety to their names.

*Fashion than was just focus on the latest trend and never the model. Nowadays we look at the model and THAN the clothes, most of the time.

Funny how it all began with the Supermodel mystique.

 

[Owen Bruce]

She also needs to do Sports Illustrated!

 

[smartarse]

...but is it time for a new supermodel ? hmm... well it all depends if you're referring to the supermodel status within the industry or commercially. Just like some people here have said unless she's dating a Hollywood bad boy , or a high profiled musician , you'd have to wait another year or the year after or the year after that and so on.

*Daria, Jessica, Jeisa and Gemma maybe be the supermodel for the fashionistas but like the article said, "the average joe don't know her and don't care".

Back in the day before the word "supermodel" ever flowed from the lips of fashionistas people always see the face and rarely seen the name behind the face. When Calvin Klein did the infamous commercial with Brooke Shields it inadvertedly sparked people's interests -- in the world of fashion. Linda, Christy, Naomi etc. came in at the right place at the right time. Media focus on these fresh young faces , editors jumped on the bandwagon and plastered them in adverts, commericials, magazines. Their names print in bold... people are now able to put a face with a name. Wonders of advertising.

Fashion shows in NYC wasn't a big deal and it was often done in designer's showroom with as little as 20 people if that in attendance. When the masses can be heard saying "Christy", "Linda" a noncelebrity it soon send waves of interests in Modeling and in Fashion alike from the public. Eileen and Jerry (Ford) soon became synonymous. FORD was put in the forefront. And right behind it ELITE. Calvin Klein, again, made headwaves when he put a young Kate Moss, topless and in jeans in billboards and ads with the heroin chic written all over it from fashion journalists alike, it not only became scandulous it also put the industry in the same position. People wanted more. They want the name behind all the models and soon the birth of 1993 7th on Sixth. Designers at that time wanted to ride the wave of the 'supermodels' in the forefront to give publicity and notoriety to their names.

*Fashion than was just focus on the latest trend and never the model. Nowadays we look at the model and THAN the clothes, most of the time.

Funny how it all began with the Supermodel mystique.

 

[fashionkitten7]

of course NO bugs, NO Aliens, NO waifs ........

Hahaha... that was funny

By the way, isn't one of the Supers a life-long waif ?

 

[eword]

...but is it time for a new supermodel ? hmm... well it all depends if you're referring to the supermodel status within the industry or commercially. Just like some people here have said unless she's dating a Hollywood bad boy , or a high profiled musician , you'd have to wait another year or the year after or the year after that and so on.

*Daria, Jessica, Jeisa and Gemma maybe be the supermodel for the fashionistas but like the article said, "the average joe don't know her and don't care".

i agree (as usual ).
i think we don't have to take the term 'supermodel' literally. or better, i don't think that when we see daria defined as supermodel or rising supermodel we can really compare her to the old supermodels.
we have more or less filled the list of what a supermodel requires and daria doesn't have most of it. neither she seems to be interested in having.

seen the gap between high fashion and commercial stuff, probably it's the brazilians and the vs angels who have taken the place of the old supermodels.

 

[fashionkitten7]

seen the gap between high fashion and commercial stuff, probably it's the brazilians and the vs angels who have taken the place of the old supermodels.

Yup ! In a way... B)

 

[model_mom]

There is not going to be another "supermodel" until the powers to be stop promoting the celebrity image and concentrate their efforts on a few ladies rather than sending hordes of models thriough a revolving door and promoting each of them as the next big thing. They're never around long enough to be the next big anything.

 

[smartarse]

I absolutely agree, model_mom.

...but not to say the fault lies soley at the powers-to-be but to the masses who identify more to celebrity than to models. Unless, there's an entertainment television that caters to celebs such as ET, Access Hollywood, EXTRA, Insider, and E! who infact is the catalyst that catapult celebrity status into stratosphere , the coveted supermodel celebritydome of the 90's are long gone.

 

[*DiamondQueen*]

i definitely think some new-generation supermodels would be good for whole fashion/modeling industry.
there are several girls who have good chances to be one of them one day. i see immense potential for julia stegner and doutzen. they're both very beautiful and successful. Julia even walked for Victoria's Secret. Wish both of them best luck, they're wonderful!

 

[Deleted member 1957]

When Julia first came out she seemed poised to be the next Claudia Schiffer she had lots of confidence and sex appeal yet still high fashion at the same time. Dont know where all this went

Did anyone see the article on www.vogue.co.uk where they said that a supermodel had finally arrived on the New York fashion runways week ie. Naomi Campbell @ Anna Sui

What about Hilary? She seems to be getting lots of attention of late and being named in various articles. She also has a look that could do high fashion as well as commercial/sexy work. She also seems to be quite popular with the Alure editors as she has appeared in countless editorials there

here she is closing Zac Posen image www.vogue.co.uk

images www.style.com

 

[laurlaur]

I don't find Hilary attractive at all, and I only found out who she was a few weeks ago.

 

[Deleted member 1957]

All she needs in Sports illustrated and a beauty contract and maybe a few 'other' covers like allure,COSMO, FHM...

IMG www.vogue.co.uk

 

[*DiamondQueen*]

Urban_Stylin
Don't you think Julia can still become the next Claudia Schiffer ?
I suppose she can, she's getting best jobs every day, looks great. I saw an editorial of her from summer photographed by Karl Lagerfeld- she reminded me of a young Bridget Bardot.
Hilary looks great though i haven't heard so much of her like of others.

 

[PussyLee]

I think if there's one coming........it's Bianca Balti

she has the most incredibly, unreal beauty I've seen for a long time!

 

[iluvjeisa]

I absolutely agree, model_mom.

...but not to say the fault lies soley at the powers-to-be but to the masses who identify more to celebrity than to models. Unless, there's an entertainment television that caters to celebs such as ET, Access Hollywood, EXTRA, Insider, and E! who infact is the catalyst that catapult celebrity status into stratosphere , the coveted supermodel celebritydome of the 90's are long gone.

Yes, but who says that a model cannot be a celebrity. They can if they want to and if they're given that role. If they are frequently named in editorials and have interesting, real or fake, relationships which are publicized I don't quite see why they couldn't be celebs. If these channels decided to pick up a few girls with interesting styles and lives, they could easily join the list of celebs.

 

[Deleted member 1957]

very important point iluvjeisa, being named in editorials and magazine articles is very important like we are used to seeign Gisele wears Chanel skirt 720$...but recently Daria was identified as and another model by Getty images.
As for Julia, her watch ad may be a sign of things to come lets watch the space bt then again she didnt make straight men want to know her name during VS which is what counts on the road to superstardom. Fashion people dont even have to necessarily like a supermodel(just visit Gisele's thread) as for Gemma I can see her gaining from her popularity among teenage girls

 

[Deleted member 1957]

I still believe that after Doutzen, Hillary is next in line she was even named in one allure page...they rarely name their models

 

[Sugarmama]

I honestly don't see it happening with Hillary. Karolina and Doutzen, maybe. Karolina is definitely becoming more well-known. Most people in the general public still have no clue of who Daria is.

 

[PussyLee]

Yes, but who says that a model cannot be a celebrity. They can if they want to and if they're given that role. If they are frequently named in editorials and have interesting, real or fake, relationships which are publicized I don't quite see why they couldn't be celebs. If these channels decided to pick up a few girls with interesting styles and lives, they could easily join the list of celebs.

lack of public interests hinders a model from becoming a celebrity. Thats why no supermodel as famous as cindy crawford can be found nowadays!

Cindy Crawford:

American Icon

famous for her pepsi ad

no.1 selling work-out video in history

been on the covers of more than 800, 000 magazine

Top-billed a movie ( eat that Gisele! )

music videos

REVLON multi-million beauty ad seen around the globe

married Richard Gere at his "pretty woman" peak

host MTV "House of Style"

always around media publicity (TV. magazines, parties)

all men wanted her and all women wants to look like her.......the beauty is a man magnet yet woman friendly.

She always the no.1 among the Linda-Claudia-Naomi-Christy pack. Gisele has no strong competition.

 

[iluvjeisa]

very important point iluvjeisa, being named in editorials and magazine articles is very important like we are used to seeign Gisele wears Chanel skirt 720$...but recently Daria was identified as and another model by Getty images.
As for Julia, her watch ad may be a sign of things to come lets watch the space bt then again she didnt make straight men want to know her name during VS which is what counts on the road to superstardom. Fashion people dont even have to necessarily like a supermodel(just visit Gisele's thread) as for Gemma I can see her gaining from her popularity among teenage girls

Getty images hits:

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Adriana Lima 476
Karolina Kurkova 768
Fernanda Tavarez 0
Julia Stegner 30
Gemma Ward 20
Daria Werbowy 17
Jessica Stam 10
Jeisa Chiminazzo 22
Raquel Zimmermann 21
Erin Wasson 46