I think it is understandable that a lot of people find themselfs good memories of a time goneby with all these supers gracing the covers of all Vogues and starring in all those Vuitton and Valentino ads. But the most important aspect of that appreciaton is that it is indeed an appreciation of times that have passed. The supers are still the big ones in the eye of the public and most girls of today don't even slightly resemble the good ol' supers. And I do not see anything wrong with that. Time goes fast and fashion is a seasonal phenomenon...with trends coming and passing, fashion adjusts and so does the modeling world. Therefore models have evolved in something different today and that is something very interesting to watch. I already dare say that fashion is starting to move away from the young, blank Prada exclusive and that is based on the average age of the new successes of F/W 08.09. Most of them were above 18...Malin, Georgina and Abbey Lee all above 20 if I am correct.
And in defense of Ali and Toni, they represent the request of 2008 fashion: a yearning for the intellectual, yet beautiful model. In my opinion, the time of the supers was all about the beautiful model and the times of 2003-2006 or something were about the intellectual model. Not intellectual as in smart, but as in how they look. A look that evokes a certain 'hauteness' and carries a compelling aesthetic. Think of Iekeliene, or even Sasha. Especially Toni is the perfect example of where those two meet. We've all been debating for a long time whether the supermodel would return...the neo-supermodel if you will. Doutzen, Raquel, Hilary and co gracing the US Vogue cover was a small sign. And I think that slowly, but steadily, the fashion world might be channeling towards a model that both speaks to high fashion and commercialism again. The girls of today are forming a bridge between two extremes and therefore they are only extremely interesting to follow and not to forget, look at.
That said, I truly hope that the big shots in fashion acknowledge the girl of today and actually give them a chance to fully bloom. And this is also a cry to the models who are rising to that 6 figure check. If this is really to change then they need to help as well. Accepting all those big dollar contracts is great, but when you lose contact to high fashion and stick to those huge contracts then it might never change (you know who you are, Doutzen, Hilary etc) And that is where Daria and Raquel come in IMO. The ultimate bridgebuilders between the past and the future, high fashion and commercial fashion...we'll have to wait and see where it goes.
In defense of today's girls
I think it is understandable that a lot of people find themselfs good memories of a time goneby with all these supers gracing the covers of all Vogues and starring in all those Vuitton and Valentino ads. But the most important aspect of that appreciaton is that it is indeed an appreciation of times that have passed. The supers are still the big ones in the eye of the public and most girls of today don't even slightly resemble the good ol' supers. And I do not see anything wrong with that. Time goes fast and fashion is a seasonal phenomenon...with trends coming and passing, fashion adjusts and so does the modeling world. Therefore models have evolved in something different today and that is something very interesting to watch. I already dare say that fashion is starting to move away from the young, blank Prada exclusive and that is based on the average age of the new successes of F/W 08.09. Most of them were above 18...Malin, Georgina and Abbey Lee all above 20 if I am correct.
And in defense of Ali and Toni, they represent the request of 2008 fashion: a yearning for the intellectual, yet beautiful model. In my opinion, the time of the supers was all about the beautiful model and the times of 2003-2006 or something were about the intellectual model. Not intellectual as in smart, but as in how they look. A look that evokes a certain 'hauteness' and carries a compelling aesthetic. Think of Iekeliene, or even Sasha. Especially Toni is the perfect example of where those two meet. We've all been debating for a long time whether the supermodel would return...the neo-supermodel if you will. Doutzen, Raquel, Hilary and co gracing the US Vogue cover was a small sign. And I think that slowly, but steadily, the fashion world might be channeling towards a model that both speaks to high fashion and commercialism again. The girls of today are forming a bridge between two extremes and therefore they are only extremely interesting to follow and not to forget, look at.
That said, I truly hope that the big shots in fashion acknowledge the girl of today and actually give them a chance to fully bloom. And this is also a cry to the models who are rising to that 6 figure check. If this is really to change then they need to help as well. Accepting all those big dollar contracts is great, but when you lose contact to high fashion and stick to those huge contracts then it might never change (you know who you are, Doutzen, Hilary etc) And that is where Daria and Raquel come in IMO. The ultimate bridgebuilders between the past and the future, high fashion and commercial fashion...we'll have to wait and see where it goes.