Cassi van den Dungen photographed by Will Davidson for Vogue Australia
Lindsey Wixson photographed by Katja Rahlwes for Vogue China
Cassi van den Dungen photographed by Will Davidson for Vogue Australia
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Anonymous asked:
Wow, your a model agent? :O Small question as an aspiring model, do you believe that 17 is too old to get into the industry? (recently turned) and also is 175-176cm too short for runway in your opinion?
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175 cm is 5’9” so assuming you’re a girl that’s not too short. it’s sort of considered on the shorter side for runway but it’s still within the ideal height range
17 is definitely not too old. Don’t let Ondria Hardin and her Prada campaign at 13 fool you!
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cluelessdarling asked:
what are you favorite shows from the just passed fashion weeks, and what is your job in the fashion industry. ( sorry if you've already answered this, I'm new to your lovely blog)
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NY: Proenza Schouler, Oscar de la Renta, Marc by Marc Jacobs
London: Tom Ford
Milan: Prada
Paris: Gareth Pugh, Miu Miu, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Céline
I’m a junior model agent/booker
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Anonymous asked:
How do you feel about Anna Della Russo, Michelle Harper, Miroslava Duma, etc., specifically the way they dress? Do you feel it's authentic or simply a way to get attention and be photographed?
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Does this look like somebody who doesn’t want to be photographed to you?
I love Anna Dello Russo, mostly because she is such an anomaly and I actually think she genuinely enjoys dressing like her wardrobe has thrown up all over her… BUT she is also totally aware of the street style photographers and unashamedly craves their attention.
Speaking broadly on the topic of fashion personalities, I think most are somewhere in between authentic and contrived with some tipping way over into the contrived area. At shows it’s painfully obvious and embarrassing when somebody is there for the sole purpose of getting photographed.
I think at the moment editors, models, bloggers, etc are making a more conscious effort to be the best dressed/craziest dressed because of the role social media is playing in fashion and the way brands are advertising. People are almost more interested in what Anna Dello Russo or Miroslava Duma or Natalie Joos are wearing around the Tuileries than what is being put down the runway/
Anja Rubik by Walter Pfeiffer
“It doesn’t matter that Hedi Slimane has spent the past years taking photographs and has never designed a women’s collection. Or that Alexander Wang has no experience at a major fashion label. The adjectives that describe the designers François-Henri wants now are “young,” “modern,” “cosmopolitan” and “commercial.” No one cares whether they rewrite fashion’s idiom.”
— Joshua Levine on PPR chief François-Henri Pinault appointing Hedi Slimane at Saint Laurent and Alexander Wang at Balenciaga, The Man Behind the Curtain, The New York Times T Style Magazine Women’s Spring 2013, February 17th 2013
Sigrid Agren at Chanel Fall 2013
Miu Miu Fall 2013
Kate Moss being iconic at Louis Vuitton Fall 2013
(via foudre)
Well, I would not even buy anything from Saint Laurent FW13 if it was in a bargain bin at Walmart and it distresses me to know that there are women who will pay thousands of dollars to look that bad
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Anonymous asked:
When did you start becoming interest about fashion and how? Your responses are always so well written and it shows how passionate you are about this subject; i have always wondered where did everything start. A big fan.
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First of all, thank you!! I feel like most of my responses are just me rambling about nothing so I’m always surprised when people say I write well.
To answer your question, I feel that from a young age I was always very interested in fashion. I would say it started from birth, or just after. I was always ahead of the curve and much more stylish than my peers.
For example:
Left: Me, Autumn/Winter 1992. Right: Marc Jacobs Autumn/Winter 2011
Left: Me, Spring/Summer 1996. Right: Junya Watanabe, Spring/Summer 2011
Left: Me, Autumn/Winter 1998. Right: Rick Owens, Autumn/Winter 2007
See what I mean?
In all seriousness though, I wasn’t interested in fashion at all until I was about 14/15. You have to understand that growing up where I lived the most common outfit was probaaaably: jandals (potentially with socks), rugby shorts, and a kathmandu jacket - even in Summer, even in the clubs (I still cannot deal with these jackets to this day because of it). I used to wear ugg boots and thought they were stylish (is this blog-suicide admitting this?? oh well)
Anyway, I don’t really remember how I came across real~ fashion but it started with McQueen and Galliano. I was really drawn by the theatrical elements of those 2 designers specifically.. which is something that makes me sad about today’s fashion. The drama and emotion doesn’t really exist anymore, you know?
Also this whole world really fascinated me, I had no idea that fashion was this big industry worth billions of dollars. That made me really interested - and still interests me to this day. I used to look at Vogue Italia editorials online (because we only had British, American and Australian Vogue and I wasn’t rich enough to buy magazines online at that point) and look at the collections on style.com during class in high school.
That’s the story I guess… I just became really obsessed and thought I would get over it eventually but I didn’t and then I decided I wanted to work in fashion so I did. The end.
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Anonymous asked:
I know you went to NYFW but do you go to fashion shows in New Zealand much? How does one (who doesn't work in fashion) get invited? Is it easier than overseas or hard? It seems like it's the same people always who go to fashion week shows.
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It’s not exactly “hard” but if you don’t work in fashion or have connections or some kind of relevance/importance** then you won’t get invited, same as NYFW. Your options in either case are to land a job where your attendance at shows is needed/wanted, become famous or date someone famous, or become a really good client of a designer. You could also also start blogging but you have to have a decent-sized audience and something interesting to say because the blogosphere is over-saturated with “FASHION” blogs and people literally don’t care now (IMO). The industry, and the internet for that matter, does not need any more “”“personal style “”“” blogs with descriptions like “♥A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous!♥♥ -Coco Chanel“ and endless pictures of macaroons, Cara Delevingne, thigh gaps and girls wearing indian headresses.
As much as everyone who loooooooooooooooves fashion would like to go to shows and see all the nice clothes what you have to realise is that the shows are for media and buyers to preview the next season - they are there to do their job. The exclusivity may seem pretentious (and let’s be honest, the industry thrives off this lol) but there’s a reason for it.
That all being said, you don’t need to be invited to go to the show. You could always try sneaking in (this is how Suzy Menkes started off after all) or volunteer.
**I use these terms loosely
