Revel in the myth Miss Myf!
A detractor posted a few days ago to say they were surprised NOT to have seen Next's new Aussie model Myf "hyped" on TI. This is what I have to say about hype. Take it or leave it. Casting directors and the designers they serve are not slow. They would be out of a job if they were. Shows and the edgier editorials are one of the few frontiers left for new models to shine. TI thinks its great that those clients give fresh blood a fighting chance. God know the newbies are being massacred by the Name Brand girls in the campaign sweepstakes. This is not to post a defense but just to put a POV out there. I love new models. I love meeting them, videoing them and watching them walk their very first walk. Given my day job, I can't be so jaded as to dismiss every new girl as dull. You like who you like and c'est tout. I met Myf last week for a MDX video profile and dug her wide eyed wonder at her new New York life. She just finished walking the Prada Resort along with these two other newbies recently posted at MDC, Jessica Cline/Elite and the dreamily beautiful Sigrid/NYM. You know those three girls are going to be most wanted for the SS 09 shows. Trust!
Hype and Hate
TI, I'm impressed that you even bother to post these people's comments. You're a much bigger person that I have given you credit for. I read that person's post about Myf getting hyped and thought, " Geez, what prompts people to post such words with such an underlining tone of hate? Are these comments coming from competing model sites or simply model fans who can't stand it when their own choices aren't put in the spotlight? What even prompts this behavior? Jealousy? Envy? Too much idle time on their hands? IMO, the fact that you guys are pimping anybody new (or old for that matter) is a beautiful thing. Fashion is notoriously fickle but models fans are the worst. Oh Lord. Let's bash Vlada because she's too skinny...or...let's trash Linda because she's old, tired and "stole" Prada away from Sasha. It's so silly and it makes the this particular segment of the fashion industry look ridiculous. Is it any wonder that many people outside of fashion think we're idiots?
TI, Models.com and company are doing the industry a great service by promoting models. Any model. If you don't like who they are promoting, Wayne stated it best: "Take it or leave it" But to post the same hateful rhetoric over and over is pathetic and shows a lack of maturity and grace. Grow up.
We should do more to celebrate our corner of the industry and work less on constantly tearing ourselves apart.
Negativity and Anonymity
Why is it that Negativity and Anonymity go so well together?
I also think TI is amazing
I also think TI is amazing for posting all different POVs...... that's brave and makes for interesting debate.. I love it
No.. I'm not at all a hater, I'm a mag and fashion lover... I'm the end consumer.. and I go back to this.... why are models used... they represent a fantasy of ourselves that we would love to attain... Agyness appeals to many as many people would like to think that they could be as fun and funky, kate appeals to so many as they see themselves as so effortlessly beautiful, stylish and cool, that is the fantasy......
Cat is strong ,elegant and beautiful
That's what sells the clothes in mags and sells mags off the stands
Sorry.. for my two cents worth, Myf isn't going to sell me anything... i don't want to be a plain jane with a copied style , there are thousands of girls like that down at the mall ...and Sara, slightly better but......plastic
I'd rather aspire to be Amanda Laine.... quirky enough to be really quirky and different but given her hype and star run, where are the eds for her... where are the campaigns..... they don't translate because the consumer who buys clothes and beauty products etc is not inspired by them whatever the hype...
Actually i have nothing against newbies at all... but please ...let them have something to hype about... i'm just calling the bluff...what is exciting about these girls?
I suppose i care as fashion becomes so out of touch with the people with purses... people point and notice that the emperor is not wearing any clothes
THat is what the return to the supers is about really i think
An Attainable Fantasy
"I suppose i care as fashion becomes so out of touch with the people with purses... people point and notice that the emperor is not wearing any clothes
THat is what the return to the supers is about really i think"
Lately, I think the voices of the people with purses are being heard:
http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/topofthetimes/features/la-ig-models15-2008jun15,0,278341.story