Style.com has released it’s list of top models from the Resort shows, presentations, and lookbooks. The article points out how Resort has grown in the past few years, bringing more jobs for models in the fashion capitals.
For models, the season has become a particularly important platform for exposure outside of the standard ready-to-wear runways. During the busy summer months, many in-demand girls juggle shooting Pre-Spring lookbooks, advertising campaigns, and glossy editorials at once—in addition to jetting to far-flung destinations like Dubai or Monaco for big-budget brands’ Cruise shows.
In general, the season was dominated by fresh-faced blonds like Lexi Boling, Harleth Kuusik, Nastya Sten, and Manuela Frey, who each made nine or more Resort appearances in lookbooks or on the catwalks. Tomboyish brunettes Mijo Mihaljcic and Waleska Gorczevski were hot on their heels with seven Resort cameos apiece.
While we do send our congrats to Nastya, Harleth, Lexi, and company, we can’t help but feel again disappointed by the lack of visible diversity this season. Mega-brands such as Burberry, Stella McCartney, Alexander Wang, and Gucci all had lookbooks made up entirely of white faces. Only 5 of 45 looks at Louis Vuitton were worn by non-white models. Fendi, on the other hand, had no white faces in it’s 33-look lookbook, as Binx Walton modelled every look.
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