Wider Pitch: Top 10 British Models
Text: Sonya Ruppiner
Russian and Asian models this season suddenly pushed English women. The number of impressions in which they participated, broke all records. There are two people in London who can provide models with a start in life, this is Burberry creative director Christopher Bailey and stylist Katie Grand. Considering that Burberry is one of the hundred most successful companies in the world, and Katie Grand is among the ten most influential stylists, the domination of British models on the catwalks (as it happened this season) is hardly without their participation. For example, if a model falls into the hands of Love’s chief editor and grand stylist, then she will definitely appear on shows by Giles, Marc Jacobs, Prada and, until recently, Louis Vuitton. Plus, probably will appear on the cover of Love and will appear in many advertisements for the Grand Ward brands. With Christopher Bailey is still easier. Even those who do not recognize the London Fashion Week as an important event are always watching the Burber.ru shows, so every model on the catwalk has a heightened attention from the world press. To understand how acquaintances with Bailey and Grand affect their careers, we study the stories of 10 successful British models.
Malaika Firth
A 20-year-old Briton of Kenyan descent attracted everyone’s attention when she appeared for the Prada autumn / winter campaign last year. The moment was significant, because before that the only dark-skinned model that appeared in 1994 in advertising the Italian brand was Naomi Campbell. Not surprisingly, the Firth immediately dubbed the new Naomi. By the way, the Firth also appeared in the new Prada spring-summer campaign. In a model business, Malaika was brought by her mother, after seeing an episode about the London Premier agency on TV. In the very first season (spring-summer 2014), Firth took part in 57 shows, in the fall-winter 2014 season, she appeared on all fashion weeks from New York to Paris: on shows of Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Stella McCartney, Giambattista Valli, Fendi, Christopher Kane, Prabal Gurung, JW Anderson. Behind the backs of the British shooting campaigns are Prada, Valentino, Burberry, Daisy Eau So Fresh Marc Jacobs fragrance ad, and the long-awaited appearance on the cover of British Vogue.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Girlfriend Jason Statema refers to the so-called money girls - commercial models. With the same success, they appear on the covers of Vogue and men's publications, they are quickly noticed by Victoria's Secret and Sports Illustrated, and they are very much in commercials. Compared to other models, Rosie practically does not participate in shows, but works closely with Victoria's Secret, acts in Transformers, works with Burberry and is friends with Balmain creative director Olivier Rustans. It’s not surprising that Rosie went to Balmain’s last two shows: spring-summer 2013 and autumn-winter 2014. But she’s doing well in the advertising market: she advertises Burberry The Body fragrance and collaborates with Marks & Spencer and Juicy Couture. She often appears on the covers - in the past few years we have seen her in Love, the British Vogue, ELLE and Harper's Bazaar, and the photographer Rankin dedicated Rosie a book.
Lily McMenami
Supermodel daughter Kristen McMenami immediately attracted attention with her non-standard appearance. Photos of her profile from the show Chanel did not discuss only lazy, and after entering her name in Google pops up the hint "ugly". However, in the model world, any unusual appearance is called "one of a kind", so the girl does not complex: removed for iD and Gray Magazine covers, appears on all significant shows - from Giles, Fendi, Kenzo, Chanel, Saint Laurent Paris to Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton, regularly appears on the pages of Love and appeared in an advertisement for Marc Jacobs along with another favorite of stylist Eddie Campbell.
Eddie Campbell
In early 2013, Eddie changed her hairstyle. Prior to that, she already had many advertising campaigns, including Burberry, Saint Laurent Paris and Diesel. With short hair, she was rated Lanvin, Jil Sander, Dior. Campbell, like Cara Delevingne, is friends with both Burberry and Katie Grand. This means double success for the model - it is shot in advertising Burberry, Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs. By the way, Eddie is the muse of Jacobs - for him she opened his last show for Louis Vuitton in New York in the fall of 2013. Last year, the model appeared on the covers of the British and German Vogue, three times on the covers of Vogue Italia and, of course, Love. In the new season, she went to all the major shows: Chanel, Valentino, Saint Laurent, Lanvin, Stella McCartney and others. And in December last year, Campbell took the "Model of the Year" award straight from the hands of Cara Delevingne.
Bitches waterhouse
The 23-year-old model dropped out of school at 16, met with Miles Caine and The Kooks vocalist Luke Pritchard, and now her boyfriend is Bradley Cooper. Suki first attracted attention in 2012, appearing in an advertisement for Pepe Jeans, followed by filming for Sass & Bide and H & M Divided. As in the case with the previous models, it is associated with Burberry - since 2013, it has advertised Brit Rhythm fragrances for men and women and has participated in the shows of the British brand. Bitch - the perfect embodiment of british cool: hairstyle for Marianna Feitfull, outfits from Topshop and ASOS, photos from music festivals, girlfriend models, loud parties and celebrity boyfriends. She is loved by British Vogue - last year she showed her wardrobe to visitors of the site for a month, and in January 2014 she appeared on the cover of the publication.
Jordan dunn
To begin with, Dunn is great at cooking. In her culinary show "Well Dunn", girlfriend models often appear: Cara Delevingne, Chanel Iman and Joan Smalls. Jordan's story is a classic life biography of a model: at 16 she was noticed by a Stout agency scout at a Primark store of cheap clothes, at 18 she gave birth to a child, and after a few months her boyfriend was accused of selling drugs. In the same 18 British Vogue called her model of the year, she appeared on the cover of the cult edition Vogue Italia, dedicated to dark-skinned models. In the same 2008, she gets on the cover of the already British Vogue. Now Dunn devotes all his free time to his son and works very hard: he is shooting for advertising cosmetics Burberry, YSL Beauty, Tommy Hilfiger, H & M, Topshop and CK. Works with Patrick Demarchelier for W Magazine. This season, she appeared on shows Moschino, Alexander Wang, Oscar de la Renta, Balmain, and, of course, Burberry Prorsum. And very significant, in 2012, Jordan participated in the closing ceremony of the London Summer Olympics side by side with supermodels such as Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell.
Cara Delevingne
In 2011, Cara Delevingne appeared in Burberry advertising - and it turned out that there were not enough luxurious eyebrows in the British, and after her, world fashion was not enough. Kara quickly became a celebrity and the most popular model in the world: she has 4.7 million followers on Instagram, she is loved by her photographers, Karl Lagerfeld releases her to close the Chanel Haute Couture show and walks to the podium with her hand, she made the first selfie The time of the Giles show this year, and in the last advertising campaign, Burberry was shot together with another pride of the kingdom - Kate Moss. In 2012, Kara became the model of the year in the UK; last year she appeared on the covers of Vogue (by the way, all Asian editions of Vogue put Kara on the cover - Korea, China, Japan), Interview, W Magazine, Industrie, Love, iD and Numéro, now ranks fifth in the ranking of the most successful models of models.com, and even tried herself as a designer - developed a collection of bags for Mulberry. In 2012, Katie Grand explained the success of Cara Deleignin and British models in general: they don’t take their careers too seriously, so they enjoy themselves to the fullest and it’s easy to work with them. Then she compared the model with a hyperactive Labrador, which has a lot of energy, and he charges everyone with his activity on the set. Is it really a matter of heightened activity, or is it just luck, is not yet clear, but this year, Delevigne has already become the face of YSL Beauty, Burberry Make-Up, La Perla, DKNY and Mulberry.
Charlotte wiggins
Charlotte Wiggins' first work was the shooting of the Burberry Autumn-Winter - 2010 advertising campaign, Christopher Bailey personally chose a 16-year-old model, having seen her first Polaroids (there was nothing else in her portfolio yet). Since 2010, Wiggins appears in every Burberry advertising campaign, including the English Rose make-up collection, participates in Dolce & Gabbana, Nina Ricci and Céline shows, and this season becomes the face of Topshop, Hunter and BCBGMAXAZRIA - it’s still their face. Participates in the show Dolce & Gabbana, Missoni, Trussardi, etc.
Sam rollinson
Like many other successful British models, at the beginning of her career, Sam appeared in the Burberry advertising fall-winter 2010 with Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Charlotte Wiggins, and the next season she became the face of Balenciaga and made 63 shows. As in the case of Eddie Campbell, her success is associated with a successful haircut - when, at 13, she was noticed by a Select agency scout, Sam's hair was long and multi-colored, in the first advertisement of Burberry, too, did not recognize her. But before the last show of Nicolas Ghesquière for Balenciaga, in the fall of 2012, the famous stylist Guido Palau cut off her hair right on the backstage. Since then, the hairstyle has become even shorter, and contracts - even more: last season, Sam starred for Valentino, Sonia Rykiel, H & M by Isabel Marant and J Brand, appeared on the covers of iD magazine and Self Service and now takes 15th place in the ranking most successful models of the site models.com. Sam has appeared on all significant shows this season - from Hermès, Chanel, Saint Laurent Paris to Rodarte and Stella McCartney.
Matilda Lowther
The 18-year-old model is another proof that the best way to life for the British model is to attract the attention of people from Burberry. Last fall, she first appeared on the catwalk with Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Sam Rollinson and Cara Delevin at the Christopher Bailey show, as well as in the shows of Paul Smith and Hermès. In the new season, she went to Burberry. Together with Jordan Dunn, Eddie Campbell, Charlotte Wiggins and Cara Delevingne are participating in the Burberry Prorsum show and advertise the Burberry English Rose makeup collection. In general, Matilda is in the right company, and we do not lose sight of her.