Alloy

Alloy is a slightly more expensive version of Wet Seal, basically, but they occasionally have cute things on sale. Therefore, I was on their site. As usual, I got distracted by bathing suits. Until I came across this:
In Seventeen magazine a couple of years ago, they had a survey about how girls felt about their bodies. I don't remember the exact number, but they had a question about "do you think being able to see bones/ribs is beautiful?" aka being so skinny (like this girl) that you can see your ribs and a surprising percentage of girls said YES, they do think that is beautiful, and something they should strive for. That's sickening. So, ALLOY, maybe you should read that and stop putting superskinny models where thousands of teenage (and younger) girls will see it, and think that's what they need to be. Go get Sarah Ruba instead!

More Models and COCO'S new ad

Coco's ad for YSL Elle is awesommeeee her face is great

the TV commercial is kind of whack though...

and i discovered this girl from COACD:

Her name is Ania and she's from Supreme Models. Gorgeous!

Elsa Jacquin from Storm Models.

I haven't seen either of these girls in any ads or editorials but theyre awesome and I hope to see them walk in the F/W 08 shows (February!!)

And even though she's everywhere at the moment, this picture of Ali Michaels is really amazing; her cheekbones are fantastic!!!! She's at Elite right now...

She's only 15 or 16!

SARAHHHH!!!

I. am. SO. excited.

Fashion week

and guess what!! OK, so I read Delia's catalogs obsessively and about a year ago I saw a cute redhead and she became my New Favorite Delia's Model.

(pic from delias.com. and i like that shirt!)

She had such ease, and was the best model in the catalogue. and GUESS WHAT. over at Confessions of a Casting Director (search COACD, too lazy to put a link, sorry!) he put up some new faces who would be seen walking in Fashion Week, and just up-and-coming girls (and some guys). and she was there, in all her redhead glory. I love her! Her name is Sarah and I love her!!! haha sorry if you're reading this and think I'm a creep, Sarah. I just love you as a model. And probably, if I met you, as a friend. But that's all. I adore redheads anyway. I wish I could be one but my friends looked at me in horror when I suggested it.

She's signed with NEXT. I have a few other New Fave Models but I'll post them later.

Have I mentioned OMG FASHION WEEK?

Kinga

Browsing style.com's growing collection of Resort 08 shows, I came across Kinga Rajzak in Balenciaga's show. It was okay until I saw this picture of her:

at which point I became extremely worried for her health. Ghesquière's lantern sleeves just exaggerate the toothpicks that are her arms. I thought we'd gotten over (a little bit) the anorexic look? I thought the designers were falling over each other in the race to declare that I, I, I would NEVER hire a girl who I thought was in DANGER! Apparently Ghesquiere doesn't apply to this school of thought...

I'm sorry, but I really don't believe this is "natural" like the models who are angry people accuse them of eating disorders because I promise, I came by my 5 foot-11 inch, 99-pound body naturally!

That's the latest from the Model Files

Coco!!

Coco Rocha is so great, she's only 19, and Canadian, and I'm sure I've mentioned her before (probably a lot of times...) and she has a website, coco-rocha.com, where she actually has a blog! How great is that?? All the time the model's "lifestyle" is summed up in Vogue or something as "Oh, we have such fun at the shows, but it's so crazy backstage, and we are in makeup for hours. Oh, la, I love modeling, I go to every country ever and walk for everyone, I'm gorgeous, not anorexic, yay fashion" but Coco's blog is about her hilarious fears of mice in her apartment and her trying to find time to see her old friends, etc. And there's a board where she answers readers' questions! OK, so we can't be 100% sure it's really her writing, but what lunatic would go through so much trouble to make up all this stuff? And if it isn't her... that's amusing too haha.
The only thing I have against her was that she was discovered. Damn, I hate those models! It's like that scene in Superstar Mary Catherine Gallagher is having a "Supermodel Moment" and she puts on an accent and goes "I vas just valking down the street, and a man comes to me and say 'Vould you like to be a supermodel?' and I say 'OK' and here I am in New York the next day in Vogue!" lol (If you don't understand, go rent this movie right now!!)