Monday, February 14, 2011

A Record Falls

Most of you know that Marc Jacobs showed his F/W 11/12 collection tonight. What most of you may not know is that tonight also marks the first time in Freja's career that she did not walk down Marc's runway. Yes, a record falls tonight.....and another will fall tomorrow night at Narciso Rodriguez.

Marc and Narciso are the only two shows that Freja has walked for every, single season; eleven times in a row. Every September and every February, we could expect to see her grace those designers' catwalks, but her NY absence this season breaks the consecutive appearances. In a small way, it's like the end of an era. Maybe era isn't the right word.....whatever the word is, I find myself swimming in bittersweet nostalgia and lamenting a record broken. But instead of being sad or disappointed, we should reflect on the amazing feat. Eleven. Seasons. In. A. Row. In an industry that likes to change itself every few months, for something to last this long is truly amazing.

How many models do you think have come and gone during that time? How many brands have shuttered? How many new faces have been heralded one season only to be forgotten the next? How much change has happened in these 6 years? I'm not as intimately acquainted with any other model's career, so I don't know what the record is for consecutive seasons walked for a particular designer, but I have to think Freja's 11 for Marc (and Narciso) is pretty high up there. So lets take a walk down memory lane, and appreciate the 11 seasons that we already got, instead of frowning over the one skipped tonight:


SS06


FW0607


SS07


FW0708


SS08


FW0809


SS09


FW0910


SS10


FW1011


SS11 (C)

You were missed tonight Freja, but we'll be looking forward to next season. :)

Image Credits: style.com

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah the nostalgia...

The only other person I can think of that has walked that many seasons for the same designer without a break is Natasha.

My crystal ball says that she has 11 Givenchy and 14 Dolce and Gucci (11 if you count only Frida) consecutive appearances.

Rrose Sélavy said...

^I had no idea about Poly. Thanks for the info. Hope your crystal ball is working well this season in regards to Freja. ;)

Anonymous said...

always get nostalgic about all the brands that no longer show or stopped hiring top girls. remember how A list Bill Blass, J. Mendel, Luella Bartley and Luca Luca use to be? ahh good times. :')

Unknown said...

Both Freja and Abbey Lee have been absent this NY fashion week, I hope they dont skip on them all? Maybe they are just Karl´s girls now?? Why, I miss them!

But Bambi the Australian model appeared on few of the catwalks...