The Kennys

There are quite a number of model siblings in the fashion business. There are Missy and Frankie Rayder, Gemma Ward and her sister Sophie Ward, and the lesser known Aida and Ieva Aniulyte.

This season is all about Ann Kenny and her twin sister Kirby. Though both of them are twins, they stand out separately. Ann is by far the more successful twin with her brunette long hair and fierce stare. Kirby is the more sweet girl next door twin with her blonde hair and her big doe eyes seeking for your attention. Together, this pair of twins have walked Celine, Marc Jacobs and Burberry. Apart, Kirby walked for Miu Miu while Ann did Prada.

Seeing double at Burberry

Better keep an eye for this twins!

(pic from style.com)

Kim Noorda's Battle with Her Weight

No one ever knows. No one ever thought the beautiful Kim Noorda, with sparkling blue eyes and milky skin has been battling with her weight gain.

This is Kim Noorda's story. A story that we had became familiar with, of almost all models experienced, their fear of gaining weight and maintaining their "perfect ideal weight" and being pressured by the fashion world. What they don't understand it that the fashion world is asking these girls to put their health at risks and making them feeling so insecure about themselves. Models like Kim started out when they are still teenagers and when they grow up to be adults, the fashion world just won't let them grow.

It's a pity, really, doing these to our beloved models. They are human too. I wish Kim Noorda all the best in finding her true self. She is so courageous to share this with all of us, telling us that models are human too after all.

(pic from style.com and fmd)

Fall Winter Top

Thanks to Faith Akiyama @ tfs, here's the full list of the top catwalkers.

Top 10 in 4 cities (NY, London, Milan & Paris)

10. Sophie Srej (55 shows)


9. Alana Zimmer & Iris Strubegger (56 shows)


8. Kasia Struss (57 shows)


7. Tao Okamoto (59 shows)


6. Shu Pei Qin ( 60 shows)


5. Constance Jablonski ( 61 shows)


4. Hanne Gaby Odiele & Lisanne de Jong (63 shows)


3. Anastasia Kuznetsova (65 shows)


2. Frida Gustavsson, Monika Jagaciak, Sigrid Argen (70 shows)


1. Jacquelyn Jablonski (74 shows)


Top 5 Openers

5. Anja Rubik, Ann Kenny, Frida Gustavsson, Iris Strubegger,
Keke Lindgard, Kelsey Van Mook, Kristy Kaurova, & Mirte Maas (4 shows)


4. Jacquelyn Jablonski & Karmen Pedaru (5 shows)


3. Karlie Kloss, Natasha Poly, & Sigrid Agren (6 shows)


2. Abbey Lee Kershaw & Freja Beha Erichsen (8 shows)


1. Monika Jagaciak (13 Shows)

Top 5 Closers

5. Iris Strubegger, Natasha Poly, & Siri Tollerod (5 shows)


4. Anastasia Kuznetsova (6 shows)


3. Sigrid Agren (7 shows)


2. Freja Beha Erichsen (10 shows)


1. Monika Jagaciak (11 shows)


(pics from style.com)

Asian Supers at Givenchy; Lily & Raquel walked exclusively

The casting of the models at this season's runway is just so surprising. The VS angels are appearing at big shows, shows that you don't expect to see them. Think Prada, Giles, Louis Vuitton etc. All this might be influenced by the brand that started this trend : Givenchy (for casting Adriana Lima for Fall 2009). Again, Givenchy surprises us this season with the model casting - the variety of the models are amazing-equally enough black models and Asians- more surprisingly- two Asian supermodels walked for the show- Ling Tan and Ai Tominaga.

After all the surprises, I wonder how next season will be. Will we be seeing the likes of Daria, Hana, Gemma, Isabeli and Liya returnig to the runway or perhaps more Caroline, Sasha, Coco, Hilary and Raquel. Speaking of which, Lily Donaldson finally appeared at Louis Vuitton and Raquel did only Chloé this entire season.

(pics from style.com)

The Twins Effect

Meet Ann and Kirby Kenny. Currently with DNA NY.

Must love their big eyes. So much expressions. Mesmerizing.

(pics from coacdinc.com)

Models on break

Last season, Sigrid, Raquel and Anna Jagodzinka did not walk. Although both Raquel and Anna J also seems to skip this season, Sigrid has by far dominate the runway since her comeback. To add to this season's missing models are top models Lily Donaldson, Jessica Stam and Caroline Trentini. All three are nowhere to be seen since fashion week started.

The missing trio -Jessica Stam, Lily Donaldson and Catoline Trentini

Two other fashion darlings are skipping this season too- Toni Garrn skipped the entire fashion week because she is concentrating on her exams and studies and Imogen also did the same thing after the London fashion week ended- she twitted that her finals are near- this mean that we won't be seeing her at Milan and Paris. However, Imogen's model friend, Nimue Smit is just getting started- she skipped NY to focus on her exams and now it's over, we'll be seeing her everywhere.

Model friends Nimue Smit and Imogen Morris Clarke

However, there's still some hopes. Catherine McNeil returns to the runway at Prada yesterday and Jessica Stam twitted that she'll be at Paris.

(source: Imogen's and Jessica Stam's twitter, pics from models.com)