Nepotism on the Runway

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not nepotism exactly, it's the brave new post-print media world. They are desperate to reach followers now that print Vogue has no readers.

This is the answer. If you want to be an actor, singer model etc. you have to already be famous/ recognizable or at least already have thousands of followers online to get jobs. Those industries will no longer support an unknown or have any interest to "introduce" a new face to the public.

[Anonymous]

Add another one (or two) to the list

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10323105/Reese-Witherspoons-son-Deacon-Phillippe-wows-unseen-snap-Beyonces-Halls-Ivy-campaign.html#article-10323105

[Anonymous]

^^^ and a million other guys look just like that. nothing special

[Anonymous]

There’s plenty of nepotism in finance, law, academia, Ivies, private clubs, publishing, etc. You just don’t care about publishing nepotism because it’s not a sexy, Insta-worthy field.

Who cares? Why should modeling or acting matter more to you than finance or law? Just because you see it more? Are you this fired up over nepotism in mega churches or art galleries or auction houses?

[Anonymous]

Kamila Harris step daughter is not runway material.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s plenty of nepotism in finance, law, academia, Ivies, private clubs, publishing, etc. You just don’t care about publishing nepotism because it’s not a sexy, Insta-worthy field.

Who cares? Why should modeling or acting matter more to you than finance or law? Just because you see it more? Are you this fired up over nepotism in mega churches or art galleries or auction houses?

+1 Of all the areas where nepotism operates, this has to be the least worthy of note. And what impact does it have on the consumer? There were always plenty of models that this or that part of the market didn't find particularly attractive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s plenty of nepotism in finance, law, academia, Ivies, private clubs, publishing, etc. You just don’t care about publishing nepotism because it’s not a sexy, Insta-worthy field.

Who cares? Why should modeling or acting matter more to you than finance or law? Just because you see it more? Are you this fired up over nepotism in mega churches or art galleries or auction houses?

+1 Of all the areas where nepotism operates, this has to be the least worthy of note. And what impact does it have on the consumer? There were always plenty of models that this or that part of the market didn't find particularly attractive.

There is an impact that goes well beyond consuming. It disenfranchises young people who are immediately aware how corrupt the system is. Is it limited the fashion and movies? Obviously not, but this is where it is most visible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s plenty of nepotism in finance, law, academia, Ivies, private clubs, publishing, etc. You just don’t care about publishing nepotism because it’s not a sexy, Insta-worthy field.

Who cares? Why should modeling or acting matter more to you than finance or law? Just because you see it more? Are you this fired up over nepotism in mega churches or art galleries or auction houses?

Maybe. Why don't you start a thread on nepotism in mega churches, and another one, on auction houses? I would live to read it. You seem to know a lot about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s plenty of nepotism in finance, law, academia, Ivies, private clubs, publishing, etc. You just don’t care about publishing nepotism because it’s not a sexy, Insta-worthy field.

Who cares? Why should modeling or acting matter more to you than finance or law? Just because you see it more? Are you this fired up over nepotism in mega churches or art galleries or auction houses?

Maybe. Why don't you start a thread on nepotism in mega churches, and another one, on auction houses? I would live to read it. You seem to know a lot about it.

Nepotism makes sense in regards to auction houses. Rich/famous people's kids/spouses know other rich/famous people who have the kind of items the auction house wants to sell and they can convince them to send it to their auction house because they know each other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s plenty of nepotism in finance, law, academia, Ivies, private clubs, publishing, etc. You just don’t care about publishing nepotism because it’s not a sexy, Insta-worthy field.

Who cares? Why should modeling or acting matter more to you than finance or law? Just because you see it more? Are you this fired up over nepotism in mega churches or art galleries or auction houses?

Maybe. Why don't you start a thread on nepotism in mega churches, and another one, on auction houses? I would live to read it. You seem to know a lot about it.

What with a college education and occasionally reading something other than my Instagram feed and all? Yes, guilty.

[Anonymous]

Some models who come from famous families actually have the birthright of being born beautiful to shine on their own.
Specifically Kaia Gerber, GiGi + Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Lily Depp.
Even if they came from obscurity - these girls can definitely hold their own because they have that legitimate “it girl” factor that makes a great model.

That's the whole point: they don't have the "it girl" factor. It's manufactured with money, connections and social media.
When Kate Moss appeared out of nowhere she didn't flash us with designer clothes, filled lips and expensive haircuts to signal and prove that she's an "it girl".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s plenty of nepotism in finance, law, academia, Ivies, private clubs, publishing, etc. You just don’t care about publishing nepotism because it’s not a sexy, Insta-worthy field.

Who cares? Why should modeling or acting matter more to you than finance or law? Just because you see it more? Are you this fired up over nepotism in mega churches or art galleries or auction houses?

+1 Of all the areas where nepotism operates, this has to be the least worthy of note. And what impact does it have on the consumer? There were always plenty of models that this or that part of the market didn't find particularly attractive.

There is an impact that goes well beyond consuming. It disenfranchises young people who are immediately aware how corrupt the system is. Is it limited the fashion and movies? Obviously not, but this is where it is most visible.

I just can't seem to muster up giving a crap here.

[Anonymous]

Madonna’s daughter is another example. She is not attractive enough to be a model yet she is out there

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not nepotism exactly, it's the brave new post-print media world. They are desperate to reach followers now that print Vogue has no readers.

If print Vogue still had articles, I’d be a subscriber. I guess I’d want them to get rid of Anna Wintour, whose freakish vision of celebrity as the only object of interest has dumbed the magazine down so far that I’m not interested. When I was a patron there, Fairfax Library had a little place to buy donated magazines and books and I got a 1991/1992 era Vogue. The articles are long, well-written and far less of the navel-gazing crap they publish now.

Vogue and others are so far behind the eight ball in terms of innovation. Anna insisted on keeping that magazine skinny, White and celebrity based as long as she possibly could. It’s dull and uninteresting now, a cheap gloss on boring commercialism. The nepotism models are part of that. Everyone and every business has to be backed by a billionaire. There is nothing authentic or naturally occurring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Some models who come from famous families actually have the birthright of being born beautiful to shine on their own.
Specifically Kaia Gerber, GiGi + Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Lily Depp.
Even if they came from obscurity - these girls can definitely hold their own because they have that legitimate “it girl” factor that makes a great model.

That's the whole point: they don't have the "it girl" factor. It's manufactured with money, connections and social media.
When Kate Moss appeared out of nowhere she didn't flash us with designer clothes, filled lips and expensive haircuts to signal and prove that she's an "it girl".

yes, exactly. of all those kids only Kaia Gerber is good runway model but she is not as beautiful as her mother. whiterspdon's kids have deer in the headlights look and zero appear even though they are decently looking.

and I am not even sure the 'it' factors has been manufactured successfully. comments sections to news items and every single person that even mentions this point out that those children do not look like or have charisma of their parents. maybe some kids are fooled but no one over 30.