Nepotism on the Runway

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

i would argue Kendall Jenner also has the "it girl" factor. and honestly Kaia Gerber is nowhere near as model worthy as her mom was

[Anonymous]

the most surprising one is eve jobs. I can see a daughter of a supermodel/reality star falling into nepotism modeling but not the daughter of Steve Jobs

[Anonymous]

It’s the same concept like with the bachelor right. Why find a fresh face when someone who already has the attention and can generate buzz can be bachelor or bachelorette.

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At least Kaia Gerber (Cindy Crawford’s) is actually gorgeous

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vogue.com/article/forces-of-fashion-cindy-crawford-kaia-gerber-tonne-goodman-modeling/amp

But yes, these are celebrities not really models. No mystique or resonance whatsoever. Dull.

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The good part about all the obvious nepotism is that when there is someone truly new, they just shine. For instance, Anok Yai, who is astonishing to watch.

I also love people who start modeling because they are awesome elsewhere, like Amanda Gorman. I am not sure I could be a bigger fangirl of Tomi Adeyemi.

They just shine next to the boring nepotism models.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least Kaia Gerber (Cindy Crawford’s) is actually gorgeous

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vogue.com/article/forces-of-fashion-cindy-crawford-kaia-gerber-tonne-goodman-modeling/amp

But yes, these are celebrities not really models. No mystique or resonance whatsoever. Dull.

All I can see when I see pictures of Kaia Gerber is "not Cindy Crawford." She's perfectly pretty but has nowhere near the verve her mother did. But, I am a child of the 90s...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least Kaia Gerber (Cindy Crawford’s) is actually gorgeous

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vogue.com/article/forces-of-fashion-cindy-crawford-kaia-gerber-tonne-goodman-modeling/amp

But yes, these are celebrities not really models. No mystique or resonance whatsoever. Dull.

All I can see when I see pictures of Kaia Gerber is "not Cindy Crawford." She's perfectly pretty but has nowhere near the verve her mother did. But, I am a child of the 90s...

me too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The good part about all the obvious nepotism is that when there is someone truly new, they just shine. For instance, Anok Yai, who is astonishing to watch.

I also love people who start modeling because they are awesome elsewhere, like Amanda Gorman. I am not sure I could be a bigger fangirl of Tomi Adeyemi.

They just shine next to the boring nepotism models.

wait Tomi Adeyemi is modeling now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least Kaia Gerber (Cindy Crawford’s) is actually gorgeous

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vogue.com/article/forces-of-fashion-cindy-crawford-kaia-gerber-tonne-goodman-modeling/amp

But yes, these are celebrities not really models. No mystique or resonance whatsoever. Dull.

All I can see when I see pictures of Kaia Gerber is "not Cindy Crawford." She's perfectly pretty but has nowhere near the verve her mother did. But, I am a child of the 90s...

me too

Modeling is not just about being "pretty", and the problem with most celebrity offspring is while they are plenty "pretty", they don't have the skills that make photos or fashion come alive. Kendall Jenner is a prime example of this - she is beautiful, tall, lithe... but her modeling photos are TERRIBLE. Dead behind the eyes, lazy posing, just blah. Think of the most famous models ever - Verushka, Iman, Linda, Naomi... These women were both gorgeous but also understood how to make an image POP. The current batch of celebrity offspring (with a very few exeptions) can't do more that take a pouty selfie for instagram.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kamila Harris step daughter is not runway material.

She's not even Sears catalog material.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kamila Harris step daughter is not runway material.

She's not even Sears catalog material.

she is closer to runway than sears catalog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Totally agree, OP! I remember how exciting it was when 90s icons like Cindy Crawford or Laetitia Casta would emerge from obscurity and capture something in the zeitgeist. So many girls from tiny towns in Brazil, Poland, Somalia shifting the fashion needle. Now it’s all kids of celebs: kaia, gigi, kendall and those sad hamlin girls. I think Anna have them too much of a platform early on and everyone else followed

yes, I remember when Natalia Vodianova showed up with her story of selling fruit as a young girl growing up in some terrible place in Russia with a disabled sister, for which she was bullied.

and yes I agree that Anna started it by making the kardashians a major player in the fashion world.

Apropos Natalia Vodianova, a bona fide fashion royalty...guess whose son is walking for Balmain?



Was there ever a mother who looked younger than her son?

[Anonymous]

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

What bugs me about Lourdes is that she seems to sincerely believe that she is interesting and awesome and utterly deserving of opportunities that fall her way entirely due to her famous mother. It would be one thing if she and kids like her were more self aware, but it's like they are convinced that not only they DESERVE it, capital D, but they also had some, like unique suffering due to their famous name. Like Steven Spielberg's adopted daughter who went into porn but calls it exploring her sexuality or whatever, and poor dad nods his head in support (while privately, most likely, he's thinking I should have loaded you up on chores like there's no tomorrow so you don't have time to think about nonsense.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kamila Harris step daughter is not runway material.

She's not even Sears catalog material.

she is closer to runway than sears catalog.

That's what they are trying to convince everybody, but not really. She's not even ugly enough to pull that striking, interesting look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least Kaia Gerber (Cindy Crawford’s) is actually gorgeous

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vogue.com/article/forces-of-fashion-cindy-crawford-kaia-gerber-tonne-goodman-modeling/amp

But yes, these are celebrities not really models. No mystique or resonance whatsoever. Dull.

All I can see when I see pictures of Kaia Gerber is "not Cindy Crawford." She's perfectly pretty but has nowhere near the verve her mother did. But, I am a child of the 90s...

me too

Me three.

I can’t get over all of the posting that she is her moms twin, etc.— not even close. She looks like her dad, close set beady eyes. Without CC as her mom she would not have gotten a second look. The attractive sibling is that family is the brother. He has the model cheekbones, defined features like his mom.

Heidi Klum daughter not model material by any stretch. Way too short.