It has become commonplace for talk show hosts, and others who spend too much time telling us what’s wrong with our world, to criticize models for being underweight, overpaid, untalented clothes hangers.

 

We love models. They’re an integral part of the image arm of the fashion industry -- Alexandra works with them all the time. And lets face it, when they screw up, by falling down on catwalks or being photographed sniffing cocaine off of toilet tanks, we get a chance to snigger and feel oh so superior.

 

The relationship between designers and models goes back at least to the 1920s, when Coco Chanel lent clothes to the it girls of the era in the hope they’d be seen wearing them, thereby generating a buzz for Mlle Chanel’s (she insisted on never being referred to as Madam) designs and stores. It worked.

 

Supermodels, such as Linda Evangelista and Claudia Schiffer, served as reigning queens of the fashion industry from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s but, even though the terms is still commonly used, the era of the supermodel has been over since the 1990s. Sadly, they’ve been replaced in fashion magazines and ad campaigns by movie stars and pop tarts.

 

But what of the designers; they use models but do they love them? Probably not, if the recent comments made by Roberto Cavalli are indicative of their attitudes.

Roberto Cavalli

 

Cavalli has recently attacked Kate Moss, describing her as a professional clothes horse with no star quality. He says, "There are thousands of models like all the other thousands of models. Naomi Campbell is the same way. For me, models are just pieces of wood that I carve to make clothes look beautiful."

Kate Moss

 

The 68-year-old Cavalli has been talking to drug-addled singer Amy Winehouse. We can only wonder what Roberto truly thinks of her.

 

	My Dream Makeup Job one of them anyway

Julia Stegner is one of my fave models, I’ve loved her since the first time I layed eyes on one of her photos. She’s not a tabloid regular nor does she bounce cell phones off the heads of her lemons, she’s just lovely, and sexy.


Born Munich, 2 Nov. 1985
Hair Color: Blond
Eye Color: Green
Height: 5'11" ; 180cm
Measurements: (US) 33-24-35 ; (EU) 84-61-89
Dress Size: (US) 4 ; (EU) 34
Shoe Size: (US) 8 ; (EU) 39


Julia Stegner is a daughter of the Central European sales manager for a large American company and his accountant wife. She has one sister who currently works in film production.

For seven years Julia worked as a child model and appeared in commercials and children's catalogs; for nine years she trained in dance.

At 15, while celebrating Oktoberfest in her hometown, Julia was discovered by a talent scout who recognized her potential for modeling. Although she planned to study accounting when she left high school, Julia moved to Paris to pursue modeling after graduating.

There she made her first major cover appearance for ELLE magazine. She was signed by Supreme Management and within four months was opening the 2002 Yves Saint Laurent show. In 2003 she did the Strenesse and the Sportmax campaigns, among others.

By 2004, Julia had built an impressive resume and was in high demand. By the summer of that year, she had worked for Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren, and Club Monaco. She also modeled for the 2005 Pirelli Calendar.

For the Ready to Wear Fall/Winter 2007 season she modeled for: Ann Demeulemeester, Anna Sui, Balenciaga, Chanel, Christian Lacroix, Costume National, Hussein Chalayan, Luella Bartley, Matthew Williamson, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Rue du Mail, Valentino, Viktor & Rolf, and Zac Posen.

For Spring/Summer 2008 she modeled for: Ann Demeulemeester, Anna Sui, Blumarine, Bottega Veneta, Dolce & Gabbana, Etro, J. Mendel, Michael Kors, Preen, Ralph Lauren, Roberto Cavalli, Valentino, and Zac Posen.



posted by Alexandra Highcrest, courtesy of Angelina.