I keep tissue in my shoe bag to stuff my shoes with--I'd much rather them be bone-crunchingly tight than slippy when I walk.
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I keep tissue in my shoe bag to stuff my shoes with--I'd much rather them be bone-crunchingly tight than slippy when I walk.
Thanks!!! I'll try to see if there's anywhere I can stuff them, not too sure though since they're already 2 sizes too small
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Thanks!!! I'll try to see if there's anywhere I can stuff them, not too sure though since they're already 2 sizes too small
I just remembered the thing I did with a pair of beautiful sandals that were amazingly slippery, even with bare feet (and being held onto feet by a couple of thin straps didn't help): I took some adhesive bandage (band-aid like, but the one you buy in roles in pharmacy, not single strips with gauze, sorry can't find the word in English, with textile-like surface) and apply a strip or two at the heel and at the ball of my foot. The textile structure provides enough traction (even for the most slippery, silky socks/stockings/whaterver), so it should help.
If you fear strong adhesive, go for the paper one - still enough traction, with much milder adhesive and easier to remove.
Hope this helps
As for the question, I'd rater be humiliated in fitting...
And my question for VIP's and other connoisseurs - how does the fall on runway affect model's career?
I don't really know how to explain this, but everytime you lift your feet from the floor, you should arch it. That keeps the shoe in place (at least for me)Thanks!!! I'll try to see if there's anywhere I can stuff them, not too sure though since they're already 2 sizes too small
She looks like a horrifying gargoyle crouching like this in this unfortunate pictureThakoon's New York Fashion Week 2014
Source: Daily Mail
Ok I know I am updating a very old thread but this thread was always one of my personal favourites and I think it is worth a bump!
Some recent model (or “model”) falls since this thread was last updated:
Candice Swanepoel, Givenchy SS16
Bella Hadid, Michael Kors SS16
Ming Xi, Victoria’s Secret 2017
I am not sure who this is, but OMFG
And who could forget Yeezy SS16!
Some recent model (or “model”) falls since this thread was last updated:
Candice Swanepoel, Givenchy SS16
Bella Hadid, Michael Kors SS16
Ming Xi, Victoria’s Secret 2017
I am not sure who this is, but OMFG
And who could forget Yeezy SS16!
OOOOooo... is that a rule to preserve the styling to ensure it goes down the runway according to the designer's vision? Or do they not want models to damage the samples?Looks like somebody forgot the "don't touch the product" rule!
It's both but mostly the first one, respect for the vision. Damage isn't usually a big worry. Most pieces (esp RTW) aren't fragile but also why chance it.
Different designers/creative directors (CDs) have different rules and freak out about different things. Some are way more neurotic. So to be safe and avoid any chance of issues, I tell my girls NEVER touch anything that you're not specifically told by the CD to touch. Even if you are told by the CD to touch it during your walk, ie like put your hand in a pocket or whatever, make sure to show the CD and the dresser what you think you've been told to do and confirm. "Like this? Is this OK how I'm doing it?"
Because if you're walking and you touch it and it falls or twists or shifts or wrinkles or bunches or whatever, you are going to get all the blame. If you think something feels off and you touch it to try to fix it and then it gets worse, you will get blamed. But if anything goes wrong and you didn't touch it, then it's on the CD and the dressers.
For a lot of the designers esp the older ones they can be super insane about respect for their vision, etc. You're a model not a designer. The designer sets the look and vision, it is your job to display it, not change it in any way because you, a "lowly" model, think it's wrong or off somehow. It's extremely disrespectful and presumptuous to think you know better than the designer. I've had girls pulled mid-show for doing it. Like in one instance my girl does her first look, touched it, and the designer freaked and nixed her 2nd and 3rd looks. The designer literally chose to NOT show those two looks instead of letting my (her words) "ridiculous, immature, stupid" model show them. (That designer is a name you would definitely know.) Also, that model never booked another show with that house.
And that's where it gets real for me, because when one of my models fucks up, it reflects badly on me.
I'm not saying I agree with all of it (although tbh I mostly do), I'm just explaining what has been screamed at me many times before.
Absolutely fascinating. This makes a lot of sense. There is always ego in designing and presenting a product or service. When I speak with people in non-creative industries it is shocking how the sentiments are much the same. The juniors or grunts who have a small part of the work must fall in line to the vision of the leader; even if the junior is not in the wrong per se if it doesn’t match the leaders’ vision then even the most minute details are greatly offensive.And that's where it gets real for me, because when one of my models fucks up, it reflects badly on me.
I'm not saying I agree with all of it (although tbh I mostly do), I'm just explaining what has been screamed at me many times before.
It must be so frustrating to have to rely on the actions of young girls and women (who let’s face it are not always the most mature or experienced in a professional setting) to reflect back on you; rather like herding cats!!