12 supermodels in the making
Fashion month is dawning on us, in which the four fashion capitals will showcase their latest offerings.
Clothes aside, it's also a good time to spot rising stars. Who are the future Kates, Caras and Naomis? Which girls will become models of the season?
We name the 12 new models you'll be seeing everywhere over the next coming month:
Anna Lea Gardner
Anna Lea Gardner was recruited by Storm, the agency who launched the career of Cara Delevingne and manages Kate Moss, Jourdan Dunn and Cindy Crawford. Very little is known about her, except we have it on good authority that she'll be hitting up fashion's most sought-after catwalks this season.
Willow Hand
Angelic-looking Willow Hand launched her career as Prada's opening show girl - a huge deal for any model, let alone a newcomer. A campaign for Zara followed, as did catwalk stints for Fendi, Gucci and Chanel. She looks like a mini Gemma Ward - all wide eyes and delicate features.
Angel Rutledge
Angel Rutledge went from making burritos at Chipotle to the Louis Vuitton catwalk in a matter of weeks and she hasn't looked back since. Her angular features and tomboyish edge have earned her model jobs at Dior, Chanel and Valentino, as well as campaigns for Zara, Gap and Calvin Klein.
David DunnanNora Attal
Nora Attal started her modelling career aged 16, when she was named the face of JW Anderson's new campaign. Now signed with Viva London, she's since become a favourite of esteemed casting director Russell Marsh and of us here at GLAMOUR. In fact, she appeared in the September issue, modelling our 80s fashion story.
IndigitalIne Neefs
Ine Neefs is one of the industry's most in-demand newcomers. She first hit the scene in 2011 and her trajectory has been upward since. She's fronted campaigns for Prada (a label known for launching modelling careers), Anna Sui and Valentino, and has walked for countless brands, from Dolce & Gabbana and Dior to Alexander McQueen and Chanel.
Phillipa Hemphrey
Kent girl Phillipa Hemphrey was scouted in her local Waitrose by legendary model agent Carole White (who launched the careers of Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell), and has since enjoyed turns on some of the world's most illustrious catwalks, including Celine, Balenciaga and Marni. Modelling took a backseat last year while she focused on completing A-levels, but now these are out the way, expect to see much more of her.
IndigitalIesha Hodges
After winning a Ford model competition in 2014, Iesha Hodges' future looks promising. Last season she walked for Giles, Marc Jacobs and Jonathan Saunders, and this season her schedule is expected to be even fuller.
InDigitalTaylor Hill
Technically, Taylor Hill is not a newcomer - although she's still a relatively unknown face to most. The Colorado-based beauty's credentials Victoria's Secret (she was bestowed with the great honour of Angel wings within a year), Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Versace, Chanel, Givenchy and Balmain. She can do ladylike prettiness as well as high-voltage sexiness. A supermodel in the making.
Rhiannon McConnell
Raised in Tennessee, Rhiannon McConnell is extremely new to the fashion world - she's walked for only one label so far, but that brand just happens to be Gucci - not a bad way to start. Although she walked in the fashion house's pre-spring/summer 2016 show, she looks every inch this season's poster girl - the glorious geeky Margot Tenenbaum. Her Instagram is well worth checking out too - this girl is destined to be a New York model It girl.
Esmeralda Seay-Reynolds
Esmeralda Seay-Reynolds has a gothic vibe about her that the fashion industry adores. She's from Pennsylvania, but she says that really she hails from "Tim Burton's sketchbook". In fact, she was discovered at a funeral (dark, very dark), and before long was the face of Marc Jacobs alongside Miley Cyrus. She has a wide-eyed, ethereal beauty that's difficult to resist - at least Diolce & Gabbana seem to think so, having cast her as their latest A/W 2015 campaign star.
Rebekah Marine
Now this is inspiring - Rebekah Marine was turned away multiple model agencies because of her bionic arm, but she made her New York Fashion Week debut last season, and is returning for more catwalk stints this month. "We should be celebrating uniqueness, not conforming to what the media thinks is beautiful," she said. Hear hear.
Kelsey and Baylee Soles
Move aside Gigi and Bella Hadid, there are new model sisters in town. Meet Kelsey and Baylee Soles, identical twins who hail from South Carolina, who have become a very popular double act among fashion brands. They have appeared together in campaigns for Lanvin and Calvin Klein, and were enlisted to walk for Saint Laurent. Familiarise yourself with their faces now.
