The agency's models typically make their start in Toronto in hopes of proceeding on the "show circuit," walking in London, Paris, Milan and New York, she added. The process typically involves sharing expertise on how to take those initial steps onto the catwalk while wearing six-inch heels. Sutherland Models agency director Carole Reynolds said seminars and prep work are conducted with new models before show castings take place. And I haven't done so badly," she added, noting that she landed commercials for an insurance company and chocolate brand as a result of the mishap. They were just nervous until I started laughing - and then they started laughing, too. "I could have broken both my ankles," she told David Letterman in an interview. In 1993, Naomi Campbell famously took a tumble while wearing a towering pair of Vivienne Westwood platforms. "Left with little scratches but mostly a bruised ego. "Thank you to who ever picked me up off the runway tonight," she wrote. The Victoria's Secret Angel posted a photo on Instagram of the bloodied marks on her bare legs caused by the spill. Whether they're newcomers or catwalk veterans, no model is immune from potential hiccups that can arise which may lead to spills during shows in front of hundreds in the room - not to mention countless others viewing images of such slips on social media.Īt the Givenchy show last September, Candice Swanepoel was helped to her feet after taking a hard fall on the runway. I still slipped."įashion Week organizers said rain tracked inside made the runway slippery and that they'd "remedied the issue." "Tried to tip-toe, still had a little boggle. "I was (the) third girl, so I'd seen the other two trip, and I thought: 'OK, I got this.' "There was water at the bottom of the runway," recalled Summers. Johnson, the first African American model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in 1974, donned a sexy, soft pink tea length dress with a wide ruffle hem.TORONTO - Even with countless catwalk shows to her credit, nothing could have prepared Jacqueline Summers for her recent slippery turn on the Toronto Fashion Week runway.Īs she took her first walk in the Mikhael Kale show, the unexpectedly slickened surface in front of the photographers' pit caused the model to momentarily lose her footing. Zelauy, the ‘80s and ’90s icon from Brazil known for her emotive modeling style, showed off one of Hudson’s slinky slip gowns in bright green. Webb, the first Black model to land a long-term contract with a major cosmetics company (Revlon in 1992), walked in a jewel-tone purple mini skirt and zip jacket with large, safari-worthy front pockets. He played with a brown animal print fit for safari, using it for a range of looks, from a lighter-than-air coat worn with a simple brown dress to a sleeveless evening sparkler.Īnd when Hudson spoke of girls and women, he meant it. There were mini dresses with bouncy ruffle hems, tiny shorts sets and delicious trouser suits in bright greens, purples, sunset orange and sunny yellow. “If Whitley Gilbert from ‘Different World’ or Cher Horowitz and Dionne from ‘Clueless’ were to go on safari, what would they wear? It’s just really fun, really cheeky, and clothes that girls can really, really wear and women can really, really wear,” he told The Associated Press. NEW YORK (AP) - With model legends Beverly Johnson, Veronica Webb and Gisele Zelauy on his runway, Sergio Hudson took New York Fashion Week on a vibrant, outlandish safari Sunday inspired in part by the blues, yellows and oranges favored by the Ndebele of southern Africa.īut attitude was just as important as color to Hudson’s latest collection, some of which went on sale immediately. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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