Saturday, March 10, 2012

Best in show - the Australian models of Fall/Winter 2012/2013

julia nobis after the miu miu FW1213 show/altamira via ford models
That's a wrap for Fall/Winter 2012/2013 folks. Above is a shot of Julia Nobis taken just after Miu Miu on Wednesday, the final day of Paris Fashion Week. She's looking a little dazed and confused. Considering that by our count, Nobis walked in 73 shows from New York to London, Milan and Paris - besting her record from last season by one show - no surprises there. Nobis led the Australian model pack once again and quite possibly will also emerge as the season's number one catwalker for the second consecutive time. So far, we have counted 34 Australians on the FW1213 runways. There was pretty much an Australian in every major show of the season. At Chanel, there were five: Nobis, Miranda Kerr, Montana Cox, Rose Smith and Caitlin Lomax. They walked in so many shows, they corrupted frockwriter's interface. No joke. After battling data problems for the past two seasons with the increasing size of these showlist posts, we have now had to put the show details of the busiest Australians into drop-down boxes. 

Yes, 34 models may be slightly down from the 38 who walked in the Spring/Summer 2012 shows last September and October. But considering the freezing northern winter temperatures, it's understandable that some might opt out of the circuit at this time of year. This time last year 27 Aussies ditched the last days of our summer to brave the cold.

Developments include the arrival of a male model in the season's Top 10 Australians by show numbers for the first time (Angus Low) and the emergence of a number of new faces direct from the Australian modelling competition circuit: from the Girlfriend Model Search (Jemma Baines, Chrystal Copland) to reality tv shows  Australia's Next Top Model (Cox, Amanda Ware) and Make Me A Supermodel (Shanina Shaik). Even the Miss Schoolies competition (Ebony Edwards).

Conspicuous by their absence were two Australian superstars: Abbey Lee Kershaw, who made a few appearances at New York Fashion Week, before opting out of the season altogether to have knee surgery in New York last week; and Andrej Pejic, who spent much of New York Fashion Week shooting an episode of German reality tv show Das Perfekte Model with Karolina Kurkova

Here are the complete Australian showlists for the season (thanks for any headsups on what we may have missed) and a photo gallery of the girls of Paris Fashion Week - all 16 of them.

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Julia Nobis
= 73  
Codie Young 
= 37
Dempsey Stewart
 
= 25  
Ajak Deng 
 
= 18 
Melissa ‘MJ’ Johannsen
= 16 

Montana Cox
 
= 15 
Angus Low 
 
= 14 
Lydia Willemina Collins 

 
= 13

Jemma Baines 
 = 13
Shanina Shaik 
= 12  
Tori Trigg 
= 12

Gabrielle Sullivan 
= 12 



Olivia Thornton 
Nicholas K 
L'Wren Scott
Sachin + Babi
Kinder Agugguni (closed)
Michael Van Der Ham
Maarten Van Der Horst
Mark Fast
Mary Katrantzou 
Fashion East  
Mugler 
Junko Shimada
= 11   

Caitlin Lomax 
Libertine
Jason Wu
Creatures of the Wind
Derek Lam
Thakoon
Oscar de la Renta
Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti
Zero Maria Cornejo
Félipe Oliviera Baptista
Moncler Gamme Rouge
Chanel 
= 11

Amanda Ware 
BCBG Max Azria
Hervé Léger
Ohne Titel
Jenny Packham (closed)
Carlos Miele
John Richmond
Sharon Wauchob
Atsuro Tayama
Luis Buchinho
Collette Dinnigan 
= 10 

Chrystal Copland 
Jil Stuart
Theyskens’ Theory
Anna Sui
Antonio Marras
Carven
Paul Ka
Véronique Leroy
Allude 
= 8 

Rosemary Smith 
Band of Outsiders
3.1 Philip Lim 
Felder Felder
Mulberry
Marios Schwab
Preen
Chanel
= 7

Tallulah Morton 
Pamela Love
Mara Hoffman
Betsey Johnson
Threeasfour
Bebe
Rachel Roy
= 6

Joel Meacock
DKNY
Rag & Bone
Billy Reid
Loden Dager
Joseph Abboud
Y-3
= 6 

Ebony Edwards 
Angel Sanchez
Gen Art
Calla
Correll Correll
Nicki Cozzolino
Noon by Noor
= 6 

Emily Jean 
Libertine
DKNY
J Crew
Houghton
Monika Chiang
= 5 

James Cater 
Native Son
Concept Korea
Alexandre Plokhov
Robert Geller
Spurr
= 5 

Philippa Gleeson
Philipp Plein
Uma Wang
Roccobarocco 
= 3

Harrison Dimitroff 
Loden Dager (opened)
Carlos Campos 
J Crew
= 3 

Miranda Kerr 
Chanel
Miu Miu
= 2

Abbey Lee Kershaw 
Alexander Wang
Anna Sui
= 2

Tom Bull
Billy Reid
Michael Bastian
= 2 

Victoria Lee
Juan Carlos Obando
= 1 

Sarah Stephens
Betsey Johnson
= 1 

Andrej Pejic
Jean Paul Gaultier
= 1

Robyn Lawley
Elena Miro
= 1

Alice Hayward
Elena Miro
= 1 

Shane Gibson 
DKNY
= 1 

Louka Taffin
Rag & Bone 
= 1 

photo gallery:
1/ chrystal copland – véronique leroy/sonny vandevelde; 2/ julia nobis – yves saint laurent/getty via daylife; 3/ andrej pejic – jean paul gaultier/sonny vandevelde; 4/ montana cox – chanel/vogue.uk; 5/ codie young – nina ricci/getty; 6/ tori trigg – damir doma/stylebistro via TFS; 7/ dempsey stewart – rick owens/getty; 8/ caitlin lomax – chanel/stylebistro via TFS; 9/ lydia willemina collins – balmain/getty; 10/ miranda kerr – chanel/reuters via daylife; 11/ olivia thornton – mugler/getty; 12/ shanina shaik – stella mccartney/getty; 13/ amanda ware – collette dinnigan/AP via daylife; 14/ rose smith – chanel/reuters; 15/ ajak deng – hermes/reuters; 16/ jemma baines – collette dinnigan/AP via daylife; 17/18/19/ julia nobis - altamira via ford models.

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