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Hanne Gaby Odiele exits the SS17 Alexander Wang show

Question: Which model has walked the Alexander Wang runway more than any other model?

Answer: Hanne Gaby Odiele

9 looks, 8 consecutive seasons. (verify with the gadget above)

Congratulations Hanne Gaby!

What? VOGUE's Brian Fee? Yeah, you read that right. If you've ever wondered what goes on inside the mind of an editor for the world's most illustrious fashion magazine when they are looking at street photos, now your curiosity can at least be partially fulfilled. Brian from Vogue's Art Department was cool enough to look through 17 shots I took of Hanne Gaby Odiele from Supreme Models and distill them into a mini 3 piece pictorial for my blog (everybody give Brian an ovation--better yet, send him some new Rick Owen's pieces for his Guest Edit).

With regards to the first photo, Brian's words were, "it's gentle enough as the first shot, like 'get to know Hanne'" And in regards to the last shot he stated, "I really like as a closer." Ultimately, he coined the pictorial with the experimental title, "Hanne balances multiple bags with style to spare." Personally, I like it!

And for those of you that are curious to get to know Hanne better than you ever imagined, have a visit to this post at the Supreme Models Blog for a peek inside her apartment...

plaid shirt -- ACNE
bag--Alexander Wang
shoes--Givenchy

p.s. a sincere thanks to Hanne as well....

p.s.s. if you live in the U.K. check out my solo page interview in the ELLE collections Autumn/Winter 2017

Carmen Kass (Silent Models)

Hanne Gaby Odiele (Women Paris)

Vlada Rosylakova (Women Paris)

Hanne Gaby Odiele leaves the Dries Van Noten show in superb style.

So I did a bit of research on the Alexander Wang runway:

--11 seasons total available online
--906 total looks
--back to the SS17 shows, September 2007

And with this data, I was able to count which models have walked the Alexander Wang runway the most frequently. With the above data, you can click on any model's name and instantly see which seasons and which slots in the Alexander Wang show she walked. It's an easy way to see how popular she is with the Alexander Wang casting team.

1. Hanne Gaby Odiele (11)
2. Kasia Struss (9)
3. Karmen Pedaru (8)
4. Magdalena Frackowiak (8)
5. Liu Wen (8)
6. Jac (7)
7. Abbey Lee Kershaw (7)
8. Freja (7)

Do you see a correlation between the Model Off Duty street style of these girls and how often they appear on the Alexander Wang runway?

Kate King (Canada/FORD, NY) walked Wang in her first season ever FW11

New York Fashion Week is here and from within the modeling industry, everyone's eyes are wide open to spot the next big face of the season. BCBG Max Azria on Day 2 will often set a precedent, followed by Alexander Wang on Day 3. The big question about Wang's show is, "Who will open Alexander Wang?" Wang has recently set a precedent with discovering The New Face of the season. I wish I could say it was me (ha) as he (Alexander Wang) often remembers me when I wear my Marc Jacob's silk georgette twill top with built in bow tie (shot his party at Paris Fashion Week wearing that and then a year later he recalled it), but alas reality sets in.

Wang wasn't always the hit wonder for models though. Up until he got the CFDA Top 10 nomination, he was casting more unknown girls. Taking a quick look at the history of who opened Alexander Wang therafter, this is what we get:

SS08 Noot Sear
FW08 Freja Beha Erichsen
SS09 Raquel Zimmerman
FW09 Natasha Poly
SS10 Mirte Maas
FW10 Natalia Vodianova
SS11 Britt Maren
FW11 Aymeline Valade

Is it any wonder with A-listers like Freja and Raquel opening in the past, that when a new face gets the first impression look in a show chalked full of A-list models and alpha editors now, the new face gains noteworthy public recognition in the modeling industry? Or when a new face walks the show at all for that matter...

Hang with me here for just a couple of more minutes. If you take a look at the other models who get cast for Wang, you will see a lineup full of A-listers. Out of curiosity, I wanted to see who The Real Queen of the Alexander Wang runway was. Which model has walked Alexander Wang MORE than any other model? So I went back in the archives at both style.com and vogue.com till they didn't have any older shows than SS17 and made a mini Runway IQ tracker which you can play with below.

Without further ado, the winners are:

1. Hanne Gaby Odiele (Ford) 8 looks
2. Freja Beha Erichsen (IMG) 7 looks
Kasia Struss (Women) 7 looks

3. Abbey Lee Kershaw (Next)6 looks
Alla Kostromichova (Women) 6 looks
Lily Donaldson (IMG) 6 looks
Magdalena Frackowiak (DNA) 6 looks

What's the point of all this? Well as the saying goes, you are judged by the company you keep and if you are keeping company in Alexander Wang's line up, a designer celebrated by the CFDA and getting press left and right for his companies sales, you are in good company.