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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.

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?

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!

Elana feeds Ricki a pretzel

ankle boots -- BCBG
blazer -- Theory
skirt -- Alexander Wang
top -- Alexander Wang

coat -- Marc by Marc Jacobs

Elana is a Fashion News intern at Teen Vogue and we found each other outside of the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue and Central Park South. The first time I spotted Elana was at New York Fashion Week last September in a gorgeous Rag and Bone dress. As you can see, we had a bit of fun as we bought a pretzel off a street vendor to feed Ricki the horse, stood inside Central Park and shot Columbus Circle in the background, and then got a bit creative at the end with the tree branches.

Granted Alexander Wang has been holding shows dating further back than SS17, but the records for the shows available online at Style.com and Vogue.com only go back to SS17. 9 consecutive seasons dating back to the SS17 show are included. Data was entered into Excel Spreadsheet Format and converted into a google gadget Table.

Enjoy!

Natalia Vodianova arrives at the Alexander Wang show at New York Fashion Week.

Dorothea Barth Jorgensen (left) and Amanda Norgaard (right) outside of Miu Miu. Out of the hundreds of girls I shot during fashion month, none had a fun spirit as contagious as Dorothea's.

EDIT/NOTE: the braids are hair extensions as designed by the lead Hair Stylist Guido Palau. The difference between the extensions he designed for Miu Miu and Alexander Wang that I can see is that the extensions at Miu Miu were worn from the middle where the extensions from Alexander Wang were worn from the side.

Laura Blokhina from DNA Models
shirt -- ACNE
skirt -- Promod
Look out for Laura to exhibit a strong presence at the shows this season. In under one year she's appeared in 3 French Vogue editorials, walked the fall 2009 shows in New York London and Paris, and even walked for Christian Dior and Valentino at the Couture shows this summer.

Anna Schilling from Fusion Models NY
vest -- Alexander Wang
shoes -- Christian Louboutin

She walked for Margiela and Yamamoto at the Paris shows, did the campaign for Anthropologie, and has appeared in French Vogue and Wonderland editorials.

Abbey Lee as captured outside of the Donna Karan show. Last fashion season, an injury kept her from walking the full fashion month circuit.

So far this season though, she's walked some of New York Fashion Week's biggest shows like DNKY, Diane von Fursternberg, Altuzarra, and Alexander Wang. Let's hope she keeps it up.

She walked key shows like Marc Jacobs in New York and Louis Vuitton in Paris (leaving the show here), she will be managed by the same team that developed Mirte Maas and she's got effortless style.

shirt -- denim
shoes -- Alexander Wang Anouck Beatle ankle boots

Lithuanian born Edita's having a great season so far with walks in Alexander Wang, Derek Lam, Donna Karan, and Altuzarra. I wonder what London, Milan and Paris hold in store for her?

Known for Opening AND Closing the F/W 2010 Prada show, Samantha has yet to complete a full season of fashion shows. Samantha keeps her personal style equally high end with her Prada Bag and Alexander Wang skirt.

On season in snowfall after the Rodarte show

At the time of this writing, Mirte has walked 13 key New York Fashion Week shows:
Preen -- Opened
Alexander Wang, Altuzarra, Derek Lam, Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs, Rag and Bone, Rodarte, Thakoon, Narciso Rodriguez, The Row, Michael Kors, and Anna Sui

Off season at the High Line Park

In the off season, Mirte graced the cover of the Feb. issue of Vogue China, was shot by Steven Meisel for the Balenciaga campaign, and was shot by Craig McDean for the CK Calvin Klein campaign.

Lily Donaldson wearing a blazer by Helmut Lang. She was super cool. As I saw her approaching, I shouted out "Lilly" then paused..."I took your photo in Paris at the Alexander Wang party" she nodded her head, put her bags down and to the side, and smiled.

Rising Star from Ukraine Naty Chabanenko on left as seen here with her gal pal Vlada Roslyakova. Notice Vlada has what I think is a Canon Power Shot in tow. The next models street style photographer competitor?? Gasp!

Aymeline Valade, the face of Alexander Wang and new model industry "it" girl. We chatted briefly about discerning the difference between the "real" people one can encounter in the modeling/fashion world and the not so genuine. More photos of mine will soon be seen on The Cut at NYMAG.COM

Mirte is one of the few girls who is going to turn an exceptional Spring/Summer 2018 catwalk season into an equally exceptional off season of high end campaigns and editorials. Opening Alexander Wang and YSL was just the beginning.

Make no mistake of it, this is a face to get acquainted with now.

EDIT: you can now see these photos on WOMEN Management's Blog!

This is Noot Seear . She has been photographed by Patrick Demarchelier for Cosmopolitan, was photographed by Ben Watts for British Elle, and walked for the opening and closing of the spring Alexander Wang show in New York in Sept. 2007.

After the Donna Karen show at Fall/Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week shows

Before the Hervé Léger by Max Azria show at the Fall/Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week shows

Before the Alexander Wang show at the Fall/Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week shows

With friend Frida Gustavsson after the Ohne Titel show at the Fall/Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week shows.

At the Spring/Summer 2018 Milan Fashion Week shows.

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

vest -- Top Shop
jeans -- Earl

The first time I met Raquel Zimmerman in person was at the Alexander Wang intimate dinner during the March 2009 Paris shows. What I remember most from then is how eager she was to have her photo taken. Today proved no different.

In case you are wondering about the second photo down, while walking the streets, I usually wear a pair of noise cancelling headphones that attach to my i-phone. When taking Raquel's photo, the cable from my headphones came unplugged and was dangling towards the ground, which explains what she was pointing to as she thought something with my camera may have come unplugged.