SELENA FORREST


FROM: Lafayette, LA.

SS17 SHOWS: 52.

PROUDEST MOMENT: The first show I walked I opened for Proenza Schouler.

FIRST CRUSH: Angelina Jolie.

FAVORITE FOOD: Soul food made by my mom.

WHEN YOU WEERE A KID, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? A doctor and/or an astronaut.

SECRET TALENT: I can juggle.

WHO WERE YOU IN A PAST LIFE? Tupac.

T-SHIRT: GAP. BRIEFS: VINTAGE. RING: DIOR. SHOES: PRADA. PREVIOUS PHOTO: BRIEFS: VINTAGE.

JESSIE BLOEMENDAAL


FROM: Leiderdorp, Netherlands.

SS17 SHOWS: 47.

FIRST CRUSH: I had a huge poster of Enrique Iglesias in my bedroom, but I think my first crush was Robert Pattinson in Twilight.

Favorite food: My dad’s spare ribs.

WHEN YOU WERE A KID, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? A veterinarian. I love animals.

WHO WERE YOU IN A PAST LIFE? Probably a hippie. I always try to make peace if people are fighting.

BRA: GOLDEN GOOSE.

YASMIN WIJNALDUM


FROM: Amsterdam.

SS17 SHOWS: 41.

BREAKOUT: Prada SS16 campaign.

FIRST CRUSH: Zac Efron in High School Musical.

FAVORITE FOOD: Pizza.

PROUDEST MOMENT: I was really proud to be in the Coach campaign because I find them so beautiful, and I always said that I wanted to be in one.

WHO WERE YOU IN A PAST LIFE? Probably a dog because they’re really loyal, and I’m really loyal to the people I love and respect.

JACKET: CARHARTT. BOXERS: COACH.

NATALIE WESTLING


FROM: Scottsdale, AZ.

SS17 SHOWS: Three (Proenza Schouler, Louis Vuitton, and Prada exclusives).

BREAKOUT MOMENT: Opening Marc Jacobs in 2013.

HOBBIES: Skating.

FIRST CRUSH: Vittoria Ceretti.


WHEN YOU WERE A KID, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? A forensic biologist.

PROUDEST MOMENT? Working with Vans to release my own shoe!

VITTORIA CERETTI


FROM: Brescia, Italy.

SS17 SHOWS: 42.

FIRST CRUSH: A little boy in my neighborhood. Our mothers were friends and we promised each other that we were going to be together forever and get married.

FAVORITE FOOD: Chicken tacos.

WHEN YOU WERE A KID, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? A dentist or an astronaut.

WHO WERE YOU IN A PAST LIFE? I hope that I was a dinosaur.

KRIS GRIKAITE


FROM: Omsk, Russia.

SS17 SHOWS: Prada exclusive in Milan, three shows in Paris.

FIRST CRUSH: Leonardo DiCaprio.

SECRET TALENT: My smile is my secret weapon, not sure if I can call it a talent.

PROUDEST MOMENT: The Prada show and Prada campaign.

HIGHEST ASPIRATION: I still have my childhood dream—I really want to be a famous model and actress.

WHO WERE YOU IN A PAST LIFE? A cat.

SWEATER: VINTAGE. PREVIOUS PHOTO: SHIRT: BALENCIAGA. BRIEFS: MORGAN LANE X ALISON LOU.

KIKI WILLEMS


FROM Maastricht, Netherlands.

SS17 SHOWS: 32.

BREAKOUT: Saint Laurent SS15.

FIRST CRUSH: This “cool” guy in high school who definitely didn’t see me that way.

FAVORITE FOOD: Chocolate sprinkles, a.k.a. hagelslag.

SECRET TALENT: I play the saxophone.

PROUDEST MOMENT: When my mom came to New York and I could show her my apartment.

ALL CLOTHING: VINTAGE.

TANK: ALTERNATIVE APPAREL. SHORTS: TRIPP NYC.

SARAH GRACE WALLERSTEDT


FROM: Bedford, TX.

SS17 SHOWS: Two (Proenza Schouler and Prada exclusives).

HOBBIES: Playing tennis, reading comics.

FAVORITE FOOD: Mashed potatoes.

WHEN YOU WERE A KID, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? A veterinarian.

WHO WERE YOU IN A PAST LIFE? Probably a dancer. I love to watch others dance, but I can’t dance to save my life

SWIMSUIT: JEREMY SCOTT. SANDALS: PRADA. 

EMM ARRUDA


FROM: Toronto.

SS17 SHOWS: 11 (Proenza Schouler debut exclusive).

FIRST CRUSH: Zendaya and Rihanna still remain my ultimate girl crushes!

FAVORITE FOOD: Chicken salad, pasta, pasta, and more pasta.

WHEN YOU WERE A KID, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? An elementary school teacher, a vet, a hairdresser … I still don’t know.

SECRET TALENT: Knowing every word to songs. I’m pretty good at imitations too.

WHO WERE YOU IN A PAST LIFE? A psychic.

BRA: CALVIN KLEIN.

BOXERS: SUNSPEL. NECKLACE: ALEX MONROE.

ALICE METZA


FROM: Los Angeles.

SS17 SHOWS: 33.

HOBBIES: Painting, drawing, entomology, political science/social activism, tattoos, piercings, writing (poetry, rap, short stories), botany, photography, sexual athletics, and aquatic activities.

FIRST CRUSH: Justin Timberlake when he was in 'N Sync.

FAVORITE FOOD: French fries and chicken alfredo.

WHO WERE YOU IN A PAST LIFE? I actually just found out that I was a little blue-eyed blond girl.

BRIEFS: ARAKS. PREVIOUS PHOTO: SLIP: MM6.

SARAH CHOI


FROM: Seoul.

SS17 SHOWS: 26, two exclusives (Mulberry and Louis Vuitton).

HOBBIES: Cooking, baking, watching anime.

SIGNATURE DISH: The ones I make the best are tamagoyaki and okonomiyaki.

HIGHEST ASPIRATION: I would like to continue working as a model into my forties.

WHO WERE YOU IN A PAST LIFE? A cute pet pig.

SHIRT: ASHLEY WILLIAMS. HAIR: RECINE FOR RODIN/THE WALL GROUP. MAKEUP: DIANE KENDAL/JULIAN WATSON AGENCY. MANICURE: ERI HANDA FOR DIOR VERNIS/MAM-NYC. MODELS: SELENA FORREST/NEXT, JESSIE BLOEMENDAAL/WOMEN, NATALIE WESTLING/THE SOCIETY, VITTORIA CERETTI/THE SOCIETY, YASMIN WIJNALDUM/THE SOCIETY, ALICIA BURKE/ SUPREME, KRIS GRIKAITE/DNA, CAMILLE HUREL/WOMEN, KIKI WILLEMS/IMG, SARA GRACE WALLERSTEDT/the SOCIETY, EMM ARRUDA/WOMEN, ALICE METZA/THE SOCIETY, SORA CHOI/WILHELMINA, TEDDY QUINLIVAN/WOMEN. CASTING: MICHELLE LEE/MICHELLE LEE CASTING. SET DESIGN: PHILIPP HAEMMERLE. LIGHTING DIRECTOR: LARS BEAULIEU.DIGITAL TECHNICIAN: JOHNNY VICARI. SPECIAL THANKS: DUTRA/MIMOUNI.

TEDDY QUINLIVAN


FROM: Worcester, MA.

SS17 SHOWS: 39.

HOBBIES: Turning looks, Tinder dating, shopping for discounted designer merchandise and archival pieces.

FAVORITE FOOD: Sushi.

WHEN YOU WERE A KID, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? A spy like James Bond, because he was cool, fearless, and sexy.

HIGHEST ASPIRATION? President of the United States. If Trump can do it, literally anyone can. Teddy Quinlivan 2032!

WHO WERE YOU IN A PAST LIFE? Empress Theodora of the Byzantine Empire.

T-SHIRT: VINTAGE. PREVIOUS PHOTO: SHORTS: AMERICAN APPAREL. BRA: COSABELLA. NECKLACE: JENNIFER FISHER JEWELRY.

UNDERWEAR: ARAKS.

BRA: MORGAN LANE. BRIEFS: ARAKS. PREVIOUS PHOTO: SWEATER: GOSHA RUBCHINSKIY.

CAMILLE HUREL


FROM: Paris.

SS17 SHOWS: 52.

BREAKOUT MOMENT: My very first show, for Givenchy, when I was still in high school.

HOBBIES: I love to draw people in real-life situations.

FAVORITE FOOD: Flan.

WHEN YOU WERE A KID, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? A fighter pilot!

SECRET TALENT: I am very observant. It has helped me a lot to learn about this job and the fashion world.

ALICIA BURKE


FROM: Jamaica.

SS17 SHOWS: 14.

FIRST CRUSH: Zac Efron.

FAVORITE FOOD: Mallah chicken, noodles, baked bean with franks.

BREAKOUT: Vogue Paris with David Sims (May 2016).

WHEN YOU WERE A KID, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? An air hostess, because wanted to travel and see the world. Then a midwife.

PROUDEST MOMENT? My first runway show at Caribbean Fashion Week in Jamaica. That gave me hope.

NECKLACE: PIPPIN VINTAGE. PREVIOUS PHOTO: BRIEFS: SLEEPY JONES.