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Sometimes when shows end, models get whisked away as quickly as the shutter click of a DSLR. If you’re lucky, in those moments, said shutter click will capture something of the rush. Ruby Aldridge being scooted away after Dior’s Paris fashion week show, however, doesn’t just look calm and collected, she looks downright cool. Perhaps that’s what off-duty model style truly is; an attitude.

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Designer bohemian never looked so good. Often when a campaign involves a huge cluster of models you don’t know where to look. Things can get too busy. But with Cavalli, that’s really just an exact reflection of the maximalist philosophy behind the clothing – so it works. Boys, girls, bare skin, floating layers, the clothing draped across the bare skin and the girls draped across…

There are models whose names you well and truly know – they’re in the campaigns of the biggest luxury brands, their faces make regular appearance on the covers of the stalwart print titles. There are models who are breathtaking yet incognito, unbeknownst to the influential casting directors and the general consumer. Then there are those in-between: you may or may not know their names, they…

If there’s something proved by this shoot, its that you can make anything feel Gothic if only you add the right amount of dark eyeshadow, dark lighting and tangled undergrowth/feathers/surreal cascades of petals. This shoot has all of that. The brilliant thing about Tabitha Simmons’ styling, though, is that the words ‘Chic Gothic Glam‘ didn’t preclude her from using plenty of colour. Whether it’s a…

It’s always seemed to me that the best fashion models have two career high points: there’s the first when they appear on the scene as the next big thing. That’s followed by a lull, where their popularity wanes. Then there’s the re-rise, a time that only models with real influence (i.e. the ability to influence the fashion we purchase) enjoy. Ruby Aldridge is enjoying hers…

Like everything fashion-related, models move in trends. A popular face will inspire the success of more popular faces that hold similar qualities. Looking at these shots of Isabel Hickmann, a gorgeous face at Next models, we’re seeing a mix of model-du-jour Ruby Aldridge and actress Keira Knightley: it’s just something about the delicate features, pale skin, and cropped hair.

You know if there’s a super-stylish model around, Craig from Altamira will be close behind, camera at the ready, to catch both the outfit and the moment… and so there he was when the uber-chic Ruby Aldridge exited the Chloe show at Paris fashion week in a perfectly effortless indigo lace dress and boots.

Lorella Signorino marked the positioning of her new ‘Atelier’ label from the get go: in mere moments the atmosphere of her Milan fashion week showing turned from light piano, to a hard beat, to a somewhat exposed Ruby Aldridge pounding down the catwalk. Sexualised and youthful? Certainly. This is, after all, the catwalk debut of a new label from a designer who had previously brought…