The Final Tally - FW1112

What month it's been. The fashion season is officially over and what started out on such a down beat for Freja fans ended on a high note with a great turnout in Paris! Arguably the most important and most meaningful of the four cities when it comes to impact, important impressions and future bookings. That's up for debate of course.

I'm a little sad that there's no need for a detailed recap like previous seasons since Freja walked so few shows, but oh well! More time to play the campaign guessing game. If you're interested, previous season recaps are here: SS10, FW1011, SS11

FREJA BEHA ERICHSEN
FW1112 TOTAL: 14
FW1112 MILAN/PARIS: 14
OPENED: 3 | CLOSED: 2

London: No shows walked

Milan: No shows walked

New York: No shows walked

Paris:
Alexander McQueen (O)
Balenciaga
Balmain
Celine
Chanel (O)
Chloe (O)
Givenchy
Haider Ackermann
Hakaan
Lanvin
Louis Vuitton
Miu Miu
Valentino (C)
Yves Saint Laurent (C)

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Number of.....

• Cities walked: 1
  
• Shows walked: 14
  
• Shows opened: 3
  
• Shows closed: 2
  
• Outfits total: 23
  

In order of appearance...............

Biggest surprise of the season for me was seeing Freja open McQueen. Show I was most happy to see her at is a three-way tie between Haider Ackermann, Celine and Chloe. The former two because I love the clothes so much, the later one because it was absolute heaven to see Freja open and Aymeline close. Best look was Freja's stunning YSL closing number. Talk about breathtaking. Anyway, another successful season down. I feel like Freja made the right choice by taking some time off early in the season and coming back for the important shows. Standard supply vs. demand. :) And it would have been awkward to see her not walk for Chanel, Louis Vuitton or Valentino since she's in all their current campaigns. For me, not seeing her at her usual NY and Milan shows made me miss her and realize I was taking her a bit for granted. I suppose there is a lot of truth to the saying "absence makes the heart grow fonder."

In any case, much like how there's no crying in baseball, there's no rest in fashion. You can bet all the models are now jetting off around the world trying to secure their placements and bookings for the very fast approaching campaign rigmarole. That being said, I hope Freja scores Chanel again. That dark, masculine collection was tailor made for her. And yes, as much as I'm over the masculine side of Freja, I really can't think of anyone else who would be as great a fit for the collection as she is. Don't let us down Karl. Not now. Lets go for a record 5 times in a row, 7 times over all! I'd also love to see her for Chloe again, and something like Miu Miu. Lots of wishful thinking I know; but with Freja anything's possible.

Image Credits: vogue.it

The Final Tally - SS11

I guess this has kind of become a tradition for me, although I don't know how many of you actually care at this point after the shows are already over. Regardless, I do this because it helps me digest a month's worth of information and it's kind of fun. Yeah, I might be a little OCD in that I find compiling statistics and data "fun." Anyway, my old recaps for FW1011 and SS10 can be found here and here.

FREJA BEHA ERICHSEN

SS11 TOTAL: 37
SS11 MILAN/PARIS: 24
OPENED: 6 | CLOSED: 6

London: No shows walked

Milan:
Alberta Ferretti (C)
Bottega Veneta (O) (C)
Dolce & Gabbana
Emilio Pucci (O)
Etro
Fendi
Gucci
Jil Sander
Marni (O)
MaxMara (C)
Prada
Versace

New York:
Alexander Wang (C)
Anna Sui
Carolina Herrera
Derek Lam
Diesel Black Gold
Marc Jacobs (C)
Michael Kors
Narciso Rodriguez (C)
Oscar de la Renta
Ports 1961 (O)
Rag & Bone (O)
Tom Ford
Vera Wang

Paris:
Balenciaga
Balmain
Celine
Chanel (O)
Chloe
Isabel Marant
Lanvin
Louis Vuitton
Miu Miu
Stella McCartney
Valentino
Yves Saint Laurent

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Number of.....

• Cities walked: 3
• Shows walked: 37
  
• Shows opened: 6
• Shows closed: 6
• Outfits in New York: 24
• Outfits in Milan: 29
• Outfits in Paris: 21
• Outfits total: 74
• Show walked for the first time ever: 2 (Ports 1961, Tom Ford)
• Cities walked last season that were not walked this season: 1 (Poor London)
  
• Shows repeated from last season: 30
• Shows walked last season that were not walked this season: 16
• Shows walked this season that were not walked last season: 7
• Skirts/Dresses vs. Shorts/Pants: 41 vs. 33
  
• Bags/Clutches carried: 15
  
• Sunglasses worn: 2
  
• Headpieces/Hats/Headbands worn: 5
  
• Overly floppy hats obscuring the face: 1
• Tummies bared: 1
  
• Journalists simultaneously scared and thrilled: 1
• Runway requests left unfulfilled: 1
• Publications who fell in love with Freja: 1 (that has publicly admitted it)
• Working fountains: 3
• Animals harmed in the making of the LV show: Unknown
• All white looks: 11 (white is the new black apparently)
• All black looks: 8 (white really is the new black)
• Belts worn: 26
• Necklaces worn: 7
• Citrus jackets: 1
• Times I mentioned femininity: too many to count...
  

In order of appearance:

Et voila! The past month signed, sealed and delivered in one tiny post. How many hours did we all spend pouring over information that could be summed up so easily? Don't remind me. :/ Another successful season under Freja's belt, and her twelfth overall. She really shows no signs of slowing down, and that's amazing for any model, much less a model nearly six years into her career. I don't know how Freja manages to do it season after season, but she commands attention from all the right people, walks in all the right shows, and changes up her look ever so slightly enough to remain fresh, new and desirable. There's both a stability and unpredictability with Freja that makes her exciting yet reliable at the same time, and that probably explains why she's always in high demand. Now we only have 5 months to wait and see if she can keep it up for FW11/12!

Image Credits: style.it, contributormagazine.com