Toronto Photo Essay: The Faces of Fashion Week

barf!

This is beyond gross.

Fashion as King is sometimes a very stupid ruler.
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Ah, so refreshing to see ruthless, cruel judgment from a bunch of jealous nobodies.

Technically superior photographs. I particularly admire the black and white offerings. Excellent work.

I thought they were lovely girls. I always find the male models rather amusing, this version (11.1) looks rather disheveled wispy. I think what these photos go to prove is that models aren't the aesthetic perfection we seem to continually label them with. And I'm pretty sure these photos haven't much been edited either. I think i saw a few of these models in the Cashmere Collection about a month ago..

Gorgeous! The photos, the models, all of the artists involved in creating these looks-- such wonderful, beautiful work! I love the boldness of "the new face"; thick eyebrows, deep dramatic eyes, and even some long-ish noses! Wonderful, wonderful article.

So, are we supposed to not photograph anyone that may represent something that is deemed potentially unfavorable by society? Is the answer that we make piranha's of all the very thin girls? If they do have eating disorders than they are just that, disorders, saying that they look "gross" won't erase the psychological organization that lead to the behaviour. People aren't ONLY thin because of an eating disorder either, so at what point are we punishing a thin, attractive girl because she decided to enter into an industry that rewards her for being that way. Models get to be models for a very short portion of their overall lives, it's a young game. High-fashion is also not as influential as say, Miley Cyrus, or 90210. No one is claiming that any of this is an accurate depiction of real life. It's a fantasy, with characters. I don't think we should encourage girls to look any certain way, but I also don't buy that some head-and-shoulder pictures of these models tacitly supports eating disorders and props up the patriarchy. Sometimes a photo is just a photo. And these happen to be really nice photos, so let's focus on that shall we?

SHIT! Leave it to the auto-correct on my spell check to make me unintentionally hilarious...

Can some one point to nearest bathroom as I'm about to trow up..that is just most disgusting thing I've seen today

Beautiful eyes and masculine faces. A model should not distract a viewer from the outfit she/he wears, so she/he is not supposed to look sexy. Rather like a mannequin. But I like that edgy look.

So im the girl in the 1st picture on the right and let me tell you all, i eat like any other normal person. I just have a very high metabolism, and i dont count McDonalds as my primary food source. I also happen to know all of the above models and NONE of us have any eating disorders. There are naturally skinny and beautiful girls, especially in Canada, being a very diverse country. We all stay relatively skinny by eating healthy and actually TAKING CARE OF OUR BODIES instead of trashing them with crap. Something, some of you should think about before judging others. Thank you. By the way i love the images!!

I like the diversity of looks presented here - showing the changing face of the industry, representing not just the old school ideal of 'beauty'. As a photographer, I see more and more that 'beauty' is such a changeable thing and there is quite a difference between being 'beautiful' and 'photogenic', which is a talent. These models [for the most art] are beautiful photogenic, in-that they possess that chameleon like quality.