Before a model hits the runway—and before she snags her first editorial, her first ad campaign, and her first billboard—she’s got to make it past the sharp eyes of fashion’s casting directors, who are tasked with finding the perfect girls for designers’ exacting visions. In our fashion week series, the industry’s top casting gurus share [...]

Age ain’t nothing but a number? The panelists at the CFDA’s Health Initiative discussion on “The Beauty of Health: Resizing the Sample Size” would have us believe otherwise. “Of the 172 girls I saw for casting for fashion week, 75 of those were 16 or under,” casting director James Scully told the audience at Milk [...]

Phoenix-like, Prabal Gurung has risen from the ashes of Bill Blass, and he’s ready to sell some clothes. At last night’s presentation, the designer was clearly riding high on the buzz that comes from spending quality time with important journalists and being amid a crowd of friends and supporters—particularly those like stylist Tina Laakkonen and [...]