S/S 2013 : New Model Faces

Move over Natasha Poly and Natalia Vodianova, there’s a new Russian in town. As if walking in Louis Vuitton, Alexander McQueen and Givenchy wasn’t enough for your first runway season, this blonde haired, green eyed beauty opened Raf Simons’ final show for Jil Sander. Remember her in the baby pink coat? Thought you would. She joined Simons again at his couture debut for Dior and is set to be a designer’s dream this season…

She may have been spotted at the age of 12 but it’s only now that Kiwi Anmari Botha is ready to make her mark. She got her training on the small New Zealand circuit before being whisked off to the Giambattista Valli and Givenchy catwalks, and couture circuit where she took in Armani Prive and Jean Paul Gaultier, and closed Maison Martin Margiela. We guarantee you’ll be seeing more of this statuesque blonde….  

She’s gone from die-hard basketball player to Riccardo Tisci’s exclusive for AW12, and the rest, put simply, is history. Hailing from Canada, this self-confessed tomboy with enviously flawless skin and athletic physique (which she puts down to a diet of sushi and hot yoga) is now ready to show the world what she can do on the international catwalks. Make sure you keep an eye out…

Making the transformation from police officer to top model is no easy feat. But the 2011 winner of Holland’s Next Top Model has just done that – and she’s got the Kate Lanphear-styled spread to prove it. Since starting off at Amsterdam Fashion Week, she’s signed with Elite, booked editorials in ELLE and posed for the Acne and Alexander Wang resort lookbooks. Now she’s about to embark on her catwalk career…

When a model bags the Balenciaga ad campaign at just 15, the fashion world takes note. And we she stars in it the following she season, you know she’s going far. Following in the footsteps of Gisele, Stella Tennant and Karen Elson, this pouty Brit with killer cheekbones is without doubt the one to watch this season…   

Set for the biggest breakthrough of the season is Netherlands native Stef van der Laan. Since making her debut at the Givenchy AW12 show, the blonde beauty was snapped up by Chanel and Versace couture, and even bagged a spread in Carine Roitfeld’s ‘CR Fashion Book’. There’s no doubt this is her moment. The only question is, which major catwalk spot will she nab for SS13?