Is The New: Mary Kate and Lily Donaldson?

Sep 29, 2007 @ 2:14pm

Flipping through Fendi's photos on Style.com lead to a few observations:

1. If we didn't know better, we'd think the dress patterns were woven in silk, not mink and leather - amazing.

2. The mosaic necklines on some of the dresses are both referential and futuristic - incredibly cool.

3. Lily Donaldson's back looks awfully awful in this picture. It reminds us of the Mary Kate photos from her Hollywood Walk of Fame induction, just before the starlet was rushed to rehab with an eating disorder / drug problem (circle one).

If we combine the skeletal shadows on Lily's body with her current It Girl status, we have to wonder - is Lily Donaldson the new Mary Kate?

It's icky enough to distract us from the rest of the Fendi show, which (again) was a million layers of gorgeous.

really not okay.jpg

posted by sistah girl

Sep 29, 2007 3:09PM

that is AWFUL. how can everyone around her just ignore it?

posted by

Sep 29, 2007 4:06PM

EEEEEEEUUUWWW! poor girl!

posted by Laura

Sep 29, 2007 4:20PM

that is HORRIFYING.

posted by J

Sep 29, 2007 5:14PM

MK looks bigger than lily... and that's saying something, considering that she's almost a foot shorter... that's scary.

posted by Kendall

Sep 29, 2007 5:25PM

Wow. Lily was always skinny, but not like this; she looks like she lost a ton of weight. She's probably a double zero with a back like that.

You, know, it's sort of depressing - last year there was so much uproar about how the industry was going to support healthier models; but I haven't seen it put into effect. The old girls (Snejana, Lily, Vlada, Sasha, Irina, Freja, etc) are just as skinny as ever. And look at the new ones - I wouldn't call Anabela, Tanya D. or Ali Michael healthy looking.

Hilary Rhoda is more athletic looking, but she was absent from the runways this season.

At this point I don't think the standards for modeling will ever change. I love fashion and understand that models are thinner than average people; but lately it's going far beyond average. Not to mention it sometimes makes me feel fat when I see pics from the runway, and I'm a size 4-6.
I just can't get over how skinny Lily D looks now!

Anyway, on a happier note, I agree - the Fendi show was very gorgeous indeed!

posted by Katie

Sep 29, 2007 7:09PM

Well that is just plain scary.

posted by Erin

Sep 29, 2007 9:27PM

It could have been her in the Nolita campaign...

posted by Ty-Ty

Sep 29, 2007 9:28PM

She looks like Isabelle Caro in those "no anorexia" ads, doesn't she?

posted by Casey

Sep 29, 2007 10:58PM

Lily is MUCH smaller than she was about 6 months ago when I met her... back then she looked pretty normal- tall thin and gorgeous, but normal. Shasha was the thinnest of the girls we worked with and this season she's looking like one of the 'healthier' models... interesting...

posted by kate

Sep 29, 2007 11:17PM

just to be fair girls when nicole richie was one deaths bed with all her bone, those pics on the beach were with all the force of gravity pulling down her skin against her bones, i think something similar is happening here

posted by joyce

Sep 30, 2007 1:45AM

She has such a great wonderful smile....one of confidence and "look at how great i feel in these fabulous clothes...but, after the smile, all i see is her skeleton, and i want to cry for her....
WHAT dress???? i couldn't see past her skeleton!

posted by

Sep 30, 2007 4:31AM

that is absolutely disgusting.

posted by hannah

Sep 30, 2007 6:30AM

That was absolutely the first thing I noticed when I looked at that picture. I'm sorry Lily. That is just not attractive at all! You're so skinny, it's gross! But its sad because you look really happy but it wouldn't hurt to gain 5 lbs honey!

posted by Lee

Sep 30, 2007 10:12AM

All I can think of is how these models are doing the clothes ZERO justice. Flipping through the pics on Style.com all I could think about was how Lily's head looks so disproportionate to the rest of her body.

The DSquared guys really hit it right though. All their models looked HEALTHY and they almost gave the clothes new life! Maybe it's just because it fits into their aesthetic but at least this time I could focus on the clothes.

posted by

Sep 30, 2007 10:45AM

oh lily. i never even noticed cos she looks fine at the face. and it isn't even just the back, the arms look funky as well.

posted by Sarah

Sep 30, 2007 11:38AM

I saw/met Lily at the Nicole Miller show in NYC and I honestly thought she was horrifyingly skinny...I guess I wasn't the only one who noticed.

posted by natalia

Sep 30, 2007 1:35PM

OMG !!
that's
make
me
feel
Super
FAT !!!!! !

posted by alex

Sep 30, 2007 5:24PM

am i the only one who thinks she looks perfect? :)

dont hate.

posted by Anonymous

Sep 30, 2007 5:49PM

My Favorite is Kim Noorda. I fell in love with her a year ago but noticed that she had been losing her appeal to me. I compared a photo from the Spring 07 collection with one from Spring 08 and she has lost too much weight. her elbows are knobby and her rib cage is showing way too much. At the Marc Jacobs show I was distracted from the amazing clothes by the disgusting underwear run thru that was playing simultaneously. The idea was great but as all of the concave chests were projected massively onto screens took away form his creative genius. What is goign on with these girls? Their agents need to start taking care of them....

posted by Rebe

Sep 30, 2007 7:25PM

re: alex:

No, you are not the only one. See: 'pro-ana movement'. Oh, what am I thinking. If you that's what your idea of perfection is, I'm sure you're already well acquainted.

And re: Fendi: I agree wholeheartedly. Breathtaking show. Perfect.

posted by sydneylights

Sep 30, 2007 8:55PM

Hey…

And speaking of the Dsquared show…I thought all of the models looked fabulous! I too, have been in love with Kim, gosh, I think since she started, and I will agree that she is looking thinner than usual. However, I keep struggling with whether or not these ladies are just maturing to their "adult" levels, or is there something in the form of irregular eating habits?

I also though Shannon Click looked awesome! She is in my top 5 for all time; however, I noticed that she, just like Kim was looking lean; although, in Shannon's case she's ripped. Look at her leg muscles and bicepts!

One last thing…over at Style.com (I think…) where they have all of the bigger more important shows, anyway, at Dsquared's show there is one particular model who remains unnamed; sort of very Linda V. looking yet, softer and younger. Anyone? Take a guess? She's the only one unnamed. Cheers!

Love this site,

sydneylights

posted by J

Sep 30, 2007 11:35PM

re: sydneylights...

if these girls were maturing at their adult levels (sans irregular eating habits, or lack of eating habits at all..), the would be gaining weight, not losing it.

sure, you lose 'baby fat' as you get older... this means a maturation of the face, hips instead of pudge, breasts instead of fried eggs etc... but drastic weight loss will never be synonymous with maturing.

ps- sydneylights, not hating.. just adding to your comment :). peace.

posted by Laia

Oct 01, 2007 1:01AM

Was I the only one disappointed with the Fendi show?

posted by I don't just like you. I like you, like you

Oct 01, 2007 9:12AM

Sasha was looking like the walking dead in those pics from Fendi. gross.

posted by CynthiaC

Oct 01, 2007 11:11AM

Ewww....

posted by Iheartfashion

Oct 01, 2007 1:15PM

Yes, she's skinny, but to be fair it's partly the pose. If you're thin and you hunch forward hugging yourself, you're going to see ribs!

posted by *Laura A*

Oct 01, 2007 1:57PM

She looks so ill in this pic, bless her

Personly I don't see why models are trying to get so skinny, I mean if I wanted to make my self look better in the catwalk clothes I would tone up in the gym AND eat healthy.
(and by healthy I mean actully eat!)

posted by Mlana

Oct 01, 2007 2:41PM

It is a little sad to see that designers don't realize that when you are gasping at the skeletal models, you cannot really focus on the clothes. Some designers, I just hate because of all the skeletal models. Whenever I see Coco, though, I think wow she looks great. She's got a great body AND looks great in the clothes.