Coming off of the winter Omicron variant, fashion sprung back to routine with debuts, breakouts, and exclusive selects picking up in earnest this season. From New York to Paris, the stakes were higher than ever on the Fall/Winter 2022 runways, with designers and casting directors unleashing more new faces than ever. Models.com kept a tally of all the top achievements with our official list, plus a selection of the industry’s most influential creatives weighs in on the F/W 22 new faces they are keeping an eye on.
THE INDUSTRY NEW YORK - TOP NEW COMES FW22
With a standout AW22 show season including: Prada, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Valentino, Hermes, Loewe, Isabel Marant, Jil Sander, Ports, Etro, Fendi, Michael Kors and Proenza Schouler, Nigerian native Victoria Fawole proves to be an industry favorite. Her latest stories in W, AnOther, British Vogue and T Magazine and collaborations with Karl Templer, Carlos Nazario, Carine Roitfeld, Karim Sadli, Olivier Rizzo, Ib Kamara, Lotta Volkova, Geraldine Saglio, Alasdair McLellan have lead this beauty to be Top Newcomer status season after season.
Fresh and upcoming Chinese star Luoyi made her career debut in February of 2022, impressively walking a selection of 14 of the most iconic shows including Raf Simons, Richard Quinn, Prada, Tod's, Jil Sander, Ambush, Diesel, Acne Studios, The Row, Chloe, Loewe, and Stella McCartney. Collaborating from the very beginning with industry icons like Katie Grand, Marie Chaix, Carlos Nazario, Ursina Gysi, Brian Molloy, Camilla Nickerson, Benjamin Bruno, and Jane How, all signs point to an incredible career in front of Luoyi, a sucess story buoyed by the support of casting powerhouses such as Ashley Brokaw, Piergiorgio del Moro, Helena Balladino, Julia Lange, Anita Bitton, Jess Hallet, Rachel Chandler, Barbara Nicoli and Leila Ananna.
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