Karlie Kloss measures 1’85 meters.Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner, 1’79.And Amina Blue just a 1’55.Comparisons are as hateful as necessary: it is not easy to work for large fashion firms when you barely overcome the meter and a half of height.Blue, a 24 -year -old half -Germany, half Pakistani;She has achieved it.He has paraded five times for Yeezus, the firm of Kanye West, has the blessing of editor Carine Roitfeld and Virgil Ulh (creative director of the successful off-white firm) has said of her that "she embodies a new prototype away from the call'Perfect Model'.It is intelligent and has a solid base of principles.I think it's refreshing ».His name does not stop gaining notoriety in the industry and there is no report that he does not start talking about his stature.The most recent, a production of refinery29 that under the title How to do High-Fashion When You're Only 5'1 ″ (howHe starred in his moment of glory after taking off Kanye West's heels in the middle of the parade and replacing them with competition flip flops.
Blue has achieved much more than being part of the diverse and eclectic casting of Yeezus.It is the favorite model of the Kardashian-West tandem and one of its protected.It is not surprising taking into account that Kim Kardashian's lost sister could well be.He dresses, combs and makeup (contouring included) like a kardashian.Selfies is made in the bathroom like a kardashian.And she is so fond of boasting rear that any day could break the Internet.West and his clan have also inherited humility: "I am the influence" ("I am the influence"), says his Instagram.
Amina Blue during one of Kanye West's parades.Photo: Getty
«I always liked makeup, purchases and all those things about girls.But it was too short, so I knew how to be a model would be impossible, ”he explained to Refinery29.Against his own prognosis, he got it.In an industry in which Kate Moss (1'70 meters) and Twiggy (1'72) are considered examples of low models, Blue has managed to make a place despite measuring meter and a half and distant from the canonical and impossible 90-60-60-90.He began to be seen in rapper video clips such as 50 Cent, Future or at $ AP Fer and then attracted Kanye West's attention and became part of the season after season, his models casting."In the past I was rejected due to my height but, little by little, the fashion world is accepting that not all girls are high and thin, and I like to think that I have contributed to that in some way," he says.In his words, the key to his success was to begin to trust herself from stereotypes and rejection."You can overcome almost anything if you are determined and trust yourself," he says.
Be part of the always controversial parades of Yeezus attracted the interest of other important industry figures.Through West he met the influential Carine Roitfeld who has not hesitated to give visibility in her homonymous publication, CR Fashion Book, on several occasions, both alone and forming part of the CR Girls with Gigi and Bella Hadid.His popularity in fashion circles has been increasing to the beat of his digital influence.On Instagram already recruits more than half a million followers and their way of understanding life (it is vegan, flag bearer of the curvy movement and fan of tattoos) adds hundreds of thousands of likes.«I receive many messages from people who tell me how I have influenced them, either to become veganism or in terms of their personal style, so in my biography you can read‘ I am the influence ’.Being realistic, not everyone has the body of a model, so I am proud to represent those who do not have it, ”he says.
Although his father is Muslim and affirms that his paternal family does not understand his provocations in social networks, Blue is a fan of inns with little clothes in which he presumes exuberance and tattoos (he has enough and never covers them orEven to parade).His life - he finished in Williamsburg (New York) where he still resides - has changed completely since he debuted for West and now travels from Paris to Tokyo without thinking twice."Gano much more money now," the Cut recognized a few months ago.
From its influencer position, Blue also fights for animals rights and fights the use of fashion skins.She has been vegan for five years, they will never see her wrapped in a mink and has recently posed as a visible face of Peta.He declares himself a fan of Stella McCartney, known for not using animal skins in his collections, and to contribute his own sand granite to the cause, he is working on his own vegan shoes line.Cameos in video clips, modeling and its own firm.All in record time.What will be next?If Vetements did not just announce that he leaves the catwalks and parades, it would be nothing strange to run into one of those heterogeneous casting of the firm.
Etiquetas: Kanye West|Modelos