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Model of the Moment: KENDALL JENNER.

Kendall Jenner: Reality star & social supermodel. Kendall is one of the top instagirls next to Gigi, Cara, & Joans. She may be on Keeping Up with Kardashians, but most of the time Kendall’s rocking the runway, kickin’ it with Karl [Lagerfeld], & appearing in every magazine from VOGUE to Harper’s. WIth over 23million followers on instagram, this millennial model is just starting her reign over the fashion/modeling world.

Kendall covers the latest issue of high fashion mag, Harper’s Bazaar, wearing ‘couture on couture’ from Maison Margiela, Dior, Atelier Versace, Givenchy, style by Amanda Harlech. The face of Estee Lauder talks modeling, Kim Kardashian, Gigi, and more.

On Karl Lagerfeld calling her the “girl of the moment”: “I started this hoping that it would have longevity. I didn’t come into this thinking it’s going to be a fun thing that I’m going to do on the side. It’s something I want to do my whole life. It’s a career, so I needed to be really gentle with it. We had to pick and choose things very specifically.”

Now she’s basically BFFs with Karl (who also shot the cover & editorial of Harper’s): “I’m really shy when I first meet someone—and to meet him was even worse. He would say something to me and I would just nod. It was like meeting a crush or something—I was mute. He probably thought I was the biggest weirdo. And then every time we’d see each other, it would just get better and better. Now we’re totally BFFs.”

On being model besties with Cara Delevingne, Joan Smalls, & Gigi Hadid: “Just through work. I think it’s super important. You have to be around these girls for work, for parties, for events, for shows, especially. It’s good to have a set of girlfriends that you can stand being around. You have to be around these people all the time!”

And, what’s ‘craycray Cara’ really like? “Amazingly crazy. We balance each other out. I chill her out and she makes me fun.”

The KUWTK star talks sister Kim’s style:  “I really admire Kim’s style. It’s insane. She really knows how to work her style with her body. I think she could be a major fashion icon. It’s so fun to be in Paris with her, but I’ll walk out and be like, ‘Oh, my God, I love my outfit,’ and then I’ll see Kim and I’ll be like, ‘My outfit sucks compared to yours!’”

On her dream date: “I don’t know, a nice dinner. I love, like, being outside at night. I know that sounds really random, but I love being on the beach or anywhere.”

Social Supermodels.

It’s no surprise the newest generation of supermodels have taken the social stratosphere to the next level  – from Kendall Jenner (who’s probably the most followed model in existence), to Cara Delevingne & of course, Gigi Hadid. Even VOGUE jumped on board calling them the Instagirls on their coveted September issue which featured Joan Smalls, Karlie Kloss, Cara, Arizona Muse, Edie Campbell, Imaan Hammam, Fei Fei Sun, Vanessa Axente, & Andreea Diaconu.

AdWeek has dubbed them the ‘Millennial Models’. But, that’s no news to us at Z Management– we’ve seen this push for promotion via social media platforms for a while, especially in the fashion industry. Which is why we launched our APP M3Beauty for professional & aspiring models, giving girls around the globe the tool to create their comp card in seconds. Whether it’s snaping a selfie or selecting a pic, you can promote yourself & share your card on instagram, twitter, tumblr, facebook, & more. That’s some next level promo right there babeZ. Download M3 Beauty in the iTunes / Google Play store.

Before Gigi landed her major modeling contracts with Tom Ford, Victoria’s Secret, Maybelline & more, she took to Instagram to tell her followers of her 1st contract – when she was signed with IMG Models, since then it’s been all ‘OMG Gigi!’. She’s reigned the runway at fashion week & covered top mags — now she’s getting futuristic for AdWeek’s latest issue | Photographed by Alexei Hay.

AdWeek points out, “the millennial models have achieved success both in the realm of high fashion and the commercial world—a rarity since the supermodel era of the ’90s.”

Gigi recently covered Teen Vogue alongside top model, Binx Walton, their editor in chief Amy Astley says, “There are tons of examples of successful working models who don’t have a big Instagram following and aren’t interested in social media but it’s becoming something more and more that the ad clients are looking for—and all the girls know it. The game is definitely changing.”

Harper’s Bazaar executive editor Laura Brown says of British beauty Delevingne, “Cara’s a gorgeous girl, but her personality and her social media, that’s what made her, whereas I think Karlie’s just the sort of emblem of good health and girlfriendship. They have their own little currencies on social media, and I think that they’ve become, at least to us, the sort of archetype.” She also talks about SM, “If a model happens to come with a few thousand or a few million followers, that’s amazing for brands. Especially if you’re a brand that wants to target a new, younger demographic, you’d have to consider [hiring] those girls in a second.”

Hadid also stuns for VOGUE Spain’s latest issue (catch it on our Tumblr Blog HERE), but she talks about ‘life after modeling’, she says, “What people want to know is, OK, what’s after modeling? And that’s forcing us to think about those things [even earlier]. It’s not just OK anymore to model until you’re 25 and then stop and be a housewife.”

So, what does she have planned? “I’m an entertainer, and I think that I’ll always be in that business,” she adds, “Who knows? I could always be a fact checker on CSI.” (Hadid currently took a leave of absence from The New School in NYC to focus full time on modeling – but she has plans on returning & getting her degree).

Well, her fellow supermodel BFFs are already proving their careers are not only expanding from modeling but their not ending anytime soon.

Kloss (the latest face of L’Oreal Paris) has “her own line of cookies with New York bakery Momofuku Milk Bar, taken classes at Harvard Business School, learned how to code & participated in a panel on social media at SXSW. Earlier this year, she announced she was ending her run as a Victoria’s Secret Angel so she could attend New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.” Ummm talk about GiRLBOSS.. or ModelBOSS in this case.

Cara, who’s Chanel’s main homegirl, has started dipping into acting, she’s set to star in multiple films, including the much anticipated ‘Paper Towns’.

*Interview & photos courtesy of ADWEEK.

Model of the Year: GiGi HADiD.

»GiGi Hadid« From ruling the runways of CHANEL to Marc Jacobs to Jean Paul Gaultier & more, gracing the pages of VOGUE, Harper’s Bazaar, V Magazine, Sports Illustrated, ELLE, Schön, CR Fashion Book, starring in ad campaigns for GUESS!, Tom Ford, and now named as the face of Maybelline — homegirl GiGi is beyond just hitting #SupermodelStatus. It’s no wonder this blonde beauty was named Model of the Year at the Daily Front Row Fashion Awards in Los Angeles.

Gigi tweeted, “Thank you @dailyfrontrow for a beautiful night and for the honor! Congratulations to all the other winners, who inspire not only me but the entire fashion world every day and thank you @nicolerichie for being you and for your beautiful intro. I love you!”

She rocked a red Calvin Klein gown on the red carpet, “It’s kind of surreal, because I feel like if you were to ask me who deserves model of the year I could name a hundred people that I think deserve it as well. It’s such an honor, and I love the whole team at Daily Front Row. I feel so lucky that they think that I deserve it.”

And of course, her model mama, Yolanda Foster (also star of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills) helped GiGi with the infamous Maybelline contract, she said, “Well my mom kind of was involved with the whole contract. She actually knew a lot of it with my agent [Luiz Mattos] before they told me. Luiz gave me my Christmas present. I opened it in front of the whole agency and it was my contract. My mom was there when I opened my present. And my whole family’s so excited. It was the best Christmas present I’ve ever gotten in my life.”

Girl had some serious supermodel competition from Cara Delevingne, Kate Upton, Kendall Jenner, Joan Smalls … the list goes ON & ON.

She chatted with E! News — on BFF Kendall,  “We’ve only been friends for like a year now, but she’s one of my best friends. She’s so awesome.”

Gigi had modeling in her genes: “I was always kinda told that when I was becoming a model, don’t live with a model because you get competitive…but I don’t really find that I get competitive with my friends, especially with someone like Kendall…we look nothing alike. So someone that’s gonna want a Kendall is not gonna want a Gigi.”

On her mom’s (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Yolanda Foster) illness: “You know it’s hard, especially with something like Lyme Disease, not a lot of people know about it, especially doctors so they don’t really know how to help, medical wise. So it’s really hard for me and my siblings to know how we could help, but I guess just being supportive is the best way we can do it.”

Adding, “You can tell how much it means to her when, during a lunch break on a shoot, I’ll FaceTime her and talk to her about how my day’s going. I think just the little things like that is what’s helping her get through it.”

On body image: “”I’ve kinda had an easy time with the whole body image thing, just because from the second I walked into IMG, I was like, ‘This is what I wanna do with my career, but the one thing is that I’m not gonna lose a certain amount of weight. I’m not gonna be extremely skinny.’ I just don’t want to do that,” she explains. “I’ve always been an athlete. I’ve always had a certain body type that I’ve always been happy with and I didn’t wanna let that go for a career.”

The 19 year old’s younger sister Bella Hadid is also following in her sisters modeling footsteps. Congrats Gigi!! Can’t wait to watch you continue your fabulous reign over the modeling & fashion world! XOXO »Z.

Balmain’s ARMY of LOVE with #KIMYE

#ItsAllAboutLove according to BALMAIN’s latest high-fashion campaign. So, what better pair to feature in a ‘love’ themed ad than The World’s Most Talked about Couple: KIMYE.

Kim Kardashian & husband Kanye West get sultry for Balmain’s Spring/Summer 2015 ‘Army of Lovers’ ad. The hot couple – which has reached a level of phenomenon between them & the entire Kardashian Klan that no one quite understands… posed for renowned photographed Mario Sorrenti. Kim & Kanye have been huge ‘lovers’ of the chic brand for some time now. Kim Kardashian wore an elegant, bedazzled piece at her bachelorette party in Paris & joined supermodel sister, Kendall Jenner, in the ‘Balmain Army’  at the Vogue Paris Foundation Gala this last year.

Wonder if these shots will #BreakTheInternet like Kim did when she showed off her ‘ass-ets’ for Paper Magazine … probably not but just sayin’!

Olivier Rousteing, the creative director for the the French fashion house, said, “For this Menswear campaign, I wanted to capture a moment of love. Kim and Kanye are style icons and friends. It is an honor to have them in this Balmain campaign. Together, they represent love, beauty and diversity — they are the new modernity. This is more than a campaign, it expresses something beyond clothes — it is a celebration of love and friendship. This is a new statement for Balmain.”

In case you missed it, Kim & Kanye were married this past May at the exclusive Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Italy. They welcomed their adorable & utterly fashionable daughter, North West, the previous year, in June 2013. The Kardashian-West made their family debut in the April 2014 issue of VOGUE US photographed by Annie Leibovitz, where they were titled #worldsmosttalkedaboutcouple.

Kendall & Cara: To Walk Chanel or Victoria’s Secret?

Well, well, well …  we totally thought new runway royalty Kendall [Jenner] would be putting on some angel wings (I mean we had a serious poll going on here at the Z Management studios), and we’ve been wondering why we didn’t see Cara Delevingne’s name on the VS Fashion Show 2014 lineup … Turns out there was some MAJOR conflicts in the fashion/modeling world. Both supermodels were rumored to be planning to walk the catwalk that night …but not the one we thought!

The annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2014 will take place on December 2 in London, coincidentally the same day as Chanel’s Metiers D’Art show in Austria.

According to the New York Post, Kendall & Cara opted for ‘CHANEL‘s pre-Fall-extravaganza’ that will be taking place in the stunning & regal, Hotel Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria. As The CUT put it – these mega models chose “the double C’s over angel wings.” Looks like Kendall is following her supermodel besties’ foot steps. The 2 have become BFF’s as of late, from dressing up as Mario and Luigi (Super Mario Bros game) for Halloween, to Cara joining the Kardashian Klan for Jenner’s birthday bash.

We do love catching the VS Fashion Show, especially since the OG Angels: Alessandra Ambrosio & Adriana Lima will be rocking TWO fantasy bras! And, have you checked out the roster of babes getting ready to strut the runway in some kick-a** lingerie/wings??

The Angels: Behati Prinsloo, Candice Swanepoel, Douzten Kroes, Karlie Kloss, Lily Aldridge, Lindsay Ellingson. Other models include; Joan Smalls,Barbara Fialho, Sara Sampaio, Grace Mahary, Josephine Skriver, Jasmine Tookes, Jourdan Dunn, Bregje Heinen, Elsa Hosk, Barbara Fialho, Izabel Goulart, Isabeli Fontana, Lily Donaldson, Constance Jablonski, Kasia Struss, and MORE.

Then again, we always love us some Karl Lagerfeld. Well – what would YOU choose: Chanel or Victoria’s Secret??

*Luckily the VS Fashion Show doesn’t air until December 9th – so WE can catch both! Regardless, the 2 runway shows are incredible fashion/modeling jobs and it must’ve been a tough decision. Xx