https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/smiles-sneaking-on-the-catwalk Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:44:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/smiles-sneaking-on-the-catwalk#post-2319031 Thu, 20 Apr 2023 02:18:50 +0000 Jaime 2319031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I remember some years ago especially admiring an Issey Miyake runway show because the models all smiled. But, on the other hand, if smiles show personality it does sort of make sense why they have been discouraged. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/smiles-sneaking-on-the-catwalk#post-2319019 Thu, 20 Apr 2023 01:27:39 +0000 BlueJay 2319019@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Tanya, Ophelia and Carla! </p> <p>Ophelia, too funny and true! I hadn't thought of that. Haha!</p> <p>One can't help but smile looking at all the smiling faces. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/smiles-sneaking-on-the-catwalk#post-2319017 Thu, 20 Apr 2023 01:12:57 +0000 Carla 2319017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the uplifting read! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/smiles-sneaking-on-the-catwalk#post-2319008 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 22:49:08 +0000 ophelia 2319008@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>People 50 yrs from now will look back at all the smiling selfies &amp; think it must have been a very happy era &amp; fittingly, that strikes me as hilarious. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/smiles-sneaking-on-the-catwalk#post-2319005 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 22:44:20 +0000 Tanya 2319005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for sharing the links, those were great reads. Hope we see more smiles on the runway in the future. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/smiles-sneaking-on-the-catwalk#post-2318954 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 19:49:16 +0000 BlueJay 2318954@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you <b>Bonnie, JP, Suz</b> and <b>Angie!&nbsp;<br /></b></p> <p><b>JP</b>, yes, I can understand what you mean between style and fashion.</p> <p>haha! <b>Love</b> the pics <b>Angie! </b>#4 made me laugh! Thank you! It's nice to see the models having fun.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/smiles-sneaking-on-the-catwalk#post-2318931 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 17:50:58 +0000 Angie 2318931@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fab read! Thanks, <b>Blue Jay</b>.</p> <p>Loving those smiles. A few more for good measure </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/smiles-sneaking-on-the-catwalk#post-2318930 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 17:38:54 +0000 Suz 2318930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is fascinating, <b>BlueJay</b> -- thanks for posting! I must say, it makes me happy to see those smiles!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/smiles-sneaking-on-the-catwalk#post-2318920 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:36:08 +0000 JP 2318920@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very interesting, I didn't know about this. Thanks for sharing.<br /> I always separate Fashion from Style. The models represent fashion which means what the spotlight is on at a given moment. Style is a unique way a person expresses herself/himself and it could include fashion or not. It's how each individual puts together their look... I believe fashion and style could overlap.<br /> This is my understanding of the two. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/smiles-sneaking-on-the-catwalk#post-2318918 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:29:47 +0000 Bonnie 2318918@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting articles. Thanks for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/smiles-sneaking-on-the-catwalk#post-2318910 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 14:25:06 +0000 BlueJay 2318910@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie's post this morning made me think "if style has personality then <b>why don't models smile?</b>" It sent me down an internet "rabbit hole" of exploration. I found this article and thought it was interesting:</p> <p><b></b><b>Annika&nbsp;Lautens</b>&nbsp;<b>explores the evolution of model moods:</b></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://fashionmagazine.com/style/smiling-models/">https://fashionmagazine.com/style/smiling-models/</a></p> <p> "it all began in the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://fashionmagazine.com/style/bloomers/">1800s</a>, when Charles Frederick Worth — the inventor of the couture salon presentation — referred to his shows as “<b>mannequin parades</b>.” “The ‘unsmiling model’ is the product ultimately of a European preference for a certain <b>conformity</b>,” she writes in an email. “The runway model is derived from the concept of the actual mannequin, so there’s a sense of blankness that fashion came to expect from these women.” [emphasis added]</p> <p><b>Ellie Violet Bramley explores smiles sneaking on the catwalk:</b><b></b><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/mar/11/out-with-pouts-and-down-with-frowns-as-the-smile-sneaks-on-to-the-catwalk">https://www.theguardian.com/fa.....-smile-sne</a></p> <p>I'm glad to see the pendulum has swung the other way and smiling is now "in"!</p>