Photographer
udor
Posts: 25255
New York, New York, US
DISCLAIMER:
This is NOT an attack on short models who are successful models in their field of commercial print, which is far greater and more lucrative than high fashion runway, or as glamour or art models. This is for all those models who are too short to qualify and are NOT known celebrities, who clinch to the belief that they too must be able to walk the big league in high fashion runway modeling, especially the superbowl of 'high fashion anything':
NYC Fashion Week
Three helpful threads about the subject don't awake those models out of their dream world and no matter how much is being explained from industry insider... they keep on chasing their own tail because some dude who shot them and their mama tell them that they belong on a major runway:
Why runway shows need tall models:
Why do short models insist of doing Runway?
Modeling Success: RESEARCH
I propose a new definition, inspired by Junk Fashion and J.R.R. Tolkien:
"A very short model that lives in a fantasy land who believes that she has a birthright to walk the high fashion runway of NYC or the other 4 high fashion centers in the world for the major designers" = "haute couture hobbit" or its shortform:
"haubbit" *
* haubbit© by udor 2007
Model
LaViolette
Posts: 9865
Hollywood, Florida, US
UdoR wrote:
This is for all those models who are too short to qualify and are NOT known celebrities, who clinch to the belief that they too must be able to walk the big league in high fashion runway modeling, especially the superbowl of high fashion anything:
NYC Fashion Week
Three helpful threads about the subject don't awake those models out of their dream world and no matter how much is being explained from industry insider... they keep on chasing their own tail because some dude who shot them and their mama tell them that they belong on a major runway:
Why runway shows need tall models:
Why do short models insist of doin Runway?
Modeling Success: RESEARCH
I propose a new difinition, inspired by Junk Fashion and J.R. Tolkien:
"A very short model that lives in a fantasy land who believes that she has a birthright to walk the high fashion runway of NYC or the other 4 high fashion centers in the world for the major designers" = "haute couture hobbit" or its shortform:
"haubbit" Love it!
Photographer
Bruce Talbot
Posts: 3850
Los Angeles, California, US
UdoR is a kwayzee raubbitt.
bt
Model
Elle
Posts: 16462
Marshfield, Wisconsin, US
UdoR wrote:
"haubbit" I freaking love you lol
Photographer
A Traveler
Posts: 5506
San Francisco, California, US
clearly you are working with the forces of mordor, UdoR.
Photographer
udor
Posts: 25255
New York, New York, US
Nick Zantop wrote:
clearly you are working with the forces of mordor, UdoR. mudor to be specific... 
Model
M*A*C
Posts: 157
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
the first modelling job i ever did was runway.. it was for an australian designer called camilla franks, who is up there with leading australian designers such as Morissey and Alex Perry.. i'm 5'5'.. and yes i feel privaledged
Model
LaViolette
Posts: 9865
Hollywood, Florida, US
M*A*C wrote:
the first modelling job i ever did was runway.. it was for an australian designer called camilla franks, who is up there with leading australian designers such as Morissey and Alex Perry.. i'm 5'5'.. and yes i feel privaledged Well hey - good for you! There are exceptions to every rule. The thing is people don't realize they are exception; they are not the norm
Photographer
Emeritus
Posts: 22000
Las Vegas, Nevada, US
Udo, you don't get it.  Eventually, after all the screams and accusation of hating are more or less out of the way, they decide that they are going to "change the industry". If the number of people who have said that actually got together and did something productive, the fashion world might be in some small way affected - but they never do, and it never is, and the myth continues, in their heads at least. So that's the magic factor your formulation does not take into account: the propensity for industry change caused by the angst of a haubbit.
Photographer
Lucas Chapman
Posts: 6129
Scottsdale, Arizona, US
Goldie117 wrote:
Well hey - good for you! There are exceptions to every rule. The thing is people don't realize they are exception; they are not the norm The basic problems stems from the fact that every girl thinks SHE should be that exception. Until they begin to realize that they are not, the problems and whining will continue.
Model
LaViolette
Posts: 9865
Hollywood, Florida, US
*Sets out on her quest to destroy the ring. Prepares to toss it into the fire where it was created...Stops suddenly*
Oh hells no! I spent good $ on this white gold band! Fuggetaboutit!!!
Photographer
Imajin Studios
Posts: 2163
M*A*C wrote:
the first modelling job i ever did was runway.. it was for an australian designer called camilla franks, who is up there with leading australian designers such as Morissey and Alex Perry.. i'm 5'5'.. and yes i feel privaledged OH GEEZ here we go again, and i guess you are taller that a haubbit
Photographer
udor
Posts: 25255
New York, New York, US
TXPhotog wrote:
Udo, you don't get it.
Eventually, after all the screams and accusation of hating are more or less out of the way, they decide that they are going to "change the industry". Hence we call those folks that live in the green pastures, with the rainbow and the golden pot at the end of it in Modeland "haubbits"... lovingly...
Model
moniquevanson
Posts: 402
Imajin Studios wrote:
OH GEEZ here we go again, and i guess you are taller that a haubbit We need to start some kinda club..like..the official anti-haubbitry club or something.
Anyone have any club name ideas? And who wants to become a member? 
Photographer
Taverner Photography
Posts: 228
Pasadena, California, US
Goldie117 wrote:
Well hey - good for you! There are exceptions to every rule. The thing is people don't realize they are exception; they are not the norm ...here's a wild exception to the height rule:
![https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i210/Taverner_Photography/ASHLEYPAIGE_7831.jpg]()
; )
Photographer
Imajin Studios
Posts: 2163
UdoR wrote:
This is for all those models who are too short to qualify and are NOT known celebrities, who clinch to the belief that they too must be able to walk the big league in high fashion runway modeling, especially the superbowl of 'high fashion anything':
NYC Fashion Week
Three helpful threads about the subject don't awake those models out of their dream world and no matter how much is being explained from industry insider... they keep on chasing their own tail because some dude who shot them and their mama tell them that they belong on a major runway:
Why runway shows need tall models:
Why do short models insist of doin Runway?
Modeling Success: RESEARCH
I propose a new difinition, inspired by Junk Fashion and J.R.R. Tolkien:
"A very short model that lives in a fantasy land who believes that she has a birthright to walk the high fashion runway of NYC or the other 4 high fashion centers in the world for the major designers" = "haute couture hobbit" or its shortform:
"haubbit" *
* haubbit© by UdoR 2007
Model
M*A*C
Posts: 157
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Imajin Studios wrote:
OH GEEZ here we go again, and i guess you are taller that a haubbit i don't dream of being a runway model, i know my limitations and i don't feel any less adequate in my abilities to do other types of modelling. I am saying.. its wrong to completely discourage shorter models from even trying to enter the doors of high fashion, because some designers are accepting '5'5 and above.. my friend is 5'6 and she has done runway too.. i do understand where some of you are coming from though, the one thing which i very salient about the fashion industry is that height far outweighs your beauty or creativity as a model.. i've seen not-so-pretty models on runways, but its 'form/ physique that counts more than whats on your face or how you express it.. i dont think that will ever change, nor do i care to change it. I'm happy with whatever work i can get
Photographer
udor
Posts: 25255
New York, New York, US
M*A*C wrote:
i don't dream of being a runway model, i know my limitations and i don't feel any less adequate in my abilities to do other types of modelling. I am saying.. its wrong to completely discourage shorter models from even trying to enter the doors of high fashion, because some designers are accepting '5'5 and above.. my friend is 5'6 and she has done runway too.. Well, Mac;
The Australian market is a regional/minor market... the closest high fashion industry in your region is Tokyo Fashion Week, which ranks last of the five major markets.
You will NOT walk at Fashion Week for any of the major designers in NYC, Milan, Paris, London and Tokyo.
Maybe you'll be able to walk for some really small designer (pun intended) who shows in some club during fashion week... but it's still not for the big league... and that's what's all about...
The fantasy world of haubbits...
Model
LaViolette
Posts: 9865
Hollywood, Florida, US
Taverner Photography wrote:
...here's a wild exception to the height rule:
![https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i210/Taverner_Photography/ASHLEYPAIGE_7831.jpg]()
; ) How tall is she? She sure is lovely
Photographer
SLE Photography
Posts: 68937
Orlando, Florida, US
Goldie117 wrote:
*Sets out on her quest to destroy the ring. Prepares to toss it into the fire where it was created...Stops suddenly*
Oh hells no! I spent good $ on this white gold band! Fuggetaboutit!!! short small LOTR funny, broken to link per Udo's request
(you may have to watch it twice to see the whole thing, but it's worth it)
Photographer
SLE Photography
Posts: 68937
Orlando, Florida, US
Oh, and BWAHAHAHAHAA Udo!
(uh, your second link's broken though)
Model
LaViolette
Posts: 9865
Hollywood, Florida, US
SLE Photography wrote:
![https://www.slephoto.com/smilies/lol_lotr.gif]()
(you may have to watch it twice to see the whole thing, but it's worth it) Believe me, I've seen all three movies AT LEAST 10 or 15 times, lol. I guess u could say I'm a big fan
Model
M*A*C
Posts: 157
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
UdoR wrote:
Well, Mac;
The Australian market is a regional/minor market... the closest high fashion industry in your region is Tokyo Fashion Week, which ranks last of the five major markets.
You will NOT walk at Fashion Week for any of the major designers in NYC, Milan, Paris, London and Tokyo.
Maybe you'll be able to walk for some really small designer (pun intended) who shows in some club during fashion week... but it's still not for the big league... and that's what's all about...
The fantasy world of haubbits... like i said, i don't intend to walk runways... i kind of think a 'haubbit' as you put it, has a negative connotation.. we are not scawny little midgets that are a pain for the industry.. i'm sure some people think that.. thats cool, i think some people in the fashion industry do live in fantasy, i call them the narrow-minded, plastic-world lovers.. in their head, its a representational reality
Photographer
udor
Posts: 25255
New York, New York, US
SLE Photography wrote:
Oh, and BWAHAHAHAHAA Udo!
(uh, your second link's broken though) Thanks, I fixed it.
BTW... your LoTR thing is almost 800KB and with ever quoting of it... it slows this page down... tremendeously... could you break the link and just link to it?
Photographer
udor
Posts: 25255
New York, New York, US
M*A*C wrote:
like i said, i don't intend to walk runways... i kind of think a 'haubbit' as you put it, has a negative connotation.. we are not scawny little midgets Okay... I am civil... would you PLEASE read the disclaimer all the way on top!!!
Thank you for your cooperation!
Yes... it IS a negative connotation and it's not directed at normal short models... it's directed at the diluded... the ones who live in a fantasy world and don't want to wake up.
End of transmission. *bleep*
Photographer
Imajin Studios
Posts: 2163
M*A*C wrote:
like i said, i don't intend to walk runways... i kind of think a 'haubbit' as you put it, has a negative connotation.. we are not scawny little midgets that are a pain for the industry.. i'm sure some people think that.. thats cool, i think some people in the fashion industry do live in fantasy, i call them the narrow-minded, plastic-world lovers.. in their head, its a representational reality u know what in NSW you might not be a haubbit, but in BRYANT PARK, definately qualify for one, word of advice you might wanna leave this one alone before someone pulls the Kate Moss Law on you
Photographer
Imajin Studios
Posts: 2163
Taverner Photography wrote:
...here's a wild exception to the height rule:
![https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i210/Taverner_Photography/ASHLEYPAIGE_7831.jpg]()
; ) is she the designers daughter?
Photographer
Mr Maki
Posts: 633
Tallahassee, Florida, US
SLE Photography wrote:
![https://www.slephoto.com/smilies/lol_lotr.gif]()
(you may have to watch it twice to see the whole thing, but it's worth it) you so ROCK
I LOVE ALL THREE LotR MOVIES
Model
M*A*C
Posts: 157
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
UdoR wrote:
Okay... I am civil... would you PLEASE read the disclaimer all the way on top!!!
Thank you for your cooperation! i respect your opinion about short models, maybe it feels a little in-you-face, buts its freedom of speech and i dont see it so much as an attack, as it is honest opinion.. every photographer has a preference for the kind of model they wish to shoot, differences make the world beautiful.. i respect yours
Photographer
Sandy Ramirez
Posts: 6089
Brooklyn, New York, US
UdoR wrote:
This is for all those models who are too short to qualify and are NOT known celebrities, who clinch to the belief that they too must be able to walk the big league in high fashion runway modeling, especially the superbowl of 'high fashion anything':
NYC Fashion Week
Three helpful threads about the subject don't awake those models out of their dream world and no matter how much is being explained from industry insider... they keep on chasing their own tail because some dude who shot them and their mama tell them that they belong on a major runway:
Why runway shows need tall models:
Why do short models insist of doin Runway?
Modeling Success: RESEARCH
I propose a new difinition, inspired by Junk Fashion and J.R.R. Tolkien:
"A very short model that lives in a fantasy land who believes that she has a birthright to walk the high fashion runway of NYC or the other 4 high fashion centers in the world for the major designers" = "haute couture hobbit" or its shortform:
"haubbit" *
* haubbit© by UdoR 2007 Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
Haubbits!
Photographer
Sandy Ramirez
Posts: 6089
Brooklyn, New York, US
M*A*C wrote:
the first modelling job i ever did was runway.. it was for an australian designer called camilla franks, who is up there with leading australian designers such as Morissey and Alex Perry.. i'm 5'5'.. and yes i feel privaledged Haubbit!
Photographer
STUDIOMONA PHOTOGRAPHY
Posts: 33697
Avon, Minnesota, US
Taverner Photography wrote:
...here's a wild exception to the height rule:
![https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i210/Taverner_Photography/ASHLEYPAIGE_7831.jpg]()
; ) Great proportion on her.
Model
M*A*C
Posts: 157
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Imajin Studios wrote:
u know what in NSW you might not be a haubbit, but in BRYANT PARK, definately qualify for one, word of advice you might wanna leave this one alone before someone pulls the Kate Moss Law on you i've never done any kind of modelling outside of australia, so i'll take your word on bryant park .. (i've heard of the kate moss thing time n' time again..
Photographer
udor
Posts: 25255
New York, New York, US
M*A*C wrote:
i respect your opinion about short models, maybe it feels a little in-you-face, buts its freedom of speech and i dont see it so much as an attack, as it is honest opinion.. every photographer has a preference for the kind of model they wish to shoot, differences make the world beautiful.. i respect yours JEEBUS KRAIST!!!
What's wrong with you woman???
This is not about friggin' regular models who are short and do commercial, art or glamour work... not friggin' at all!
One of my best models and friend is 5'4" and she rocks local runways and is an actress as well...
What is it you don't understand... it's about... ugghhh... fuck it...
I give up... 
![https://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v200/UdoRPhotoArchive/MakingAPointGifs/th_banghead.gif]()
Model
M*A*C
Posts: 157
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
UdoR wrote:
JEEBUS KRAIST!!!
What's wrong with you woman???
This is not about friggin' regular models who are short and do commercial, art or glamour work... not friggin' at all!
What is it you don't understand... it's about... ugghhh... fuck it...
I give up...
![https://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v200/UdoRPhotoArchive/MakingAPointGifs/th_banghead.gif]() you'll give yourself brain damage .. look, i understand what you mean, no hard feelings
Model
M*A*C
Posts: 157
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sandy Ramirez wrote:
Haubbit! thank you, i will paint it on my forehead
Photographer
SLE Photography
Posts: 68937
Orlando, Florida, US
UdoR wrote:
Thanks, I fixed it.
BTW... your LoTR thing is almost 800KB and with ever quoting of it... it slows this page down... tremendeously... could you break the link and just link to it? Whoops, sorry Udo.
It loads fast here, I didn't notice. I'll break it, but 2 people have already quoted it.
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