Posted on 01/31/2021 6:08:31 AM PST by NOBO2012
I shall continue my Catty Cathy special inaugural fashion coverage today with a special report on Ella Emhoff’s unlikely new career as a model for IMG, one of the most prestigious agencies in the nation. Why do you say “unlikely” MOTUS? After all Ella is the daughter of someone rich and famous ( in case you’re a cave dweller, Ella is the stepdaughter of VP Kammie) and that is how careers are made in postmodern America. And let’s just stipulate to the fact that, unlike Melania, she isn’t normally what you’d consider conventional model material. But then, we no longer live in conventional world, do we?
"It's not really about shape, size or gender any more," Ivan Bart, the president of IMG Models told The New York Times, "noting that what brands are attracted to, and what consumers want, is authenticity. "Ella communicates this moment in time. There's a cheekiness and a joy she exudes."
Generally more ‘cheeky’ than ‘joy’ I’d suggest.
I really hate to point this out, but those shadows in the underarm area are not “shadows” - Ella is a natural woman, a trait I’m guessing has limited ‘agency’ in the modeling world.
Now I know we used to have arguments around here regarding the “hands off the kids” policy. But with their treatment of the Trumps’ young son the media changed the rules. Also Ella is going on 22, is a senior at the Parson’s School of Design and has her own self-promoting website and Instagram account for her “designer knitwear” which she is happy to model herself.
Please note: I’ve creatively spared you the view of Ella’s underarm forest, of which she’s apparently proud. You’re welcome.
Even so, several of you noted that she looks like a sad little thing (she does). But it’s a curated image. Take this pre-inaugural shot with brother Cole (left) and Mom (real):
To look this geeky and androgynous takes real effort, especially when you’re really just a cute girl with curly hair (everywhere). And remember, Bart thinks she “exudes joy.”
Whatever
I come down on the side of those who think she’s probably a JAP (Jewish American Princess, i.e. rich spoiled brat). The tiara is a dead giveaway.
Certainly daddy’s rich enough to make her one, being a litigator/managing partner of a top U.S. entertainment law firm, i.e. representing the rich and famous for a rich cut of the take (excellent preparation for life in D.C.). Although his net worth is estimated around $6 mil, now that “Doug” - as his kids cutely refer to him – is the Second Gentleman he can expect his asset base to multiply geometrically. And that’s why he could afford to quit his job at the big law firm “in order to avoid conflicts of interest.” There was a time when there would have been no issue of conflict of interest as there was no intersectionality between entertainment lawyers and politics, but those days are long gone.
Anyway, speaking of intersectionality, back to Ella’s big new modeling contract. We’re to believe that it just organically happened when she showed up at Joey’s inauguration in her bejeweled coat and her Batsheva Hay dress and stunned the fashion world.
the frock:
When in fact the Vogue shoot and interview was done prior to the inauguration in anticipation of a big modeling contract announcement at a later date.
Inauguration Day always ushers in change, but perhaps never more so than this year, when President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will finally wrest control of the White House away from the Trump administration. Biden and Harris’s families were, of course, on hand at the swearing-in ceremony on January 20, and preparations for the day began well in advance; for Ella Emhoff, Harris’s 21-year-old stepdaughter, that meant collaborating with designer Batsheva Hay to come up with a truly one-of-a-kind fit for the occasion.
This week, Vogue spoke to Emhoff—a designer in her own right who is currently a senior at Parsons—and Hay about the process of coming up with an Inauguration Day dress that worked with Emhoff’s Miu Miu coat, their feelings on D.C. style, and a potential future collaboration.
Batsheva, how did you feel when you found out your clothes were on Ella’s “mental mood board” for Inauguration Day?
Batsheva Hay: I was so amazed. I didn’t even know Ella’s Instagram or how to contact her, but my friend was like, “Kamala’s stepdaughter is so cool, you have to check out her work.” I never thought she’d know who I was, but my friend was like, “You should definitely shoot her.” Then, all of a sudden, this came up, and we followed each other, and I went down the rabbit hole of seeing all of Ella’s knitwear. I was literally trying to buy stuff, and it was all sold out! I became obsessed, and was like, what do I have for her? How can we make this happen?
Vogue, which could not find time or space for even one article on Melania Trump during her 4 years as FLOTUS has already done two, count them, two, articles on Ms. Emhoff, daughter of the Second Gentleman and stepdaughter to the Veep. But then Melania only spoke English as a second, third or fourth language so she couldn’t possibly be as articulate as this young and upcoming ‘designer.’
Ella, what vibe were you going for with your Inauguration Day outfit? How did you want to feel in it?
EE: My mood board was very “little girl,” in a sense, a lot of scalloped collars and big silhouette shoulders and small buttons. I was going for something girlier, to embrace my feminine side—especially after that suit that I felt so great in—because, like, how many times do you prepare yourself to attend an inauguration? This momentous of an event deserves a momentous outfit.
Ella, how does it feel to be helping to define the Biden-Harris administration’s style?
EE: It’s something that I think a lot of people in the past also haven’t put as much emphasis on, especially because you didn’t really think that certain people [in past administrations] were going to be throwing outfits out there. You didn’t expect much. Amongst Dr. Biden and Kamala and Meena [Harris] and me, though, I guess there is kind of some anticipation about what we’re going to put out there in terms of fashion. Maybe that’s because we’re all women, or maybe it’s because we’ve had big outfits in the past, but I think people are definitely going to be paying more attention.
To quote our most MAGA-nificent President: “it’s rigged, it’s all rigged.”
She looks ambivalent. A mix of bored, angry, empty and meaningless.
Having discarded the knowledge of being created in the image of God.
Those pictures were all taken when she is 22? She “looks” 14; like the pictures you used to see of high school freshmen on their first day at the big school.
This girl has a painting of a naked baby being used as a burning candle on the wall behind her.
This image is there deliberately.
she looks much better with the mask ...
I dated one of those for a semester in college. She was a JAP, too. Could never take her to a restaurant without her making a scene and having them take the food back. Tall, sort of cute/okay, and really nice bosoms. But there's only just so much you can take.
I know photos of ugly Ella are floating around but people would be surprised at what glam artists can do to a person with proportional shape.
The larger point is the Ellas of this world get their cheese by their connections. Been that way since time began for humans.
What’re rigged and illegal and should be abolished are rigged public exchange markets for which the valiant Reddit Raiders just showed the world that two can play that game only the Reddits are legal while the ones rigging the markets are illegal. Gives us all hope that justice lives.
We’ll be subjected to Jills wrinkly Commie mug When checking out at the grocery for the foreseeable future. She/it will be on every cover
Thanks, I guess.
It is not rigged....it is loyalty to the party that determines your success or failure going forward.
Ella’s unlikely new career is ....wait for it.....a (cough) "model"
for IMG, one of the most prestigious modeling agencies in the nation.
Well why not? Kamala distinguished herself (/s) wearing black Converse
sneakers on the cover of Vogue, which used to be known as the "fashion Bible."
I'll bet she has to sneak upon a glass of water to get a drink..
If I had a dog that looked like that, I'd shave his butt and make him walk backwards...
Ella looks constipated----must be IMG's requirement for modeling gigs.
Asexual look, round wire rim glasses, long drawn faces.
Communist chic.....
She’s not happy, looks spacey, wants to be accepted as “in.”
Honestly, the Trump women have shown more class than I have seen in a long, long time. Their attire is classy, don’t look “frumpy” like this Ella chick, and there is no way the Harris and Biden clans can even come close to matching the Trumps.
The pictures accompanying this article... Are they of a someone recently released from months-long captivity / brain-washing by the Symbionese Liberation Army? Or are they of sometime trying to attract the attention of and be recruited by the SLA?
Because I think that the author is confusing "cheekiness and joy" with "narcolepsy and distemper."
Regards,
“This girl has a painting of a naked baby being used as a burning candle on the wall behind her.”
And a tattoo of a cow on her arm. This child isn’t right.
Oh please, cut the BS. The guy is shameless.....he'll say anything to get a WH gala invite.
The ability to look different in every pic is what makes a supermodel. Unfortunately Ella looks more like Ella in each picture.
Is it a brand. . . One wonders if she has been used as currency. If so, by whom and for what purpose. The eyes are dead.
Is she regarded as a heifer. . .
The clear view of the cow on her arm is in the same photo with the baby candle. The tattoo is on the same area of the arm as many entertainers’ tattoos . . . usually the entertainers’ tats are of Roman numerals, as those of slaves.
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