Victoria’s Secret Newbies Share What It’s Like to Make the Cut

The castings for this year’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show wrapped up in New York earlier this week, and the list of newbies who will walk alongside the Angels is coming in. “I lost my mind, but in a good way!” admits Amilna Estevão, who was moved to tears upon hearing she’d been confirmed. A seasoned runway star who has worked with everyone from Tom Ford to Topshop, Estevão still felt a sense of shock upon discovering she’d been selected. “I was surprised because the VS team planned my reveal very well. There are no words to describe how much that meant to me!”

It’s a sentiment echoed by the majority of new beauties. Though they’ve experienced the rigors of fashion month and are used to the cycle of castings, getting the Victoria’s Secret results is a pinch-me moment no matter how familiar they are with the process. “This year was my second time casting, so I knew what to expect but that doesn’t help with the nerves,” admits Roosmarijn de Kok, a lithe Dutch beauty who has been modeling for Victoria’s Secret’s sister label, Pink. “I couldn’t believe it and still can’t. I just started crying [when I was confirmed]. It’s such a buildup toward the casting and then when you find out you actually made it, you’re just in shock.”

Forget Sustainable Collections, We Need A Sustainable Fashion Industry

Fashion and sustainability aren’t two words you often see in the same sentence. An adjective that evokes images of industry and ecology, “sustainable” is actually coming into fashion when describing, well, fashion. And as Director of Denim at WGSN, I can tell you this is very good news for our industry.

Sustainability as a concept has been buzzing for years, but its precise application to the world of fashion has been a bit murky. Still, there have been milestones:

● This past June, H&M, Nike, and Asos were amongst the 13 fashion and textile brands who signed the Prince of Wales International Sustainability Unit, vowing to source 100% of all their cotton from sustainable sources by 2025

● In April, the industry came together at leading denim trade show, Kingpins, part of Amsterdam Denim Days, and stirred up the sustainable denim debate 
● In March, global fashion retailer C&A and its corporate foundation, the C&A foundation launched the Fashion for Good initiative, promoting a circular fashion economy.

 The fashion industry is now at a crossroads: it cannot ignore the environmental trend any longer. One-off sustainable campaigns and collections won’t be effective unless they’re part of a broader strategy: brands have to think of the full lifecycle of their products; more consumers need to change their habits; non-fashion corporations need to shift their conventions; politicians need to address climate change head-on; and a socially-conscious mindset needs to be applied across the board to create a truly sustainable industry. Let’s look to Patagonia as a role model. They consider every step of their supply chain: every stitch, every fabric, and every manufacturer before they create, design, or produce anything. That is what I believe every fashion and textile company should be doing. There’s too much at stake for all of us.

‘Hannah Royce’s Questionable Choices’: Alice Eve Cast In Title Role Of CBS Pilot

　　British actress Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness) is set as the lead in CBS’ single-camera comedy pilot Hannah Royce’s Questionable Choices. Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine) is directing the pilot, from Mad Love creator Matt Tarses and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.

　　Eve’s Hanna is a pretty, smart, outspoken nurse who tends to leap before she looks. Even though she’s a bit of a “train wreck,” she’s the glue that holds her messy family together and she’s about to start making better choices. James Earl plays J.L., the well-meaning, disorganized father of Hannah’s son.

　　Sony Pictures TV is co-producing with CBS TV Studios. Tarses executive produces with Kaplan, Wendi Trilling, Dana Honor and Fiona Clark. Pink recently directed an episode of the Kaplan-produced Netflix dark comedy series Santa Clarita Diet.

　　This marks the first major role on American television for Eve, who appeared in an episode of Netflix’s anthology Black Mirror, directed by Joe Wright. She recently wrapped the feature film Replicas, opposite Keanu Reeves. Eve is repped by Untitled Entertainment, CAA and Independent Talent.