St. Louis Fashion Week model awards
OK, I don’t really have awards to pass out, but if I did…
Karlie Kloss would win the honorary America’s Top Model award for her turn at the Macy’s fashion show (not to mention a stellar international career).
The rest would shake down something like this. Apologies, but the rest of the model brigade will have to identified by photo only.
Best Model Walk (female): Confident, smooth and very sensual
Best Model Walk (male): Aloof but enchanting. Utterly watchable
Best Overall Style: A solid showing by Amber Talley that commanded attention on every run and didn’t disappoint.
Oddest Quirk (Male): I had visions of how John Travolta’s Saturday Night Fever character would walk a runway.
Oddest Quirk (Female): She seemed to be concentrating a little too hard on getting down the runway. It was perhaps a nervous habit, but Morgan flexed her arm from shoulder to fingertips and, actually, held her hands spread open like a five pointed star most of the time and swung her entire arm like a pendulum. It made for very odd maneuvering around corners.
Biggest Ham: But then again, Bryan is the only model who consistently earns cat calls no matter how reserved the setting and thank you for smiling.
Dear Readers:
It has come to my attention that there has been a very unfortunate misunderstanding as you can see from the comments below.
We have received a series of phone calls and comments regarding this posting in which I presented a photo of Morgan Hannah and presented her with a virtual award for “Oddest Quirk.” Some people saw the post and assumed that I was referencing another young woman who happens to have a disability. This is not true and that was not the model featured in my blog. I regret the delayed response, but I was away on vacation and our management chose to err on the side of caution. The photo and text from my blog were removed, but the reader’s incorrect statement remains. I don’t plan to delete the comments because it’s part of a healthy online discussion, but I will assure you that they are incorrect and on a personal note, I am saddened by them. In the future, I will not delete any comments unless they are profane or otherwise grossly offensive. This entry, however, came dangerously close.
Thanks for your readership and I welcome your comments on any and all posts. If you question something, you will be heard, but all claims will be verified and validated before any action is taken. And we’ll be sure to tell you what action was taken.
A wayward soul from Las Vegas, Nevada, who now calls St. Louis home and believes that fashion is relative and capricious, but style is always in favor. 
Deb,
Great job pointing out the model with the prosthetic arm. Making fun of people with disabilities is not cool. It is a shame that once again you show how immature you can be. If you spent more time watching the runway and less time fawning over Attilio (see last spring articles about Glow) maybe you would have noticed that the models arm was not “odd” but amazing. It is such a nice change to see a young girl face a disability head on and not hide beneath layers and layers. Shame on you!
Megan Bollinger