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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I'll never understand why these supermodels get paid so much money. Is it because the clothes look so much better on them as opposed to similarly hot not-so-supermodels whose names you don't know? Is it because Kate Moss's name automatically means the product is high quality?
I don't think of it as being the same as other celebrity endorsements (unless you're talking about models being the face of a perfume). Jordan pushing gatorade on us makes sense because his performance is supposedly enhanced by the product. Tiger wearing a Rolex shows that if you have a Rolex, you can be like Tiger.
I guess it's kind of the same thing with supermodels. But I always thought that the real goal was to make the clothes look as nice as possible. Clearly I was wrong and it's mostly the face/name that sells the clothes.
Kate Moss looks great in photos. But there are thousands of models who are hotter than she is. If I owned a clothing line I would use someone just as hot who gets out of bed for less than $100,000.
But I would also cast all my films with talented no-names instead of drawing from the same Samuel L. Jackson, Julia Roberts, John Travolta, George Clooney, etc. well.
TM
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Its the simple law of economics- supply and demand- she is in the ten percent of post adolescents with no cellulite on her ass AND she is strikingly beautiful and chic looking. Supermodels aren't super bc they are "hot", its bc they have a certain look.
Now you might think your perfect round ass chick who you have posted to here is "hot' and even hotter than Moss, but she does not have a look that makes you want to buy whatever she is endorsing (unless its gwinky's ass-seat) She is cheap, tawdry and common looking and anything she advertised would be diminshed to that level. Kate Moss is a striking beuaty with far set eyes, incredible bone structure and gorgous skin. She is also incretibly thin without looking all Lara Flynn about it. Amd that rare combo built her a name that in turn increases her value.
Remember, high fashion models are not pitching to the hornies like Thurgreed and Coltrane, but to the aging dowagers with money and the need to show their chicness on the Upper East Side and the Hamptons (also to gals who aspire to this position when they become as aged, aka Vogue readers). These gals aint buying the fluffy panties of Assletta the Model Preferred by TM.
