09.02.11

Catwalkers Strut For Furstenberg... Okay. So we throw the word 'model' around rather loosely on this site from time-to-time, but on the odd occasion folks, we actually bump into a few real ones right here in Dublin. Yesterday our best catwalkers walked-out for Diane Von Furstenberg at Brown Thomas... Karen Fitzpatrick In Ireland we call any poor deluded girl doused in fake tan, eyelashes, hair, and nails a model. Yup. Any lass below five-foot-seven in super-stacked heels, a push-up bra, and rocking anywhere from size 10 to 12 can be deemed a catwalk queen even though very few of them have ever nor will ever set foot on a fashion runway... Annnnd appearing on Ireland AM hardly qualifies. Sarah Morrissey For actual models are a breed apart. Tall, lean, natural, and always kinda aloof... No jumping around on Grafton Street in tight fitting soccer jerseys swinging inflatable fruits about the place in the freezing cold with absolutely no sense of shame. No, these ones aren't technically models - but we're not quite sure what to call them... Yomiko Chen So it was a rare treat to see some proper runway girls strutting their stuff for Belgian fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg in Brown Thomas yesterday. Our top leggy models exhibited her 'Divine Goddess SS11 Collection' at the store, and it could have been a show in Paris or Milan. Like, who knew we could do a proper fashion show? Isabelle Traber Among those working the room yesterday were: Sarah Morrissey, Isabelle Traber, Karen Fitzpatrick, Blathnaid McKenna, Yomiko Chen, and a few others that we didn't quite catch their names... Well, what with them being all aloof an all, you can't just stroll up to them and say: "jaysus, sorry there luv, didn't get yer name". No That's not cool. Blathnaid McKenna Apart from the fashion magazine-istas, we spotted author Marisa Mackle and her pal Roxanne Parker at the DVF show... Now, back to Grafton Street with us to snap some proper Oirish models. Roxanne Parker, Marisa Mackle Furstenberg Model Furstenberg Model

**Users can ONLY comment via the ShowBiz.ie site** Leave a Comment Aoife – Drogheda March 04, 2011 - 15:41 Sarah morrissey is beautifull looking now thats a proper model. Aoife – Drogheda March 04, 2011 - 15:40 A1 .... god love ya cause you will never be as classy as those girls on that cat walk you will alway be a LOW class model sorry!! Sarah February 14, 2011 - 11:34 @ I know, .....so what your saying is it doesn't matter how much you degrade yourself in the tacky papers everyday, it's all about the money?? there are so many beautiful Irish girls with great figures out there!! It's not all about the money for self respecting people?? Arnold – Dublin February 13, 2011 - 00:35 Model A1.....Everyone in the industry knows who you are.........would you not take a job in Mc Donalds and immediately double your income................must be horrible to crave attention 24 / 7 and never get any respect. lol. I know ye February 12, 2011 - 17:23 these girls deserve respect!! I know February 11, 2011 - 23:13 Difference between presscall girls and this lot above is that presscall girls get paid more. So diss them all you like but theyll get the same pay for an hours work as these girls get for a whole day workin on one of these shows! I know which id prefer, tabloids or not! Leesa February 11, 2011 - 20:10 Nice to see Yomiko getting this gig, SHE is a catwalk model. Who is Moron A1 anyway? Sportsgal February 10, 2011 - 22:25 Tee hee. A1 is giving me hours of fun. Would you catch any of those girls above on the aforementioned rags......nah, they're too busy picking up paycheques. Not bob a jobbing in burger suits on graft on st or gracing red tops Model A1 February 10, 2011 - 17:54 Well peeps, guess who's on the cover of The Irish Daily Star & The Mirror today!! someone very important!! Heather February 10, 2011 - 17:07 No nasty fake tan in sight? I don't believe it!! Are you sure this is a Dublin event???? Corkonian – Down the country! February 10, 2011 - 17:05 Ha! Model A1 is priceless! sarah February 10, 2011 - 15:12 Haha, All these comments are hillarious! Thanks Model A1 for giving me a laugh! MikaMoma – Dublin February 10, 2011 - 14:23 Such a refreshing change from the usual trashy glamour girls in the tabloids. I wish our so called 'model' agencies would quit pimping their girls. It proves how greedy they are for money. It's true what they say, sex sells :( Emma February 10, 2011 - 11:34 why are you called Model A1 - what does the 'A1' stand for exactly? Jayne February 09, 2011 - 23:36 Model A1, the only person who is being offensive here is you. Flop Street February 09, 2011 - 23:11 A1 you sad sad sad spoilt little girl Sportsgal February 09, 2011 - 21:48 Um model A1 has outdone herself! I think long and lean has been considered beautiful in the fashion and modeling world for generations. Maybe you and your BRIAN should take a trip outside Dublin and see! Your BRIAN sounds like he'd love to broaden his horizons ha ha Model A1 – Dublin February 09, 2011 - 19:35 *note to admin* please alter my typo from "brian" to "brain" asap and please remove the offensive comment by 'lisa' unfairly directed at me. *note to admin* lisa – dublin February 09, 2011 - 19:28 "Grow a "BRIAN" in your heads"- a BRIAN??? I think all those extensions have affected your "brian" model A1- ha ha ha! I'm sure that 'A1' isn't anything to do with school or college grades! Model A1 – Dublin February 09, 2011 - 18:46 SOOO get OVER yourselves! WHY is a flat chested pasty lanky rake considered beautiful all of a suddent? YEAH RIGHT girls, GROW a brian in your heads!!! lisa – dublin February 09, 2011 - 18:30 Stunners, all of them. I heart Karen Fitz, she's such a beauty! There's a lot to be said for not troweling on make-up and fake tan, fake hair and fake everything! Kathleen – Dublin February 09, 2011 - 17:42 Nice to see beautiful, classy women on this site for a change. I think eveyone is sick of the usual tabloid trash. Enough already. faith February 09, 2011 - 16:08 @susan, couldn't agree more, what is it with the papers showing the same pair of boobs & vages every single day, especially xxxxx'a, every man has seen her crocked $%�&*!. It's boring and not that special anymore & model A1 choosing to get breast implants and then denying them doesn't make you a real curvy girl!! liz February 09, 2011 - 13:33 Stunning all of them. Refreshing to see high fashion models on this site. Sarah morrissey and Karen Fitzpatrick are gorgeous, modelesque and ooze class and natural elegance. This is what a proper model should look like. These girls could be showcased on the cat walks of new york Emma February 09, 2011 - 13:14 The other crowd are models! It is just that they are GLAMOUR models and should be catagorised as so. They think they are like Victorias Secret models, when in fact they are imitating Katie Price, Jodie Marsh and co. Deluded. Jim February 09, 2011 - 12:40 Sounds like you must be a bit too hefty for a real catwalk so A1!! susan – dublin February 09, 2011 - 12:34 Ha-ha love the way your pushing that we don't always see any models on ts i hope your talking about xxxxx xxxxx and her pals when your saying that cause it's a joke 2 call them models they all look and act like page 3 girls and everyone is sick of them , It's about time we have real naturally beautiful models in this country. sarah February 09, 2011 - 11:38 NIP! Model A1 – Dublin February 09, 2011 - 11:27 i SHOULD have been cast for this but i actually HAVE boobs unlike this lot. Catherine – London February 09, 2011 - 11:19 i love how this story is about the lack of real models in Ireland when the model in the first photo has her nipple hanging out!! Cant have been a male writter then? 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