Kendall Jenner Cheapens Fashion Industry, Model Says Through An Open Letter
Some models are not happy Kendall is carving a place for herself in the industry. One model in particular acted boldly by posting an open letter telling Kim Kardashian's sister Kendall Jenner her achievements in fashion and modeling are a big slap to the normal girls striving to be real models.
Kendall Jenner may have said she is yet to meet a model who is mean to her or would bully her, but she has not met Arisce Wanzer yet, a model who is signed with BMG agency. According to the model, in a letter directly and publicly addressed the new face of Estee Lauder, Kendall landing big projects, such as Marc Jacobs, Estee Lauder, Vogue and the like cheapened the whole industry of fashion. Arisce believes big fashion houses and beauty brands are latching into her just because of her fame and family name. The model did not mince words on her lengthy letter, presented in whole by Mail Online UK.
The letter starts by asking Kendall to forget who she is and what she has for a moment and imagine herself to be a struggling girl hoping to become a model. Kendall was asked to envision herself, as someone who is literally broke, hungry and even desperate to land a modeling gig so that her life would be changed. The letter went on to detail the everyday hassles and difficulties that a model aspirant goes through just to get a modeling job, landing in huge debts and all, and the insane happiness and excitement that one feels when a gig is offered. Next the letter details the excitement that a model feels to be given the chance to be part of fashion week, thinking this could be her (and the family depending on her big break, only to be rejected handful of times.
When finally the call does come, for Marc Jacobs no less, the letter asks Kendall what she would feel if she's the ordinary girl who literally went through so much to be offered the gig, and then she sees a reality star there partaking in the lineup of models even though she never auditioned, starved and worked a day. Next, the letter asks Kendall to ponder what more this reality star could even want, when she already got fame, money and everything her heart desires. Only because her mother was able to call a top agency, the design houses all took on the opportunity to milk "her fame like the cash cow that it is."
The letter ultimately detailed how a normal striving model would feel: cheap and invaluable. "Gone is the prestige you once felt as a 'chosen one' by Marc, Anna or Ricardo - this cheapens your entire experience," the letter reads. "You thought you were special, that your hard work had finally paid off. You didn't realize that these coveted spots were for sale," the letter further reads.
Arisce concludes that getting the "reality star" (pertaining to Kendall, of course) to be a model cost the fashion house its soul and dignity. Even though the clothes would sell and the house would earn sizable profits, its image would forever be tarnished. Kendall however, knows this could happen early on, as this is the main reason she drops her family name, Jenner and goes with Kendall alone, so she would not be associated with her famous family in her own struggle to become a serious model.
