Tuesday, October 9, 2012

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MARC JACOBS' NEW FAVE, RUBY JEAN WILSON

Posted by Kasia Hastings, Fashion Intern at Large

"Birthday cupcakes at my shoot :) aww!" an instagram from @rubyjean_wilson

Happy Birthday Ruby Jean Wilson!

This weekend amongst her super-cute instagrams, 19 year-old Ruby Jean Wilson retweeted this from @wisdomquote: “Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is Now. The place to be happy is Here. The way to be happy is to Make others so.” – yes, we would be very happy to be you right now too Miss Wilson! Ruby Jean is the break through model of SS13, she opened and closed for Marc Jacobs in New York and stole the show at Louis Vuitton in Paris as well as being the name on everyone’s lips for the whole of fashion month. SS13's answer to Edie Sedgwick.

The Scottish-born, Australian model was signed by Priscilla’s Model Management in 2009 at the age of 15 and made her international debut in 2010 walking for Lacoste in New York. Since then she has walked for Burberry, YSL and Stella McCartney to name a few. Whilst the Ozzy babe has been around for a few seasons and walked for both Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton in 2012 it wasn’t until SS13 that Miss Ruby Jean stole our fashion hearts – but why now?

Earlier today I spoke to Carol White of Premier Models who represent Ruby Jean this side of the pond, she describes Jacob’s latest muse as a “beautiful bird”. Carol puts the model’s success down to three things, her newly blonde hair, looking so fit and “Luck!”. As Carol went on to explain, over the last year Ruby Jean has been working out hard to look good – good here translating as fit, toned and healthy. This suggests a conscious effort on the model’s part to move away from her super skinny look and a nod to the athletic. This got me thinking, is Ruby Jean the poster girl for a new kind of model? Not Amazonian nor waif like, but delicately toned? (Mr Jacobs seems to like it) Ruby Jean is part of a growing trend for “toned” or “athletic” (I use these words carefully) models on the catwalk - fit models.
Along with looking the best she ever has, Ruby Jean is also conveniently reminiscent of Edie Sedwick. After Marc Jacobs's 60s inspired New York show, Ruby Jean won the title of Jacobs's muse thanks to her Edie-ish bleach blonde hair do and doe eyes. It's safe to say that on her 19th birthday Ruby Jean Wilson is looking good and with her addictive instagrams and 60s perfection she has stolen our fashion hearts this season.

You should also check out Ruby Jean's Tumblr...

“MODEL WITH AN INTEREST IN BEAUTIFUL COLOURS, HEALTHY WHOLE FOOD, POSITIVE THINKING, WORLD TRAVEL AND INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE. I BLOG ABOUT THINGS I DO, AND NICE PICTURES OF THINGS I LIKE.”