Blanca Padilla wears an orange silk top by Hermès. Pictures of Nicolas Valois. Director: Julie Gillette. Dior makeup by Cyril Lanoir. Hair by Cyril Lanoir.
She didn’t come from a fashion background, but sank into obscurity supported by her family. A top model in the sky today, she sublimates the spring trends for us. Ultra-long, sheer, body-hugging cuts…for an ooze of seduction.
Everything with him seems to flow naturally with a vaguely sacrilegious ease that intrigues. Imagine an 18-year-old girl—that’s right, six feet tall, tall enough to seem unattainable—with the passion of an Infanta and the gaze of a conquistador. In short, let’s face it. stunning beauty. This young girl is on the subway in Madrid. He is going home after college classes, thinking about his homework, his next exams, loving his quiet life, still having childhood dreams, when suddenly chance attacks him; talent scout notices her and promises the moon. That was ten years ago.
In the video, behind the scenes of Madame Figaro while filming with Blanca Padilla in 2018.
A wonderful adventure
This is how the fate of Blanca Padilla turns in an instant. “I didn’t come from a fashion background. Neither does my family. We had no idea what we were getting into. We thought and then presto, we plunged into the unknown, not knowing what awaited us. Perhaps it was for the best, as the young supermodel’s career took off soon after she signed with Next Model Management, one of the major modeling agencies. “The most incredible adventures began, he recalls today. I learned so much and I am very grateful to those who trusted me.” The most reputable photographers claim that. Designers too. They saw that he was wearing a mantilla, as well as a hat, the severe suit of the day. nice day than the sequined mini shorts of the era Saturday night fever.
I think I have my feet on the ground, I know how to measure myself
Blanca Padilla
A gift from heaven
First came the move to New York. “My parents supported me here as well. They didn’t really understand that I had to leave Madrid, but they accompanied me to my new life with their eyes closed. He spends his time on airplanes, traveling the four corners of the world without having time to catch his breath, choosing to trust those around him, taking advantage of every experience the sky gives him, trying not to forget who he is. “If you allow yourself to be intoxicated by everything that happens to you on the set (parades, trips, big hotels, life that seems to be organized around you) forgetting your roots and origin, you are finished. I think my feet are on the ground, I know how to measure my luck, take advantage of it and share it with others without arrogance.
Blanca Padilla. “Forgetting your roots and origin, you are finished” Pictures of Nicolas Valois. Director: Julie Gillette. Dior makeup by Cyril Lanoir. Hair by Cyril Lanoir.
Kindness and curiosity
That’s why this beautiful girl stays sunny. And near his family. Blanca remained Spanish. From the heart. “I love my country, its warmth, hospitality, friendship, family. I love him as much for his bad temper, his excesses, his anger, his excesses in tragedy as for his laughter. Don’t you think that we live in such a contradictory world that this ability to laugh, to have fun, to dance, to sing, which I feel at home, is very necessary today.
For Blanca Padilla, fashion is not just an exercise in style or simple work. It is a human experience. Provided you live it at a certain height. “You see, a parade, it can be five minutes spent on a catwalk presenting clothes. It’s already good. But if it turns into meetings, exchange of views, life lessons, then the work becomes really interesting. He opens up to others, to difference. It becomes as constructive as a university course. That requires kindness and curiosity.”
The environment is very competitive, everyone is afraid of being obsolete
Blanca Padilla
Blanka doesn’t like the battle of egos that this profession can cause. “It’s kind of normal for them to show up. The environment is very competitive. People are afraid of not being attractive anymore, of not being modern, of being old-fashioned. This is true for everyone – designers, photographers, models, financiers – who are behind this industry. More to keep your cool.’
“Learn from failures”
According to him, every experience is a lesson. Both the good and the bad learn to know who we are and what world we want to thrive in. “Tasting success is rewarding. There is perhaps more to learning from chess. We discover our ability to accept, to forgive, to understand what is important in life and to give it meaning.” Fashion also allows Blanca to write history before her eyes. “It is an extremely rich expression. It is a mirror of the society we live in, which restores the value of time (especially in haute couture, when we know that a dress can require 800 hours of work), materials, know-how, craftsmanship. Fashion has also informed the efforts to be undertaken to save the planet. It’s a paradoxical world, a glamorous world, but also very rooted, and maybe that’s why I feel that way in my place.
In the video, Marta Ortega, the gorgeous young heiress who now runs the Zara empire
Source: Le Figaro
