Latest batch of models

[Brissles]

Watching some of the models today I cant help but wonder if they are on Work Experience !!! because they weren't up to much if they have been plucked from the books of a modelling agency.

One just stood limply not knowing what to do with her hands, and then suddenly put it on her hip. Another had to be told to move her hair by Julia so we could see the back of the dress. If they are just starting out in the modelling world, then surely some training wouldn't go amiss. I did wonder if one in particular was perhaps the relative of a staff member, brought in to help out, because that's what it looked like.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

These wooden models come in batches every year. Make you realise just how good the regular ones are.

Is it my imagination but are the regulars on less and less of late. I know a couple are off with babies and I assume some do more glamorous cruise type work but all of them at the one time?

 

[Brissles]

No, I agree, there are only certain shows that Sharon, Goody et al seem to do lately, and its only when you see how inexperienced the young'uns are, that you appreciate the others !! Joy is on, regardless (I wish she'd give up with the horrendous pointy nails, they could do serious damage and irritate the life out of me)

 

[whitesnake]

No, I agree, there are only certain shows that Sharon, Goody et al seem to do lately, and its only when you see how inexperienced the young'uns are, that you appreciate the others !! Joy is on, regardless (I wish she'd give up with the horrendous pointy nails, they could do serious damage and irritate the life out of me)

Ha Ha! Love the comment about Joys awful pointy nails. I saw them and thought 'Please Joy file them down'. They send shivers down my spine when I see them. I'm surprised she doesn't have her eye out during those quick changes.

 

[Bea Frugal]

It's not just the young ones. There's an older woman (Yvonne I think), pretty and looks fine when sitting down but when she's doing fashion she has the strangest walk. She puts her hands out and walks very gingerly like an old person afraid of losing their balance.

 

[Moth]

I do wish the models would stand still a bit more and do less swishing around so we can get a good look at the garments. Or is that a QVC ploy because they know we'd not buy them if we got a proper look?

 

[Tiddlywinks]

Ha Ha! Love the comment about Joys awful pointy nails. I saw them and thought 'Please Joy file them down'. They send shivers down my spine when I see them. I'm surprised she doesn't have her eye out during those quick changes.

Not just the nails that are a sharps hazard... the chesticles are gravity defying :mysmilie_17:.

 

[Tiddlywinks]

I do wish the models would stand still a bit more and do less swishing around so we can get a good look at the garments. Or is that a QVC ploy because they know we'd not buy them if we got a proper look?

What? You mean you don't swish like that around your guests at garden parties? On one of your cruises?

I thought everyone swished and wiggled... it makes the best of the garments, don't you know :mysmilie_14:.

 

[Kathy]

I am pleased to notice that Joy don't seem to be on as much just lately, imo she is not a normal outsize lady... not many people have bazookas like hers.....or a rear end like the back of a bus...LOL

 

[Akimbo]

What? You mean you don't swish like that around your guests at garden parties? On one of your cruises?

I thought everyone swished and wiggled... it makes the best of the garments, don't you know :mysmilie_14:.

I ping my stretchy waistband like a goodun in the Post Office and never have to queue. During the holiday season I reckon I could get double seat to myself on a train or coach trip by employing the same method. They don't over-sell these advantages in their sales pitch and I think they should! :mysmilie_8:

 

[thatu]

Not a million miles from here, wiggling, swishing and pinging could earn you a fortune.

 

[Bea Frugal]

I ping my stretchy waistband like a goodun in the Post Office and never have to queue. During the holiday season I reckon I could get double seat to myself on a train or coach trip by employing the same method. They don't over-sell these advantages in their sales pitch and I think they should! :mysmilie_8:

We'll keep our ears open, DF will be grateful for a new pitch to add to her repertoire. And then of course buying two would make sense just in case the elastic on the first item loses its oomph, making it suitable only for bloated days when a bit more comfort is required.

 

[Wornoutcreditcard]

I've noticed this too also, some of the models aren't very attractive, they have the thin 'model body' but they aren't exactly easy on the eye, some are very masculine looking with over plumped lips and lopsided mouths and lumpy complexions and haven't a clue how to demonstrate the clothes without twisting into weird poses or jerking about like they have an affliction

 

[Brissles]

Totally agree ! and don't get me started on their Hobbit feet !!!

 

[Loveinamist]

Deportment classes wouldn't go amiss. Standing with knees east and west is very ungainly and shows nothing to its best advantage, even a bag. Lord knows, Q stuff needs all the help it can get!

 

[louise66]

I am really not being derogatory toward any of the models; we wouldn't expect to see Naomi Campbell, for example, doing her stuff on the Q! But on the morning show, Claire introduced the Laura Geller guest, and the model - lodged in between the two, looked like a deer caught in the headlights, staring fixedly into the camera, smile carved into face. It is evident, by the quality of the performances given, and their reactions, that the Q employs basic jobbing models. I can understand that, not all who enter the profession become "supermodels". And, quite honestly, we wouldn't expect them to pop up on a shopping channel. There is a place for all models, at all levels. You cannot possibly imagine Helena Christensen talking to the Daily Mail about how regression helped her ailments! It would be deemed too degrading, especially for a celebrity which, although they may be recognisable to QVC viewers, these models certainly are not.
They are, fundamentally, earning a living and, in their defence, they do work long hours, more than the presenters by a long way. Can you imagine asking Julia to put in the same number of shifts? The presenters usually do 3 hours per day, when they are scheduled to be in, and that is never 7 days a week, God forbid! (for us!) Although, Chloe comes pretty close!

 

[Akimbo]

Claire introduced the Laura Geller guest, and the model - lodged in between the two, looked like a deer caught in the headlights, staring fixedly into the camera, smile carved into face.

I was just thinking myself that Amanda looked bored stiff; she must have heard the same old Balance & Brighten patter even more than we have. I always marvel at the models selected for the Genie demos; they must choose the ones that are able to suppress their smile because they, without fail, keep their poker faces impossibly still to best show the "line-smoothing" effect.