She became a casting director by accident.
Rather, she was most concerned with finding personalities, women whose specific energies matched that of each designer.
After taking a step back in recent years, Vinant is casting Yohji Yamamotos show in Paris these days.
Stella Tennant“Stella. The mega-muse. The muse to the muse forever for everybody.”
We spoke two days before the show.
Dominique Vinant
How did working on this issue ofStudycome about?Christopher is a friend.
We met in fashion a long time ago, and he was always very curious about my Polaroids.
Dominique Vinant
I would always tell him, One day, I will do a book.
So I just put up some little things that said Okay, Im here.
Then he contacted me and said, Do you still have your Polaroids?
Dominique Vinant walking the Ann Demeulemeester spring 1997 show.“[Ann Demeulemeester] saw me across a room in 1997, when I was working at Michèle Montagne, her PR at the time. I had a Patti Smith kind of haircut, and because of it, she asked me to model in her show.” — FromStudymagazine, Issue No. 8
Because I want to do something onStudy.
He is a good friend, and I was totally confident in him.
I had boxes, everything very well classified by names and models, so it was really easy.
Lara Stone“Lara did really few shows; she never really liked doing shows. But Ann loved her so much, and she always did Ann’s shows. If I remember correctly, Lara is a size 37, and no one ever had shoes [her size] and she was fed up. Walking is so important when you do a show, and if you don’t have the right shoes, it’s terrible. And Ann always had shoes for Lara.”
He came to see me in Marseille.
He chose what he liked and then went back to Paris.
Dominique Vinant walking the Ann Demeulemeester spring 1997 show.
Susan Moncur“Martin really was careful about whether a woman was believable or not in the clothes. That’s why we had older women, like Susan Moncur.” — FromStudymagazine, Issue No. 8
FromStudymagazine, Issue No.
8
Lara StoneLara did really few shows; she never really liked doing shows.
But Ann loved her so much, and she always did Anns shows.
Caitriona Balfe
And Ann always had shoes for Lara.
Its an energy, an elegance, a body altogether, no name.
Its all about connecting people.Yes, it is very emotional.
Omahyra
Its always been a business, but its more and more so.
Now that I am back working with Yohji for his womens shows, I realize how much has changed.
Theres no time for emotion, no time for anything.
Patti Smith
Susan MoncurMartin really was careful about whether a woman was believable or not in the clothes.
Thats why we had older women, like Susan Moncur.
FromStudymagazine, Issue No.
Yohji Yamamoto spring 2025
Who do you have in your lineup?
Which girls did you take?
I was hurt by the questions.
Yohji Yamamoto spring 2025
I took it personally.
Im doing great castings, I dont need people asking me who Im taking and this and that.
So I thought, Okay, lets take more family business and less fashion business.
Yohji Yamamoto spring 2025
So I started focusing more on menswear casting.
We were doing many different things that everybodys doing now, but we did it a long time ago.
I know the house very well.
Dominique Vinant at work on the phone back in the ’90s.
Its very much about discovering new faces, and I like it.
Yohji Yamamoto spring 2025
Dominique Vinant at work on the phone back in the 90s.
