Opened & closedProfile portraits of the recorded opener and closer; not runway-look photography.
Balmain
Women’s runway show
Balmain F/W 2016 Runway Show
- Date
- March 3, 2016
- Fashion week
- Paris Fashion Week F/W 16 Women's
- Brand Q Rating
- 70
- Designer
- Olivier Rousteing
- Casting director
- Jess Hallett
Balmain presented Balmain F/W 2016 Runway Show on March 3, 2016. FashionDB records 45 models in the cast, with Kendall Jenner opening and Kendall Jenner closing. Jess Hallett directed the casting and Olivier Rousteing designed the collection.
45Unique modelsCanonical profile IDs
43 female / 1 male / 1 unknownRecorded gender mixUnknown values retained
1Current Top 10035 of 45 ranked · Aug 1, 2026
0FashionDB newcomersFirst recorded runway show
33.6Average age34 of 45 with birth data
70Brand Q RatingMethodology
First and final looks
Opener and closer
Opened & closedComplete cast
- He Cong
- Katlin Aas
- Lineisy Montero
- Maartje Verhoef
- Josephine Le Tutour
- Binx Walton
- Tami Williams
- Vanessa Moody
- Sasha Luss
- Joan Smalls
- Yumi Lambert
- Lindsey Wixson
- Caroline Brasch Nielsen
- Nadja Bender
- Irina Djuranovic
- Ysaunny Brito
- Dilone
- Gigi Hadid
- Cindy Bruna
- Maria Borges
- Daniela Aciu
- Josephine Skriver
- Herieth Paul
- Karlie Kloss
- Ming Xi
- Jourdan Dunn
- Jac Jagaciak
- Ruby Aldridge
- Kendall Jenner
- Devon Windsor
- Stella Maxwell
- Mina Cvetkovic
- Kate Grigorieva
- Saara Sihvonen
- Bhumika Arora
- Katya Ledneva
- Ebony Riley
- Lily Donaldson
- Sara Sampaio
- Alessandra Ambrosio
- Maryna Linchuk
- Ronald Epps
- Genesis Vallejo
- Rosie Huntington Whiteley
- Jourdan
The complete record
Cast
45 unique models recorded
45 shown
Cast signals
Highlights and analysis
Rank, profile, and relationship data from one computed snapshot.
Highest-ranked
- He Cong#51 in FashionDB
- Lineisy Montero#143 in FashionDB
- Gigi Hadid#161 in FashionDB
- Binx Walton#232 in FashionDB
Most experienced with Balmain
- Nadja Bender10 recorded Balmain shows
- Sasha Luss9 recorded Balmain shows
- Joan Smalls9 recorded Balmain shows
- Josephine Le Tutour8 recorded Balmain shows
First time at Balmain
- He CongFirst recorded Balmain appearance
- Yumi LambertFirst recorded Balmain appearance
- Caroline Brasch NielsenFirst recorded Balmain appearance
- Irina DjuranovicFirst recorded Balmain appearance
No FashionDB newcomers are recorded in this cast.
29 of 45 models had appeared for the brand before.
Cast composition
- Cast size
- 45
- Current Top 100
- 1 · 2%
- Brand debuts
- 16
- Returning models
- 29
- Average / median age
- 33.6 / 33
- Average women’s height
- 5′ 11″ · n=40
- Average men’s height
- 6′ 1″ · n=1
- Profile-image coverage
- 41 of 45
Current-rank distribution
45 models in the denominator; unknown values remain visible.
Recorded gender
45 models in the denominator; unknown values remain visible.
Top nationalities
45 models in the denominator; unknown values remain visible.
Most represented agencies
45 models in the denominator; unknown values remain visible.
Credits
Creative team
People are combined once when multiple roles are recorded.
Designer
Olivier Rousteing
FranceCasting director
Jess Hallett
United KingdomFashion editor / stylist
Sam McKnight
Makeup artist