Opened the show
Profile portraits of the recorded opener and closer; not runway-look photography.
Balmain
Women’s runway show
Balmain F/W 2017 Runway Show
- Date
- March 2, 2017
- Fashion week
- Paris Fashion Week F/W 17 Women's
- Brand Q Rating
- 70
- Designer
- Olivier Rousteing
- Casting director
- Jess Hallett
Balmain presented Balmain F/W 2017 Runway Show on March 2, 2017. FashionDB records 35 models in the cast, with Gigi Hadid opening and Kendall Jenner closing. Jess Hallett directed the casting and Olivier Rousteing designed the collection.
35Unique modelsCanonical profile IDs
34 female / 1 unknownRecorded gender mixUnknown values retained
2Current Top 10032 of 35 ranked · Aug 1, 2026
0FashionDB newcomersFirst recorded runway show
32.1Average age30 of 35 with birth data
70Brand Q RatingMethodology
First and final looks
Opener and closer
Opened the showClosed the showComplete cast
- He Cong
- Katlin Aas
- Maartje Verhoef
- Josephine Le Tutour
- Valery Kaufman
- Chu Wong
- Pauline Hoarau
- Vanessa Moody
- Sasha Luss
- Camille Hurel
- Mayowa Nicholas
- Sarah Brannon
- Roos Abels
- Ysaunny Brito
- Dilone
- Gigi Hadid
- Luna Bijl
- Cindy Bruna
- Josephine Skriver
- Blanca Padilla
- Amilna Estevao
- Jourdan Dunn
- Birgit Kos
- Sophie Rask
- Jac Jagaciak
- Susanne Knipper
- Alla Kostromichova
- Kendall Jenner
- Darya Kostenich
- Bhumika Arora
- Lais Ribeiro
- Lily Donaldson
- Jourdana Phillips
- Elsa Hosk
- Eugenia Volodina
The complete record
Cast
35 unique models recorded
35 shown
Cast signals
Highlights and analysis
Rank, profile, and relationship data from one computed snapshot.
Highest-ranked
- Chu Wong#31 in FashionDB
- He Cong#51 in FashionDB
- Gigi Hadid#161 in FashionDB
- Kendall Jenner#488 in FashionDB
Most experienced with Balmain
- Sasha Luss12 recorded Balmain shows
- Josephine Le Tutour11 recorded Balmain shows
- Cindy Bruna9 recorded Balmain shows
- Maartje Verhoef7 recorded Balmain shows
First time at Balmain
- Chu WongFirst recorded Balmain appearance
- Pauline HoarauFirst recorded Balmain appearance
- Sarah BrannonFirst recorded Balmain appearance
- Blanca PadillaFirst recorded Balmain appearance
No FashionDB newcomers are recorded in this cast.
25 of 35 models had appeared for the brand before.
Cast composition
- Cast size
- 35
- Current Top 100
- 2 · 6%
- Brand debuts
- 10
- Returning models
- 25
- Average / median age
- 32.1 / 31
- Average women’s height
- 5′ 11″ · n=33
- Average men’s height
- — · n=0
- Profile-image coverage
- 33 of 35
Current-rank distribution
35 models in the denominator; unknown values remain visible.
Recorded gender
35 models in the denominator; unknown values remain visible.
Top nationalities
35 models in the denominator; unknown values remain visible.
Most represented agencies
35 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 KingdomHair stylist
Sam McKnight
Makeup artist
Tom Pecheux
Film and imagery