Opened the showProfile portraits of the recorded opener and closer; not runway-look photography.
Balmain
Runway show
Balmain F/W 2018 Men's Runway Show
- Date
- January 20, 2018
- Fashion week
- Paris Fashion Week F/W 18 Men's
- Brand Q Rating
- 70
- Designer
- Olivier Rousteing
- Casting director
- Jess Hallett
Balmain presented Balmain F/W 2018 Men's Runway Show on January 20, 2018. FashionDB records 75 models in the cast, with Elias de Poot opening and Ariel Rosa closing. Jess Hallett directed the casting and Olivier Rousteing designed the collection.
75Unique modelsCanonical profile IDs
27 female / 32 male / 16 unknownRecorded gender mixUnknown values retained
1Current Top 10042 of 75 ranked · Aug 2, 2026
1FashionDB newcomersFirst recorded runway show
30.6Average age27 of 75 with birth data
70Brand Q RatingMethodology
First and final looks
Opener and closer
Opened the showComplete cast
- Katlin Aas
- Josephine Le Tutour
- Valery Kaufman
- Chu Wong
- Tami Williams
- Pauline Hoarau
- Vanessa Moody
- Sarah Brannon
- Irina Djuranovic
- Ysaunny Brito
- Dilone
- Jessie Bloemendaal
- Grace Bol
- Blanca Padilla
- Erik van Gils
- Ming Xi
- Kohei Takabatake
- Aiden Curtiss
- Alpha Dia
- Leah Rodl
- Dominik Sadoch
- Dylan Fender
- Anna Getty
- Ernest Klimko
- David Trulík
- Rachide Embaló
- Elias de Poot
- Yvonne Bevanda
- Edoardo Sebastianelli
- Marc Lüloh
- Luc Defont-Saviard
- Felix Prabitz
- Ye Xiang
- Noah Luis Brown
- Justin Eric Martin
- Janusz Kuhlmann
- Jordy Gerritsma
- Christopher Einla
- Victor Ndigwe
- Yulian Antukh
- Finn Hayton
- Gustavo Sanches
- Philippe Proust
- Fábio Tavares
- Alexina Graham
- João Knorr
- Daniel Olze
- Katrin Zakharova
- Daniela Braga
- Nick Truelove
- Rowan Smedley
- Jan Anthonio
- Guirec Murie
- Li Yufeng
- Hector Diaz
- Sasha Komissarov
- Davy Swart
- Egor Semenov
- Paul Fontanier
- Ariel Rosa
- Presley Gerber
- Tae Eun Bang
- Saif Khorchid
- Tomo Abe
- Felix Sueur
- Cesar Ernesto
- Dion Gerbers
- Joseph Griffin
- Oussama Guessoum
- Joao Orlandin
- Maxime Findeling
- Hugo Tallarita
- Bogdan Zbyrko
- Emil Wikstrom
- Daniel Nørgaard
The complete record
Cast
75 unique models recorded
75 shown
Cast signals
Highlights and analysis
Rank, profile, and relationship data from one computed snapshot.
Highest-ranked
- Chu Wong#31 in FashionDB
- Noah Luis Brown#384 in FashionDB
- Rachide Embaló#778 in FashionDB
- Edoardo Sebastianelli#856 in FashionDB
Most experienced with Balmain
- Josephine Le Tutour13 recorded Balmain shows
- Ysaunny Brito10 recorded Balmain shows
- Tami Williams8 recorded Balmain shows
- Vanessa Moody8 recorded Balmain shows
First time at Balmain
- Jessie BloemendaalFirst recorded Balmain appearance
- Kohei TakabatakeFirst recorded Balmain appearance
- Aiden CurtissFirst recorded Balmain appearance
- Alpha DiaFirst recorded Balmain appearance
46 of 75 models had appeared for the brand before.
Cast composition
- Cast size
- 75
- Current Top 100
- 1 · 1%
- Brand debuts
- 29
- Returning models
- 46
- Average / median age
- 30.6 / 31
- Average women’s height
- 5′ 11″ · n=19
- Average men’s height
- 6′ 2″ · n=26
- Profile-image coverage
- 44 of 75
Current-rank distribution
75 models in the denominator; unknown values remain visible.
Recorded gender
75 models in the denominator; unknown values remain visible.
Top nationalities
75 models in the denominator; unknown values remain visible.
Most represented agencies
75 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
Nabil Harlow
Makeup artist
Val Garland
United KingdomFilm and imagery