Models I can't live without....

I have being always fortunate with my model’s line-up.  I guess because I cast them myself, there is no better way…  The call and process is simple, I place a casting call throughout the different social media and models will come to the casting site and try for that spot in the show…  Being the designer I know what I want.  I was a runway coach in my earliest years so I also know how they should walk and poise.  Finally, they must give me that look…  And what’s the look???  My clients are the look, as simple as that.

Designers always have their favorites, yes, are those birds of the paradise we can’t live without.  Some will become our muses and others our stable models.  It’s a relationship between designer and the runway divas.  These ladies get to know us extremely well, they know what we like and what we don’t, just like our clients…  Many of them keep airing for us on the runway for many years; it’s difficult to let them go.  Others, their careers wouldn't last as long, that’s the sad truth…

I appreciate my models; they are my live canvas, my runway gems…   And yes, there are some I can’t live without…  To you, thank you ladies!

Raoul

Photos By Mr. Kevin Ste Marie for Kaptography 

    Eggy Andria, muse and runway...

    Renee Reese Collins, runway

    Farrah Graham (left) and Meghan Reed (right), runway...

Best dressed 2014... Who will be next??? Quien será, será, será???

Well, who it will be among Raoul Blanco’s couture circle - Louisiana’s Five Best Dressed Ladies for 2014?  Just watching, indeed I am……

Raoul Blanco Couture Circle presents the "Five Best Dressed Ladies of Louisiana 2013" - Mrs. Gayle Marie Benson

Mrs. Gayle Marie Benson

Written by Ms. Patricia Gannon - Society writer

Orleanian Gayle Benson talks as if she’s always known you. It’s innate to the Crescent City, just like their style. Speaking from Maine, she’s graciously asked to be called Eastern Time. “He knows I’m talking to you this morning,” she laughs when her husband Tom interrupts. “He doesn’t want anything.” She is New Orleans inside and out, original with a sense of tradition. Crescent City women dress to be noticed and Benson never buys what’s trendy, but customizes her Chanel to suit herself. She likes Chanel’s crisp, yet beautiful lines. “A lot of custom needs remaking,” she explains. “You can do that with Chanel, move things around. Chanel has big seams. Sometimes I add the pieces onto a purse. It just looks different.”

Her fashion philosophy comes easily. “I read a lot, and you should always figure out early on who you are and who you want to be. Then stick with it. It all depends on you. If you’re comfortable, you can carry it off.”

Benson’s bespoke tailoring takes a backseat to the greater good, however, and she takes pride in helping as many as she can. Her latest project is the Notre Dame Seminary, a $25 million renovation for which she and Tom donated the startup. “It’s important to get others involved. There’s a need.” she said.

How did she land among Louisiana’s Best Dressed women? “People look at you differently than you see
yourself,” she laughs. “I’m very humbled.


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Something new... Are you ready?

Well ladies and gentlemen, with just two months to say good bye to the current year 2013 I will begin this blog, "Raoul's watching"... I invite you to stay tune and find out who I'll be talking too or about, latest news about fashion and style, current affairs and their attendees and what do I share with the grand "La Loba"... Tighten up your seat belts, and let's talk like it is! There is no editor or publisher to direct or control my views in here... Are you ready??? I am... I'll be watching... Raoul Blanco