* * * * * * The Daily Telegraph Wednesday 30 December 2015 * * 27 BEAUTY MANTRA PUTTING CLICHÉS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT THE GOLDEN GIRLS THE TOP 10 MODELS WHO RAKED IT IN IN 2015 Gisele Bündchen, 35, Miranda Kerr, 32, The newcomer relative unknown, the Is it true he streets are Nike Flex Run 2015 Liquid Iron Formula, 1 Brazil – $44m, 6.4m 6 Australia – $5.5m, 7.3m Kendall Jenner, 19, Lithuanian is the face of days away trainers, £70 £16.85, Floradix Instagram followers Instagram followers America – $4m, 39m Calvin Klein, H&M and that from being (nike.com) (hollandandbarrett.com) Cara Delevingne, 23, Joan Smalls, 27, Puerto Instagram followers – a Roberto Cavalli, but has running flooded with 2 England – $9m, 21.1m 7 Rico – $5.5m, 1.2m new entry on the list this very little social media T new runners Instagram followers Instagram followers year, with a growing cachet is bad for optimistically Adriana Lima, 34, Lara Stone, 31, Holland profile thanks to her your joints? starting their new year 3 Brazil – $9m, 5.6m 8 – $5m, 354,000 monster social media *All figures according to resolutions. As a cheap Instagram followers Instagram followers presence Forbes and models.com, path to fitness, with bonus Doutzen Kroes, 30, Alessandra Ambrosio, for 2015 fresh air, running has a lot 4 Holland – $7.5m, 3.5m 9 34, Brazil – 4.5m The unexpected going for it. But is it as good Instagram followers Instagram followers addition Below, from left to right: for you as it seems, or could Natalia Vodianova, 33, Karlie Kloss, 23, Edita Vilkeviciute, 26, Adriana Lima, Edita subjecting your joints to 5 Russia – $7m, 840,000 10 America – 3.3m Lithuania – $3.5m, 5,601 Vilkeviciute, Gisele, Cara a pavement pounding Instagram followers Instagram followers Instagram followers – a Delevingne and Kendall Jenner actually do more harm than good? Three experts help us work it out. Jean-Claude Vacassin Restore Strength and Flexibility 7.5kg Kettlebell, £24.99 Personal trainer, founder Kit, £14.99, Gaiam (bodysculpture.co.uk) of W10 Performance (johnlewis.com) Rather than asking whether running is bad for you, you should ask “Are you bad for running?” The problem is that a lot of people are not fit to run. Anything that creates an impact is going to have a degenerative effect on the joints. Stiff ankles or unstable hips can often show as knee problems when running. The knees may be a problem for new runners, but actually it’s not the knees at fault, it’s Ultra Run Bra, £42 Liquid Yoga Restorative the person themselves: (sweatybetty.com) Bath Soak, £26 for 200ml, they’re not strong enough MIO Skincare in the first place. When (marksandspencer.com) most people start running, they chase fitness, whereas what they need to do first is learn to run. New runners should always do strength training first, because you need to be statically stable before you’re dynamic. As the saying goes, you can’t fire a cannon from a canoe. Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner. Is the age of the supermodel over? Claire Finlay So-called “big” girls, the top models Carole White, the chief executive Health and fitness in the industry, are also competing and founder of Premier model agency, consultant, founder of for these gigs, and eschewing the which has looked after the careers of Transition Zone gym exhausting merry-go-round of Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista Running has many hips and knees, as they’ll in one area, it is not catwalk shows in the process. and Christy Turlington, thinks so: “I benefits – it increases only get worse. Female uncommon for issues With over 40 million Instagram don’t think there will ever be new cardiovascular capacity, runners should up their to move to other areas followers between Hadid and supermodels like there were in the reduces risk of heart calcium and iron intake, as of the body. The other Jenner alone, it’s not hard to see Nineties. There are girls who have a disease, helps fight both are easily depleted, thing that can affect their appeal – and model agents “name” in fashion while they are hot; osteoporosis and reduces and should always invest the way we run is our are reacting accordingly, now but supermodels were names the man stress. However, you in the best properly fitted biomechanics – different including specific Instagram- in the street knew.” need to mix up your sports bra you can find. foot types can cause related clauses in contracts with Back in Milan, Binx weighs in with a regime so you’re not only different injuries, which clients to negotiate a fee for an characteristically pragmatic view. running. Cross-training Sophie Whitehead is why a good running Instagram post of the campaign Binx Walton backstage at Tommy Hilfiger “New girls, new girls, every season – ‘New with a focus on core Sports therapist at shoe specific to your foot pictures in which the model stars. during New York Fashion Week you have to accept that,” she says. strength, conditioning and Embody Fitness type is important to help But even that gets boring “You don’t believe in this industry? runners stretching (yoga, weights, Everyone has the ability to prevent injury. Running quickly: Cara Delevingne, Well, then you’re not going to be in it. should TRX, Pilates) will ensure run, but not everyone can with the wrong shoes and arguably the closest thing this ‘I don’t think there You’ll get thrown away like a always do you improve your speed run correctly. You’ve got to bad technique can result decade has seen to a supermodel, will ever again be toothpick. It’s that simple.” She sighs. strength and reduce risk of injury. get the right technique to in ankle, knee, hip, lower now eschews the catwalk and all “You don’t have to believe in Watch the mileage you’re ensure injury prevention: and upper back issues. but the most remunerative supermodels like everything, but fighting it? You have training clocking up and don’t the body is like a chain, so modelling campaigns in favour of to remember: fashion is always bigger first’ ignore skeletal niggles in when an issue is created Siân Ranscombe her acting career. in the Nineties’ than you.” – launched in 1936 – is derived from Weejun black & white leather, £125, Backless loafer, £330, the traditional Norwegian fishermen’s G H Bass (ghbass-eu.com) Robert Clergerie (robertclergerie.com) shoe) as well as more modish chunky coloured versions. The loafer falls into classic prep- style territory (especially if you wore them at prep school: mine were a contraband heeled version from Dolcis) with the reassuring chill of a thoroughbred East Coast Wasp. Silver loafers, £65, Velvet loafers, £30, But with their masculine bent and Office (office.co.uk) Topshop (topshop.com) solid gait, the loafer offers a balance to anything too girlish or whimsical – hence the perfect foil to Gucci’s flouncy chiffon frocks and skirts – and so allows them into slightly more subversive territory. Depending on your preference, you might look to a Mod, Skinhead Horsebit-detailed leather loafers, £410, Reptile print leather loafer, £69, or Michael Jackson circa 1986, in a Gucci (net-a-porter.com) Dune (dunelondon.com) rolled-up jean, white sock and loafer as inspiration as much as Katharine Hepburn or Lauren Bacall, with their wide-legged trouser-loafer combination and perfect amount of high-level froideur. InStyle’s fashion features editor, Hannah Rochell, a woman so in love Burgundy loafer, £39.99, Beya grained-leather loafers, £295 with flat shoes she’s written two Aldo (aldoshoes.com) Nicholas Kirkwood (nicholaskirkwood.com) books on the subject, advises that ‘I’ll be wearing them with everything from jeans to dresses’ REX FEATURES she wears them “with a skirt Left to right: Caroline Issa in Tod’s or dress if they’re chunky, loafers; Alexa Chung in Gucci’s like Grenson’s Clara, so that backless fur-lined loafers; model the finished effect looks Edie Campbell in Gucci deliberately mismatched. Otherwise a penny or almost anything.” tassel loafer looks Vogue’s fashion features lovely with cropped editor, Ellie Pithers, has or turned-up trousers been sporting her Penelope and either bare Chilvers’ black faux-astrakhan ankles or some loafers “to virtually every statement socks.” party this festive season. Fashion maven They work equally well Caroline Issa, with black cropped trousers meanwhile, says and velvet jackets as with that she is a recent lacy mini dresses – the only loafer convert. thing is, you can’t wear tights, “George Esquivel otherwise you look like a has some amazing schoolgirl. ” loafers – hand- On the other hand, some made in California women carry off the school- and the finishes girl look magnificently. Perhaps on them, from because they’re so inherently painted trompe l’oeil Waspy, it’s tempting to inject a to hand stamped, subversive note into the loafers are done with true equation – and some height. craftsmanship. I’m Gucci’s block-heeled metallic also investing in a loafers tick both those boxes. pair of burgundy More glam-rock than preppy classic loafers they look amazing with lurex – a bit sturdier tights, which goes to show that but narrow. I’ll be there aren’t any unbreakable wearing them with rules when it comes to loafers. everything from Apart from this one: watch jeans to dresses out for versions which are too – they’re my short on the front – they make new ballerinas, even the best of legs look they go with dumpy. .