ELITE

ELITE

Elite Model's Fashion is one of the most famous French companies, making the women's clothes and accessories.

 The company's founders pursued the defined goal – to make the women's dreams about glamorous life come true. The great experience of Elite Company in the sphere of modeling contributes to the realization of this brilliant project. The first Elite talent agency was founded in 1972 in Paris by John Casablancas and  Allan Kitler. Initially, the agency was involved in the selection of models for such fashion houses Chanel, as Dior, Yves

Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Versace, and L’Oral.  Elite company had been establishing itself as a leading choice in modeling business for a long time. Thanks to the company, a lot of celebrities and supermodels have managed to make a brilliant career. Among them are Claudia Shiffer, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Monica Bellucci and others.

 The Elite Company’s founders didn't want to limit themselves to the modeling business only. So, they have created their own brand. At the present time, Elite products are in a great demand and very popular all over the world.

HISTORY

Elite Model Management was founded in Paris, France in 1972 by John Casablancas (1942–2013) and Alain Kittler.Casablancas was inspired by his then-wife Jeanette Chrisjansen, former model and Miss Universe from Denmark, to open a model agency with the best talent. Casablancas founded the model agency with his savings from working for Coca-Cola in Brazil. He and Chrisjansen are the parents of The Strokes frontman, Julian Casablancas.

Elite Model opened with several high profile models including Ingmari Lamy; Ann Schaufuss, Clive Arrowsmith's girlfriend; Barry Lategna's wife Lynn Kohlman; Paula Brenken; and Paris Plannings Emanuelle Dano. Initially, the all-star lineup of well known models made Elite models a well known name in the industry. However, it also signaled the lineup's demise. Following the deaths of Emanuelle Dano and Paula Brenken, [clarification needed] Casablancas realized his business model was all wrong.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Elite today manages over 2000 models from five continents. It offers international coverage with 35 agencies in its network. It holds the annual talent scouting contest, the Elite Model Look, which launched in 1983. With about 400,000 annual contestants in more than 60 countries, Elite Model Look has "discovered" many notable models, including Cindy Crawford, Gisele Bündchen, Stephanie Seymour, Alessandra Ambrosio, Tatjana Patitz and Lara Stone.

Elite represents, or has represented such models as Linda Evangelista, Tyra Banks, Gisele Bündchen, Joanna Krupa, Huggy Ragnarsson, Adriana Lima, Kelly Gale, Naomi Campbell, Cara Delevingne, Karen Elson, Carol Alt, Özge Ulusoy, Monica Bellucci. Liya Kibede, Heidi Klum, Eva Herzigová, Tatiana Sorokko, Angelika Kallio, Paulina Porizkova, Olga Puchkova, Alessandra Ambrosio, Jennifer Flavin, Coco Rocha, Veronica Webb, Crystal Renn, Anna Bayle, Stephanie Seymour and Anna Nicole Smith.

From 2007-2011, the company was the official license holder to select a representative for the United States at the Miss World pageant.