Ashley Brokaw

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Ashley Brokaw (born c. 1973) is an American fashion casting director, known for her work with Italian luxury fashion house Prada. In 2015, The New York Times said she is "the person who is most responsible for what we think is beautiful." [1]

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Early life

Brokaw was raised in England, and then came to the United States to go to boarding school in Connecticut. [1] Brokaw has a bachelor of science degree in international law and organization from the Foreign Service School at Georgetown University. [2]

Career

Brokaw is known for her work casting models in fashion shows. [3] At age 17, Brokaw interned for Juliet Taylor, a movie casting director. [1] [4] She started her career in fashion working at Seventeen , then as a production assistant for the photographer Bruce Weber. [5] [2]

Since 2011, Brokaw principally casts for Prada where she replaced Russell Marsh. [2] She has also worked with Balenciaga, [2] Rag & Bone, Proenza Schouler, Nicolas Ghesquière at Louis Vuitton, [6] [7] Coach New York, and JW Anderson. [8] [9]

In 2017 she spoke with Vogue about the increased importance of the 'personal style' of models. [9] By 2021, Brokaw was expanding her search parameters for models to include videos so she can gauge personalities of potential models. [10] In 2022, she publicly supported Ukrainian models following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [11]

Models

Models scouted or selected by Brokaw

Model

Nationality
Mica Argañaraz [1] Argentine
Alex Binaris [12] South African
Jamie Bochert [1] American
Malaika Firth [1] British
Daphne Groeneveld [13] Dutch
Willow Hand [14] American
Ondria Hardin [1] American
Ulrikke Høyer [15] Danish
Aya Jones [1] French
HoYeon Jung [12] South Korean
Harleth Kuusik [1] Estonian
Fernanda Ly [1] Australian
Melodie Monrose [13] French (Martinican)
Lineisy Montero [1] Dominican
Amalie and Cecilie Moosgaard [16] Danish
Alexandra Micu [12] Romanian
Amanda Murphy [1] American
Caroline Brasch Nielsen [13] Danish
Julia Nobis [12] Australian
Bambi Northwood-Blyth [13] Australian
Hanne Gaby Odiele [1] Belgian
Teddy Quinlivan [12] American
Rianne Van Rompaey [1] Dutch
Fei Fei Sun [13] Chinese
Mona Tougaard [17] Danish
Maartje Verhoef [16] Dutch
Yasmin Wijnaldum [16] Dutch
Kiki Willems [12] Dutch
Sora Choi [18] South Korean

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  6. ↑ "Great Lengths". Vogue; New York. Vol. 205, no. 10. October 2015. p. 210 – via ProQuest.
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  10. ↑ Moore, Booth (February 22, 2021). "Digital Shows Cast Personalities As Models". WWD: Women's Wear Daily; Los Angeles. pp. 1, 24–25.
  11. ↑ Eckardt, Stephanie (February 25, 2022). "Ukrainian and Russian Models Call the Industry's Attention to the War". W Magazine. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
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