Bella Hadid Generated 852% More Views On Her Runway Looks Than The Average Model

Bella, a die-hard fashion fan, is also a joy to work with. Friends with many designers, from Givenchy’s Matthew Williams to Donatella Versace, who she describes as family, Hadid shows up for the people she admires. Her rigorous work ethic is a well-known industry fact. “Working with Bella takes me back to when we started working with Gisele,” Michael Kors told Rob Haskell in her Vogue profile, while a senior model agent said: “She is up for everything: campaigns that can’t pay her, small magazines, shows that any agent would tell her to pass on.”

Her passion for style (this is the young woman who borrowed an Alaïa dress for prom) translates on the runway. Never just a clothes horse, Bella understands the aesthetic she is selling. She embodies a character and excels at the job in hand. See her turn as Kim Jones’s sexy librarian for Fendi autumn/winter 2022 and you’ll understand. Ditto Donatella’s latexed-to-the-nines fem bot moment in Milan.

Her downtime looks play into our fascination with her. The avid Depopper is always ahead of the curve when it comes to reviving retro brands others have long forgotten about (Jane Norman, anyone? How about Miss Sixty?), and her vintage collection has an original spin. While most stars have fashion sleuths doing the leg work for them, Bella is as committed as her stylist Carlos Nazario to truffling out archival gems. According to Haskell, she has a collection of highly collectible Hermès, Celine, Versace and Mugler, as well as the fruits of a trainer addiction that sadly that we almost never get to see.