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# The Cast Index

An independent perspective on fashion and beauty. Discover model profiles, runway stories, considered beauty reviews and the global fashion-week calendar.

## The September briefing — Spring/Summer 2027

Your guide to the September circuit: the dates, the seasons and a more considered way to follow the shows. [Read the September guide](https://thecastindex.com/journal/fashion-month-september-2026-guide).

- [New York](https://thecastindex.com/events/new-york-fashion-week-ss27) — 10–15 September 2026
- [London](https://thecastindex.com/events/london-fashion-week-ss27) — 17–21 September 2026
- [Milan](https://thecastindex.com/events/milan-fashion-week-ss27) — 22–28 September 2026
- [Paris](https://thecastindex.com/events/paris-fashion-week-ss27) — 28 September–6 October 2026

Dates are organiser-published week ranges; check the organiser before making plans. Calendar file: https://thecastindex.com/fashion-month.ics

## The editorial selection

- [Glass skin, decoded](https://thecastindex.com/journal/glass-skin-decoded) — Analysis; The season’s lead face is a prep architecture. Foundation only reports what the layers underneath already decided.
- [What survives the show](https://thecastindex.com/journal/what-survives-the-show) — Industry; The hero products get the frame. The survivors are the maintenance steps that still make sense when the call sheet ends.
- [What a graphic liner asks of a face](https://thecastindex.com/journal/what-a-graphic-liner-asks) — Analysis; New York’s fifth finish is a short stroke. The mistake is shopping for the stroke before reading the face.

## Faces of the Index — Global 50 (5 October 2026)

1. [Anok Yai](https://thecastindex.com/models/anok-yai) — United States; Index Rating 97.9/100
2. [Vittoria Ceretti](https://thecastindex.com/models/vittoria-ceretti) — Italy; Index Rating 96.1/100
3. [Alex Consani](https://thecastindex.com/models/alex-consani) — United States; Index Rating 95.1/100
4. [Liu Wen](https://thecastindex.com/models/liu-wen) — China; Index Rating 94.0/100
5. [Gigi Hadid](https://thecastindex.com/models/gigi-hadid) — United States; Index Rating 93.9/100
6. [Naomi Campbell](https://thecastindex.com/models/naomi-campbell) — United Kingdom; Index Rating 93.4/100
7. [Mona Tougaard](https://thecastindex.com/models/mona-tougaard) — Denmark; Index Rating 93.1/100
8. [Imaan Hammam](https://thecastindex.com/models/imaan-hammam) — Netherlands; Index Rating 89.5/100
9. [Sora Choi](https://thecastindex.com/models/sora-choi) — South Korea; Index Rating 89.5/100
10. [Kendall Jenner](https://thecastindex.com/models/kendall-jenner) — United States; Index Rating 89.1/100

Full ranking: https://thecastindex.com/rankings · Methodology: https://thecastindex.com/methodology. Rankings are editorial assessments of a published dataset and are never for sale.

## Beauty — AW26 finishes

- [Couture glass skin](https://thecastindex.com/discover/couture-glass-skin) — Skin
- [Wet lip signal](https://thecastindex.com/discover/wet-lip-signal) — Lips
- [Soft flush cheek](https://thecastindex.com/discover/soft-flush-cheek) — Cheek
- [Hair as silhouette](https://thecastindex.com/discover/hair-as-silhouette) — Hair
- [Graphic punctuation](https://thecastindex.com/discover/graphic-punctuation) — Eyes & brows

Category guides: [Complexion](https://thecastindex.com/beauty/category/complexion) · [Cheek](https://thecastindex.com/beauty/category/cheek) · [Eyes & brows](https://thecastindex.com/beauty/category/eyes-brows) · [Lips](https://thecastindex.com/beauty/category/lips) · [Skin prep](https://thecastindex.com/beauty/category/skin-prep) · [Setting](https://thecastindex.com/beauty/category/setting) · [SPF](https://thecastindex.com/beauty/category/spf) · [Hair](https://thecastindex.com/beauty/category/hair) · [Fragrance](https://thecastindex.com/beauty/category/fragrance) · [Nails](https://thecastindex.com/beauty/category/nails) · [Body](https://thecastindex.com/beauty/category/body) · [Tools](https://thecastindex.com/beauty/category/tools)

## More from the desk

- [Fashion week calendar](https://thecastindex.com/fashion-weeks)
- [Casting ledger](https://thecastindex.com/casting)
- [Model agencies](https://thecastindex.com/agencies)
- [The Handbook](https://thecastindex.com/guide)
- [Open data](https://thecastindex.com/open-data)
- [Site directory for agents](https://thecastindex.com/llms.txt)