Ashley Brokaw (born 1973) is an American fashion casting director, known for her work with Italian luxury fashion house

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. In 2015, ''

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'' said she is "the person who is most responsible for what we think is beautiful."

Early life

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

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Career

Brokaw is known for her work casting models in fashion shows. At age 17, Brokaw interned for

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, a movie casting director. She started her career in fashion working at ''

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'', then as a production assistant for the photographer Bruce Weber. Since 2011, Brokaw principally casts for Prada where she replaced Russell Marsh. She has also worked with

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, and

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

Models

References

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