The pretty girls on the prowl titillate any given Jack and the modeling business intends to frame such disturbing moments, and savor them for posterity. The year singing its swan song was no different, and there are tales galore of models posing, pouting, screaming, and scratching.

With lens men capturing the best faces in the town, and scribes writing erotica, the fashion quite likely revolved around the leggy lasses strutting on the runways, and resting on the billboards this year. And unlikely the changing faces, Photoshop failures, models turning mothers and age-diet debates ruled the roost.

On one hand, where Israel banned the skinny models, making it mandatory for them to show their health certificates before hitting the ramp; the world’s largest fashion publication Conde Nast denounced taking under-aged models for the magazine spreads, on the other. But the Chinese edition of latter soon came up with a model aged under- 18 on its cover earning flak around the world.

The Photoshop was at its metamorphic best affirming the artifice of fashion. The stunted images, and ensuing war of words echoed throughout the year. Even for a change Campari calendar for 2012 went soulful capturing the thoughtful facet of fashion. And peace message came vehemently from Benetton when it launched its ‘Unhate’ campaign featuring the influential political figures around the world kissing each other. In India it was Deepika Govind’s controversial ad that featured a model standing tall amongst confused villagers.

Internationally, models like Kate Moss, Adriana Lima and Andrej Pejic were the flavour of the year grabbing the most number of advertising campaigns whereas in India the new faces like Sangya Lakhanpal and Reha Sukheja made it to the big league, and Tinu Verghis bid adieu to runways.