Frank: wonderful face, and the one with her fleeing, clutching her purse is a very clever pose. And, of course, your technique is spectacularly good.
Artistically speaking, I like the first best: I get a sense of the real person being photographed.
A general question about fashion photography: why do the models need to be apprehended only as surfaces? It seems that the clothes, which after all are what is being sold, must supersede any individual self-hood on the part of the model.
In real life, and in the cinema, I prefer my women imperfect. This is why women in French films are always sexier than in American films, where the women are generally displayed as "the perfect woman" according to Cosmo. I prefer that un-blowbrushed mole on the cheek or scar on the lip, or a butt that is not ball-bearing crafted on a stairmaster. What do you think? What if there were a new trend in fashion photography that included the imperfect as a necessary, human element?
Just thoughts.
Cheers,
Doug