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Dior row: Scouted at 14, dropped by 15. Modelling as a young teen is no fairy tale
Fashion house Dior has unveiled a 14-year-old unknown model as its latest ‘face’ – to outcry from body confidence campaigners. Model Rebecca Pearson explains the other unexpected pitfalls of being a young teen model Gliding down the runway in a sheer, diaphanous white gown, model Sofia Mechetner’s catwalk debut has made quite the impact. But […]
Modelling is so easy says Iman
The 60-year-old icon says her profession is a walk in the park because a model’s every whim is attended to. “People say that modelling is hard. It isn’t when you compare it to other jobs,” says the Somalian beauty, married to rocker David Bowie since 1992. “I mean, you get to the job and… there […]
Amber Le Bon On The Highs And Lows Of Modelling And Her Favourite Secret Beauty Product
Model Amber Le Bon is famously private. Try Googling her name for details about her lifestyle, and you’ll find practically none. There are, however, plenty of pap shots either by herself or posing with her model mother Yasmin Le Bon who has taught her a lot (and more on that later). But beyond her famous parents […]
Fashion Model Job Information
As a fashion model, you would promote clothing and accessories to fashion buyers, customers and the media. You might model items in fashion shows, or in photographs for catalogues, magazines, newspapers and advertising campaigns. If you are interested in fashion and you look after your appearance, a job as a model might suit you. In […]
Meet Taylor Swift’s inseparable power posse of models and actresses whose careers are blowing up
Despite her recently resolved Twitter feud with Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift seems less concerned with “pitting women against each other” — as Katy Perry suggested during the fight — and more interested in bringing high-profile women together. For weeks, the 25-year-old pop star has been featuring her famous female friends on stage at her concerts, […]
Top 10 ways to become a model
Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Cara Delevingne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley: on paper, the model’s life is a charmed one. Wouldn’t it be nice to fly around the world, wear amazing fashion and be feted for your looks? The reality is a bit different. Successful models are among the hardest working girls on the planet. Don’t believe us? […]
Tyra Banks’s Modeling Tips
There’s no one better than Tyra to give excellent modeling tips and advice to those who dream of gracing the covers of magazines or strutting their stuff on the catwalks of high fashion. To help you with your entry to Tyra Banks’s Fiercely Real Model Contest (which could be your big break!), Tyra shares these […]
The world’s first non-white modelling agency – a true celebration of diversity
Launched in London a year ago, Lorde boasts a catalogue of models of colour who challenge the fashion industry’s bias towards Caucasian looks. Looking at the models on Lorde Inc’s website, the first thing that strikes you is that these people are, to put it in Zoolander’s words, really, really good looking. Ornello has long […]
Know This Name: Sasha Hronis Is Quietly Ruling the Runways
Willowy and graceful, Canadian Sasha Hronis seems like a natural fit for modeling, but it wasn’t until her mother convinced her of her potential that Hronis felt compelled to give fashion a try. “My mom wanted me to model so badly,” Hronis tells Style.com. “My grandma had wanted her to model, but she never did. […]
Proenza Schouler Stages a Supermodel Reunion for Fall
If you were floored by early ’00s modeling icons Liisa Winkler and Liya Kebede on Proenza Schouler’s Fall 2015 runway, the brand’s new campaign might send you into a full-on frenzy. Not only do Winkler and Kebede star, but they are also joined by their equally influential peers Karolin Wolter and Anne Catherine Lacroix. A […]