Tag: model agency
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HOW TO LAND A MODELLING AGENT
This week, Kwabena Gyane discusses how novice models can get signed to a modelling agency. Runways, catwalks, photoshoots; these are among the few activities laypeople list when asked about the modelling profession. Most people do not know what models do; they have an idea of what they do. The modelling industry is a multifaceted machine,…
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FACE OF LONDON RUNWAY 2021
It’s that time again! Just like last year and in 2019, we’re looking for a menswear and womenswear Face of London Runway for the twelve months ahead. Our final selection of ten models will be invited to a public voting round, where their portraits taken by our photographers will be used for the final judging.…
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IS YOUR MODELLING AGENCY THE REAL THING – OR IS IT A SCAM?
Maria Henry explores the ways in which aspiring models can protect themselves from scammers and find real opportunities within the modelling industry. We’ve all heard the stories of top models being stopped by agency scouts, looking to take them from normal people to the next big names in fashion. From supermodel Kate Moss, who was…
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Disability Visibility in Fashion
Darcey Sergison writes about the work of modelling agencies in representing disabled models to enhance diversity in the fashion industry. It has been two decades since Alexander McQueen published the ground-breaking cover of a model with prosthetic legs on Dazed and Confused. But has the fashion community continued to represent equally disabled models? Gucci released…