Fashion Models

The Issues with Underage and Underweight Models

Zoe Malliaros | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Models, Skinny Models, Fashion Models, Models Eating Disorders, Marc-Jacobs-Model, Cfda-Health-Guidelines, Teen News
Zoe Malliaros

The fashion industry must commit to protecting young models, especially because our generation will be setting the precedents and standards for future workers in the industry.

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Naomi's No 'Supermodel'

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Naomi Campbell, Harpers Bazaar, Hair-Beauty, Fashion-Beauty, Fashion Models, Harpers Bazaar Naomi Campbell, Black Voices News

She’s been called a cell-phone-throwing, short-tempered diva. But above all else, Naomi Campbell is known as one of the world’s most iconic superm...

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The Overworked, Underfed, Underage Faces Of Modeling

AP | By LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Model Working Conditions, Modeling, Model Alliance, Fashion Industry, Fashion Models, Model Abuse, The Model Alliance, Model Industry, Sara Ziff, Culture News

NEW YORK -- Models are more than just pretty faces. They're often overworked, underfed and underage independent contractors with little say when thing...

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Models Protest What Really Goes On At Fashion Shows

Reuters | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Models, Jenna Sauers, Reuters, Runway Models, Models Alliance, Fashion Models, Diane Von Furstenberg, Model Alliance, Fashion Week, Sara Ziff, New York Fashion Week, Women News

(In paragraphs 7 and 8, corrects attribution of quotes to "former model and fashion writer Jenna Sauers" instead of "Susan Scafidi, director of the ...

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Arise Fashion Week Lagos, Nigeria (PHOTOS)

Mike Schreiber | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Models, Photography, Lagos, Photographs, Black and White Photography, Backstage Beauty, Africa, Fashion Models, Slidepollajax, Nigeria, Exposure, Arise Magazine, Fashion, Fashion Week, Culture News
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Model Cindy Joseph Proves Age Is No Barrier To Beauty

The Huffington Post | Lauren Rosenblum | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Models, Dolce & Gabbana, Cindy Joseph Model, Cindy Joseph, Dolce and Gabbana, Modelling, Cindy Joseph Supermodel, Fashion Models, Video, Fifty News

With laugh lines and a full head of long silver hair, Cindy Joseph is defying all age barriers. She started modeling at the age of 49 when a casting a...

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Models In Movies: Which Strutters Are Silver Screen Stunners?

The Huffington Post | Emily Singer | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Slideadbigshot, Liya Kebede, Models, Brooke SHields, Gisele Bundchen, Molly Sims, Model Actress, Models Who Act, Fashion Models, Gemma Ward, Brooklyn Decker, Lily Cole, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Claudia Schiffer, Style News

We were stoked to learn last week that Russian model Sasha Pivovarova will be making her acting debut alongside Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried ...

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SEEING DOUBLE: This Ad Looks A Lot Like That Ad & More

The Huffington Post | Emily Singer | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Slideadbigshot, Chloe, Vintage Ads, Advertisement, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, Dior, Chanel, Fashion Advertisements, Ysl, Advertising Campaigns, Stella McCartney, Donna Karan, Fashion Models, Celine, Fashion, Givenchy, Michael Kors, Style News

We've heard that history repeats itself, but how about fashion ad campaigns? Between the styling, method of photography, storyline, poses, and post...

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PHOTOS: Models Over 35 & Still Working It

Huffington Post | Emily Singer | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Models, Shalom Harlow, Slideadbigshot, Models Over 30, Lea T, Christy Turlington, Fashion Models, Cindy Crawford, 30 Year Old Fashion Models, Lauren Hutton, Claudia Schiffer, Old Models, Kristen McMenamy, Video, Style News

The modeling industry has a seemingly never-ending supply of under-20 supermodels in the making, declaring each and everyone one of them "the breakout...

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Top Model Tats: Creative Ink From Our Favorite Runway Strutters (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Emily Singer | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Slideadbigshot, Kate Moss, Heidi Klum, Lily Cole, Tattoo, Celebrity Tattoos, Chanel Iman, Chanel, Models, Cintia Dicker, Fashion Tattoos, Fashion Models, Freja Beha Erichsen, Alessandra Ambrosio, Slidefreestyle, Rodarte, Tattoos, Style News

A model's job is to sell clothing, thus the body should serve as a blank canvas, right? Wrong. Dozens of top models have tattoos in various locations ...

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PHOTOS: 13 Cover Girls Going On 30

Huffington Post | Emily Singer | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Models, Supermodels, Selita Ebanks, Lea T, Fashion Models, Agyness Deyn, Erin Wasson, Gisele Bunchen, Alessandra Ambrosio, Miranda Kerr Baby, Miranda Kerr, Slideadbigshot, Style News

With most models breaking into the industry at or before the age of 15, work tapers off by the time a gal reaches her mid-20s. And that's not to menti...

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Vogue Magazine: Asian Women Are Beautiful (Finally)

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Vogue, Vogue, Vogue Cover, Tradition, Vogue Magazine, Anna Wintour Vogue, Beauty Industry, Beauty, Ethnic Models, Fashion Trends, Models, Asian Models, Fashion Models, Beauty Standards, Vogue Cover Models, Fashion, Asia, Anna Wintour, American-Vogue, Asian Vogue, Vogue Asia, Style News
Disgrasian

American Vogue has never featured an Asian model on its cover in its 40-plus years of featuring models.

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All Walks on the Catwalk

Aimee Liu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eating Disorders, Skinny Models, Academy for Eating Disorders, Neda, Fashion-Models, Fashion Trends, Models, Style News
Aimee Liu

Susan Ringwood's initiative to revolutionize designers' attitudes about "model" bodies wasn't easy. "Did anyone try to tell Picasso to change his models?" a designer demanded.

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Models Are Not Like Us, They Are Weird (VIDEO)

Erin Gibson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Models, Runway, Dinosaurs, Fashion Week, Fashion Designers, Fashion Models, Video, Models Are Weird, Current TV, Funny Videos, Models Are Not Normal, Comedy News
Erin Gibson

You think you have it hard? Try being a fashion model! They're beautiful (all the time!), naturally thin, and get paid lots of money to be quiet and j...

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WATCH: Models Shoot Down The No-Eating Myth

The Huffington Post | Ben Craw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Models, Farah Angsana, Video, Backstage, Body Image, Fashion Models, Runway Models, Runway, New York City Fashion Week, Fashion Show, Fashion Week, Behind the Scenes, Style News

Who says models don't eat? The Huffington Post went backstage at New York Fashion Week and got candid with fashion models minutes before they hit t...

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Model And Alleged DRUG QUEEN On The Lam

CNN.com | Karl Penhaul | Posted 05.25.2011

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She pouts her collagen-filled lips and totters on golden stilettos as she parades down the catwalk. Camera flashes pop in the shaky video recording of...

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Nude Models Strike Same Pose For LOVE's Fashion Icon Issue

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lara Stone Nude, Kate Moss Nude, Daria Werbowy Nude, Amber Valletta Nude, Natalia Vodianova Nude, Love Magazine, Slidepoll, Love Magazine Katie Grand, Fashion, Naomi Campbell Nude, Kristen McMenamy Nude, Jeneil Williams Nude, Nude Models, Love Fashion Icons, Love Magazine Nude Models, Love Models, Love Magazine Nude Model, Fashion Models, Style News

For the third issue of LOVE magazine, editor-in-chief Katie Grand picked the eight women "generally acknowledged as the most beautiful in the world" a...

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Why Have We Stopped Raging Against the Sick, Sick Fashion Industry?

Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Models, Anna Wintour, London Fashion Week, Skinny Models, Vogue, Bulimia, The September Issue, Fashion Week, Fashion Models, Style News
Johann Hari

Women have replaced the prison of the kitchen with the prison of an unachievable body shape. The more powerful a woman is, the more likely she is to be bulimic.

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'Whites-Only' Designers Reap What They 'Sew' with Mrs. O?

Donna Michelle Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Models, African American Models, Michelle Obama, Fashion Models, Paris Fashion Week, Fashion, Race, White Models, Michelle Obama Style, Fashion Week, Ethnic Models, New York Fashion Week, Style News
Donna Michelle Anderson

Here are the designers in 2009 who did not feature a single woman of color or any black models during Fashion Week in New York.

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Who Wants to Be a 51-Year-Old Runway Model?

Judith Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judith Ellis

Who wants to be a 51-year-old runway model? Do you?

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Naked Model Recession Trend: Fashion Magazines Forgo Actual Clothes (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post via Refinery 29 | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today Refinery29.com quite rightly points out an ongoing trend in fashion magazines: no fashion! Is it us, or have you been seeing a whole lot of ski...

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The Death Of Size Zero?

Times Online | Kate Spicer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Models, Daisy Lowe, Fashion Models, Anorexia, Skinny Models, Kate Moss, Fashion, Size Zero, Anorexia Models, Style News

It's a nice thought. The Times of London announced the end of super-skinny models. At last, slowly and from within, it seems fashion is falling back ...

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If Tyra Is Michelle Obama, Then Who Is...?: A Study In Supermodels

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Obama, Tyra Banks, Harper's Bazaar, Barack Obama, Fashion Models, Cindy McCain, Style News
Disgrasian

Let's take a look at other powerful female political figures and their model doppelgangers.

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Gisele Bündchen's Green Blog

Treehugger.com | Paula Alvarado | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Models, Green Living, Eco-Fashion, Green, Gisele Bundchen, Green Celebrities, Fashion Models, Green News

Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen has showed concern over environmental matters in the past, more recently getting involved in a campaign to rai...

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Let's Bring Back...

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Anthony Michael Hall, Telegrams, Subversive Pamphlets, Hot Toddies, Nostalgia Style, Butlers, Poetry, Style, The Canterbury Tales, Fashion Models, Diana Vreeland, Skinny Models, Dorothy Parker Poetry, Unzipped, Bette Davis, Curvy Models, Katherine Hepburn, Isaac Mizrahi, Cole Porter, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Greta Garbo, Fashion, Let's Bring Back, Healthy Living News
Lesley M. M. Blume

It's been a while, but Let's Bring Back is back. The fourth of my LBB series, what follows is a celebration of rituals and objects from times past. ...

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