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First-Ever Plus-Size Show Hits N.Y.C. Fashion Week!
Sep 16th
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People Magazine’s Thailan Pham reports: ‘It wasn’t all stick-thin models ruling the runways during New York Fashion Week, as curvy stars like Nikki Blonsky, Gabourey Sidibe and model Emme sat front row yesterday to take in the first-ever plus-size show during fashion’s most high-drama week. “This is a milestone in the plus-size community. We’ve never had anything like this,” Blonsky said at the OneStopPlus.com presentation on Wednesday. “To be in New York City Fashion Week, which I think is the biggest fashion week in the world, to be here is just a huge thing for us.” And plus-size model Emme, couldn’t have agreed more: “You have to join forces to make a statement and to be part of a revolution. It’s monumental in its reach,” Emme told PEOPLE, adding, “I think the big statement that’s going to be made with this fashion show is not only going to be made within the full-figured community but I think it’s going to talk to the bottom line of design houses, designers, and business people involved in fashion,” she said. “Why don’t we make clothes above a size 12? Why don’t we load heavier in sizes 14, 16, and 18 in stores? Just change More >
New York Fashion Week: Marc Jacobs’ ’70s show
Sep 14th
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The LA Times’ Boothe Moore breaks down the Marc Jacobs show @ NY Fashion Week:
At Marc Jacobs’ spring/summer show, the look was unmistakably Jodi Foster from the 1976 film “Taxi Driver.”
Which is not to say that the models looked like preteen prostitutes exactly — but that they looked like bright lights in the dark city.
Hearkening back to the 1970s, these are clothes for strutting your stuff and looking like you’re living large even if you’re not — long, floaty halter dresses in geometric prints; slinky, one-shoulder striped jersey gowns; puffy sleeve blouses worn with even puffier long skirts cinched with leather sashes and finished off with overgrown corsages; zigzag patterned metallic knits and enormous straw hats with the rims turned back.
Suiting was a focus, but it was glam suiting, such as a cropped butterscotch satin jacket and matching short-shorts, a sorbet pink satin pants suit with flared trousers, or an over-sized blazer embroidered with bands of silver and gold sequins, worn atop fluid cream silk crepe trousers.
It might not have been the most thought-provoking Marc Jacobs collection, but it was exuberant, from the pink, purple, black and gold color palette to the glitter-dusted platform sandals. Top it off with great-looking structured, flap-front handbags, More >
A New Era for The Alexander McQueen Brand
Jun 29th
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Sarah Burton, is the new creative director of Alexander McQueen whose promotion to the position was announced in May. At the time she said: “The creation of modern beautifully crafted clothes was at the heart of Lee’s vision. I intend to stay true to his legacy.”
Sarah, 35, has worked for McQueen since even before she graduated from St Martins and the designer is slowly exercising her control over the brand she has made her life’s work so far. This first collection represents the beginning of a new era for the McQueen brand. Looking at the eight looks she has created for Resort Spring 11 the McQueen signatures are so strong, it serves to remind even more that he is no longer here himself. There looks to be a solid future for this brand.
What is fashion week, and how can you make it there?
Mar 3rd
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Fashion week is a week-long event in the fashion industry that usually takes place in the fashion capitals: New York, London, Milan, and Paris. Modeling careers are launched at fashion week, a chance for fashion designers to display their new collections. How do models secure model jobs for fashion week?
First, you will need to be represented by a high-profile modeling agency that cares about their clients’ modeling careers. You will also need to meet the almost impossible requirements of fashion week standards: tall, thin, unique face and look. Competition for model jobs in runway modeling is fierce, and you will really need to make a lasting impression.
Models just beginning their modeling careers will have a better chance of walking for a new designer than an established designer. The casting call information for these types of shows is usually easier to access for models seeking fashion week model jobs. Walking for an established designer is usually a privilege reserved for models with either lots of experience or luck.
What is a modeling agency?
Mar 3rd
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The best way to become a model is to be seen by modeling agencies who handling modeling careers. Modeling agencies represent fashion models and earn money by taking a percentage of their clients’ earnings. They work with advertising agencies and fashion designers to find jobs for their clients.
To become a model, you have to arrive at as many opportunities as possible. Modeling agencies launch modeling careers by presenting their clients to designers, photographers, and ad agencies seeking talent for their campaigns. The modeling agencies also book the jobs.
Top modeling agencies are located in top fashion capitals so that they can expose their clients to lucrative opportunities. To become a model, you will need to be able to travel to New York, Milan, Paris, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Rome, Los Angeles, Prague, Toronto, São Paulo, or Barcelona. Modeling careers are launched in these cities.
These top modeling agencies have also been able to provide their clients with assignments for top fashion design houses like Gucci or Calvin Klein. If you want to become a model, you should shoot for the stars – aspire to work for these high-profile brands, even if you think the dream is unreachable. The possibilities of a modeling career More >
Networking tactics in modeling
Mar 3rd
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If an aspiring model wants to obtain modeling opportunities, they must learn the art of networking. Networking is just as important for those pursuing modeling careers as it is for those pursuing careers in any other industry.
If the important people who launch modeling careers don’t know who you are, they won’t be able to offer you important modeling opportunities or introduce you to the people who may be able to help you.
To open yourself up to modeling opportunities, make sure everyone in your immediate network knows that you want to be a model. Tell your friends, family, and co-workers. You never know when they might hear about modeling opportunities and be able to pass them along to you.
As they say, “you have to fake it before you make it”. Before models launch their modeling careers, they must act like they’re serious. Dress like a model, do your makeup like a model, hang out at stylish venues, and stay up-to-date on fashion and beauty trends.
Be persistent. Follow-up with new contacts and make sure they know that you are still eager and interested. Find reasons to stay in touch with people you think might be able to help you in the future, More >
