Are models slowly returning to the covers of ladymags? Joan Smalls was on the January cover of Elle; now Lara Stone graces the April cover of Bazaar. Back in September, People editor Larry Hackett said: "The era of the A-List movie star is over." So does the future of fashion mags look like the (model-driven) past?
"I find it weird when [model] agents say, 'You're the only black girl booked for the show. Isn't it great?' Why is it great?" — Jourdan Dunn, in an interview with The Telegraph. More at the link.
New York Fashion Week: Diversity Talks But White Faces Walk
The conversation in the fashion world about diversity has been amped up over the past few seasons, but unfortunately, designers haven't really broadened their minds about what faces to cast — there hasn't been a drastic difference on the runways.
It's Crazy How Much Less Male Models Are Paid Compared to the Women
Late last week, Forbes released a list of the highest-paid male models. At the top? Sean O'Pry, a 24-year-old from Kennesaw, GA, who earned about $1.5 million last year. A really nice chunk of change. But Gisele Bundchen, the highest-paid female model, made $42 million last year.
"I had expected it to be glamorous and fun, but it wasn’t like that at all. One day I was put in a line-up with 12 models. We were all naked apart from flesh-coloured thongs, standing in front of a panel of casting directors. They basically went through us and said ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘yes’, ‘no’, depending on whether we…
Teen Claims Wildfox CEO Wanted Sex in Exchange for Modeling Gig
Aspiring model Meghan Chereek (not pictured) is accusing Jimmy Sommers, CEO of Wildfox Couture, of promising her a modeling contract and then intimidating her into having sex with him. He's 43; she was 17 at the time.
Dior, Chanel, Prada, Gucci, YSL: Who's the Most Diverse?
We've written a lot over the years about the racial diversity of the American fashion industry — and particularly the diversity of the models cast to walk in New York fashion week — but less about the biggest brands headquartered in fashion's other three global centers: Paris, London, and Milan. With couture week…
Prada Cast a Black Campaign Model for the First Time in 19 Years
Christy Turlington's inclusion in this fall's Prada campaign is the main focus of Women's Wear Daily's story on the new ads — but forgive us if we think the venerable trade is guilty in this instance of burying the lede. The real news here is that, for the first time since the fall of 1994, there's a black face of…
Tyra Banks Wore Epic Sweats to Visit a Marijuana Dispensary
Now we know where she gets that smize. Tyra Banks and an unidentified man stopped by a marijuana dispensary in Venice Beach — where that kind of thing is legal — this Saturday. Banks emerged carrying a small paper bag of something. But more importantly, those sweats! Look at them! They have a jaunty bamboo print! I…
These Three Male Models Prove Zoolander Was a Documentary
Today's Women's Wear Daily offers an exciting glimpse into the agency-indebted, Champagne-fueled, studio-in-East-Midtown glamourous life of male modeling in New York City. Male modeling is just like female modeling, only the paychecks are smaller, your dad doesn't respect it, and the brass ring is a non-paying job…
Watch a Choir of Male Models Sing Daft Punk
Here is a delightful video of a male models' choir singing Daft Punk's "Get Lucky." Whoever came up with this idea deserves a medal. The models' perfectly blank expressions, eerie stillness, and the mesmerizing single take of the video contrasts rather delightfully with the lyrics of the song. The video was recorded…

