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more about #modelslips more comments → Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: Eesh, you're a Kiwi (ish)? Neat! And this is the most compelling piece of writing. Thanks for sharing, yo! Best of luck, etc... Kia kaha! more » Neutralize: This thing actually just made me cry. Dude. Really good. more » NathaniaFlorus: Hey again you! it all just rings so true. people look at me as if i'm retarded when i say "i just got bored..." Tiah x more » SBJ: Re: #16 - People are fucking DERANGED. I could slap a whole bunch of people a whole bunch of times, but mostly I want that top. (SORRY! I CAN'T HELP I... more » iplaudius: Your writing has been a vicarious thrill and a lasting gift. Thrilling: I lived a little more fabulously through your incredible career. Lasting: I sa... more » SBJ: #9 was always my favorite! Which is terrible, considering the timing, but still. more » SBJ: COME BACK! I'm teasing (sort of, and naturally I mean to San Francisco). But just in case you do, there's a brand new sofabed at our new place with ... more » Waterlily: Congratulations, Jenna, and thank you for sharing your view of your world with us while you were 'Tatiana'. And I look forward to reading what you wri... more » laurelsfedup: This is absolutely the best piece of insight on the industry, hands down. Having just started my own modeling stint after graduating university and he... more » drella: Congrats! Beautiful portfolio, and poignant post. Sheds a lot of light on the industry. I've been reading your writing for some time, and I think i... more » MincnglyWhrdL'mer: jenna, you are fantastic. good luck. more » random_play: Congratulations Jenna! You are one of the best writers on any Gawker site, and I always hoped you would become a more regular contributor. But also, ... more » andromache: yes all these photos are gorgeous. but my favorite part is YOUR HAIR. GIVE ME YOUR HAIR. I NEED IT. also YOUR LEGS. just hand them over and no on... more » Elizabth_Bennet: That last paragraph is absolutely brilliant and think it's advice every woman should take, whether modeling, acting, in relationships or in everyday l... more » Elizabth_Bennet: Jenna, you are a beautiful writer. I love the poignancy of cutting your hair as a final declaration of freedom. Having been in theater and constrained... more » -
#modelbehaviors
A Short Trip Through My Portfolio, With Sequins
Joan Didion opens her essay "Goodbye To All That" with the declaration that it is easy to see the beginnings of things, and harder to see the ends. But with my career, it was in fact just the opposite:
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#modelbehaviors
I Am The Anonymous Model
Modeling was my first job, and is to date the one I've held the longest. My final stint, which started in Paris and wound through cities almost too numerous to mention, spanned almost two years. Then, this summer, I quit. More » -
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Modeling And The Tragedy Of Karen Mulder
The news that '90s supermodel Karen Mulder was arrested in Paris for making death threats to her plastic surgeon could be written off as, at worst, a punchline, or at best, the latest expression of an unbalanced woman's erratic behavior.
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#modelslips
Off The Runway: Fashion Models Now Falling In Magazines
Someone at Singapore L'Officiel has a gloriously twisted sense of humor. An editorial called "Balancing Act" spoofs the runway falls that have become ubiquitous over these last few seasons, as shoes have climbed skywards. More » -
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Fashion Week: The Party's Not Over Yet
Before fashion week, there were reams of stories offering dismal outlooks on the party scene. Nobody was having an after party. Nothing would be the same. The Economy. Etc. I haven't found this the case. More » -
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Top 10 All-Time Model/Runway Mishaps
For those who can't get enough of model dodgem, I took a trip through the YouTube to dredge up only the most interesting variety of catwalk pratfalls and near-misses. More » -
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Model Rates Falling As Everything In Fashion Goes Half Price
I was talking with some non-fashion people recently when one asked, "So. This 'Financial Crisis.' Does it affect anyone? Really?" Then I thought how slow the major cities have been since, oh, precisely last September. More » -
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Suicide And Abuse In Fashion's Top Echelon
In the spring of 1996, Italian Vogue cover model Wallis Franken stepped from her kitchen windowsill and fell to her death on the cobblestones below. Was her husband, the volatile designer Claude Montana, involved? More » -
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#modelslips
"Not Rape Epidemic": The Modeling Industry Is Anything But Immune
The modeling industry sets up camp at the crossroads of youth & beauty and age & wealth — and moreover, it's an arena where those qualities cleave to the most predictable gender and power divide.
