WORLD MAGAZINE STOCK AGENCY
WORLD MAGAZINE STOCK AGENCY
The fashion industry is often glamorized. Indeed, when we think of the lifestyle of a fashion model, we often imagine it is what we see on television -- pictures of beautiful women in exotic places .
Or, you may think all fashion models get to be on the cover of magazines, receive round-trip tickets to Paris, stay at the best hotels and go to the best clubs, get free clothing.
and have agencies banging down your door with offers of sending you first class to Maui to shoot an ad for Calvin Klein..
The best way to get started in fashion is at the local level. There are local agencies in almost every city and in almost every state. These are often a good place to start as they can often point you in the right direction.
Your Role as a Model
There is a hierarchy - a food chain - in the modeling industry.
Fashion Model
If she is a model and you know her name or you recognize her face, she is an "editorial fashion model." Seems simple enough, but it isn't.
" Editorial fashion models" work in New York City (in this country) for the simple reason that very, very little editorial fashion work is booked out of anywhere else.
Commercial Models
Most agency models are "commercial" models - meaning that they appear on local or national print ads or television shows, in catalogs, work in local fashion shows and trade shows and similar kinds of work.
Glamour Models
There is a common misconception among many aspiring models that a "glamour model" is one like they see in the pages of "Glamour" magazine Sorry, those are Fashion Models or Commercial Models