Model Scams I’ve written about modeling scams before, but the questions about dubious modeling services, agencies, and scouts keep coming. As long as there are modeling scams (which there will be for as long as there are aspiring models), I’ll keep issuing warnings! How to Spot a...

The Best Model & Style Reports from New York Fashion Week There’s so much great material out there during New York Fashion Week, that coming up with an original blog post would be like Zara wasting time developing a signature collection when knock-offs are so easy and...

Fashion Week Models Fashion Week is here for Spring 2014! Let’s start with this Fashion Week for Dummies Tip: Next season’s fashions are shown about six months ahead of when they will appear in stores, i.e. Spring 2014 collections appear on catwalks now, and Fall 2014 will debut in...

Model Flaws: To Fix or Not? It’s possible, on your path to model stardom, that your agent or photographers, will suggest ways to “improve”  yourself: nose job…boob job…lipo… Now those “improvements” require some serious thought. These major...

Should I forego college in favor of maximizing my prime modeling years? It’s a question I hear a lot. I’m one of the rare few who graduated from college before I got into a serious modeling career. By 22, though, I knew my supermodel potential was pretty much zilch. Here’s my...

There are countless modeling agencies in New York—huge powerhouse agencies, small boutique agencies, brand new agencies, half-century-old agencies, legitimate agencies, and fronts for scam artists. Weeding out the good ones from the mediocre ones or the downright bad ones is no easy task....