At Six Feet Tall, This Model Is a Lovely Mid-Pandemic Discovery!

I say “mid” pandemic —let’s hope we aren’t actually early pandemic… But onto brighter topics: Madeline. She is Irish and Black, with a model bod that goes on forever.

Madeline

Height: 6′
Bust: 34A
Waist: 26
Hips: 33.5
Shoe: 8.5
From: Fairfield, CT

All Photos by Jerri Graham

Madeline, and her very long legs, shot by Jerri Graham

Madeline, pure joy, shot by Jerri Graham

Madeline, by Jerri Graham

Madeline—limbs forever. Shot by Jerri Graham.

Madeline—beauty. By Jerri Graham.

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Rocky Mountain Model…

Congrats, Temperance Nichols!

Model Temperance Nichols

Height: 5’10″   waist: 24   hips: 34   bust: 32   dress: 2   shoe: 9

Based in Denver, Represented by Wilhelmina Denver

This woman has great timing! Her submission landed in my inbox TODAY, just as I was about to post the model of the month I had chosen last night. (Be patient. The one I had in mind submitted months ago. Her/his time is still coming!) When someone this fiercely beautiful comes along, there is no time to delay. I had to share her with the modeling industry pronto! The fact that she is based in the city that launched little ‘ol me is an added perk. (Read about that HERE.) I can picture Temperance strutting down the runway to bigger markets, just as I did. Stay tuned to see where she lands!

Temperance Nichols

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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 February.

The models who walk in the most shows during Fashion Week often are the same models who will garner the most tear sheets in fashion spreads this fall. The editors who go to the shows are reviewing the clothes and looking for the season’s hottest models.

The most renowned Fashion Weeks occur in New York, Paris, and Milan, but London has been a contender for decades and every other city from here to Tokyo seems to have launched their own version (Miami, Los Angeles, Scottsdale, Toronto, Montreal, Madrid, Barcelona, Berlin, Florence, Rome, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Moscow, Jakarta, Tokyo, Perth… The list goes on and on).

The Model Strut

The style may be a tad different from season to season, era to era (the sexy strut of larger-than-life supermodels, the trudge of the heroine chic girls…), but some things haven’t changed since China Machado walked for Givenchy and Balenciaga in Paris in the ’50s. Runway models must:

1. Exude confidence

2. Stand tall (and have long slender legs)

3. Put one foot in front of the other (literally)

4. Not hunch their shoulders

5. Make whatever they are modeling look fabulous

Model Money

Linda Evangelista once famously said that she did not get out of bed for less than $10,000. Those were the days. Few models make what the supermodels did doing runway shows. That’s because they were a select posse of girls (about 10 to 15, with Linda, Christy, and Naomi leading the way), whom every designer wanted. The masses knew their names, they had big personalities, their agents kept upping their rates, and designers paid, and paid, and paid, until… until, well, enough was enough. And celebrities started stealing some of the limelight on fashion magazines, weakening models’ clout.

These days models turn over faster, so few have bargaining power to demand huge rates. A small show may pay $200, or, more likely, pay in trade, i.e. clothing (probably an item or two, not a whole wardrobe). A big-name show may pay $1,000. Back when I did Fashion Week (a few years ago…ha), I made about $500 a show, or, in one case, nothing, as the designer just never paid. Who was it? Hint: A photo from that show is in this collage and it is NOT Alberta Ferretti …

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