The Motif Magazine makes a booming resurgence after a 3-year hiatus with their latest issue, the Happy Motif. The ongoing pandemic sparked up inspiration for Stockholm creative director Jakob de Tobon and…
How Artist Eliza Douglas Became Balenciaga’s Main Attraction
Photo by Nadine Fraczkowski Art, fashion and music collide when interacting with polymath Eliza Douglas’ long-winding career path. After perceived rejection from the modeling industry in the early aughts, the androgynous multi-hyphenate…
Gro Curtis on Rebelling Against the System and Subliminal Messaging
Behind the Image is an ongoing MODELS.com series taking a more personal look at both established and emerging creative talent. Gro Curtis, stylist Hometown: Split, Croatia Based: New York and London How…
Heather Kemesky Rises to Design for Her New Line ‘House of Ash’
It’s no coincidence that reinvention and rebirth are at the core of Heather Kemesky’s new jewelry and elevated basics line, House of Ash. After she made a popular custom piece as a…
Honey on Creative Freedom and Setting the Trend
Behind the Image is an ongoing MODELS.com series taking a more personal look at both established and emerging creative talent. Honey, manicurist Hometown: East Flatbush in Brooklyn, NY Based: NYC Representation: Exposure…
Laura Hagested on The Invisible Force of Garments
Traveling to jobs around the world as a model can often lead to downtime during layovers. Luckily for the Copenhagen model and knitwear designer Laura Hagested, she has her knitwear projects to…
Delilah Koch On Overcoming Disordered Habits and Mental Health Stigma
In a fast-paced industry like fashion, mental health can be overlooked or worse, seen as minuscular. Living through a global pandemic has significantly increased symptoms of anxiety, depression, and much more for…
Reece King on the Weight of Being a Queer Model of Color
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Reece King (@reeceking_) As part of our continuing series drawing attention to Mental Health Awareness Month, the English model Reece King offers to…
Nadine Ijewere Makes a ‘Beautiful Disruption’ at C/O Berlin
Photographer Nadine Ijewere knows all about a “beautiful disruption.’ As the first Black woman to have ever shot an American and British Vogue cover, the 28-year-old British artist of Nigerian and Jamaican…
Ansley Gulielmi on The Pressures of Sample Size and Reclaiming Her Career
With this past year’s pandemic bringing extreme isolation and anxiety about the unknown future, understanding the importance of mental health is more essential than ever. 18.1% of Americans suffer from depression, schizophrenia,…