After debuting in 2018, newly minted hot-lister Sherry Shi broke new ground at fashion week during a year that was structurally unstable. In September with New York closed off from the rest…
Staying Power: Brooke Shields Reflects on Creating Iconic Images
Before Brooke Shields‘ eighteenth birthday she was already an indisputable part of American film lore and fashion. Her influence over the decades has spanned way beyond movies into an expansive career in…
Carré Otis on Speaking Up and Trusting Your Instincts
In 2011, Carré Otis published Beauty, Disrupted, a memoir in which she made serious sexual assault allegations against agency boss Gérald Marie. Almost ten years later, in the wake of the #MeToo…
Baba Diop on the Power of Protest and Fashion’s Duty to Speak Up
If you can bear to even utter the number 2020, one of the most traumatic parts of the past year came from the public witnessing of state-enacted brutality against Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna…
PJ Smith Bridges the Gap Between Animal Welfare and Fashion
Ask early adopters like Stella McCartney, Calvin Klein, or Tommy Hilfiger and they’ll tell you that fur is no longer in vogue. The textile has fallen so far out with luxury brands…
Tung Walsh on the Importance of Humor on Sets
Behind the Image is an ongoing MODELS.com series taking a more personal look at both established and emerging creative talent. Tung Walsh, photographer Hometown: London Based: London Representation: 2DM MANAGEMENT (New York,…
Amrit on Artistic Freedom and Taking Modeling to New Heights
Photo by Alexander Black | Courtesy of DNA Models (New York) To have secured a big break in 2020, models had to have a tenacious will to overcome the countless challenges presented.…
Charles Dennington on Purposeful Contradictions
Behind the Image is an ongoing MODELS.com series taking a more personal look at both established and emerging creative talent. Charles Dennington, photographer Hometown: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Based: Sydney Representation: M.A.P…
In Their Own Words, Models Remember Designer Kenzo Takada
As the end of 2020 comes upon us, and we look back at this tumultuous year; one of the biggest losses to the fashion industry was legendary designer Kenzo. Kenzo Takada, 81,…
Meet the Rising Leaders Taking Up Space with ‘Justsmile’
For many reacting to the year that was, creating the much-needed space for people of color was of utmost necessity. As the fashion industry has too-slowly recruited people of color into executive…